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Artist Turned Disney Princesses Into Maniacs From Horror Movies

Have you ever wonder, if famous maniacs and characters from the horror movies would be Disney Princesses? Russian artist Andrew Tarusov (previously) has illustrated a series of posters depicting Disney princesses as characters from the classic horror movies. Continue reading »

11 Disney Warrior Princesses Turned Badass By Russian Artist Artemii Myasnikov

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Many people see Disney princesses as the epitome of beauty and grace. But one Russian artist, named Artemii Myasnikov, decided to look at them from a different angle – he gave 11 Disney princesses extreme makeovers and turned them into badass warriors. Continue reading »

Artist Turned 3 Tons Of Plastic Waste Into A Colorful Forest In Mexico City

A Danish artist in Mexico City has created a botanical garden made entirely of garbage. ‘Future Forest’ is the brain child of Danish artist Thomas Dambo. Dambo hopes that the installation will act as a way of getting people to reconsider their relationship with the environment. Continue reading »

This Old Car Was Turned Into A Wood-Burning Pizza Oven

Benedetto Bufalino turning old cars into functional objects of whimsy, delight, and deliciousness. From playable ping pong tables made from upside down cars, and aquariums built from telephone booths, Bufalino has a knack for turning the ordinary into the absurd. This time, the french artist hacked an old Ford Mondeo to become a fully functional wood-burning pizza oven, and the pies look pretty incredible. Continue reading »

Beautiful Self-Portraits Of Lee Godie, A Homeless Artist Who Turned Bus Station Photobooths Into Her Private Studio From The 1960s

Lee Godie (1908–1994) was an American self-taught artist who found her passion in 1968. She began painting and selling her portraits of high society women until 1990. Continue reading »

“Refreshing Journey:” Chinese Bus Turned Into ‘Swimming Pool’

Watch this picture closely. Is that boy swimming on a bus? Well, don’t let the eye fool you. It’s just a novelty created by the bus drivers of Line 8 in Jinhua, Zhejiang province of China, by covering the buses with pool decals, making the passengers feel cool amid the heat wave in the city. Continue reading »

Polish Stalkers Turned The Lights On In Pripyat, 31 Years After Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Pripyat is a radioactive ghost town just outside Chernobyl, the site of the infamous nuclear disaster in 1986. Deep within the Exclusion Zone, the city has been permanently evacuated. Because of the contamination, officially you can’t live there, although 200 or so defiant oldster locals still do. They just kept on going back to their houses until the officials gave up. Continue reading »

Bench To Bedroom: Urban Furniture Turned Homeless Shelters

Whereas London and Montreal have installed spikes on the sidewalks to keep homeless people from getting too comfortable, Vancouver offers a kind welcome with benches that transform into mini-shelters. A nonprofit called RainCity Housing teamed up with Spring Advertising to create the modified public benches in order to provide a covered place to sleep while simultaneously raising awareness. Continue reading »

Glass Beach: Where Nature Has Turned Pollution Into Beauty


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Waves on Russia’s Pacific shoreline crafted old bottles, porcelain and tiles into a sparkling tourist attraction. On a sunny day, the beach on Ussuri Bay – in Primorsky region – seems to be covered with lighted candles. In the past, it was used as a dump for truckloads of unwanted glass bottles and waste from a local porcelain factory, or so the story goes. But nature has correct man’s mistake, and stamped its own imprint. Continue reading »

Old Apple Products Turned Iinto Plants

Christophe Guinet, aka Monsieur Plant, transforms old Apple products into vegetal compositions. His work denounces technological waste and pollution by mixing fun and art. Continue reading »

This Guy Took Apart A Drum Set And Turned It Into Something Awesome

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After years of being a band geek this guy was left with clunky old instruments scattered throughout his home. Instead of letting his old drum set rot away, he put it to good use and now it’s one of the coolest things in his home. Continue reading »

Coloring Book Images That Were Turned Into Something Hilariously Horrifying

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This is what happens when you put a coloring book in the hands of someone with a crazy imagination. Continue reading »

Fine Art Turned Into Clothes Lets You Wear Your Favorite Paintings

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Who says famous art masterpieces are only for walls? Well, obviously not Purple Fishbowl. The Indonesia-based boutique creates beautiful clothing featuring famous pieces of art. From Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ to Claude Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ – the whole shop is like a wearable museum. You’ll find unique and elegant shirts, skirts, and even entire dresses. Perfect for anyone, whether they’re art lovers or not! Continue reading »

This Ingenious Car From 1923 Turned Into A Boat

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It looks like any old car… (Practical Electrics magazine, Octopber, 1923)

In 1921, John A. Cowan patented a car roof that slips off and turns into a lightweight flat-bottomed boat. Continue reading »

A Young Girl Turned Into An Old Punk Thanks To Makeup

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Makeup artist Neill Gorton shared the pictures of his step-by-step transformation process where he shows how he turned a girl into an old punk. The end result is mind-blowing. Continue reading »

This Woman Turned Her Friend’s Home Into A Cat Paradise For Their 7 Kitties

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“In February, 2014 my friend Eliza and her partner Tiffany bought their first house together. After seeing a few photos she posted on Facebook, I knew I wanted to help catify their incredible new home for their seven cats,” Rebecca Mountain shared with Bored Panda. Continue reading »

Tutti Frutti: Fruit Cherishing Turned Into Colorful Self-Portraits

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Meet Cristina Otero, a resourceful and imaginative young artist who loves fruit. Cristina was born and lives in Madrid and started photography as young as thirteen. Her work became quickly renowned and she was the youngest photographer who has ever exhibited solo in a Spanish gallery in Valencia. Amiable for social media, Cristina’s work transfers emotions with a specific artistic expression for someone as young as her. A rare bonus to her photos is that she models herself and uses her body and her facial emotional voice to present the dramatic art. More is yet to come by Cristina. Continue reading »

This Artist Has Turned Store’s Regular Trashcan Into A Trashcan For People’s Hopes And Dreams

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According to Jeff Wysaski (previously), the comedian behind Obvious Plant: “I am a comedian that enjoys ‘planting’ funny signs and other jokes in public places for people to discover. It is part of an ongoing project I call Obvious Plant. For my latest prank, I altered a store trashcan so it is designed to accept people’s hopes and dreams. To add to the joke, I came up with a bunch of fake items and placed them in the trash bin.” Continue reading »

Afros Turned Into Flowery Galaxies To Make Black Women Proud Of Their African Heritage

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Pierre Jean-Louis, a visual artist from US, creates mesmerizing portraits of black women by transforming their hair into flowery galaxies. By turning their Afros into works of art in his series, “Black Girl Magic,” Jean-Louis wants to inspire black women to embrace their African heritage. Continue reading »

250 Year Old Tower In Croatia Was Turned Into A Cozy House

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This building is a former windmill built by Franciscan monks in 1761. The tower sits on a hill overlooking the harbor of the island of Hvar situated in the Adriatic Sea. Continue reading »

An Artist Turned Biggest Retail Brands’ Bags Into A Chairs

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Just in time for Black Friday, contemporary artist Simon Freund has created an artwork criticising today’s consumer culture and our common desire to buy stuff we don’t really need. The piece is made up of six chairs, each of which is made from a different brand’s shopping bags. Aldi, COS, Supreme, Primark, Acne Studios, and Wood Wood bags all feature in the piece, which is not for sale. Continue reading »

Everyday Objects Turned Into Delightful Alternative Reality By Illustrator Tineke Meirink

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With her series ‘Stop Watch’ artist Tineke Meirink proofs that ‘it’s just more fun to take a closer look’. The Dutch artist takes photos of everyday objects found on the streets that are mostly dull or even invisible to most people but not to her. Tineke Meirink recognizes the beautiful potential in them, revealing it to us by digitally drawing delightful characters on the pictures. That way the photos get a whole different meaning, they come to life. She hopes it makes people realize that everything has its beauty. Continue reading »

Kid’s Crazy Inventions Turned Into Real-Life Objects

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English artist, designer and inventor Dominic Wilcox is at it again with a series of bizarrely creative inventions, only this time he enlisted kids for help. He set up an Inventors Project shop in Sunderland and South Tyneside, then asked over 450 children to draw their ideas for inventions. Wilcox then enlisted local makers and manufacturers to bring those objects to life. Continue reading »

These Artists Turned Vintage Greek Canvases To Instagram Posts

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According to the artists: “We, at Serial Kolor, are a creative agency, operating on interdisciplinary levels. We are passionate about telling stories – through integrating compelling designs, motion and sometimes live actions. We chose couple of renowned vintage Greek artistic creations and modified them with insane inscriptions and hash tags. We made it like as the first craftsman transferred those a very long time prior. How about we examine a percentage of the famous canvases from the times passed by and remember them in the light that they ought to have been initially seen.” Continue reading »

Our Deepest Darkest Fears Turned Into Terrifying Cartoons

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Irrational fears, dark thoughts, and ghost stories from around the world. Deep Dark Fears tells stories about the creepy things that pop into people’s heads and won’t let them be. Animator Fran Krause has a webcomic where he draws his fears and those that people submit. It’s utterly horrifying. Continue reading »