Building Profiles

20 year old Italian student and Photographer, Francesco Paleari shows how important buildings are to  people's every day life, by merging the two in one very stylised image.  All the images of the buildings are taken in Milan.  Paleari sees his camera as a companion in his trips, where he is always looking for something to add to an ordinary subject.

Things I've Said to my Children

American Artist and Illustrator, Nathan Ripperger, one day noticed the weird things he found himself saying to his children, that would just not make any sense with anybody else than your own child.  He then decided to illustrate these sentences, he soon found out that these illustrations were so popular that he opened a shop on Etsy.

If you like this have a look at Dad's Colouring in.

Cube Micro House QB2 12m²

This is update on one of our first and most popular posts the Cube Micro House.  In this article we see how things have progressed since then.  The Cube Micro House is 4m x 3m (12m²) and it is 3m high (13.1 x 9.8 x 9.8 Feet) (129 Square Feet).  We usually talk through the pictures with observations, but in this case, British Engineer Mike Page does a brilliant job in the video, so we have decided to run a comparison with the Canadian Micro House 9.2m², which we featured a few weeks ago, as it is a similar concept but they made different design choices.

If you like this have a look at our Architecture Micro.

Faces in Things

@FacesPics is a twitter account that specialises in finding faces in photographs of every day items. Many studies have shown we place great importance in recognising and deciphering expressions in faces from when we are infants, enjoy...

Russian Folk Panting Skulls

Russian artist Sasha Vinogradova finds a very smart way of demonstrating Russian Folk Painting with Skulls.  This is a clever way of updating a very old form of Art from a few hundred years or more, old.   The descriptions of each style is underneath each Skull.

If you like this then have a look at Ceramic of Death.

Surreal Dream World

Freelance Polish Photographer Dariusz Klimczak constructs these intriguingly Surreal Images.  The dictionary defines Surreal as:  Having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream, unreal, fantastic.  Have you ever had a dream you have just waken up from, where you wander what it was all about, made no sense?  Many books have been written on the subject of symbology, trying to  decipher the meaning behind bizarre dreams.  Klimczak encapsulates this feeling with his images.

Draw on Walls

Draw on Walls, this is the exact opposite of what parents tell their children.  British Artist Charlotte Mann makes a living out of it.  The only thing she uses is a black marker and gets to work with her 1:1 drawings.  Most of he work is commission based, setting up room installations, shop windows and Art installations.
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Life in a Light bulb

Self taught Albanian Photographer Adrian Limani.  He likes to travel and record any interesting items on his camera.  Limani says he is obsessed with photography, he is training himself to find the extraordinary in ordinary every day things.

iPad Hyper-realistic Portraits

UK based Visual Artist and Illustrator Kyle Lambert with a background in Oil Paintings, loves to combine Art, Technology and Storytelling to come up with these impressive Photo realistic Images.  We have included two videos, showing how he achieves these close likenesses.  For those thinking that because it was done on the iPad it is automatically more easy, he builds up the colours and the the light and shadows just like you would do if you were doing it on canvas or paper.  He has an impressive list of clients that include Apple, Adobe, BBC, CQ Magazine...
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RV Home

RV is an American term meaning Recreational Vehicle.  Yosi Tayar, an Animator, by profession with a lot of experience in carpentry and interior design, constructed this mobile House during the Course of a few years.  The cost of the project has been tallied up to about $225,000.  Looking at the RV from the outside you really would not guess the comfort and the homely feel you get on the inside, not to talk about warmth as it has about 18cm (7 inches) thick walls. For more information please read the article.  Images via Ilan Nachum.

If you like this, have a look at our Architecture Interesting Folder.

Ink Tea and Alcohol Portraits

If any proof was needed that you can make art out of anything, with anything, British Artist Carne Griffiths creates these dream-like state Portraits out of Calligraphy Inks, Tea and Alcoholic drinks like Brandy and Vodka.  Griffiths marries the lines of the human faces with floral forms, exploring various states of mind in people.
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If you like this have a look at our Art Using Everything Folder.

People in 2D Paintings

American Artist and body painter transforms her real life models into 2D paintings.  One of her pieces is a life performance art piece, in which she had one of her models walk, all made up, around the the DC Metro. Alexa Meade does not use Photoshop in any of her Photographs.  We have included a Video of a talk Meade has made, explaining the journey she took to get to the present and her work "Your body is my canvas". More pictures after the video.

If you like this article have a look at 3D Painted Faces to Look 2D and the Body Painting Folder.

X-ray Comics - Cartoons

Chris Panda defines himself as a French Pin-up Illustrator and Comic Artist.  The second is the part that we are going to cover in this article.  Mr Panda takes Characters from Cartoons, Comics and draws their skeleton as if they had walked through an X-ray machine.
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If you like this have a look at our X-ray Images and our Films & TV Series Folder.

Living Paper Birds Sculptures

Dutch Artist Johan Scherft creates and Paints these life like paper models.  His love of nature and animals, drive his passion for constructing and panting these beautiful mini sculptures.  We have chosen the birds, amongst the various sculptures subjects he has produced.  Scherft sells these sculptures in two different categories, the hand Painted with Watercolours sections and the Scanned sections, that would obviously be cheaper.  We have included a video of how he assembles and paints these marvellous art pieces.

If you like this, have a look at our Sculpture Animals Folder.

Inked Animals Drawings

Splashes of ink hand drawn images by Si Scott whom currently lives and works in the UK.  His Art has been used for some of the biggest brands in the world.  His fluid design give these animals an ethereal and very delicate look, that he calls Resonate.

If you like this, have a look at our Drawings - Sketchbook Folder.

High Speed Water Sculptures

German Photographer Heinz Maier creates these lovely shapes with water.  Amazing how you can get so many different patterns by dropping items or water in water.  Although a new comer to the profession, 2010, Maier now specialises in macro photography, (photographing really small things). He uses different coloured water and lighting to great effect.
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Invisible House

Phillip K Smith III creates this art installation using an original 70 year old Homesteader Shack.  The application of mirrored sheets, gives the illusion of a see through structure.  The desert area is the ideal location for this trick of the eye, really lends its self for this project called "Lucid Stead".  Smith wants to use his art installation to highlight the Silence and the the paste of change in the desert, which at night, becomes a light installation.  The things I appreciate about this house are not really included in the artist's message so we have included a video From Smith that will explain in more detail the meaning behind this piece of work.

Dad's Colouring in

This Dad known only by Tatsputin, has to fly out of state, for work, 10 days every month, so before leaving for every trips, he asks his children to draw something for him.  When he is on the plane he colours them in and returns them to the children coloured-in when he gets back.  He started with coloured pencils and has now progressed on to digital colouring.  Which do you prefer?  At the end of the article, there is an image of one of his kids.

Hyper-Realistic Every Day Items

Talented Italian Graphic Designer and Illustrator Marcello Barenghi has a background in Architecture, and has had an interested in art from a very young age.  Barenghi tried a lot of different media to express his art,  Currently he is settling on Hyper-Realistic drawings of every day items.  He records all of his drawings on HD Video to share his talent and technique with his followers, we have included only one.  Another Brilliant artist that is not afraid to share his secrets with other, well done.

If you like this have a look at our Paintings Drawings & Sculptures Hyper-realistic Folder.

Marble Clothing

Australian Artist and Sculptor Alex Seton produces these intricate, detailed and very realistic sculptures of clothing made out of marble.  You just want to make sure that there isn't a face hiding in the shadow of the hoodie.  Imagine leaving that in a darkened room for someone to find...

If you like this, have a look at Stone Sculptures.

12.3m Wooden Sculpture

Chinese Sculptor Zheng Chunhui creates the longest wooden sculpture ever recorded, it measures 12.286m by 3.075m high by 2.401m wide (40.3 x 10 x 7.8 feet).  It took the sculptor over four years to complete this colossal piece of work that originates from a single tree trunk.  The sculpture is the representation of a famous Chinese painting called "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" painted over 900 years ago.  Via Ecns.  Once in the article you can enlarge the image by pressing it (not the first one).

Superheroes as Children

Portuguese Artist, Illustrator and Comic lover Alberto Varanda creates these very cute illustrations depicting Superheroes as Children.  He now teaches Design in Paris whilst continuing to produce Art and Comics.  Enjoy...

If you like this have a look in our Films & TV Series Folder, all stored on the left of the screen.

3D Painted Faces to Look 2D

This is the second time we have featured the photographs of Alexander Khoklov together with another amazing paint job by extremely talented Russian make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan.  This collections of Body Paints is called called “2D Or Not 2D”.  Kutsan sets out to take a 3D form like the face and make look 2D, when painting on canvas we try and do the reverse, we have a 2D canvas but use shadows and colours to make it look 3D.  Their previous collaboration (Black & White Face Photography) has been very popular on our site and I hope you like their new work as much we do.

If you like this kind of art have a look at our Body Painting Folder. 

Canadian Micro House 9.2m²

Nomad Micro Homes is the brain child of Canadian Ian Lorne Kent.  This House has a really small footprint that stands at 9.2m² (100 square feet).  The list of features in this Micro House is quite extensive.  Nothing new but it seems to include a lot of the best sustainability features out there.  Kent is currently trying to raise the money he needs for production from Indiegogo.  He is marketing the assembled house at under $30,000.  The Micro Home will include: Living Room and kitchen area, Shower and WC Room, Stairs, sleeping area, on the 1st floor.  The article includes a video and images with more information.  Right at the bottom we have added all the specs.

If you like this article, have a look at our Architecture Micro Folder.

Bent Objects Sculptures

Terry Border, a Photographer by profession, got bored with the repetitiveness and lack of interest his job provided, so he decided to create his own art and photograph that.  Border adds wire to every day items so that he can give them life and tell their stories through photography.  Border has written two books and calendar if you want more of his work.
The title of the image above is "Expose Yourself to Great Literature".

Minimalist Hyper-Realistic Portraits

Very different from most of the Hyper-Realistic Portraits out there, British Artist Ileana Hunter takes a minimalistic approach to her pencil drawings.  The drawings look like over exposed photograph, with only the darker parts of the face showing, very nice effect. 

If you like this have a look at our Paintings Drawings & Sculptures Hyper-realistic Folder.

What to do Between Halloweens

Austrian Freelance Photographer Klaus Pilcher is fascinated with people that dress up in costumes.  All the pictures are taken at the people's homes. "Just the two of us", the title of this collection of pictures deals as much with the person he is photographing as the alter ego they impersonate when they adorn the costume.  Location was a smart choice as if you photographed them at a Halloween party or at a convention they wouldn't look out of place.  The idea that is not what we wear or how we behave but mostly when and wear we do these things that makes the difference between normal and weird.

Model World - 1950s

Beautifully detailed Model Maker Michael Paul Smith, created Elgin Park a small world set in the 1950s.  As well as his work he is proud of 3 things.  1 He does not use Photoshop.  2 He does not use a fancy camera or lenses, he uses a point and shoot 6mp camera.  He shares his techniques with everyone and that might be one of the reasons why he has such a large following. More amazing photographs and video in the article.  Once in the article you can enlarge the image by pressing it (not the first one).

Surreal Images

Surreal Photo manipulation by Sarolta Bán whom originally started her carer as jewellery designer.  This Hungarian Artist has a real passion for this discipline and does not name her images as she wants her viewers to see her work in an entirely personal way. Fantastic work that will will carry you in the land of dreams.  Enjoy...

Body Painting - Freaky

Very different Body Painting from the ones we usually feature. Japanese Artist Zhao Ye 趙　燁 creates these freaky paint jobs that look realistic.  You know they look good when some of them make you cringe.

If you like this have a look at our Body Painting Folder.

Swedish Micro House 12m²

Another Swedish Micro House, this is just 2m² larger than the Student Accommodation we featured not long ago.  This small house stands at 12m² which is about 129 square feet.  This house was built in Lund, with students in mind,  by the Lund's building foundation, AF Bostäder.  At the time this house was rented for $370 a month with average comparable new build charging $617 a month, for a smaller room area.  As it started as an experiment, the student/s moving in would have to agree to blog about their experiences.  Via The Local.

If you like this article, have a look at our Architecture Micro Folder.