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Common Threads: Stunning Embroidered Fabric By Candace Hicks

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Imagine a notebook transformed into a tactile work of art, crafted from fabric with every word meticulously embroidered by hand—this is the inventive style of Candace Hicks, who turns pages and books into interactive masterpieces. Continue reading »

Meet Jupp Wiertz, One of the Most Well-known German Poster Artists of the Early 20th Century

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Jupp Wiertz, born in 1888 in the charming city of Aachen. After studying in Berlin and mastering the art of lithography in Leipzig, he began his career as a fine art printer in 1914. By the 1920s and ’30s, his talent had propelled him into the spotlight as one of the most celebrated poster artists of his time. Continue reading »

This Tattoo Artist Covers Scars With Delicate Designs

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Raquel Sousa, a Brazilian tattoo artist based in São Paulo, has made it her mission to transform scars into delicate works of art, helping people regain their confidence. Since 2020, she has specialized in creating meaningful tattoos that skillfully cover scars, a journey she began in 2018 while searching for her true purpose. Raquel describes her work as deeply emotional, driven by the desire to bring beauty and significance to the lives of others. Continue reading »

This Artist Makes Funny And Heartfelt Illustrations That You Might Relate To

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We all need more cuteness in our lives, right? That’s why I’m so excited to introduce you to Yiqing, the creative mind behind QuirkyQing—a brand that brings hilariously relatable and vibrant characters to life through stickers, phone cases, and more. Continue reading »

This Unofficial OnlyFans Calendar For The Year 2025 Contains Images Of What Is And Should Be

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Introducing the Only Fans 2025 Calendar! Add some fun and whimsy to your office, bedroom, or any wall you’d like with this hilarious calendar featuring only fans…no, not that kind of fan, silly! Continue reading »

Artist Creates Stunning Illustrations Depicting The Aftermath Of Hurricane Helene

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Hurricane Helene caused widespread devastation, and multidisciplinary artist Kira Bursky channeled her emotions into poignant illustrations for her Inktober challenge, reflecting on the storm’s impact on lives and property. To support recovery efforts, Kira is donating 20% of her print sales to Hurricane Helene relief, using her art to inspire resilience and healing. Continue reading »

Photographer Captured The Life of a Ping-Pong Table Through Seasons and Stories in a Russian Courtyard

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For a long time, a photographer captured moments in an ordinary Russian courtyard, where a simple ping-pong table became the heart of neighborhood life. Continue reading »

Purrfect Moments: A Glimpse into Tehran’s Street Cats in Charming Cat-otographs by Akbar Mehrinezhad

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It’s cat o’clock, and we’re excited to showcase Akbar Mehrinezhad’s captivating, creative, and often humorous portraits of stray cats from Tehran, documenting their everyday lives and charming interactions with people. Continue reading »

Breathtaking James Webb Space Telescope Photos Of 2024

In 2024, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captivated the world with breathtaking images that showcase distant galaxies, nebulae, star formations, and exoplanet atmospheres with unprecedented clarity. Among the highlights are the vibrant Carina Nebula and detailed views of exoplanet atmospheres, revealing their compositions and hinting at potential life beyond our solar system.

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This new Webb image shows two galaxies: a Penguin (NGC 2936) guarding an Egg (NGC 2937). Webb’s observations reveal the two are in a cosmic hug, joined together by a blue haze of stars and gas. Continue reading »

This Artist Makes Optimistic Drawings For Sad People

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Nick Fisher is a self-described sad, squishy person and part-time comic artist. He created Failureshop as a visual journal to capture his thoughts and feelings, finding it more manageable than maintaining a traditional journal. Continue reading »

Meet Luigi Lineri, The Wealthy Collector Of River Stones Who Has Amassed An Enormous Collection Over The Course Of The Past Half-Century

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For over 50 years, Luigi Lineri has collected and categorized stones from the Adige River in Northern Italy by shape—human profiles, animal heads, tools, and more. Continue reading »

Fascinating Children Portraits by Patrizia Vignola

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Patrizia Vignola, a 2D fine artist born in NY and currently residing and working in Minnesota, holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Continue reading »

Exploring the Enduring Legacy and Emotional Depth of Leonid Afremov’s Ethereal Landscapes and Rain-Slick Streets

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Leonid Afremov was a masterful contemporary artist known for his vibrant landscapes and cityscapes created with a palette knife and oil paints. Continue reading »

“Marginados”: Artist Uses AI To Portray People Exiled During The Military Regime

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In “Marginados”, visual artist Mateus Morbeck utilizes artificial intelligence to create digital portraits of Brazilian exiles from 1966 to 1985. Continue reading »

Taiwanese Artist Lives Large Dreams In Miniature Models

A Taiwanese artist, Hank Cheng has been creating remarkably realistic miniature models influenced by his life, gaining popularity on social media. Continue reading »

Wonderful Photos Capture The Beach Lives Of North Carolina In The Summer Of 1975

Joel Sternfeld is a fine-art color photographer noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and helping establish color photography as a respected artistic medium. He has influenced a generation of color photographers, including Andreas Gursky, who borrows many of Sternfeld’s techniques and approaches. Continue reading »

“Lenin Lived, Lenin Lives, Lenin Will Live”: Lenin Statues 100 Years After Russian Revolution

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His party’s power is long gone, his ideas mostly discredited – but Vladimir Lenin’s visage remains a fixture in much of the former Soviet Union. The thousands of statues of him spread across the vast region bring to mind poet Vladimir Mayakovsky’s ringing line of devotion: “Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live”.

The past tense applies to many of the statues. They were torn down and pulverized by angry mobs, as happened in Kiev during the wave of protests in 2013-14, or methodically demounted by local authorities. Continue reading »

Nomadic Photographer Lives, Works & Travels Solo In Her Trusty Teardrop Trailer

For American freelance photographer Mandy Lea, change came in the guise of a teardrop trailer that she calls her home — a mobile place of belonging that she feels connected to as she travels the country, snapping incredible images of nature. For the last two years, she’s been a full-time solo “teardropper”, visiting some of the most majestic spots one could imagine. Continue reading »

A Family In Belarus Lives In A Very Small And Tiny Awesome House

A family in Belarus finds themselves comfortable in this new mini house they built. The square space of the habitat is just 16 m2 or around 160 sq ft. They are a family with a kid so it is around 5 m2 per person, including a bathroom, a kitchen an living space. Continue reading »

Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives


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Seqenenre Tao II, (also called Sekenenra Taa) at Cairo Museum, Egypt. The pharaoh of the 17th dynasty was killed on the field of battle. The image shows the marks from the axe blow and the two spear thrusts that brought about his death. Continue reading »

Striking Black And White Photos Show The Brutal Lives Of Gun-Toting Depression Era Mobs In America

From cold-blooded murders to running battles with the police, these black-and-white pictures shed light on the brutal lives of gun-toting gangsters during the American Depression. The amazing images show notorious mobsters such as Al Capone who committed violent crimes in their search to get rich quick during the early 1930s. Continue reading »

The Secret Lives Of Star Wars Villains


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Tiny Storm Troopers and a mini Darth Vader are captured doing everyday activities – from taking a bath, to wrapping presents. Scottish Artist and Photographer, David Giliver created these scenes over a period of two years using toys and miniature props. Here: Two storm troopers lie in a bath. Continue reading »

He Lives In A Tree, Doesn’t Wear Shoes, And Brushes His Teeth With A Pinecone

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If you were to meet this guy in the woods, especially if it’s nighttime, you’d probably think that it’s a local troll or a yeti. However, in reality, he’s no yeti. His name is Mick Dodge, and before deciding to live in the woods, he was a marine for six years at Fort Lewis. It is hard to tell what moved him to leave the busy life of the city and start living in the Hoh Rain Forest. It could have been that he decided the leave the stressful life of the city, or maybe he simply loves the solitary life of a hermit. Another thing that is peculiar about Mick Dodge is that most of the time he walks barefoot, hence the nickname “The Barefoot Sensei”. Continue reading »

Photographer Captures The Daily Lives Of Cats In Majestic Black And White Photos

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In her own words Monika Małek is a ‘catographer’ who specialises in the photography of all things feline and despite having photographed more than 200 of them on various shoots and projects her black and white photographs stand out as some of her most beautiful and captivating. Continue reading »

Illustrations That Reveal Our Weird Social Media Lives

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Brecht Vandenbroucke’s illustrations tackle the current struggle of millennials in darkly humorous ways. From the struggles of Instagram narcissism to the awkwardness of meeting an online dating match in real life, Vandenbroucke pokes fun at our struggle to exist simultaneously in the online and offline world. Continue reading »