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Optical Illusions In Architecture

2012-02-10T12:31:00.000-08:00

Assisted by high-tech resources, today's fantastic 3D street graffiti painters, 3D mural artists as well as other creative designers and architects have realized that in case it could be imagined, it can be created. The following collection of architectural optical illusions, created by Swiss artist Felice Varini, displays public solutions to deceive a person's vision, and satisfy the soul.

Bottled Smoke Artworks

2012-02-09T06:28:00.000-08:00

Jim Dingilian works by using candle smoke in order to paint this original images inside empty bottles. Precisely how he manages to make this kind of precise images within the bottle is still unknown, but I do believe that he uses some kind of thin instrument to scratch at the candle smoke.

Muhammad Ali vs Ryu

2012-02-07T14:01:00.000-08:00

Fantastic street art by Combo. I go along with this urban artist the fact that Muhammad Ali would most likely do better than Street Fighter's Ryu.

Brilliant Car Advertising

2012-02-06T13:49:00.000-08:00

The car takes on the music during the new video coming from OK Go in association with Chevrolet. The following required four months of groundwork as well as four days of filming.
"So let's not forget the true meaning of Sunday — OK Go in a super-hacked Chevy Sonic, playing 288 guitars, 55 pianos, and 1, 157 homemade instruments while Damian acts as a stunt driver. (He took lessons) It's truly the little things that are meaningful".

Fireflies in Flight

2012-02-04T12:38:00.000-08:00

All these gorgeous pictures are from a series by Japanese photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu, who used a number of time-lapse approaches to catch this awe-inspiring natural beauty of fireflies in flight.

Spectacular Bomb Shelter Datacenter

2012-02-03T13:16:00.000-08:00

This destination reminds us of a top-secret James Bond hideaway, and it is basically breathtaking. What you may observe in this images will be datacenter of Swedish internet service provider Bahnhof ISP. This head office has been made in a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter that had been previously drilled into the White Mountains of Sweden.

Dictionary Desk Pillow

2012-02-02T14:12:00.000-08:00

Going for a quick sleep at your workplace just turned out to be slightly easier to hide from your boss while using the Dictionary Desk Pillow. This pillow has a paper book cover and folds up to appear such as a big book while you're not using it.

Green Tunnel Street

2012-02-01T13:26:00.000-08:00

Flickr user Stephen Messenger shot all of these quite spectacular photos of a street in Brazil using his iPhone 4S. A lovely forest-like neighborhood full of trees, known as Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho, situated in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. This wonderful street comes with the nickname "Green Tunnel" for totally obvious reasons.

Incredible Smoke Paintings

2012-01-31T07:43:00.000-08:00

Rob Tarbell possesses a quite a special talent. As a result of burning up everyday items underneath a paper canvas mounted on the ceiling of his studio, he has the ability to regulate the climbing flow of smoke in addition to produce incredible pieces of art. Rob usually works in a fireproof suit, along with a carbon filtration system plus fresh air system together with full facial mask.

Mario Bros. Adult Version

2012-01-30T14:20:00.000-08:00

Portraits of grown-ups Mario Bros heroes: Mario, Peach, Luigi, Bowser, Toad, Yoshi along with Wario. Lovely drawings by Deviant Art user "Robot Pencil".

Solar Storm Boosted Auroras

2012-01-28T06:35:00.000-08:00

This week, photography lovers in Scotland, England, Norway, Canada and Alaska observed their skies glow because the largest solar radiation storm in seven years made magnificent auroras. The Earth's magnetic field directs this torrent of charged particles coming from such storms in the direction of the poles. Interactions with the atmosphere create the wavering lines of lovely color generally known as auroras, or Northern Lights. Listed below are our absolute favorite aurora borealis or northern lights images.


Bjørn Jørgensen

Eyfi M

leppre

LarsT

K*M*J

Janne

The-Dan

Mattias Forsberg

Tree Rigger

Gudmundur Olafsson

Ole Christian Salomonsen

Jaromir Stanczyk

Arnar Bergur Guðjónsson

Folding Cardboard Playhouse

2012-01-27T13:16:00.000-08:00

Children will certainly love the following! Fold-able playhouse made using recycled cardboard by gifted industrial designer Liya Mairson. "Inspired by pop-up books, "My Space" was designed for small apartments which lack the space for a dedicated playroom. When opened, it encourages children to experiment with different layouts and lets them bring to life their dreams and imaginary worlds. When closed, it can be easily stored behind a door or under a bed".

Fallen Fairy Tale Princesses

2012-01-26T03:19:00.000-08:00

Photographer Thomas Czarnecki's series on the subject of fallen princesses delivers unusual new alternatives for the way traditional fairy tales might end. He uses well-known princesses for making dark and complex narratives in a single frame. Without having additional photos to describe the activities prior to these scenes, the viewer will be faced with the dilemma: what exactly happened to happily ever after?

Pop Culture Freaks

2012-01-24T13:12:00.000-08:00

Re-imagined iconic pop culture superheroes and carton characters illustration collection "Icans" by Alex Pardee in order to protest against SOPA.
"Why am I calling them "Icans"? Glad you didn't really ask, but I'm telling you anyway. Well, because whether SOPA passes or not, I will continue to take any licensed character, or pop culture icon and do whatever I want with it for art's sake, because ICAN. Also, I just want to conduct an ongoing experiment to see if ICAN take any cool icon from pop culture and make it way shittier by "re-imagining" it. So far, much like Hollywood does most of the time, the experiment is a super fun success! ".

Portraits of Baby Animals

2012-01-23T12:36:00.000-08:00

Splendid portraits with extremely cute and adorable baby animals by professional photographer Sharon Montrose.
"The animals photographed for this series are real live animals, raised (and most rescued) by loving, experienced, and dedicated animal keepers and handlers who care for them as their own and ensured their welfare while being photographed (in studio or outside at the facilities where they live, then photoshoppped into the backdrop). Through this series, we help support organizations devoted to animal rescue, educational programs, and nurturing wildlife. "
In case you are interested, you can purchase prints here.

Oh Sh** Illustrations

2012-01-21T12:02:00.000-08:00

Exactly what thoughts one thinks of those critical seconds just before you're being attacked? Graphic designer Safwat Saleem made a number of illustrations intended to encourage the audience to say: "Oh Sh**!" Designs contain: unicorns, zombies, as well as flamethrowers.

Playing With Fire

2012-01-19T14:44:00.000-08:00

You will be surprised to find out that Tom Lacoste is not a professional photographer. The truth is that he doesn't have ambitions to turn into one and is rather at this time going to the Bordeaux Circus School in France, the place he trains in juggling, acrobatics and hand-balancing.

Fantastic Science Fiction Illustrations

2012-01-18T12:02:00.000-08:00

Jean Giraud also known as Moebius is among those brilliant comic/graphic story artists that have been an incredible inspiration for much more individuals than you initially may assume. Many of his series tend to be related to science fiction. Make sure you take time to see the Wikipedia presentation on his work, you may be amazed.

The Master of Shadows

2012-01-18T02:54:00.000-08:00

The Contemporary Art of Rashad Alakbarov, who may just be referred to as "the master of shadows".

Mirrored Building Facade

2012-01-17T14:21:00.000-08:00

Bâtiment (Building) is a mirrored set up by artist Leandro Erlich. This piece is brilliant with its easiness: a huge building facade is built on the ground close to a towering mirror giving anyone reflected the uncanny visual aspect of appearing weightless.

Remarkable Insect Photography

2012-01-16T07:53:00.000-08:00

Insect photography is definitely complicated, even under the perfect scenarios since you're taking shots of something that is most likely really small, doesn't have motive to cooperate, plus probably views one as being a predator. The photographers which were able to take these pictures down the page all deserve some major admiration. They've managed to catch the wonder and sophistication of some of the most amazing specimens from the insect world.

Giant Gingerbread House

2012-01-14T12:21:00.000-08:00

To support raise funding intended for The Great Ormond Street Hospital, architectural agency Alma-nac has been commissioned by The Brunswick Center to make a huge gingerbread house in their gallery. Fully edible, this 10-foot tall house includes an opening front facade along with many interactive and lovely details like a jelly chandelier, popcorn-popping chimney and many more. The outside of the house was shingled in more than 2500 tiles made out of gingerbread, vanilla shortbread and chocolate shortbread. On the inside, all the wall surfaces were covered with Belgian waffles, pink wafers and bourbon biscuits.
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Beautiful Paper Cut Creations

2012-01-12T02:55:00.000-08:00

Work of artist Joe Bagley, expert in the art of paper cutting and definitely one of the most patient individuals in the world. Joe can make wonderful creations made from many cuts, all on dark paper! Most spectacular in this story is the fact that artist doesn't use any kind of machine for the creation of his works, it is actually only his two hands which are the source of this work.

Temple of Growing Trees

2012-01-10T14:09:00.000-08:00

Giuliano Mauri's "Cattedrale Vegetale" is most likely one of the most extraordinary piece of architecture of nature on this planet. Located in Sella Valley - Trentino - north of Italy, this specific living sculpture includes a cage composed of wooden poles, put together to signify the columns of a church nave. Within this specific cage, Mauri placed eighty hornbeam saplings.

Mechanical Aspects of Flowers

2012-01-07T13:50:00.000-08:00

"Inorganic Flora", brought to life by Japanese artist Macoto Murayama, reveals to us completely new findings and studies of flowers like nothing you've seen prior. He first of all gets a variety of pictures and drawings of vegetation from practically every perspective. Next he works by using many digital applications to generate highly visual works. By showcasing and separating particular components of the flora, Murayama wants to present the technical as well as nearly mechanical elements of these natural organisms.