The Pencil Portraits of Kei Meguro Look Like Black-and-White Photographs
Japanese artist Kei Meguro is known for her incredibly detailed portraits created mainly with pencil and graphite, which blur the line between drawing and black-and-white photography. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Kei discovered the joy of drawing at an early age, and she was encouraged to explore her talent by her family. In 2006, she entered the […]
Estonian Theater Stages Unique Romeo and Juliet Play with Construction Vehicles as Actors
Estonian theater Kinoteater recently staged one of the most unusual versions of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” featuring heavy-duty vehicles as actors and a limestone quarry as the stage. “Romula ja Julia” was a nearly wordless performance that relied on the movements and interactions of dozens of vehicles to convey the classic love story. Romeo was […]
Macey Nemer’s Edible Cupcake Bouquets
Sydney-based baker Macey Nemer is recognized as an innovator in the baking world and the creator of the world’s first standing cupcake bouquet. Flowers are always a well-received gift, but so are sweets, so why not combine them into an offering good enough to eat? That’s not quite how Macey Nemer came up with the […]
The Insanely Datailed Hyperrealistic Tattoos of Victoria Lee
Victoria Lee is a talented tattoo artist from Beijing, China, who can create incredibly detailed color tattoos that look just as good as high-definition photographs. Over the last 17 years, we have featured some of the world’s best tattoo artists here on Oddity Central. Korean-born Yeono is one of the youngest masters we’ve posted about, […]
Artist Can Turn Virtually Any Object into a Real-Life 3D Sketch
From clothing and footwear to lifesize cars and wedding chapels, there is virtually nothing artist Joshua Vides cannot turn into black-and-white sketches. Joshua Vides uses a technique he calls Reality to Idea (RTI) to revert different objects back to sketch form, but few people know that his success story began with a pair of Nike […]
Chinese Company Creates the Most Incredible Silicone Statues
Infinity Studio is a Shanghai-based company that specializes in hyper-realistic silicone statues and busts based on popular movie, cartoon and video characters. There are plenty of studios producing high-quality silicone collectibles, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find one better than Infinity Studio. Founded in 2014 in Shanghai, China, the company quickly established itself as the […]
The Hyper-Realistic Patch and Sticker Tattoos of Vinicius Moschen
Vinicius Moschen is a talented tattoo artist from Brazil who specializes in colorful patch and sticker-style tattoos that seem sewn or stuck onto the skin. We’ve seen tattoo artists go viral for patch-like tattoos and sticker-style tattoos, but 29-year-old Vinicius ‘Vinni’ Moschen has mastered both styles and often blends them to create unique works of […]
The Three-Dimensional LEGO Portraits of Gerardo Pontiérr
Gerardo Pontiérr is an innovative Mexican artist who uses thousands of individual LEGO bricks to create incredible works of art, including detailed human portraits. Gerardo Pontiérr has been using LEGO for as long as he can remember. He first started playing with the colorful plastic bricks when he was only two years old and developed […]
Artist Spends a Year Cutting World’s Longest Strip of Paper from Single A4 Sheet
Chinese origami artist Pei Haozheng spent a whole year painstakingly cutting an A4 sheet of paper into a 108-meter-long strip to set a unique world record. Pei, also known as Hotz Pei, is no stranger to Guinness world records. He once folded the most origami flowers made from a single sheet of paper(100), and then […]
The Cracked Glass Portraits of Niall Shukla
Niall Shukla is a talented self-taught artist who specializes in cracking detailed portraits into laminated glass canvases by meticulously striking them with a hammer. Hitting panels of glass with a hammer to create something beautiful sounds counterintuitive, but that’s exactly what makes Niall Shukla’s cracked glass art so fascinating. Using a variety of metal hammers […]
Baker Goes Viral for Detailed Cakes Shaped Like Miniature Aristocratic Dresses
Nguyen Vu Hoang Anh, one of Vietnam’s most talented and creative cake artists, has become known for his signature cakes shaped as miniature aristocratic dresses, complete with tiny creases and folds. 34-year-old Nguyen Vu Hoang Anh has long been known as one of the best cake artists in Vietnam, but while his stunningly realistic fondant […]
Museum Technician Unknowingly Throws Artwork in the Trash
A new lift technician at the Dutch art museum LAM assumed that a famous artwork that looks like two crushed beer cans was discarded trash so he threw it in the rubbish bin. All The Good Times We Spent Together is a modern artwork created by French artist Alexandre Lavet, but anyone unfamiliar with it […]
Talented Chinese Artist Creates Fascinating Optical Illusions
Li Jiayue is a talented young artist from China’s Sichuan province who specializes in extremely detailed three-dimensional optical illusions. Growing up in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Lia Jiayue has always been passionate about art, and despite majoring in electrical automation, it was no surprise to anyone who knew him that he opted for an artistic […]
Three-Dimensional Debossed Tattoos Look Carved into Flesh
English tattoo artist Daniel Gulliver has become known for his signature debossed tattoos, which look like they have been carved into the wearer’s skin. Daniel Gulliver, also known as Gully, hails from London in the UK. He specializes in a variety of tattoo styles, from miniature ultra-realistic portraits to impressive optical illusions, like floating objects […]
Japanese Artist Recreates Iconic Pop Culture Characters Using Only Flowers and Leaves
Raku Inoue is a talented Canadian artist who specializes in carefully arranging flower petals, leaves, and other plant parts to recreate pop culture characters, animals, and pretty much anything else you can think of. Inoue’s journey into painstaking floral art began one windy day in 2017. He was in his Montreal home watching the strong […]