Japanese Artist Creates Stunningly Realistic Wool Felt Animals
Looking at the majestic wolf below, it’s hard to imagine that it’s not actually a real live animal, but a handmade wool felt sculpture created by talented Japanese artist Terumi Ohta. Born in Hokkaido, Ohta grew up surrounded by flowers and animals, and her love for nature has transcended into her amazing wool felt art. Although she […]
This Artist’s Kisses Are Literally a Work of Art
Toronto-based artist Alexis Fraser, a.k.a. Lipstick Lex, is giving the phrase “makeup artist” a whole new meaning. She creates incredibly detailed portraits by kissing the canvas and leaving lipstick prints in just the right places. Fraser specializes in oil painting, but has also mastered a unique art form that she calls “kiss print pointilism”, which has […]
Artist Submerges Dress in Dead Sea for Three Months, Retrieves a Beautiful Salt Crystal
In 2014, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau submerged a 19th century-style gown into the lifeless waters of the Dead Sea, for a unique photo project. The dress was retrieved after three months, and as you can see in the photos below, the transformation is quite significant. For her latest project, an eight-part photo series called Salt Bride, Landau […]
Self-Taught Artist Creates Mind-Blowingly Realistic Portraits of Wildlife
Looking at the detailed leopard portrait below, you’d be inclined to think Franziska Treptow is a photographer. Every detail, from the tiny hairs of the animal’s fur to the reflection in its eyes, is so perfect that it’s almost impossible to believe that the young German artist paints or draws every one of her artworks. Franziska’s […]
Chinese Barber Uses Leftover hair to Create Awe-Inspiring Artworks
Wang Xiaojiu, a 31-year-old barber from Jilin city, China, doesn’t simply sweep shorn hair off the floor of his hair salon and dump it in the trash. At least not before painstakingly arranging it to create highly detailed works of art. Seen from a far, Wang’s masterpieces look drawn with a pencil or charcoal, but […]
Professional Joint Roller Earns Thousands of Dollars for His Smokable Masterpieces
At just 26 years old, Tony Greenhand is considered the master of artistic joint rolling. From smokable renditions of Pokemon and popular superheroes, to birds and dinosaurs, there is virtually no shape that he couldn’t roll a joint into. Greenhand has been a crafty guy for as long as he can remember, but he wasn’t always good […]
Meet Graham, the Human Designed to Survive an Otherwise Fatal Car Crash
“Human” might be overstating it a bit, as Graham is actually a sculpture of a person who might be able to survive a car crash that would otherwise kill any normal human being. He was created by artist Patricia Piccinini in collaboration with a a leading trauma surgeon and a crash investigation expert, for a new […]
Self-Taught Tattoo Artist Creates Photo-Like Realistic Masterpieces on Human Skin
New Zealand-based tattoo artist Steve Butcher specializes in hyper-realistic tattoos that look like they’ve been printed on the skin instead of hand inked with a tattoo gun. Working out of Matt Jordan’s Ship Shape Tattoo studio, in West Auckland, Butcher is one of the most in demand tattoo artists at conventions all around the world, and looking […]
Chinese Artist Spends 20 Years Turning Ancient Valley into an Artistic Wonderland
Artist Song Peilun is being hailed as “The Father of Yelang Valley” after spending the last two decades turning a forested patch of land into an artistic village as a tribute to the ancient civilization that once thrived in the area. Yelang was an ancient political entity first described in the 3rd century BC centered in what […]
Turkish Artist Recreates Famous Van Gogh Paintings on Water
Turkish artist Garip Ay’s masterpieces sometimes only last a few moments, but they definitely make a lasting impression. He uses the ancient Ebru technique to recreate famous Van Gogh painting on the surface of water. A video recently gone viral shows Garip Ay starting his creative process by mixing black dye and carrageenan, a thickening agent, […]
Hip-Hop Meets Classical Ballet in Awesome “Hiplet” Dance Style
Classical ballet and hip hop don’t exactly seem like a match made in heaven, but a new dance form aptly called “hiplet” is proving otherwise. A video of a group of young ballerinas performing hiplet to Jason Derulo’s “If It Ain’t Love” went viral at the end of last month and has since then gotten tens […]
Japanese Artist Hand-Carves Blocks of Wood into Seemingly Edible Delicacies
You couldn’t tell by simply looking at them, but the fish, toast and various other foods depicted below are actually just blocks of wood expertly hand-carved and painted by Japanese artist Seiji Kawasaki. Unsurprisingly, Kawasaki’s masterpieces have been getting a lot of attention online, ever since he started posting them on his Twitter and Instagram […]
Tattoo Artist Gets World’s First Tattoo Machine Prosthesis
After French tattoo artist JC Sheitan Tenet lost his right hand 22 years ago, he never thought he would ever be able to use it again. He trained himself to use his left hand to do tattoos, but after recently receiving the world’s first tattoo machine prosthesis, he can proudly call himself ambidextrous. Tenet got the idea […]
These Experimental Glasses Stop You from Staring at Screens
With so much information available at our finger tips, at all times, it’s no wonder that most of us spend more time staring at our smartphones or computer screens than we do interacting with other real-life people. Some of us are so addicted to modern technology that we come up with all kinds of crazy […]
Multi-Talented Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Artworks with Kitchen Salt
Croatian artist Dino Tomic usually works with conventional materials like pencils and paper, but his latest project has him spreading kitchen salt on a black background to create insanely detailed portraits and Indian mandalas. The Norway-based salt wizard, who works as an art teacher and tattoo artist, starts off with a large black canvas and uses […]