Archive for Category: "Art"
Nice Tweets T-shirt
Is this t-shirt sexist? Maybe. Is it humorous? Definitely. Is this young lady attractive? Of course. Do I like asking myself questions that I can then answer. Resoundingly, yes! This “Nice Tweets” t-shirt is fun and hopefully no one was offended. Hey, girls have breasts, guys like looking at said breasts. It is the order [...]
Skull Sculpture from Food – Dimitri Tsykalov
Skull Sculpture from Food While his art can often be described as macabre, Dimitri Tsykalov can also bring about other emotions than simply shock and disgust. These skull sculptures are whimsical yet make you also see the dark side of fruit. Okay, I’m just grasping here, but you must admit they are interesting and you [...]
Being a Superhero Ain’t Easy
The superhero in me is tired What a wonderful photo! The superhero in me is tired by Rosie Hardy, don’t miss her Flickr stream, there are many incredibly creative photographs. Of course jumping off a building is an iconic move for any flying superhero, Spider-man aside, but you have to assume sometimes these caped wonders just [...]
Going in Circles
If you thought painting was hard, or even drawing proportionately accurate stick figures was mildly difficult, check out what Signapore-based artist Chan Hwee Chong can do with just one pen. As part of an advertising campaign for a company’s pen, he recreates classic masterpieces in ink. Better yet, he does it all without lifting the tool [...]
Tire Sculptures
This is why you go to art school. The amount of detail put into each sculpture is just amazing. Sculptor Yong Ho Ji has mastered the practice of turning what is otherwise roadside garbage into works of original art. Using only resin and screws to hold the sculptures together, Ji makes anyone who is lucky [...]
Custom Pumpkins
It’s that time of the year; when everyone’s creative juices are flowing and so are the pumpkins’. I always see something new every year and just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s a giant hamburger. No matter if scary, funny, or scrupulous detail is your fancy, feel free to take some inspiration from [...]
Lord of the Legos
Who ever said you had to grow up? If you’re one of the lucky few to be in the Lego building team OneLUG, you can build elaborate LEGO structures and take them around the country for a living. This model of the Last March of the Ents in Isengard from contains 22,000 pieces and spans [...]
Pixar Tibute
Here’s another 25th anniversary piece. This Pixar clip montage spans the company’s 25 years of movie excellence since it was acquired by the late and great Steve Jobs in 1986. You’ll find everything from Toy Story to Cars 2 and all the shorts in between. If you manage to watch the whole thing without crying [...]
Spacesick Movie Art – The I Can Read Movie Series
We’re sort of confused by this guy. His name is Mitch, he lives in Toledo, Ohio, and he had a blog that he posted fun stuff to, but hasn’t posted to it since March. Hey Mitch, you OK? Actually, come to think of it? This I Can Read Movies series by Spacesick (ie Mitch) is [...]
One Man’s Trash – Part One
It’s true what they say – one man’s (or woman’s) trash, is another one’s treasure. Many artists take an environmental stance and create art out of things that would otherwise be thrown away. Some of the pieces of art are very large – sculptures and parts of buildings, and others are very small. Take a [...]
The Cute Side of the Force
A short time ago on a website not so far away… It is a period of creative chaos. Rebel crocheters, striking forth from Etsy, have won the hearts of Star Wars fans in a reconciliation between a complete lack of functionality and mind-jarring cuteness. During the battle for yarn-related domination, lucyravenscar managed to create a [...]
Rolling Through the Bay
Scott Weaver spent the last 35 years making this kinetic sculpture of San Francisco made entirely of toothpicks. The structure actually moves the ping pong balls you see at the bottom around in a “tour” of the city visiting famous locations along the way. More close-ups and video can be found at thisiscolossal.com.
Fly Art
Like many things, I find this creepy and cool at the same time. The image is funny but you have to remember that it’s really just four dead flies lying on a piece of paper. Quite morbid, really. Magnus Muhr has a bunch more of these, but they’re also in another language so we can’t [...]
Rubik’s Huge
This shows what can happen when you have a little creativity, some free time, and a lot of dedication. A locally famous landmark in Manhattan got an 80′s makeover as a gigantic Rubik’s cube overnight. The entire process was documented through photographs and even stayed up most of the day after it was “built.” Follow [...]
Caricature Map of 1914 Europe
The first map was painted by Keith Thompson for a book called Leviathan written by Scott Westerfield. The second is the actual map of the time for your comparison. Between the two, I would have found History class a lot more interesting if we had used the former. Read the motivations for the animals used on [...]
Timescapes
More Outdoor Videos >> Todd Bo decided to stick cameras in various locales to videotape hours of nothing. At least, that’s what you would think sitting there with the camera, but once you apply a little time lapse here and there, editing can become a powerful tool. Stars streak by while the sun jumps up [...]
Box Head
Inspired by the common cheat code for video games in which the characters all have oversized heads, computer whiz Eric Testroete created a large copy of his own head for a Halloween costume. If I was any good at using any software, I’d give it a go. To see how he did it step-by-step, check [...]
Wee Models
Is the creepiest part of this the content of the note, the stoic orange clay face without a nose or the fact that the word “wee” was used…twice? This looks like a great premise for a crappy horror movie. “Coming summer 2012, get ready to have the scare of your life in…Clay Face!” Courtesy of [...]
Penny Towers
Putting houses made of cards to shame since 1997, penny towers and bridges are not only more durable, but shinier! Mitch Fincher has dozens of pages on his website dedicated to tutorials and pictures sent in from others devoted to the hobby. Believe it or not, it can get pricey. One used almost 250,000 pennies. [...]
Typewriter of the Future
Although originally used as a helmet for lobotomies, this strange looking machine was turned into a typewriter by putting keys on top of the needles once the operation became widely unpopular. The inventor, Rasmus Malling-Hansen, found that typing downward simply wasn’t interesting enough and watching people try to use this was too hilarious to pass [...]