Category: Art
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Photos Series Showing the Most Beautiful Japanese Cherry Blossom for 2014
The delicate pink sakura, or cherry blossom, is associated primarily with the culture of its native Japan. These trees blossom throughout Japan every spring, but their beauty never gets old, so we’ve collected some of our favorite photos of this year’s cherry blossoms in Japan. In Japan, the blossoming of the sakura begins in April,…
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An Artist On A Mission – Jerry Chacon
Jerry Chacon’s entry in our North American Artist Showcase received the most votes. With almost 20,000, Jerry did an amazing job of publicizing his art. And now we’re happy to return the favor. From his home in Denver, Jerry spends 90% of his spare time drawing. From a comfortable recliner in his studio, and with…
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Sprawling Nature-Inspired Mural Drawn Entirely with a Sharpie
After seven long months of work, California-based artist Sean Sullivan finished Grand Pale Maw, an expansive drawing that covered the wall of a hallway in the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) gallery. Using just a black marker, the artist started drawing with the image of a fallen oak tree in his mind, but his imagination quickly…
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A Macro Timelapse of Coral, Sponges and Other Aquatic Organisms Created from 150,000 Photographs
Created by University of Queensland PhD student Daniel Stoupin, this remarkable macro video of coral reefs, sponges and other underwater wildlife, brings a fragile and rarely-seen world into vivid focus. Stoupin shot some 150,000 photographs which he edited down to create the final clip. He shares about the endeavor: Time lapse cinematography reveals a whole different…
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Russian Photographer Takes Stunning Portraits With REAL Animals
What you’re about to see is not Photoshop – Moscow-based Russian photographer Katerina Plotnikova created these stunning images with the help of real live animals! While seemingly dangerous, these shots were made possible with the help of professional animal trainers. The bear, held by many as a symbol of primal strength and instinct, contrasts especially well…
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Artist Draws Unbelievably Realistic Eyes Using Just Colored Pencils
Jose Vergara (a.k.a. Redosking), a 19-year-old artist from Texas, is drawing close-ups of the human eye with the sort of hyper-realistic level of detail that one would ordinarily expect from experienced masters. Vergara draws using only colored pencils, which makes his work all the more impressive. Most of us use or have used, at one…
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The Bizarre World of Chicken Beauty Pageants Photographed by Ernest Goh
Photographer and visual artist Ernest Goh is known for his work photographing wildlife and other animals. His latest book documents the strange world of chicken beauty pageants in Malaysia where he encountered a breed of bird called the Ayam Seramas, an ornate chicken raised not for its meat but purely for its appearance. These chickens not only have…
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Artist Breathes New Life Into Old Disney Scenes By Painting Over Them
Most people bristle at the prospect of seeing updates or remakes of their favorite childhood books, shows or movies. Digital artist and Illustrator Tyson Murphy, however, has recreated a few scenes from a couple of classic Disney movies that will, despite their new look, reignite your love for the classics. To create the two remakes…
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Illuminated Cut Paper Light Boxes by Hari & Deepti
Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker (known collectively as Hari & Deepti) are an artist couple who create paper cut light boxes. Each diorama is made from layers of cut watercolor paper placed inside a shadow box and is lit from behind with flexible LED light strips. The small visual narratives depicted in each work often play off aspects of…
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Photographer Takes Intimate Portraits of Her Playful Dogs
Now this is the kind of post our mascot is definitely a fan of! You can check out his very own feed on Facebook and Instagram. German photographer Elke Vogelsang makes a living shooting weddings and portraits of people and animals, but some of her favorite subjects are none other than her own three dogs, named…