Tag: artist
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Stunning Before and After Makeup Photos by Vadim Andreev
While some artists have mastered the Photoshop brushes to give some of their models a much needed face or eye lift, Russian artist Vadim Andreev uses those from the make-up artist kit. And his results are sometimes so jaw-dropping it’s hard to believe the pictures weren’t retouched! Vadim claims that using only cosmetics, he transforms…
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Olek Yarn Bombs an Entire Four-Car Locomotive in Lodz, Poland
Textile artist Olek has just completed work on what may be her largest piece ever, a four-car locomotive covered in crocheted technicolor camo in Lodz, Poland. The artist didn’t even stop to change out of a costume she wore at the Animal Ball in London before jumping on a plane to meet four assistants who began a…
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More Incredible 3D Latte Art by Kazuki Yamamoto
Japanese artist Kazuki Yamamoto has got the Internet buzzing about his 3D latte art again – this time he’s back with a very impressive Salvador Dali-inspired foam sculpture. The latte foam in the cup is shaped as a melting clock in Dali’sThe Persistence of Memory. The clock, however, is not the only new 3D latte artwork…
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The Great Gatsby VFX – Behind the Scenes that Made this Movie a Visual Spectacular
Thanks to the rise of digital effects, the images moviegoers think they’re seeing on-screen are often misleading. For blockbusters, the belief is that bigger and flashier is better, and with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, that’s exactly what we got. However you felt about the most recent adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, most agreed…
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Spectacular Photography Created With a Drill, Paint, and Centripetal Force!
“Black Hole” by Fabian Oefner is a series of images, which shows paint modeled by centripetal force. The setup is very simple: Various shades of acrylic paint are dripped onto a metallic rod, which is connected to a drill. When switched on, the paint starts to move away from the rod, creating these amazing looking…
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Graffiti Removal Guy Comes Back to Discover Image of Himself in the Same Spot
Street artist DS recently added a couple of paste-ups to a wall in London. It didn’t take too long before a graffiti removal guy removed the paste-ups. Shortly after that, DS was back with a paste up of the graffiti removal guy removing the graffiti. Gold! Art imitates removal of art! And don’t forget, if…
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Colorful Riverbeds Drawn with Pencil by Ester Roi
California artist Ester Roi works colored pencils to create drawings of imagined riverbeds that exhibit a superb understanding of the interaction between light, color and water. Roi uses a special drawing device called the Icarus Drawing Board that allows her to effectively create warm and cool “zones” underneath a wax-based medium. According to her website “the warm zone is…
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Like a Kid in a Candy Store – Inside The Artist Studios of Dianne Gall and Jim Thalassoudis
We were lucky enough to be invited inside the artist studios of art power couple, Jim Thalassoudis and Dianne Gall in Bowden, South Australia recently. The pair originally met at the South Australian School of Art in the 1980s and have been painting together ever since. Dianne paints in the style of contemporary realism, with her works evoking the memory…
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Melting Ceramics by Livia Marin
When dropping a ceramic plate or cup we’ve all braced for the familiar sound of impact as the object explodes into a multitude of sharp fragments on the kitchen floor. Artist Livia Marin imagines a wholly different demise for ceramic bowls, cups and tea pots in this series of work titled Nomad Patterns. Inexplicably, each piece seems to…
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Jumping Spiders Wearing Water Drops as Fancy Hats
Even if you have arachnophobia, don’t be too quick to close this page yet! Jumping spiders have got to be the cutest spiders of all. More than that, they were recently photographed wearing tiny water droplets as their hats, and that way completely denying their image of being threatening and scary. Uda Dennie, 33-year-old photographer…