Tag: fetching art
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Indonesian Artist Creates Sublime Watercolor Paintings That Will Melt Your Heart!
Reza Luqman, aka Jongkie on Instagram, is an Indonesian artist we recently discovered through our artFido art sharing account on Instagram. He uses the very difficult medium of watercolor to create some of the most sublime paintings we have ever seen. Magic and magical. Reza’s paintings definitely put credence to the saying ‘a picture is…
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Scrap Metal and Farm Equipment Turned Into Stunning Sculptures!
South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing a field, or a Texas Longhorn. Lopez already had a career as a bronze sculptor,…
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Amazing GIFs from Award Winning Stop-Motion Animator!
Freelance designer and stop-motion animator Micaël Reynaud creates animated GIFs unlike any we’ve seen. His process involves the use of video techniques like slit-scanning, time-lapse, and various forms of masking to create what he refers to as “hypnotic very short films.” Indeed many of these animations are pulled from fully realized videos which you can…
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Beautiful Vases Constructed from Hundreds of Pencils by Studio Markunpoika
Amalgamated is a new series of vessels by studio markunpoika constructed from assembled pencils. Taking advantage of the pencil’s unique hexagon shape, the pencils are first tightly glued together at each facet to form a solid block. The final pieces are then carved on a machine lathe to reveal the insides of each pencil. Via…
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Crazy Photo Manipulations Created by Photoshop Wizard
Tons of photographers use Photoshop to insert new elements into their photographs, but not all of them can create the crazy and mind-bending images that Buenos Aires-based art director and digital artist Martin De Pasquale does. De Pasquale creates wild new impossible realities by combining multiple images or by creating new effects on Photoshop. Some…
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Beautiful Embroideries of Landscapes and Plants by Ana Teresa Barboza
Using embroidery, yarn, and and wool artist Ana Teresa Barboza creates landscapes and other imagery that exists in the space between tapestry and sculpture. Mimicking the flow of waves or grass, each piece seems to tumble from its embroidery hoop where it flows down the gallery wall. Most of the pieces seen here are from…
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Stunning Examples of Animal Body Art
Many people feel an especially close connection with our animal brethren, which is probably a big part of why we find animal body art like this so appealing – these models, and the artists who paint on them, create a figurative representation of the relationship we share with all life. There are all sorts of…
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Photos Of People Who’ve Fallen Down Among All Their Belongings
Photographer Sandro Giordoan has created a hilarious photo series of people who look like they’ve just taken terrible falls, spilling all their stuff around them in a “yard sale” of sorts. They’re not just silly images – there’s a message about materialism behind them. As Giordoan explains, “Each shot ‘tells’ about worn out characters who,…
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Glass Paintings and Portraits Sliced From a Loaf of Glass Bread
Master glassblower and stained glass artist Loren Stump in California has wowed the internet with an extraordinary display of virtuosity. He created a “loaf” of glass, called murrine, out of carefully layered glass rods that, when sliced, reveal a painstakingly detailed work of art in cross-section. His greatest work is called “Madonna of the Rocks,”…
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“I Could Paint That…” “But You Didn’t”
You might have heard some of these before. And god-forbid, you might have even thought of some of them. But an imgur user has published them in a comic-book-style format, for all to see. Oh, the arts! And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check…