Tag: fetching art
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Artist Collaborates with her 4-Year-Old Daughter to Create Amazing Illustrations
In one of the best collaborations we’ve ever seen, professional illustrator Mica Angela Hendricks has been collaborating with her 4-year-old daughter on a series of wonderful drawings that pass back and forth between mother and daughter until reaching an always unexpected final form. Each drawing begins with Hendricks drawing a detailed retro-ish head, after which her daughter…
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Secret Paintings in 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa
Colleen Theisen, who helps with outreach and instruction at the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, recently shared an amazing gif she made that demonstrates something called fore-edge painting on the edge of a 1837 book called Autumn by Robert Mudie. Fore-edge painting, which is believed to date back as early as the 1650s, is a way of hiding a…
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Gerardo Chierchia Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin!
Italian artist now based in Australia Gerardo Chierchia paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. We really love the rich depth of the pieces and the optical illusion…
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Ballerina Wears Knife Shoes to Perform En Pointe En a Piano!
Ballerinas are often associated with beauty, grace, and elegant human forms. In his video En Puntas (‘On Points’), however, artist Javier Perez has managed to preserve all of these elements while also portraying the dark intensity, dedication and even violence that this graceful art form can represent. En Puntas features ballerina Amelie Segarra dancing the…
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Foodscapes: Stunning Landscapes Made of Food by Carl Warner
Food posts are always a special treat for the eyes, but this selection of Foodscapes by London-based photographer Carl Warner is definitely something different. Yes, that’s right – all of the pictures in this blog are actually created out of fresh foods! The artist uses a wide variety of different ingredients, such as deli meats, fresh fish, fruit, vegetables…
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Fallen Princesses: When The Happily-Ever-After Doesn’t Happen
One of the nicest childhood memories is how every fairy-tale we heard would always end in words “and they lived happily ever after”. But what if these fairy-tales were continued past this line, and we could learn what actually happened to the beautiful princesses and their knights? Photographer Dina Goldstein imagines what their lives could have…
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36 More Perfectly Timed Photos
Last time we asked you to send in the best “perfectly timed photos” you’ve taken during your photography career or seen on the Internet. Thank you to everyone who emailed and posted their pictures in our comment section! As we said before, you may be the best photographer in the world, but sometimes all it takes…
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Morning Dew on a Beautiful Lady Beetle
One of the most popular blogs we have ever posted featured macro photos of dew-covered insects by David Chambo which you can see HERE. It didn’t take much therefore to share this amazing dew-soaked photo of a lady beetle by German artist Jens Kolk. You can check more of their work out at WORDPRESS and via…
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Puppies and Kittens Have Imaginative Adventures With Household Objects
Now here’s an ultimate explosion of cuteness: a creative advertising campaign, that features both adorable puppies and kittens! Titled Life is Adventure, the photos series portray little fellows embarking on various adventures, set up from props on the ground. Created by graphic designer and art director Marek Farkas and photographer Miro Minarovich, the series was created as…
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33 Perfectly Timed Photos
You may be the best photographer in the world, but sometimes all it takes to take the best shot is being in the right place at the right moment. It doesn’t even matter if you take it with your cell or high-end DSLR. Often, you won’t even notice you made an incredible picture until you…