Tag: painting
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Some Kids Graffiti-ed This Man’s Garage Door. His ‘Revenge’ is Simply Awesome!
Some wannabe graffers tagged all over redditor Elusive92‘s garage door hired local graffiti artist “Lake13” to come and create a work of art over the graffiti tags. When life gives you lemons terrible graffiti make lemonade awesome art! Hopefully the local graffiti writers respect this work of art and don’t come back to tag all over it…and if so, we’re sure…
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The Top 75 Pictures of the Year for 2013
Update: if you liked this post, you’ll adore our latest post on the 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places on Earth HERE. Following on from our very successful blog “100 of the Best Street Art Images of 2013” (see HERE), we’ve widened the net and thanks to the guys over at Sifter, we bring you the Top…
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100 of the Best Street Art Photos for 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, we’ve scoured the world to find the best street art created over the last couple of years. With so many great works produced during this time it was a tough job, but we needed to stop somewhere! So here we have the best 100 street art works for 2012…
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Chinese Sculptor Spends 4 Years Sculpting World’s Longest Wooden Masterpiece
When you hear the word ‘masterpiece’, you most likely think of a famous painting painted in the 15th or 16th century like the Mona Lisa. So it’s always nice to know that artistic masterpieces are being created even today. Take, for example, Chinese artist Zheng Chunhui’s breathtaking 12.2-meter-long (over 40 ft) wooden carving – it…
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Kids Let Their Father Color In Their Drawings With Spectacular Results!
A little while ago, we introduced you to illustrator Mica Hendricks and her 4-year-old daughter who collaborated on a wonderful series of drawings that pass back and forth between mother and daughter until reaching an always unexpected final form (read HERE). It was therefore an absolute delight when we discovered that redditor Tatsputin did a similar thing…
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Imaginative Eye Makeup Art by Tal Peleg
Most of us are familiar with makeup application as an everyday thing that women (and sometimes men) do to enhance their appearance. Professional Israeli makeup artist Tal Peleg, however, has elevated this everyday ritual into an art form. Her eye makeup designs go far beyond a simple touch-up – each is a miniature work…
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This Portrait of Morgan Freeman Was “Painted” on an iPad Using 285,000 Finger Strokes!
Remember iPad art? We previously wrote an article about David Kassan that tried it a little while ago to great effect (see HERE). Well British artist Kyle Lambert’s been practicing, and he’s gotten good. Like, photorealism good. The latest Lambert creation is this jaw-dropping portrait of Morgan Freeman. You almost feel like you can reach out and touch…
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Stunning Black & White Makeup and Photography
Russian photographer Alexander Khokhlov and makeup artist Valeriya Kutsan collaborated on this photographic series featuring heavily made up black & white faces – showcasing ‘op art’ geometry, stark contrasts, and even – Mickey Mouse! And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check out artFido…
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HUGE Multi Story Mural by RONE in Berlin
Australian street artist RONE recently completed work on this great five-story mural on building facade at Nollendorfplatz in Berlin. The artist is known for straddling the line between beauty and decay by creating large-scale depictions of idealized portraits that appear perfectly composed at a distance, but a closer inspection reveals signs of deterioration and imperfection. You can…
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Stunning Portraits of Siamese Fighting Fish by Visarute Angkatavanic
Thai photographer Visarute Angkatavanich shoots phenomenal portraits of Siamese fighting fish (betta). The intimate photos are perfectly lit in clear water and look as if the fish are floating in midair. See much more here. And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check out artFido HERE!