Tag: artist
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3D Pencil Drawings by Ramon Bruin
Even though Ramon Bruin has a degree in airbrushing, it’s his other skill that made our jaws drop. A Netherlands-based artist creates amazing 3D optical illusions all with an ordinary pencil. As he puts it, trying photo-realism was just another way for him to push his boundaries and add another technique to his portfolio. A 31-year-old Ramon…
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New Series of Nude Body Paintings by Emma Hack Depicting Beautiful Women
Not many young artists can say their work has been seen by hundreds of millions of people all over the world. Emma Hack can. The South Australian painter is the creator of the body art featured in the video clip for Gotye and Kimbra’s worldwide hit Somebody that I Used to Know. As at the…
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Stunning Self-Portraits by a 14-year-old Photographer
Being 14 years old is the time when we are still fully entitled to be careless and unburdened, but 14-year-old Zev from Natick, Massachusetts will make you feel that you could’ve done more at that age. This teenager, now better known by his nickname ‘fiddle oak‘, has already become an internet sensation thanks to his ‘Little…
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A Colourful Canopy of Umbrellas in Sunny Portugal
For the second consecutive year, the town of Agueda, Portugal, has brought out an installation of colourful umbrellas for their Agitagueda art festival on now. Although the installation doesn’t differ much from last year, the colours have gotten, well, more colourful! Photographer Patrícia Almeida captured some great shots this year, many more of which you can see here.
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Exploring the left-brain, right-brain dominance theory with artist Gregoire Meyer
Digital artist and photographer Gregoire Meyer’s latest work – Shattered – explores the left-brain, right-brain dominance theory. According to the theory, each side of the brain controls different types of thinking. Additionally, people are said to prefer one type of thinking over the other. For example, a person who is “left-brained” is often said to…
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Giant Chrome T-Rex Installed on the Seine River in Paris by Philippe Pasqua
Artist Philippe Pasqua recently completed installation of an impressive Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton that now stands watch over the Seine river in Paris. The structure is made from 350 chrome molded bones and measures a full 21′ x 12′ (3m by 6m). Photographs above courtesy Anthony Gelot. If you liked this, also check out Huang Yong Ping’s stainless steel…
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Amazing steampunk sculptures made out of watch parts!
Using the smallest components from repurposed antique pocket watches and other time pieces, New-Jersey based artist Sue Beatrice of All Natural Arts assembles curious sculptures of animals and human figures. Given the nature of watch movements I can’t help but want to see each one of these things spring to life. See much more here. And don’t forget,…
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Amazing eye drawings and sketches
There’s something mesmerizing about eyes that we just can’t seem to get enough of. We are constantly amazed by how artists are able to create hyperrealistic drawings of what must be one of the most challenging facial feature to render correctly. From the wispy hairs of one’s eyelashes and the wrinkled creases under the eye…
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Bird Street Art on the Streets of Brazil by L7m
We’ve featured the amazing street art birds of Brazilian artist L7m before to rave reviews. And why not? The mix of realism that morphs into more frenetic strokes of spray paint is fun and visually beautiful. Some of the photos you see here were taken on the streets, while others are works on canvas. See much more…
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Book Paintings by Ekaterina Panikanova
Artist Ekaterina Panikanova creates densely layered paintings across large spreads of old books and other documents, resulting in artwork that blurs the lines between painting, installation and collage. Born in St. Petersburg in 1975 Panikanova graduated at the top of her class from the Academy of Fine Arts and was subsequently given a studio to work from…