Tag: Fido
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Ancient Terracotta Warriors Re-Imagined as Pop-Culture Icons
In a whimsical twist on ancient artwork, a terracotta army of sculptures re-imagines cartoon characters as stoic heroes. San Francisco-based artist Lizabeth Eva Rossof designed the army and hired an authentic terracotta-warrior replicator to manufacture the figures. Rossof’s sculptures are comprised of the same materials as the iconic army guarding the tomb of China’s first…
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Gorgeous Pit Bull’s Photobooth Pics Find Him a Home
Pit bulls have been written off by many as a violent breed, but the Humane Society of Utah has been fighting this public perception, and their most recent adoption success story shows just how cute and friendly they can be. Teton, an adorable one-year-old pit bull, was adopted only day after the humane society uploaded…
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Happy Thanksgiving! How Famous Artists Would Serve Thanksgiving Dinner
In this quirky series of photos titled “Thanksgiving Special”, San Francisco-based artist Hannah Rothstein imagines Thanksgiving dinners as plated by famous artists throughout history. Gravy, corn, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce, and even the plate itself is used as a medium for edible artworks in the style of Jackson Pollock, Cindy Sherman, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.…
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A Cupful of Animal Cuteness
Why are these animals in cups? We don’t really know. But what we do know is that putting these already adorable animals into cups makes them mind-numbingly insanely cute, so here you go: the best list of animals in cups that the artFido community could find! If you’ve ever had the wonderful opportunity to place a kitten, puppy…
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Artist Creates a “Normal” Barbie With Acne, Bruises and Stretch Marks
The iconic Barbie doll has received a lot of criticism for teaching kids to aspire to unrealistic body types, so digital artist and design Nickolay Lamm decided to create a “normal barbie” named Lammily. This doll has the realistic body proportions of a 19-year-old girl, and can have tattoos, warts, acne, stretchmarks, and other realistic…
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A Mother Documents the Unusual Objects Found in Her Baby Son’s Mouth
As anyone who’s ever watched over a toddler for more than ten minutes knows, babies will pick up just about anything and put it in their mouths. British conceptual artist and full-time mother Lenka Clayton explores this adorable yet exasperating behavior in 63 Objects Taken From My Son’s Mouth, a project documenting all the miscellaneous objects…
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Artist Ivan Hoo Turns Objects Into Unbelievable Hyperrealist Drawings
A glass of wine, an adorable pug, a jar of Nutella. Not only does Ivan Hoo have an inhuman ability to transform worldly objects into drawings, he also has great taste in subject matter. Hyperrealist junkies, feast your eyes on artworks so realistic you’ll just want to eat them up (Nutella) or give them a big kiss…
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The Most Spectacularly Creative Rings Ever
The right ring on your finger can make you feel like a regal king or a beloved queen. What modern rings have lost in symbolic significance they’ve gained in creativity of design and craftsmanship – and the rings in this list are some of the best of the best. Under each of the rings we’ve…
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Say Hi to Zeus: The Rescued Blind Owl With Stars In His Eyes
One morning, someone in Southern California found an injured owl on their porch. It turned out to be a blind Western Screech Owl with eyes that look like a starry night. After a visit to the vet, the owl found a new permanent home at the Wildlife Learning Center in Sylmar, California. He was named…
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Miner Spends His Breaks Taking Photos of Foxes In The Arctic Circle
Russia’s remote north-eastern Chukotka region is an inhospitable arctic tundra, but even in this brutal landscape, Russian photographer Ivan Kislov can find beautiful signs of life among the foxes that live and hunt here in the wild. Kislov, who lives in the north-eastern port city of Magadan, works in Chukotka as a mining engineer. When…