Tag: artist
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Japanese Restaurant Transforms Sushi Into Realistic Sushi Fish!
Sushi has become the go-to dish for many people looking for a delicious meal that is equally healthy. You’re probably used to the ‘wrapped in green seaweed’ variety, but not at the Nishikizushi sushi shop located in Saiki, Japan! Known as the ‘Nishikigoi no Sugatazushi’ (Multicolored Koi-Shaped Sushi), the chefs at Nishikizushi cut and sculpt their to look like…
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Gonzalo Calvo Creates Beautiful Origami Artworks
If you’re like us, you’ve probably folded your fair share of paper aeroplanes, and things that look remotely like hats and boats. Origami artist Gonzalo García Calvo blows our simplified folding techniques out of the water by not only folding some of the most challenging origami designs imaginable, but also skilfully staging the finished results; taking great care…
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Artist Creates Eerily Beautiful GIFs Even Though He’s Legally Blind
Artist George Redhawk has put together a series of stunning GIFs, perfectly looped and beautifully haunting. Even more incredible is that Redhawk is legally blind. “With the use of visual aides and computer softwares that aide the visually impaired, [Redhawk] began to explore the realm of photo manipulation with a desire to show the world as…
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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…