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  • Beautiful Photos of Frozen Lighthouses on Lake Michigan

    Beautiful Photos of Frozen Lighthouses on Lake Michigan

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    With the winter chill in high gear in the Northern Hemisphere, photographer Thomas Zakowski has captured some beautiful images of frozen lighthouses to reflect just how cold temperatures can get. The photographer’s spectacular shots reveal a lesser seen vision of lighthouses on Lake Michigan, each having been hit with waves of water that have succumb…

  • Awful Client Criticism Turned Into Posters!

    Awful Client Criticism Turned Into Posters!

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    If you’re a designer yourself, most of these postcards should ring a bell. Irish graphic designers Mark Shanley and Paddy Treacy, in collaboration with other ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more, created this “Sharp Suits” series, based on their “favorite worst feedback” from clients. The creators say that the series has raised thousands of euros…

  • 15 Unusual Animal Friendships That Will Melt Your Heart

    15 Unusual Animal Friendships That Will Melt Your Heart

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    There are some people out there that still believe that animals are just dumb beasts, but the unlikely animal friendships we’ve gathered here will prove that they are capable of feeling love and compassion just like we are. Naturally, all of these pictures are heart-breakingly adorable, but there’s more to it than that. Why did…

  • Life Hacks That You Can’t Live Without for 2014

    Life Hacks That You Can’t Live Without for 2014

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    Our readers love life hacks. In fact, if you plug “life hacks” into google, artFido comes up first (CLICK HERE), second (CLICK HERE) and third (CLICK HERE). Why do people who love art and all things visually interesting also love life hacks? Because we’re smart cookies! :) So with a new year we put our…

  • These 50 Photos Will Blow you Away

    These 50 Photos Will Blow you Away

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    With our two recent blogs “The Top 75 Pictures of the Year for 2013” (see HERE) and “100 of the Best Street Art Photos for 2013” (see HERE) still being viewed at viral proportions, we thought we’d start a series of showcases that are meant to make the jaws drop! Here’s the first one of…

  • The Ceramic French Bulldog in Love With a Cat by Angie Rehe [video]

    The Ceramic French Bulldog in Love With a Cat by Angie Rehe [video]

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    In October of last year, artFido had the privilege of auctioning off 13 hand painted ceramic French Bulldogs for charity with 100% of proceeds going to Wear for Success, an organisation that provides clothing and training to disadvantaged people seeking employment (read about it HERE). One of our favorite pups was a confused little fella called “The…

  • The Strangely Wonderful World of JeeYoung Lee

    The Strangely Wonderful World of JeeYoung Lee

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    Young South Korean artist JeeYoung Lee is generating quite a buzz for herself in the art world these days, and it’s not hard to see why. A recent graduate of Seoul’s Hongik University, the artist’s dreamy, highly imaginative work surpasses our traditional expectations of photography. Plus, it’s totally spectacular to look at. It’s hard to believe it,…

  • The Art of Magic – Zach King Needs Only 6 Seconds to Melt Your Brain [video]

    The Art of Magic – Zach King Needs Only 6 Seconds to Melt Your Brain [video]

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    Vine star and filmmaker Zach King may not perform magic in the traditional sense, but his expertly-edited six-second videos could put David Blaine to shame. The Vine star’s absorbing videos show off his sharp editing skills. A bit of post-production magic lets King pull a kitten from a desktop photo, pour Nerds candies from his laptop and jump…

  • This Is What Happens When You Blow Soap Bubbles at -12 degrees

    This Is What Happens When You Blow Soap Bubbles at -12 degrees

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    With the Northern Hemisphere freezing and the Southern Hemisphere melting, we thought we’d post a weather-related art blog today. When the weather dropped to -12°C last week, Washington-based photographer Angela Kelly decided to take an advantage of it in one truly creative way. Together with her 7-year-old son, Kelly combined the home-based remedies – dish…

  • Incredibly Realistic Rainy Day Paintings by Karen Woods

    Incredibly Realistic Rainy Day Paintings by Karen Woods

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    On a rainy afternoon, artist Karen Woods observes large raindrops as they transform windshields and window panes into beautiful formations. She then converts those meditative moments into mesmerizing oil paintings that capture the tranquility of a quiet, stormy day. In her paintings, Woods turns everyday urban scenes into impressive moments filled with captivating distortions. She…