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March 14, 2015
The art of steel: when steel nuts and bolts come to life
The art of steel: when steel nuts and bolts come to life

Tobbe Malm is a Swedish blacksmith who also proved he is a real artist. In his sculptures, Malm bring steel nuts and bolts to life by giving them human form and creating little scenes. The most stunning part of his work is probably the emotion that comes out of these artworks. These bolts have a […]

March 13, 2015
Camouflage done right: Natalie Fletcher’s art blends with the landscape
Camouflage done right: Natalie Fletcher’s art blends with the landscape

Natalie Fletcher’s photography of naked body will not shock anybody, as you will need to find where the bodies are first. The body painter blends her models into the landscape before taking photos, and the results are pretty amazing. This project immediatly made me think the Chinese camouflage expert, artist Liu Bolin.

March 11, 2015
Miniature dioramas hidden in ring boxes
Miniature dioramas hidden in ring boxes

Most of us wouldn’t know what to do with vintage ring boxes, apart maybe from putting small stuff in it. Talwst gave it some thought after a Paris market vendor handed him an antique box and asked hime to do something with it. Talwst decided to make miniature scenes inside the box. He did a […]

March 10, 2015
Pichi & Avo: when classics meet graffiti
Pichi & Avo: when classics meet graffiti

Pichi & Avo are the artistic duo that might finally reconciliate classic art lovers with graffiti afficionados. Their street art pieces use some classic figures and blend it into colorful graffiti texts and drawings. The results are spectacular, and often quite surreal.

March 7, 2015
A 16th century prayer nut with incredibly detailed scenes
A 16th century prayer nut with incredibly detailed scenes

In Middle-Ages Europe, especially in the Northern part, devoted people would often carry a prayer nut, an item that could be kept for praying anywhere. The object get its name from its appearance, it looks like a nut, and would often reveal details carvings, like in the pictures in this post. Some aromatic fragrances would […]

March 5, 2015
The tank library will bomb you with litterature
The tank library will bomb you with litterature

This vehicle is actually a Ford Falcon that was re-purposed into a book-carrying tank. This project, rightfully titled “Weapons of mass instruction”, was created by Buenos Aires based artist Raul Lemesoff and sponsored by 7up. The book travels with around 900 books that are distributed for free while going around Argentine’s cities and rural communities. […]

March 4, 2015
Surreal photo manipulations by Anil Saxema
Surreal photo manipulations by Anil Saxema

Working from Mumbai, India, Anil Saxema creates some surreal and playful scenes using Photoshop. His work is somewhat kitschy sometimes, but the ideas and execution are great anyway.

March 3, 2015
Tentacular book papercuts by Barbara Wildenboer
Tentacular book papercuts by Barbara Wildenboer

South-African artist Barbara Wildenboer likes to books pages. She does it in a mind-blowing way, by creating impressive tentacles coming out of the books in an organic structure. For that, she uses abandonned scientific books and let some words, illustrations, or sentences, pop up from these lively sculptures.

March 1, 2015
Erik Johansson published some new mind-blowing photo manipulations
Erik Johansson published some new mind-blowing photo manipulations

Erik Johansson was previously featured on Designer Daily for his spectacular and surrealist photo manipulations. He published some new work on his website, and I’d say that he’s getting even better at what he does. The new work is still as poetic as before, but Johansson seems to enjoy playing with perspective and buildings more […]

Spectacular glass sculptures by Simone Crestani
Spectacular glass sculptures by Simone Crestani

Simone Crestani is a young Italian artist who started working with glass since he was 15 years old. He creates organic looking glass sculptures and gives it the most amazing shapes. Brought up in Venice, one of the major cities when it comes to the art of glass, Crestani experienced the beauty of glass since […]

February 23, 2015
A collection of cool & spectacular designs made with Photoshop
A collection of cool & spectacular designs made with Photoshop

While browsing internet for “designs made in photoshop”, you’ll encounter several of them. Sometimes you might even be confused which one to choose for your reference and inspiration. So, to make your decision little bit easier, today we have a collection of cool and spectacular designs that will make you say, “Yes, this is what […]

February 22, 2015
Ernest Zacharevic developed a unique style in the world of street art
Ernest Zacharevic developed a unique style in the world of street art

Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, also known as Zachas, creates some fascinating paintings in the street. He has a classical training in painting and fine arts, which is maybe the reason why he prefers to be referred as a fine artist who paints in the streets, rather than a street artist. Some of his work features […]

February 18, 2015
Carne Griffiths creates spectacular paintings with ink and tea
Carne Griffiths creates spectacular paintings with ink and tea

Carne Griffiths has created an impressive series of portaits, using ink and tea to make some spectacular watercolor-like effects.

American artist Crystal Wagner creates amazing paper sculptures
American artist Crystal Wagner creates amazing paper sculptures

With her organic paper sculptures, American artist Crystal creates small worlds in which paper cuts and folds come to life in intricate manners. More paper terrariums can be seen on her portfolio site.

February 12, 2015
A collection of 15 spectacular digital artworks
A collection of 15 spectacular digital artworks

Today, here we have a collection of some really cool and spectacular digital artworks that we have collected while browsing the internet. Have a look at them and choose your favorite digital art. 1. Lamborghini Advertising An amazing Lamborghini advertising by Allan Portilho. Check it out here. 2. Dexter See the beautiful collection of personal […]