Tag: portraits

December 16, 2013 at 3:29 pm

Mark Khaisman Makes Art with Everyday Packing Tape

Mark Khaisman Makes Art with Everyday Packing Tape

Artist Mark Khaisman Born in 1958 in Kiev, Ukraine, artist Mark Khaisman studied Art and Architecture at the Moscow Architectural Institute in Russia. Now living in Philadelphia, USA, Khaisman uses rolls of brown packaging tape to create incredible works of art. Mark characterizes his work as ‘pictorial illusions formed by light and shadow’. The…

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December 16, 2013 at 11:30 am

The Power of a Pink Tutu

The Power of a Pink Tutu

Photograph by BOB CAREY/THE TUTU PROJECT Website | Facebook | Twitter | Support The Tutu Project In 2003, photographer Bob Carey and his wife Linda moved to New York City after 42 years of living in Phoenix. Six months after the move, Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer. Linda beat it but it came…

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December 5, 2013 at 1:22 pm

Artist Transforms a Single Room into a Series of Surreal Fantasy Worlds

Artist Transforms a Single Room into a Series of Surreal Fantasy Worlds

JeeYoung Lee is a Korean artist currently living in Seoul. A recent graduate of Hongik University, Lee transforms her small studio space into a series of surreal fantasy worlds. None of the images below are photoshopped. Everything is built and created in the same small room that measures a modest 11.8′ x 13.5′ x…

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December 3, 2013 at 11:42 am

This Was Made with a Finger and 285,000 Brush Strokes… on an iPad

This Was Made with a Finger and 285,000 Brush Strokes... on an iPad

Artwork by KYLE LAMBERT Website | Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Flickr | deviantART | YouTube The image you see above is not a photograph. It is actually a finger painting by Kyle Lambert using the Procreate app on an iPad Air. The mind-blowing portrait of actor Morgan Freeman (original photo by Scott…

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November 29, 2013 at 4:54 pm

Celebrity Portraits Carved into Corrugated Cardboard

Celebrity Portraits Carved into Corrugated Cardboard

Artist and redditor Elliot Frantz (u/thejehosephat) carved these amazing portraits into everyday pieces of corrugated cardboard. Using a simple X-acto blade and lots of patience, these relief-like portraits took Frantz about 16 hours each to complete. On reddit, where these were submitted yesterday, Frantz says Hepburn was the most challenging as her hair would…

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November 28, 2013 at 11:18 am

2D Portraits Painted Onto Human Faces

2D Portraits Painted Onto Human Faces

2D or not 2D is the second collaboration between photographer Alexander Khokhlov and make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan. This time around, the team was increased to include Veronica Ershova who led the process of retouching and post-production. The authors were inspired by two-dimensional posters and the goal was to turn the models faces into two…

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November 26, 2013 at 5:01 pm

Picture of the Day: This Cow is so Emo

Picture of the Day: This Cow is so Emo

THIS COW IS SO EMO Photograph by ADAM STEVENS (Padawan Photographer) 500px | Flickr | Facebook In this lovely portrait/landscape photo by Adam Stevens, we see what I believe is a Highland Cow with its rocking horns and unruly hair. The beautiful surrounding landscape is somewhere near Cornwall, UK. Highland cattle are…

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November 26, 2013 at 4:28 pm

Teenager Splices Portrait and Macro Photos into Miniature Fantasy World

Teenager Splices Portrait and Macro Photos into Miniature Fantasy World

Zev aka Fiddleoak is a wonderfully talented 14-year-old photographer that is well-known for his amazing photo manipulations. Hailing from Natick, Massachusetts, Zev skillfully splices portrait photographs with macro photos of nature, interiors and objects. While Zev’s sister Aliza helps out with concepts and setup, all photography and editing is done by Zev, who started…

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November 21, 2013 at 1:10 pm

The Flowing Fins of Siamese Fighting Fish

The Flowing Fins of Siamese Fighting Fish

Visarute Angkatavanich is a commercial photographer currently living in Bangkok, Thailand. In an ongoing photo series, Visarute takes breathtaking portraits of Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens). Many of the portraits capture these popular aquarium fish in motion, accentuating their large and vibrant fins. Siamese Fighting Fish typically grow to about 7 cm in length…

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November 19, 2013 at 1:06 pm

A Single Thread Wrapped Around Thousands of Nails

A Single Thread Wrapped Around Thousands of Nails

Kumi Yamashita, whose mind-blowing shadow artworks have been featured before, uses a single, unbroken thread wrapped around thousands of nails to create stunning portraits of women and men. In the ongoing series entitled Constellation (a nod to the Greek tradition of tracing mythical figures in the sky), the Japanese artist (living and working in…

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