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World leaders as hipsters

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 akie Leave a comment

Amit Shimoni painted world leaders as hipsters. Very cool.

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Vintage “Internet-age” posters

August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 akie Leave a comment

Of Skype, Facebook and YouTube. Utterly brilliant 🙂

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Sculpting

June 7, 2010 akie Leave a comment

Artist Philippe Faraut shows how it’s done.

Disney meets Magritte

March 31, 2010 akie Leave a comment

I really like Brian Cook’s crossover between Snow White & Magritte.

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Actually, I like most of his work, like this “cavemen graffiti”:

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Check out his blog.

This is not a real volcano

January 23, 2010January 23, 2010 akie Leave a comment

Matthew Albanese creates fake photorealistic pictures by building scale models and photographing them from a specific angle.

For example, this image does not show a real volcano:

Really, it doesn’t. Proof: Read More

Salvador Dali + Simpsons = Apu

December 14, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Amazing image

September 21, 2009September 21, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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“Worth Enough?” by DeviantArt user Radoxist.

Be sure to view the full version to check all the intricate details. Wow.

Cool tattoos

June 28, 2009 akie Leave a comment

I like tattoo artist Yann Travaille’s style.

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Post-It stop motion

June 11, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Bang-Yao Liu made this wonderful stop-motion animation.

Fossilized cassette tape

May 20, 2009 akie Leave a comment

I like Christopher Locke’s modern fossils.

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Via BoingBoing.

The Recreation

May 11, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Ok, I’m officially a fan of Kris Kuksi’s art.

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This is a piece called “The Recreation”.

Alice in Wonderland

April 19, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Artist unknown

Salvador DalĂ­-Star Wars tattoo

March 20, 2009March 20, 2009 akie Leave a comment

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Funny graffiti

January 30, 2009 akie Leave a comment

Source

East vs West

January 3, 2009January 3, 2009 akie Leave a comment

I really like these illustrations by Chinese artist Yang Liu, who was born in China but schooled in Germany. They illustrate the differences between East and West.

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“opinion”:

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The complete set:

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Lego

December 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I wonder what the building instructions look like…

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Link to original.

Real-life Photoshop

November 7, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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Via digg.

Creative ASCII/font art

October 6, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I really like this ‘font art’ of dead movie stars. Here’s Marilyn Monroe:

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Three more at Walyou.com

Asaf Hanuka’s comic book style cartoons

September 5, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I like Asaf Hanuka‘s politically themed cartoons:

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About the growing tendency of manufacturers to cover toys with warning labels (for Forbes magazine).

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For an article about oil dependency (Rolling Stone magazine).

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Evolution

August 29, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I found this Banksy-esque drawing on Flickr:

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Nice visualizations

August 28, 2008August 28, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Zefrank has a nice online tool to create stunning visualizations. Try it!

Spectacular time-lapse video

May 25, 2008May 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Chad Pugh has taken a screenshot every 5 seconds, for 40 hours straight, while he was working on a project in Illustrator. The result is spectacular.

Link to hi-res version.

Super Mario in China

April 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I like this adaptation of the Chinese flag I found on Boing Boing.

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Spam = cartoon

April 15, 2008 akie Leave a comment

A spam a day turns spam into cartoons. I like it.

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X-ray photos

April 15, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Nick Veasey photographs everyday objects with an X-ray machine. The result is (quite frankly) amazing.

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Wonderful wildlife photos

March 5, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I like some of the entries in this photo contest.

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Photo by Robert Servranckx

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Photo by Cyrinda Hoffman

Cool egg cup

March 4, 2008March 4, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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Buy it at boystomengifts.com.

Robot arm copies Bible

January 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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A robot arm has made a calligraphed copy of the Lutheran Bible

Understanding art for geeks

January 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

Someone named Paul has put a nice photoset on Flickr: Understanding art for geeks

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Marc Anthony’s dream photo exhibition

January 25, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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I found this intriguing photo by Chris Anthony on Boing Boing. Click to view full.

Ceci n’est pas une pipe

January 23, 2008January 23, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I like this adoption of the Magritte classic:
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Buy the t-shirt at Threadless T-shirts.

Godvader

January 16, 2008January 16, 2008 akie Leave a comment

I like this picture I found on Boing Boing.
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Bent objects

January 12, 2008January 13, 2008 akie 1 Comment

The Bent Objects blog features pictures of common household objects in uncommon situations.

Office supplies in the jungle

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Dancing Queens

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Salad is murder

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Giant mechanical animals

January 8, 2008January 13, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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Check out these pictures of the giant mechanical animals. Great stuff.

Funny ads

January 1, 2008January 13, 2008 akie Leave a comment

democrats08.jpgScary Ideas has a nice collection of ads, apparently solely collected for your entertainment. Really worth checking out.

I took the accompanying picture from this set of (real? fake?) ads for the US Democratic Party.

Formal apology

December 21, 2007January 12, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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I kind of like this form I found. Nice indeed 🙂

A Rembrandt for €50

December 20, 2007January 20, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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I like this picture of a mass production facility of fake artwork.

Clint tells it like it is

November 29, 2007January 12, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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Found on Miss Cellania. Click to enlarge.

User interfaces of the future

November 28, 2007January 20, 2008 akie Leave a comment

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Smashing magazine has a write up of these user interfaces of the future. Not yet ready for prime time, but interesting nonetheless.

Surrealist video

November 23, 2007January 12, 2008 akie Leave a comment


Dali would be proud. Press play or go to YouTube.

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