Human Body System as Subway Map

Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Book writer Sam Loman from the Netherlands, has a lot of outlets for her creativity.  We have chosen her love for Anatomical Illustrations, and specifically the Body Systems.  In this body of work Loman represents the various Body Systems in the stylized representation of the underground System.  The article has enlarged images of the following Systems: Arterial, Central Nervous, Digestive, Lymphatic, Musculetal, Respiratory, Urinary, and Venous.

If you like this you might want to look at our Anatomy Folder.

Cable Tension Furniture

Interesting Designer with Architectural background, American Robby Cuthbert originally started constructing sculptures using Cable in Tension to keep them in place.  When he became more proficient he started making furniture.  The Cables as well as having a structural function provide beautiful patterns that can be admired along side the Sculpture / Furniture.  The Article is divided in 2 parts,  in the first the furniture, in the second the sculptures.
Suspension Adirondack Chair Front.

If you like this you might like  our Folder Chairs & Benches

Smartphone to Digital Microscope

Using your smart phone as digital microscope is something we have covered in the past, but in this article we will show you how to make yourself for $10.  
Kenji Yoshino aka (kmyoshino) will show you in his video what you need to make your own Digital Microscope, we have listed the components and the tools you will need to accomplish the task in the Article.  Kmyoshino says it will take you 20 minutes to build the whole thing.

If you like this, you might like Smartphone Telescope Microscope

Animal Mashup the Animangler

Incredibly talented Graphics Designer, created these amazingly creative and realistic Animal Mashups.  Very funny and I am sure you will all have your favourite depending on your animal preference, but don't worry there is a bit for all as @quebectango is very prolific.  He call himself a Digital Taxidermist and Infamous Animangler. 
Goat + Stoat = Stogo.

If you like this you might like  Animal Mashup.

Micro Apartment 17m²

Stunningly small Micro Apartment 182 square feet which is about 17m².  Steve Sauer and American Engineer made his storage room into a functional Apartment that includes a Toilet / Shower Room, Sunken Bath, Sleeping area, Kitchen, Working area,  2 separate sitting areas one for the TV and one for relaxing by the window.  Personally I think that in some cases the ingenuity of the idea was better than the execution.  All in all, very interesting and a lot of lessons can be learned from it.  The video in the article will explain all.  Filmed by Faircompanies. 

If you like this you might want to see: Architecture Micro

Hyper-realistic Ballpoint Pen Animals

Hyper-realistic Ballpoint Pen Animals by Artist and illustrator Sarah Esteje aka (ABADIDABOU).  Incredible Hyper-realistic drawings executed with a Ballpoint Pen.  When asked how she could draw and shade without creating striations, she said that she applies very little pressure and builds up the layers bit by bit and that the process takes a lot of time and a lot of different sittings.   The Article also includes a video showing her at work.  We have included at the end of the article some other images apart from animals, as they were too good to pass up.

If you like this you might like: Paintings Drawings – Animals and Paintings Drawings & Sculptures Hyper-realistic

Sketchbook Doodles

Freelance Brazilian Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Moleskiner (Moleskine is an Italian company that produces sketchbooks, so people that create their art in it call themselves Moleskiners).  Maykel Nunes has produced these lovely doodles.  Unlike most other Sketchbook artists he uses the background of his sketchbooks to give context to his drawings.

If you like this you might like our:  Drawings - Sketchbook

Oil Painting on Coins

American Artist Jacqueline L. Skaggs creates these miniature Oil Paintings on discarded Pennies.  Skaggs drew inspirations for he paintings from different sources, the "Abe's Millennium" painting, for example, came from a photograph she found on a thrift shop.   "Kisses and Ghosts" was inspired from an old picture of her mother and so on.

If you like this, you might like:  Portrait Coins

Book Page Drawings

Russian born Artist Ekaterina Panikanova now works between Saint Petersbourg and Rome.  Fascinating use of books to create a layered canvas. Unlike a normal puzzle you don't have to move the books to create the image but turn the pages to the corresponding picture.  Very different and fascinating.  The artist is trying to represent mental illness, where the pages of the book are the mind.  In people with psychological problems there is always some form of complication with the way they see and interact with the world. If you notice the images, they are not perfect, there is always something that does not fit, not quite right.

For more book related art see:  Books

Chicken Wire Sculptures

Incredibly detailed Chicken Wire Sculptures By Ivan Lovatt.  I know what you are thinking but he really captures the movement and the expression of the subjects he portrays.  We have divided the Sculptures in the article in 2: the first part is animals and the second part is for famous people, you have to see the amazing expressions on them, I am amazed it was done with such an unwieldy material as Chicken Wire, well done.

If you like this have a look at:
Sculpture Animals and Sculpt Draw & Paint - DIY & Office Supplies

Musical Sheet Cartoons

Russian Illustrators and Designers Alexey Lyapunov and Lena Erlich aka (People Too) created these delicate images on and around the notes on the sheets.  Close ups in the article will give you a better and enlarged view of the pictures.  The writing is in Cyrillic (Russian) anybody have any Idea what the music title is and who is the composer?  If you know please put it in the comments or email us please.

10m² Student Accommodation

Student Housing in Sweden re designed by Architects Tengbom to allow Students to live in a 10m² mini house.  The Architects say that this new Micro House will have a 50% reduction in rent and a much better climate impact compared with the average Student accommodation.  These small Houses include a sleeping loft, kitchen, Shower Room / WC and a small arable plot with patio outside.  It will be nice to see them, when they are all arranged on the site, to see how they work in practice.  A video in the article mimics every day living for the potential Students.

Ceramics and Porcelain Art

Artist and Sculptor Johnson Tsang aka (Tsang Cheung Shing) produces high quality sculptures in various mediums Ceramics, Porcelain and Stainless Steel.  In this article we have chosen to focus on the first 2.  We have divided his work in 4 parts: 1 Baby faces 2 Fish Bowl with aerator (animation) 3 Dragon Vase (2x animation) 3 Coffee Spilling Kissing Faces.

Composite Optical Illusions Oil Paintings

Optical Illusions Oil Paintings by Shuplyak Oleg.  The further you move from the screen and the better you will see the second image, to make it easier we have put a smaller version of the painting in the bottom corner.  Enjoy...

If you like this you might want to look at:
Composite Portraits

Fingerprint Drawings

Very Colourful Artist, Judith Ann Braun with a great sense of humour and many intense life experiences as can be seen on her Bio-Story Video.  Her art is as varied as her life.  We have chosen to show her Fingerprint Drawings that she calls "Fingerings".  The paintings are drawn with fingers dipped in charcoal. 

If you like this have a look at:
Finger Painting Impressionism Style and Finger Painting 2

Book Sculptures

In the book sculptures and by enlarge in his other work Guy Laramee wants to symbolise the erosion of cultures and the erosion of culture its self.  He uses obsolete encyclopedias, dictionaries and other books to create his sculptures that always represent items that are subject to natural decay.

If you like books have a look at these:
Book People and Phone Book

Quilling Paper Alphabet

Freelance Illustrator, Typographer, Calligrapher and Paper Sculptor  Sabeena Karnik from Mumbai, India, created these lovely paper letter sculptures from A to Z using the Art form called Quilling.

If you like books have a look at these:
Quilling Paper Art and Hand Cut Paper Work

High Line Park NY

The High Line Park is situated in New York in the US, in my opinion a great feat of lateral thinking.  The City had an overground freight rail that was not being used any more.  Instead of paying a lot of money to demolish it, they used the money to make an overground Park.  Private money is raised every year to pay for 90% of the maintenance of the bridge.  Here are some specs for you: the Park sits on a bridge that is 1.45 miles long (2.3Km) and 30 Feet (9.1m) off of the ground. The Park is located in Manhattan's West Side, It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street.  The Park has water fountains, public toilets and disable access.  All sorts of public and private functions go on all year long, for more info go to High Line.  Great project.  We have included images taken at different points of the line and 2 videos to give a more complete picture.

Multi Functional Studio Apartment

Graham Hill founder of treehugger.com commissioned the remodel of this 420 square feet (39 m²) Apartment in New York to make it more efficient and to function as a full sized home.
You can get 8 Room configurations, with this inventive use of furniture.
The video in the article, will explain all, but we have added images at the bottom as a sum up.  The Kitchen is a fully functional one, with 3 Induction Burners, Combination Convection Oven Microwave, Fridge Freezer and a Dishwasher.
Dining Room Mode above.

Folding Kettle - Novel

The Novel Kettle is a patented foldable machine that you can take wherever you want.  With and angular design and modern colours the Novel kettle might be a very good portable sterilising or boiling container (camping, small flats with small counter tops, B&B etc). Details of the parts that constitute the Kettle are listed in the article. Inventor of this innovative product is Stanislav Sabo.

Halloween - The Pumpkins

Just in time for you to make preparations for Halloween, these inspirational designs from Villafane Studios.  On their site they sell carving equipment, books and tutorials to produce your very own sculpted masterpiece.  Company founder Ray Villafane helps put us in the right mood for this colourful Holiday, Thank you...

The City Surreal Photographs

Lori Nix is different from most Photographers as she doesn't go out to find her subject but creates / constructs them to scale in her studio.  An all rounder Nix has to construct paint and photograph her miniature worlds. She does it all without the use of photoshopping software.  This part of her work has a distinctive Post Apocalyptic feel about it.
The Library.

Art with Leaves

Lovely little art pieces using leaves, by freelance Illustrator Tang Chiew Ling.  These images are simple in the way they look, but very inventive in their execution and very serene.
Little Girl with Bubbles.

Life of a Safety Pin

Professional Photographer 陳俊（Jun.C）aka yychanson has come up with these charming pictures of Safety Pins.  We have organised them in a possible story, the life of Safety Pins.

Hyper-realistic Cats Pencil Drawings

Incredibly detailed Hyper-realistic Cats Pencil Drawings by Hong Kong Artist Paul Lung aka paullung.  Even if you are are not a Cat lover I am sure you can appreciate the amount of patience, time and talent it takes complete these drawings.

Suspended Bed Studio Apartment

Lovely 1st Floor Studio Apartment in Camden NW1, London UK.  The Apartment is set in a Mews (A small street that was used to house horse stables, now converted into Houses, and Apartments.  They have become very desirable properties).  The bed is suspended under a large Glass Skylight that provides access to a 500 sq ft roof terrace / garden.  The Apartment is managed by JJ Locations that hires it out for Photographic and Film shoots.

Portrait Coins

Brazilian Designer Andre Levy (a.k.a. @zhion), Based in Frankfurt, Germany, created this artwork to highlight the artistic imagery depicted on our coins.  We use them every day but spend no time appreciating the work that goes into them.  Levy calls this artwork Tales You Lose.

Movies & TV Shows Series as Cartoons

Californian Freelance Illustrator and Designer Justin White aka Jublin, gives us a taste of what Movies and TV series would look like if they were made into Cartoons.  Have A Great WeekEnd.
Breaking Bad.

Paper Bird Sculptures

Beautiful Paper Bird Sculptures by talented Colombian Artist Diana Beltran Herrera.  The Artist captures, with amazing grace, the bird in mid-flight.  Herrera hopes to help re-establish the link between people and nature with her work.  Currently living in Bristol in the UK Studying for an MA in Fine Arts.
American Robin.

Polar - Magnetic Pen & Stylus

A very different pen that uses magnets to assemble the shaft.  Because of its modular structure, you can take it apart and put it back together in different configurations, which can be seen in the video, in the article. The Polar Pen can be used as a normal Pen or a Stylus.  Canadian Andrew Gardner is using KickStarter to raise the money he needs to produce this pen.  With 21 days to go he has raised $379,178 when originally only asking for $14,000, amazing...

Chocolate Anatomy

Visual Anatomy was originally formed as a Medical Illustration Studio, started by Tina Pavatos.  When thinking for an appropriate present for its clients they came up with the Chocolates.  This created a new branch in their business, which are now sold and shipped all over the world.