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North Carolina-based artist Yumi Okita creates beautiful textile sculptures of months, butterflies, and other insects with various textiles and embroidery techniques. The pieces are quite large, measuring nearly a foot wide and contain other flourishes including painting, feathers, and artificial fur. Yumi Okita: etsy Via: thisiscolossal.com
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Illustrator and architect Federico Babina comes back with musical and architectural posters. For his series “Archimusic”, he has decided to draw buildings which take the physical and musical characteristics of the musicians: from the red lightning of David Bowie to Amy Winehouse’s hair. Federico Babina: website Via: fubiz.net
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Warsaw-based artist NeSpoon uses ornate lace patterns in her unique brand of street art that translates into ceramics, stencils, paintings, and crocheted webbing installed in public spaces. NeSpoon refers to her art as “public jewelry,” specifically as an act of beautification by turning abandoned and unadorned spaces into something aesthetically pleasing. NeSpoon Polska: behance Via: […]
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Amazing photo collection of a German Shepherd and a gray tabby cat. They seem to be inseparable. See more at taildom.com
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This series takes the actors ‘head shot’ portrait photograph, a must have item for any wannabe Hollywood actor, and attempts to dig deep beyond the superficial glossy surface, extracting hidden depths and forms. In the vein of vintage ectoplasm photographs of the early 20th century, each ‘Head Shot’ is layered with excretions and shifting surfaces, […]
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A series of conceptual fine art prints, exploring the connection between the aesthetic beauty that visually lies in the delicate luxurious opulence of avian plumage and the sexual femininity of the female form. These composite images, where feather meets beauty and fashion, are constructed using the art of photographic capture, photographing models and birdlife in […]
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Carsten Witte: website / behance
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Malaysian artist Monica Lee is obsessed with details. “I like to challenge myself with complex portraits especially people with freckles or beard,” says Lee, who often works from photographic portraits to create seemingly identical drawings. Monica Lee: instagram / facebook Via: thisiscolossal.com
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Believe it or not, these images aren’t digital illustrations. They aren’t even Photoshopped. They’re actually the works of Portuguese graffitist Odeith who has painted the streets so exceptionally well that the graffiti looks like it’s 3D and jumping right off the walls. Odeith: website Via: distractify.com
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Arnold Butler is a painter and photographer from Atlanta, Georgia. Arnold Butler: website Via: joquz.com
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These sculptures by Ah Xian establish a series of multilayered oppositions. The most overt is the tension between the sculptural form of the bust and the painted surface designs, which the artist likens to the oppositions of West and East. The bust is part of a Western portraiture tradition dating back to the busts of […]
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Amazingly unique pieces of art by the magical hands of Teodosio Sectio Aurea, “painted” with shadows and 3D compositions… The autodidact artist from Athens-Greece, intrudes our minds’ comprehensional system, and shows us though his games of shadows a playfully attractive perspective of reality. Every single work of art of his, creates an unexpectable shadow, which […]
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