Category: ART

March 12, 2013 at 5:11 pm

11 High-Speed Photographs of Swirling Paint

11 High-Speed Photographs of Swirling Paint

Fabian Oefner is a professional photographer specializing in ad, industrial and editorial photography. He lives near Zurich, Switzerland, where he runs a photo studio. On Behance, Oefner is well-known for his high-speed photography projects, tallying nearly 200,000 views on his nine projects shared. In his latest series, entitled Black Hole, Fabian drips various shades…

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March 11, 2013 at 4:01 pm

Sculptures Made from Suspended Sewing Buttons

Sculptures Made from Suspended Sewing Buttons

Augusto Esquivel is an artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Represented by the Now Contemporary Art Gallery in Miami, Augusto’s work involves the use of thousands of carefully place, multi-coloured sewing buttons. On his website he describes his process: “I am often obsessed with comparisons of reality and potential and the balance between them, in…

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March 9, 2013 at 4:48 pm

What if Superheroes were Sponsored?

What if Superheroes were Sponsored?

Roberto Vergati Santos is an artist and designer from Italy. In his series Sponsored Heroes, Santos imagines a scenario where the world’s best known brands sponsor the most popular superheroes. Brands already pay for endorsements from athletes, musicians and actors and there’s no questioning the star power of superheroes! While Bruce Wayne and Tony…

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March 8, 2013 at 2:37 pm

Painter Turns Tree Holes into Works of Art

Painter Turns Tree Holes into Works of Art

In the city of Shijiazhuang, China, an artist has brought smiles to pedestrians by painting drab tree holes and turning them into works of art. Since February, over eleven tree trunks on Jiuzhong Street have become the canvas for aspiring 23 year-old art student, Wang Yue. Each piece takes Wang about two hours to…

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March 6, 2013 at 11:03 am

Detailed Floor Plans of TV Show Apartments

Detailed Floor Plans of TV Show Apartments

Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde is a professional interior designer from Spain. In his free time he makes detailed floor plans of homes from popular television shows and movies. All floor plans are hand drawn with coloured pens and even include furniture and other decorations. What’s most impressive is the attention given to accurately portraying dimensions…

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March 4, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest [25 pics]

Smithsonian Magazine's 10th Annual Photo Contest [25 pics]

Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest has just announced the 50 finalists for this year’s competition. The contest received over 37,600 photo submissions from photographers in 112 countries around the world. The Smithsonian will be awarding eight prizes: Grand Prize: $2,500 Category Winners: The winners of each of the five categories will receive $500…

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March 3, 2013 at 3:57 pm

Malleable Paper Sculptures by Li Hongbo

Malleable Paper Sculptures by Li Hongbo

Li Hongbo is a Chinese artist currently living and working in Beijing. Born in 1974 in Siping City, Jilin, China, Li has always had a deep fascination with paper and it’s properties. “You can never predict what it will become in the end,” Li says of paper. In a recent solo exhibition entitled, Pure…

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March 1, 2013 at 4:52 pm

Girlfriend Leads Photographer Around the World

Girlfriend Leads Photographer Around the World

Murad Osmann (@muradosmann on Instagram) is a Russian photographer and film producer (Hype Production) who has seen his personal photo series #followmeto on Instagram explode online in recent days. First it made the front page of Reddit, eventually spreading outwards to the likes of Mashable and other publications. The story goes that Osmann’s girlfriend,…

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February 27, 2013 at 2:33 pm

Intricate Sculptures Carved from a Single Pencil

Intricate Sculptures Carved from a Single Pencil

Hungarian artist and deviantART user cerkahegyzo carves intricate miniature sculptures from a single lead pencil (with the exception of #5 & #15, not sure how he did those!). The artist says it’s a hobby and form of relaxation for him and that he carves them in his free time. During the day he works…

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February 26, 2013 at 5:20 pm

Picture of the Day: Duct Tape Landscape

Picture of the Day: Duct Tape Landscape

DUCT TAPE LANDSCAPE Artwork by Takahiro Iwasaki | Photograph by Owen Houhoulis Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki carved this amazing miniature landscape into a roll of duct tape. Born in 1975, Iwasaki works and lives in Hiroshima, Japan. He makes miniature sculptures from everyday items like tape, thread and wire. You can find…

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