Tag: artFido
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Dad Makes His Son With Down Syndrome Fly In Adorable Photo Series
1-year-old William (Wil) Lawrence, the youngest in his family, was born a little bit different from the rest of his brothers and sisters, but that won’t hold him back. Wil has Down syndrome, but thanks to a bit of Photoshop magic from his photographer dad Alan, he also has a very special gift – Wil can fly! Alan,…
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Hush Shows Us What East Meets West Looks Like, Street Art Style
When we last saw Hush, he generously donated a work which artFido cut out of the gallery wall and raised $13,500 for Challenge, an organisation which assists kids with cancer and their families (see HERE). There was such strong bidding on this charity piece – not just because it was raising money for a great cause – but also…
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Amazing Artwork Created Using 24km of Thread Wrapped Around 13,000 Nails!
Ukrainian artist Zenyk Palagniuk wrapped 24 km (15 mi) of thread around 13,000 nails to create an amazingly realistic portrait of Justin Timberlake. It took the artist over 200 hours to complete. Palagniuk began by sketching the portrait on a large piece of plywood. He then hammered in all of the nails and wrapped the…
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Artist Richard Prince Makes $100,000 Selling Your Instagram Pictures in New York
Right now you can purchase someone’s Instagram photo for around $100,000. The money won’t go to the photographer, however, it will go to Richard Prince, who has blown up and made prints of other people’s Instagram photos for his series titled “New Portraits.” The previously private show at the Gagosian has been a part of Frieze. According to…
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Amazing Fairytale Book Covers By Latvian Artist
If you’re a book nerd and an office stationery nerd like us, you will LOVE LOVE LOVE these elaborate book covers by Latvian designer and artist, Aniko Kolesnikova. Aniko works under the name Mandarin Duck and you can purchase her amazing covers on her Etsy store. What is your favorite book cover? And don’t forget, if…
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Artistically Smart Business Cards That Will Blow Your Socks Off!
First impression can either make or break your business, depending on whether the customer had good or bad experience. A business has to take care of all the little details in order to gain a customer’s trust. However, the following individuals and businesses went one step ahead to impress their customers through the creativity in…
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A Native American Superhero is Born… Almost!
Nicolas “Nico” Selma is an amazing, Argentinean illustrator living and working in the United States. His work can be seen in video games, feature films, graphic novels and comic books all over the world. He’s best known for penning the new Tomb Raider (and the beautifully deadly Lara Croft) for Dark Horse Comics. However it’s…
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Perfectionists Unite! Artist Cuts Raw Food Into 98 Cubes
If you’re like us, you like certain things to look ‘just right’. A bit of OCD mixed with a touch of perfectionism, perhaps? So when we came across Dutch artists Lernert and Sander’s most recent project where they cut raw food into 98 perfect 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm cubes, we were in OCD heaven! The…
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Artist Covers Beautiful Beach Stones in Tiny Dots of Paint
Elspeth McLean is an Australian award-winning artist whose passion for colour and detail has evolved into a unique style of painting she describes as “Dotillism”. In what she calls Mandala Stones, McLean collects beautiful beach stones and uses them as her canvas to create intensely colourful and intricate artworks entirely out of dots. Elspeth only uses acrylic…