Guy Has over 10,000 URLs Tattooed on His Body
Pat Vaillancourt is the current record holder for the most web addresses tattooed on his body, with over 10,000 URL’s inked on his back and shoulders. That sounds like a lot, but he’s not stopping until his body is covered by 100,000 website addresses. In 2010, 30-year-old Vaillancourt, from Quebec, Canada, decided he wanted to set a […]
English Artist Paints Using Remote-Controlled Toy Cars
Artist Ian Cook has a unique painting style which involves dipping remote-controlled cars in paint and driving them across the canvas to create colorful contemporary artworks. Nicknamed “Pic-cars-so”, 28-year-old Cook has developed a special painting style known as “Auto Drawing”. He uses various remote-controlled toy cars to spread acrylic paint across the canvas, creating incredibly […]
Photocopied Portrait Recreated with 3.2 Million Dots
People have been photocopying their body parts for a while now, and even though it’s still pretty funny, it’s not that impressive at it once was. But what about a portrait of a photocopied face recreated with over 3 million dots, is that impressive enough for ya? Artist Miguel Endara started out with a portrait […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #20
90’s Boy-Band, Hanson, to Launch Their Own Beer, Called “MMMHop” (Contact Music) Pee-Powered Video Games Hit London Pub (The Sun) Man Has 120 Kg Alligator Pet, Says He’s a Gentle Giant (Daily Mail) Exploring the Decaying Chambers of an Abandoned Slaughterhouse (Environmental Graffiti) Ugandan Space Chief Builds Test Craft in Mother’s Muddy Backyard (MSN Photoblog) […]
No Snow? No Problem, We’ll Just Ski on Rocks
Although it’s December and the skiing season is officially open, there is no sign of snow in the Tyrol region of Austria. But that’s no reason not to ski, at least not for those brave enough to practice the winter sport on a rock-covered slope. 45 kilometers west of Innsbruck, near the picturesque village of […]
Incredible Portraits Made with Dripped Plasticine
Argentinian art collective Mondongo creates incredibly detailed portraits by using dripped and molded Plasticine. I can’t imagine how much time they spend getting the skin tones just right. We’ve posted our share of impressive portraits here on OC, made from the most unusual materials (from pancakes and chewing gum to written words), but few more detailed […]
Saimir Strati Creates Impressive Mosaic from One Million Coffee Beans
Saimir Stari, one of the world’s most famous mosaic artists, is working on yet another mind-blowing masterpiece, this time using approximately one million coffee beans. The Albanian artist known for creating large-scale art pieces made with the most unusual art mediums (from cork screws and toothpicks to paintbrushes) has recently started work on another massive […]
Why You Should NEVER Cheat on a Tattoo Artist
They can turn your body into a living masterpiece, but tattoo artists also have the power to make your life hell, every time you look in the mirror. Case in point, Rosie Brovent, who got more than she bargained for when she let her boyfriend tattoo her back. Just to be clear from the start, […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #19
Crashed Ferrari Coffee Table (Laughing Squid) Nigeria’s Breakdancing Traffic Warden (YouTube) 10 Incredible Tales of Interspecies Nursing (Environmental Graffiti) Farmer Couple Marry in Cow-Themed Wedding (Metro) 105-Pound Petite Woman Wins Turkey Eating Contest (Third Age) Super-Cold Ice Finger Kills Everything in Its Path (BBC) Cutely Named Classic Chinese Torture Methods (Asia Obscura) Chinese Couple Caught […]
Sculptor Carves Room Entirely Out of Chocolate
I don’t know what it is about people and chocolate rooms, but they seem to keep making them and we keep writing about them. This time a shopping mall in Kaliningrad, Russia celebrated its fifth anniversary by commissioning an artist to create a room entirely of chocolate. The idea of building a chocolate room inside […]
EyeAsteroids – World’s First and Only Eye-Controlled Arcade Video Game
Progress in the world of gaming and technology has brought us nothing other than amazement over the years. The latest awesome feat of gaming is beyond awesome as the Tobii EyeAsteroids pushes you to take a different look at gaming, literally. Based on one of the best games in history, Asteroids, the new arcade game features […]
Mauth Ka Kuan – India’s Well of Death
Circus shows have been getting censored, simplified and overall less exciting just about everywhere. Not in India though, that’s the place where the infamous phrase “death defying stunt” lives on through Mauth Ka Kuan, or the Well of Death. Though originally performed all over the world, riding a bike on a vertical wall can now […]
Japanese Jeweler Creates Solid Gold Christmas Tree Worth $2 Million
For those of you who love Christmas but can’t stand falling needles and cheap plastic, Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka has created the ultimate Christmas tree – made of pure gold and worth a whopping $2 million. After making a 24-karat gold horse for Japan’s newborn prince, and creating another tree worth $850,000, Ginza Tanaka decided […]
Real-Life Mario Karts Take LA Motor Show by Surprise
As a kid, cars play a big role in life as they are generally boys’ favorite toys. If you’ve got a father that’s as passionate about cars as you, you may end up going to a motor show and seeing them live. Once you’re there however, things go a little bit wrong, after the ten […]
China’s Richest Village Is a Tribute to Knockoffs
China is the most populated country in the world, probably the most hard working country in the world and well on its way toward becoming the richest one as well. Considering how they’ve managed to achieve such a feat is considerably less fun than making snide remarks at their legendary knockoff business. Millions of brands […]