Category: ART

January 18, 2014 at 2:49 pm

Instead of Shooting People, this Guy Plays Grand Theft Auto as a War Photographer

Instead of Shooting People, this Guy Plays Grand Theft Auto as a War Photographer

Talk about choosing your own adventure! Reddit user cy_sperling decided to participate in Grand Theft Auto V’s online multiplayer mode as a war photographer/photojournalist. To avoid being targeted as an enemy and notify other online players of his ‘reporting’, his custom character wears a black jacket with ‘MEDIA’ printed across the back. He also…

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January 16, 2014 at 5:48 pm

Black and White Animal Portraits in Breathtaking Detail

Black and White Animal Portraits in Breathtaking Detail

Lukas Holas is a photographer and graphic designer from Frydlant, Czech Republic. In a series on Behance entitled, Portraits of Animals, Holas expresses his love of animals with a collection of breathtaking black and white portraits. The lighting and detail in each photo is wonderful, bringing out each animal’s individuality. To see the entire…

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January 16, 2014 at 12:46 pm

The Unseen Beauty of High Speed Water Drop Photography

The Unseen Beauty of High Speed Water Drop Photography

There are entire worlds out there that humans cannot see with the naked eye. With powerful microscopes we are able to observe life at the microscopic (and even atomic) level; and with high-speed cameras we are able to observe events that happen in fractions of a second. Photographer Markus Reugels focuses on the latter,…

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January 15, 2014 at 8:16 pm

Picture of the Day: The Gargoyles of Paisley Abbey

Picture of the Day: The Gargoyles of Paisley Abbey

THE GARGOYLES OF PAISLEY ABBEY © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 The 850-year-old Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery, and current Church of Scotland parish kirk, located on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in west central Scotland. In…

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January 15, 2014 at 1:11 pm

How to Turn a Block of Wood Into a Box of Money

How to Turn a Block of Wood Into a Box of Money

Artwork by RANDALL ROSENTHAL It all starts here. Artist Randall Rosenthal takes three pieces of white pine and glues them together. Once dried it will be one solid block. Artwork by RANDALL ROSENTHAL Artwork by RANDALL ROSENTHAL The rough outline begins. Randall knows what he wants to do. Artwork by…

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January 13, 2014 at 6:19 pm

Artist Designs Books That Fan Out Into 360 Degree Stories

Artist Designs Books That Fan Out Into 360 Degree Stories

Artist and architect Yusuke Oono has designed an amazing series of 40-page books that fan out into 360-degree storybooks. Each page is laser-cut and bound from Yusuke’s digital designs and can be viewed page by page or fanned out as demonstrated below. You can find the complete gallery with additional books and angles at…

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January 12, 2014 at 2:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Freediving with Tunas

Picture of the Day: Freediving with Tunas

FREEDIVING WITH TUNAS Photograph by KURT ARRIGO Website | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | 500px In this breathtaking underwater photograph by Kurt Arrigo, we see a woman freediving (i.e., no breathing aid) with a school of tuna fish. This is not a composite or digitally manipulated as many may be quick…

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January 10, 2014 at 3:03 pm

Photographer Travels Back in Time to Visit Her Younger Self

Photographer Travels Back in Time to Visit Her Younger Self

Imagine Finding Me is a series of unique double self-portraits which are created around a collection of childhood photographs taken from artist Chino Otsuka’s family album. In these digitally manipulated images, her present and past selves are snapped together in various locations and situations. As Chino describes: “the digital process becomes a tool, almost…

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January 9, 2014 at 5:25 pm

21 Creative Photos of Everyday Objects

21 Creative Photos of Everyday Objects

Artist and Creative Director Brock Davis (featured previously) is back with a new crop of creative photos using everyday objects. The self-professed tinkerer is wildly popular on Instagram, where his playful diversions have garnered him nearly 110,000 followers. Based out of Minneapolis, Brock’s artworks spans a wide array of disciplines. From graphic design and…

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January 9, 2014 at 1:22 pm

The Vastness of Space, Miniaturized

The Vastness of Space, Miniaturized

Trying to comprehend the expanse of space is a daunting task. Just reading about the distance between Earth and the nearest star/planet/galaxy is enough to boggle most minds. So the thought of miniaturizing something so expansive as the Cosmos is both fascinating and counter-intuitive. Last month reddit user TheScienceLlama used the Tilt-Shift filter in…

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