Young Self-Taught Artist Creates the Most Insane Graphite Pencil Drawings
Jono Dry is only 28-years-old and has never taken art classes, but his incredible talent allows him to create these photographic quality drawings using only graphite pencils. The young South African artist is considered one of the few people in the world able to take drawing pat the limits of what is considered achievable with simple […]
Painting with Wool – Artist Creates Shockingly Realistic Felt Portraits
Creating hyper-realistic animal portraits with a paintbrush or pencil is a difficult skill that only the world’s most talented artists can master, but doing it with just a needle and wool felt sounds downright impossible. That only makes “wool painter” Dani Ives’ work that much more impressive. Looking at Dani Ives’ impressive portfolio of “wool […]
Korean Nail Artist Creates Pierced LED Disco Nails
Park Eunkyung, a popular nail technician from South Korea, may have just kickstarted the next big trend in nail art – multi-colored LED disco nails, perfect for drawing attention in the club. Eunkyung, who has quite a following on Instagram, recently posted a series of photos of her latest nail art idea – fake clear nails with […]
Japanese Amateur Artist Specializes in Gravity-Defying Coin Structures
Stacking coins in a simple tower can get pretty challenging after it reaches a certain size, but that’s child’s play compared to what this Japanese artist can create out of thousands of carefully placed coins. Twitter user @thumb_tani has been delighting his fans with an array of physics-defying coin structures ever since he discovered the hobby, by […]
Artist Plays Dead at Popular Tourist Spots to Protest Selfie Craze
Selfies have become such a huge part of our lives that it’s hard to believe that they only became popular only a few years ago. People are snapping pics of themselves virtually everywhere, from the top of skyscrapers to their bathrooms, and we even gadgets and accessories designed around selfies. Things have gotten so bad […]
Roman Opalka – The Polish Artist Who Spent Half His Life Painting from 1 to Infinity
Roman Opalka was a Polish conceptual artist who spent almost his entire career painting a progression of numbers design to symbolize the passing of time. He began with the figure “1” in 1965, and spent every day after that painting about 400 consecutive numbers. At the time of his death, in August, 2011, Opalka’s decades-long count […]
Would You Let This 12-Year-Old Tattoo Artist Ink You?
At an age when most kids keep their hands busy with video game controllers, smartphones or tablets, 12-year-old Ezrah Dormon, from Panama City, is already a popular tattoo artist. Despite his young age, people are lining up to have him ink a permanent tattoo into their skin. Tattoo parlors are usually off-limits to kids, but walk into the […]
Brazilian Tattoo Artist Specializes in Ugly Tattoos, Has Plenty of Clients
26-year-old Helena Fernandes likes to draw, but she is not particularly good at it. But did that small detail stop her from opening her own tattoo shop and permanently inking people with her mediocre designs? Of course not! If anything, her poor drawing skills actually contributed to her success. Helen did her first tattoo about […]
Agoraphobic Artist Travels the World without Leaving Her House
Jacqui Kenny has always wanted to travel the world, meet new people and discover different cultures, but she suffers from agoraphobia – an anxiety disorder characterized by fear of public spaces, public transportation, open spaces and/or large crowds – so she rarely gets to leave her house. Luckily, modern technology allows her to live out her […]
This 720-Hour Film Will Be the Longest in the History of Cinema
Some people have problems sitting through a 2-hour movie without falling asleep, but that’s merely a blink of an eye compared to Ambiencé, an upcoming film by Swedish director Anders Weberg, which will last for a whopping 720 hours. That’s 30 days of continuous screening time. After working in the field of visual arts for over […]
Artist Fits Homeless People with GPS Tracking Devices, Sells Them as ‘Real-Life Pokemon’
Danish avante-garde artist Kristian von Hornsleth recently drew criticism for his latest project, which involves turning London homeless people into real-life Pokemon that can be tracked 24/7 via a special app. To make matters worse, every “human Pokemon” can be bought for $32,700. Von Hornsleth, whose previous artistic endeavours include paying poor African villagers to […]
Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Celebrity Portraits with Salt, Coffee and Baking Soda
Allan Pachino Wallace is a young, talented artist from Nassau, the Bahamas, who recently rose to internet fame with a series of amazing celebrity portraits made only with salt, coffee or baking soda. Wallace works with all kinds of mediums, from common oil paint and spray paint, to tree leaves and cereal. A quick look […]
Russian Artisans Create Real GoT “Iron Throne” Out of 387 Metal Swords
A team of Russian artisans from the city of Blagoveshchensk spent three months creating a real-life version of the iconic “Iron Throne” from the popular Game of Thrones TV series. They claim it is the only one in the world made out of actual iron swords, as even the one on the show is made of plastic. […]
The Lifelike Digital Portraits of Irakli Nadar
28-year-old Irakli Nadar is considered one of the most talented digital artists of our time. Using only digital painting tools, he is able to create photo-like portraits from scratch. His works are so good that many in the digital art world accuse him of simply applying various filters to digital photographs and passing them off as […]
Filipino “Pixel Art Wizard” Creates Incredible Pixelated Portraits Using Any Medium Imaginable
26-year-old Kel Cruz, an artist from Quezon City, Philippines, is being hailed as a “pixel art wizard”, for his mind-blowing pixelated portraits created with everything from bits of scotch tape and matchsticks, to fingerprints and blood stains. Cruz, who works as a male nurse, used to create pixelated art the old fashioned way, with a […]