Category: Art
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Double Exposure Portraits Combine Human Faces with Nature and Architecture
Photography in double exposure seems to be all the rage at the moment, however Spanish artist Antonio Mora‘s has done something altogether different, merging human faces with landscapes and distinct architectural forms. Each work and every expressive piece looks like a snapshot from a dream, allowing viewers to easily connect with Mora’s ethereal creations on an inexplicably surreal level. No…
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An Amazing Sculptural Gun Installation by Michael Murphy
Installation artist Michael Murphy’s are a little different from most artists – to see his works ‘properly’ you must be standing at just the right angle. One of his latest works, called Damage, consists of 1,200 ping pong balls, painted black, and then suspended from a ceiling. Damage is meant as a way for us to…
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Stunning Illustrations Inside Coffee Cups
When we first stumbled across the magical coffee cup illustrations of Witchoria on Instagram, we were immediately hooked. The artist, Victoria Siemer, digitally creates big ocean waves, beautiful currents sweeping against rocks on shores and the calming visuals of mysterious galaxies, Siemer skillfully fits them into the confines of regular mugs and teacups, serving up a…
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An Amazing Discovery Found Underneath The Easter Island Heads!
The giant stone statues scattered around remote Easter Island are even more impressive than they first appear. Hidden from view, the heads are attached to bodies that extend meters underground. The bodies are covered in ancient and as of yet indecipherable writings called petroglyphs. Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in…
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The Haunting Images of a Photographer With Sleep Paralysis
Sleep paralysis is an experience in which the individual becomes conscious and is left immobile in a state between being awake and asleep. The wakeful mind separates itself from the mobile functions of the sleeping body and the individual begins to experience visual and auditory hallucinations – essentially dreaming while awake. Photographer Nicolas Bruno has suffered…
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For Dummies: How to Be a Cat
Can’t stand the rat race? Need a career change? A sea change? A tree change? What about being a cat? What a great job! You get to sleep most of the day, be nonchalant and care-free, and only give two f#@ks when it suits you. Just ppppurrrrfect! “Where do I apply?” we hear you say. Luckily, Lisa Swerling…
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It’s Happening Again: What Color is This Nail Polish?
Remember that whole thing about the dress? You can read all about it HERE. What color (or colour!) was it? White and Gold or Blue and Black or Who The Hell Cares? In any case, the internet is all aflutter today about some nail polish and a stiletto. Yup, the hashtag #TheShoe is all over…
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Artist Uses Food to Complete Her Fashion Sketches!
At artFido, our two great loves are art and food. We were therefore extremely happy to see our two loves combined in Gretchen Röehrs fashion illustrations which she combines with a variety of fruit, vegetables and other food items. From bananas to slices of bread, Röehrs manages to brilliantly transform foods into fashionable clothes in her…
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When 2 Becomes 1: Artist Splits Photos And Combines the Results
Photographer Stephen McMennamy has an ongoing series of photographs on his Tumblr page called “Combo Photos” where he splits two photographs and joins them together to form some pretty interesting combinations. Here are some of our favorites. What are yours? (h/t Twisted Sifter) And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art…
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Cliff House Has an Amazingly Terrifying View
Greece’s economy may be going through some issues at the moment, but that hasn’t dulled the creativity of Greek architects Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou and Pantelis Kampouropoulos from Opa Works who have up with an amazingly terrifying cliff house. The concept design is called “Casa Brutale”, and it is designed to mesh well with nature. The building is completely…