The Mind-Blowing Wooden Wristwatches of Valerii Danevych
Valerii Danevych, a wood-crafting master from the Ukraine, has dedicated his life to making functional wrist-watches entirely out of wood, with the sole exception of a metal spring needed to propel the movement. We’ve posted our share of unique wristwatch creations on Oddity Central, from the bombproof Kaventsmann Triggerfish Bronze A2 to the amazing wristwatch part motorcycles of […]
Kelvin Okafor’s Photo-Realistic Drawings Are Simply Mind-Blowing
Look closely at the images below, and tell you don’t see artistic black and white photos? Well, they’re really just incredibly detailed pencil and charcoal drawings by talented British artist Kelvin Okafor. Mind blown, I know. It’s safe to say some of the world’s most talented photographs couldn’t capture all the details in Kevin Okafor’s […]
Mind-Blowing Landmark Artworks Are Made Exclusively with Doodles
If you think doodling is just child’s play, you definitely haven’t seen Sagaki Keita’s works yet. This amazing Japanese artist can recreate virtually anything from classic statues and paintings to famous landmarks using thousands of tiny doodles. We first discovered Sagaki Keita’s talent two years ago, when he took the art world by storm with […]
Mind-Blowing Portrait Made by Hand with 2.1 Million Dots Hides an Amazing Story
The portrait below was painstakingly done by hand, in 138 hours, using a technique called stippling, which required the artist, Miguel Endara to “draw” it with around 2.1 million ink dots. As amazing as that may be, it’s the story behind this incredible work of art that’s really mind-blowing. The man whose face Endara recreated with […]
Polish Artist Builds Mind-Blowing Matchstick Church Models
Children are generally not permitted to play with matchsticks, but nothing could keep Wieslaw Laszkeiwick away from the tiny sticks of wood. Ever since he was a child, building models out of matchsticks has been more than a pastime for the self-taught master. He treats the activity like a prayer. And what he likes to […]
Eduardo Relero’s Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions
Argentinian street artist Eduardo Relero has the special talent of turning something as dull as pavements into incredible three-dimensional artworks that put people in danger of walking into lampposts starring at them. 48-year-old Eduardo Relero, who lives in Madrid, Spain, will spend up to two weeks working on one of his amazing 3D murals, which […]
The Mind-Blowing Sand Paintings of Ilana Yahav
Ilana Yahav is a world-famous Israeli sand animation artist who uses only her hands to create wonderful stories out of simple grains of sand. Her incredible videos have been watched by millions of people around the world. Ever since she was a child, Ilana knew her destiny was tied to the art world, and she […]
The Mind-Blowing Installations of Bloemencorso, an Annual Flower Parade in the Netherlands
Held every year in the Dutch town of Zundert, Bloemencorso is the world’s largest flower parade made entirely by volunteers. Millions of flowers are used to decorate giant floats built from steel wire, cardboard and papier-maché. The Netherlands is inextricably linked to tulips, but at the annual Bloemencorso flower parade, it’s all about dahlias, as […]
Beautiful “Paintings” Hide a Mind-Blowing Secret
You’ve probably seen hundreds of nature-inspired paintings like the ones created by Russian artist Alexander Yurkov. But, although you can’t tell at first glance, his works are truly unique. In fact, they’re not even real paintings… It’s a real shame awe-inspiring artworks like the ones created by Alexander Yurkov remain unknown to most of the […]
Russian Teacher Creates Mind-Blowing Modular Origami Models of Famous Cathedrals
42-year-old Sergei Tarasov, a school teacher from the Russian village of Tigritskoe, has recently completed an incredibly detailed modular origami model of Moscow’s St. Basil cathedral, from over 10,000 A4 sheets of paper. Origami is as hard as it is impressive, and it just amazes me how some people can just take some common pieces of […]
The Mind-Blowing Date Stamp Paintings of Federico Pietrella
Italian-born Federico Pietrella uses an item usually associated with corporate offices to created incredible works of art. It’s simply mind-blowing how he can use a restrictive tool like the date stamp to achieve this level of detail. Looking at Federico Pietrella’s artworks from a distance, you’d never guess they were actually executed using a date stamp. But […]
The Mind-Blowing Staple Art of Baptiste Debombourg
For most of us staples are necessary office accessories, but for French artist Baptiste Debombourg the tiny pieces of metal are a unique art medium that allow him to create detailed masterpieces inspired by Italian Mannerism and the German Renaissance. We first featured Baptiste Debombourg on Oddity Central in March, after he unveiled a monumental mural made with 450,000 staples, […]
Mind-Blowing 3D Sketchbook Artworks by Nagai Hideyuki
21-year-old Japanese artist Nagai Hideyuki creates amazing sketchbook drawings which viewed from the right angle create a realistic 3D illusion. We’ve featured some pretty impressive three-dimensional art in the past, and young Hideyuki’s works are right up there with the best. Using a technique known as anamorphosis, the talented Japanese is able to create mind-boggling […]
The Mind-Blowing Book Carvings of Alexander Korzer Robinson
Bristol-based Alexander Korzer Robinson creates incredible works of art by carving discarded encyclopedias and literally exposing their inner beauty. Book carving is one of the fastest growing art forms of the moment, and artists like Alexander Korzer Robinson, Brian Dettmer and Guy Laramee are leading the movement. Korzer Robinson carefully cuts into the pages of old […]
The Mind-Blowingly Realistic Wine Paintings of Thomas Arvid
If you’ve been hanging around Oddity Central for a while, you probably know I have a thing for hyperrealism. I find it amazing how some artists can simply guide a paintbrush to create photograph-like artworks that almost always fool the naked eye. Case in point, Thomas Arvid, a self-taught painter who creates wine-related paintings that look […]