Tag: Art
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A 1400 Year Old Chinese Gingko Tree Creates a Spectacular Sea of Leaves
As the Northern Hemisphere transitions into Winter and the Southern Hemisphere transitions into Summer, we’re left with the beautiful season known as Fall (in some countries) or Autumn (in others). No matter what you call it, this season produces some of the most spectacular flora going around. Once such example is this amazing ginkgo tree located within the walls…
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Macro Photography of a Little-Known Poodle Moth That Looks Like a Fairy
We all know that nature gives us some of the most weird and wonderful flora and fauna. However this little guy – known as the mysterious Venezuelan Poodle Moth – may take the cake as one of the most unusual. Looking like a Pokemon/Furby/Fairy mix, this creature was first discovered in 2009 by zoologist Arthur Anker of…
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Realistic Goldfish Painted Using Layers of Watercolor and Resin
Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori never ceases to amaze us with what he can do with layers of resin and watercolor paint. He returns to Joshua Liner Gallery this week for his second solo show, Goldfish Salvation. Since we last featured Riusuke, he has become internationally known for his depiction of aquatic life painted with acrylic within layers of resin, most frequently the…
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Artist Draws an Amazing Blue Octopus Using Discarded Ballpoint Pens
Artist Ray Cincin has created a giant, beautifully illustrated bright blue Octopus from donated ballpoint pens that would have been otherwise discarded. The illustration, per Cincin, is his own “interpretation of an Ernst Von Haeckel octopus lithograph” and took him over a year to complete: “This drawing was in progress for over a year. A week here, a few days there, up…
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Artist Creates Puns So Terrible They’re Pun-ishable
When is a pun is a pun is a pun? That’s what illustrator Monika asks herself every day, in her ongoing series where she draws cute illustrations to accompany terrible puns that will make your eyes roll. Some of them strictly aren’t puns, but they’re nonetheless fun. See what we did there? You can follow Monika’s funny…
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Photographer Imagines What Darth Vader Would Do if He Was Just Like the Rest of Us
“We never think of movie characters like they were regular people. And they are. With different life goals, obviously, but they’re just people.” That was photographer Pawel Kadysz‘s initial thoughts when he embarked on his latest photo series called Daily Life of Darth Vader. In it, Kadysz shows that the infamous Sith Lord performs many of…
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An Art Store in Japan Lines the Walls with Every Pigment Imaginable
Japanese company Warehouse Terrada has opened an ‘art supply laboratory’ in Tokyo — a scheme that also serves as a hub connecting manufacturers with emerging local artists. Named ‘pigment’, the store has been completed by architect Kengo Kuma, whose design comprises organic curved surfaces that closely resemble bamboo blinds. beneath the undulating ceiling, pigments are displayed along the spacious…
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Artist Folds a New Paper Crane to Describe Each Day of the Year
Some people like to have a coffee everyday. Some people like to go for a run everyday. Well artist Cristian Mariancius is a little different. Following a bit of a quarter life crisis in 2014, he decided to create an origami paper crane every day as a unique personal journal. According to Cristian, “As a…
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Stunning Photography Documents the Macro Details of Colorful Hummingbirds
Photographer Chris Morgan loves Hummingbirds and photography. However as Hummingbirds are notorious for flapping their wings so incredibly fast that they create an audible hum and appear as a blur of feathers right before your eyes, they can be incredibly difficult to capture using photography. Not to be deterred, during a trip to Costa Rica, the…
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LEGO Creates Slippers to End 66 Years of Stepping on LEGO Pain!
Let’s face it, unless you’ve lived under a rock all your life, you are well aware of the searing pain associated with standing on a piece of LEGO. Fortunately, there is now a way to protect yourself from these domestic minefields: LEGO, working together with French advertising agency Brand Station, has invented anti-LEGO slippers! It…