Category: ART

July 10, 2012 at 3:21 pm

Football Club Removes Red from Jersey for Blood Donation Campaign

Football Club Removes Red from Jersey for Blood Donation Campaign

EC Vitoria is a Brazillian football team from Salvador, Bahia. They are a Series B team that is in the midst of a brilliant marketing campaign for blood donation. The team jersey typically features four horizontal red stripes. At the start of the season the team replaced the red stripes with white stripes.…

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July 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Mind-Blowing Oil Paintings by Fulvio di Piazza

oil on canvas by fulvio di piazza

Fulvio Di Piazza creates whimsical paintings of anthropomorphized landscapes with an extraordinary level of detail and depth. In Ashes to Ashes, the artist’s work follows a dramatic new direction of fiery volcanic imagery. Twisted figures rise through mushrooming clouds of soot and smoke with faces comprised of burnt debris, their bodies as vulnerable and…

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July 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Celebrity Photo Mosaics by Charis Tsevis

photo mosaic of hugh laurie from house for tv guide cover by charis tsevis

Charis Tsevis is an award-wining visual designer and illustrator living and working in Athens, Greece. He serves a global list of clients from his studio, Tsevis Visual Design. He’s also a part time professor of Editorial Design at the AKTO College of Art and Design. In a recent showcase on Behance, Charis shared his…

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July 6, 2012 at 1:00 pm

The Death Star Made From a Ping Pong Ball

star wars death star made from a ping pong ball close up shot

This incredible miniature version of the Death Star made from a ping pong ball was created by a Japanese artist from Osaka. Unfortunately I’m a bit sparse on background info as all of the pages are in Japanese. The model was posted to fg-site.net where the artist goes by the username tatumaru5963. On his…

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July 5, 2012 at 6:57 pm

Picture of the Day: The Statue of Apennine by Giambologna

giant rock sculpture by giambologna at villa di pratolino

THE STATUE OF APENNINE BY GIAMBOLOGNA Photograph by Antonio Scaramuzzino on Flickr The Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1820 and its remains are now part of Villa Demidoff, 12 km north of Florence, reached from the main road to Bologna.…

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July 5, 2012 at 1:35 pm

The “Before I Die” Project

standing on a bike to reach top of before i die footprint to write her submission

Copyright © Civic Center When Candy Chang lost someone she loved very much, the experience helped clarify her life but she struggled to maintain perspective. She wanted to know what was important to the people around her. Copyright © Civic Center With help from old and new friends, Candy turned the side…

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July 5, 2012 at 9:15 am

20 Amazing Fourth of July Fireworks Displays Across America

fourth of july fireworks 2012 san diego bay all going off at once due to error

All across America people celebrated Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July. In the United States it’s a federal holiday that commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Fourth of July has a strong association with fireworks. All…

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July 4, 2012 at 4:31 pm

This Interactive Street Art in Malaysia is Brilliant

interactive street art in george town malasia real bike painted kids on wall people joining the scene

Ernest Zacharevic is a Lithuanian street artist currently living in George Town, located in the province of Penang, Malaysia. As part of the George Town Festival that runs from June 15 – July 15, Ernest has been putting up some incredible street art all around the city. The piece getting the most buzz online…

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July 3, 2012 at 2:55 pm

Portraits of People Riding Invisible Bikes

father and daughter riding invisible bike look like they are flying

Artwork by Zhao Huasen Artwork by Zhao Huasen Artwork by Zhao Huasen Artwork by Zhao Huasen Artwork by Zhao Huasen Artwork by Zhao Huasen In the series entitled Floating, Chinese artist Zhao Huasen took seemingly mundane photographs of people in China riding their…

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July 2, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Surreal Self-Portraits by Kyle Thompson

Surreal Self-Portraits by Kyle Thompson

20-year old Kyle Thompson is an up and coming photographer from Chicago, Illinois. His recent series of conceptual self-portraits have been spreading like wildfire, thanks in part to an album he posted on Reddit that was on the top spot of the front page four days ago. Kyle is also active on Flickr, where…

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