‘Thumbs & Ammo‘, the newest blog to go viral on the internet has taken some of the most iconic action movie scenes and photoshopped the guns a good ol’ ‘Thumbs Up’. Real tough guys don’t need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude.” Users can submit entries via email at thumbsandammo@gmail.com.
Hong Yi is a very talented artist-architect who ‘paints’ portraits of iconic Chinese figures such as Ai Weiwei, Yao Ming or Jay Chou, using local everyday materials like a basketball, seeds, coffee, candles or even socks as her medium. If you like her artwork make sure to check out some of her food art too. (Spotted...
Mustafa Soydan’s new series of illustrations brings coquettish and spirited cartoon dream girls into life, by placing them in various scenes captured by a photographic background… – Very creative! (Spotted via Trendland)
Over at Colossal I came across the Chicago-based photographer Satoki Nagata who has created a series of abstract, black and white street portraits of people caught in the frigid elements. Nagata lights his figures from behind with a flash using a slow shutter speed and doesn’t rely on double exposures or glass reflections as it...
Russian Alexey Menschikov is a talented photographer and street artist but it’s his street art that’s been garnering a lot of attention on the Internet lately. Whether he’s using existing cracks on the ground to turn into branches or he’s creating shadows that seem to be too real, all of his pieces immediately grab your...
Layered Text Paintings by London based Street artist Peter Preffington aka PREF.
German photographer Martin Rietze recently traveled to Japan and caught a series of spectacularly breathtaking shots of the Sakurajima Vulcano, as it spewed forth smoke, fire, lava bombs andelectrifying lightning, erupting in southern Kyushu. (Via Colossal)
Just when I thought I had seen everything I came across the ‘Pet Sweep‘ – A professional animal powered debris removal system. It is not only for owner entertainment but also forces your dog to clean up after themselves. ‘Pet Sweep‘ is a prank gift made of four mops that slip on to your dog’s paws...
Over at Featureshoot I came across the San Francisco-based photographer Elizabeth Moran who provides quite an interesting look at space and context in her ongoing series titled “The Armory” where she captures photographs of porn sets without the porn. (Via Featureshoot)
In it’s 23rd year, artists from all over the world come to Jukkasjarvi, Sweden to design specific features of the ICEHOTEL, involving more than 1,000 tons of pure ice and 30,000 cubic metre of snow hewn from a nearby frozen river. The artists shape the ice using various tools – irons, chainsaws, hand chisels and heating implements. Thin metal frames...
Over at Designtaxi I came across the Italian graphic designer Roberto Vergati Santos who has created a collection of sponsored superheroes by associating each of them to a specific brand by dressing them in colors and logos of the company. Imagine if one day capitalism reaches the point, where the big brands starts to sponsor the...
Here’s a impressive collection of surreal self-portraits by New York-based fine art photographer Ben Zank who produces a new photograph every single day. If you like his work check out his Etsy shop to buy any one of the prints from his 365 days project. (Spotted via My Modern Metropolis)
Photos of young hitchhikers and freight train hoppers by Mike Brodie | posted on March 14, 2013
Hyperrealistic Pencil Drawing by Diego Fazio | posted on October 28, 2012
Blommers and Schumm Make Normal Objects Appear Erotic | posted on October 14, 2012
“Follow Me To” by Murad Osmann | posted on February 27, 2013
Lego Street Art | posted on April 2, 2012
Photographs of Porn Sets Without the Porn | posted on March 12, 2013
Beautiful Color Photographs of Picasso Painting with Light | posted on November 27, 2011
ZOO PORTRAITS by Yago Partal | posted on April 8, 2013
Pencil Photographs by Paul Cadden (Drawings) | posted on April 21, 2012
DIY – Make your own real Rainbow Roses | posted on December 17, 2012