Li Hongbo’s Flexible Paper Sculptures Will Blow Your Mind
Chinese artist Li Hongbo’s sculptures look no different from the classic white Roman-style plaster busts that many sculptors create. But the real magic begins only when you get close and touch them. What appeared to be plaster, reveals itself to be multiple layers of very thin paper. Li’s technique is stunning – He sketches his […]
Artist Creates Amazing Monochrome Paintings Using Smoke
Michael Fennel is an exceptional artist who uses a very strange medium to create art – smoke. For the last 16 years he has developed a special technique of manipulating smoke on wooden panels to create mesmerizing paintings. Although Fennell’s smoke painting techniques remain a well-kept secret, the artist does reveal that “Smoke as a […]
Artist Uses Her Fingers to Create Mind-Blowingly Realistic Paintings of Icebergs
Zaria Forman’s paintings of icebergs are so realistic that just looking at them actually gives me the chills. Her 2012 collection, Chasing the Light, is a tribute to her mother who died from brain cancer. She also hopes to raise awareness to climate change through her work. Forman has a unique style of creating art. […]
San Francisco Artist Turns Disposable Coffee Cups into Stunning Works of Art
We love all kinds of unusual art here at OC, and Miguel Cardona’s unique paper cups fit the bill perfectly. The San Francisco-based illustrator and professor of design takes ordinary coffee cups and transforms them into stunning collectibles. His doodles cover a range of subjects – from aliens to sea creatures, and even the face […]
English Artist Turns Dirty White Vans into Works of Art on Wheels
You don’t really need an expensive canvas to make beautiful art. Rick Minns, from Wicklewood in Norfolk, proves that a dirty old van will do the trick. Seriously, if someone like Rick lived in my area, I’d never clean my car. I would just leave it coated with layers of filth, hoping he’d find it […]
English Artist Creates Expensive Broaches Inspired by Pigeon Droppings
Pigeon droppings may be smelly and disgusting, but did you know they could also be an inspiration for jewelry? Don’t worry, no one’s actually putting droppings in jewelry. But an English artist is making broaches that resemble the shape, size and color of pigeon poo. 30-year-old Frances Wadsworth-Jones, from Ealing, West London, has created a […]
Artist Sews Portraits of His Family into the Palm of His Hand
This has to be one of the most bizarre art-forms I’ve ever seen. Spanish artist David Cata has taken ‘hand embroidery’ to a whole new level. Using needle-and-thread, he embroiders portraits of people who have impacted his life on to his palms. He calls the series of works ‘a flor de piel’, which means ‘Under […]
Belgian Artist Steps into His Own Incredible 3D Drawings
Ben Heine, a 30-year-old Belgian artist, creates amazing life-size 3D sketches. He then takes pictures of himself stepping into his own drawings. So he creates incredible images of his real-life self walking a black-and-white tiger, being held at gunpoint, and staring at a hand-drawn self-portrait. Ben makes use of a very interesting technique called anamorphosis. […]
Beautiful Film Noir “Paintings” Made with Packaging Tape
Something as mundane as packing tape, in the right hands, can be transformed into beautiful art. In this case, the ‘right hands’ belong to Ukrainian-born artist Mark Khaisman, who now lives in Philadelphia. Mark uses nothing but packing tape and light to create his incredible artworks. He is a ‘painter of light’, as he puts […]
Brian Lai’s Mind-Boggling Color Inverted Drawings
Brian Lai, a brilliant Malaysian artist, has invented his own technique of drawing called ‘Invert Art’. Using the technique, he is able to make rough sketches materialize into full-fledged realistic drawings, when the colors are inverted using a Photoshop filter. Lai has created a time-lapse video to demonstrate exactly how he creates these drawings. He […]
Bread-Obsessed Japanese Artist Turns Loaves into Beautiful Lampshades
Yukiko Morita, a 27-year-old corporate employee from Kyoto, has a unique hobby. She combines her love for bread and her love for art into a special product: Pampshades.“‘Pan (Japanese for bread)’ + ‘lamp shade’ = Pampshades,” Morita explains on her website. These lighting fixtures made from real bread and can light up a room, filling […]
A Void – The Famous 300-Page Book Written without a Single Letter “E”
‘E’ is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet. That’s why it’s so hard to believe that a whole novel exists without a single use of the letter ‘e’. The book in question was originally written in French in 1969, by author Georges Perec. La Disparition (The Disappearance) is a 300-page lipogrammatic novel – […]
French Artist Assembles Junk into Amazing Insect Sculptures
Where most people see useless pieces of junk, Edouard Martinet sees perfect parts for his incredibly detailed metal menagerie. The French artist uses everything from old bicycle chains to cutlery and clock parts to piece together his creation without any soldering. We first featured Martinet’s work on Oddity Central three years ago, and it appears […]
Godfather Fan Builds Life-Size Sculpture of Al Pacino Exclusively Out of Matchsticks
There are two things Croatian artist Tomislav Horvat loves in this world – the Godfather series and matchstick modeling. Recently, he decided to combine his two greatest passions, and created a unique sculpture of Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone. 24-year-old Tomislav Horvat has to be one of the calmest, most patient people in the […]
The Truth about “Heaven’s Trail”, the Infamous Photo That Captured the Imagination of Millions
Heaven’s Trail is a breathtaking photograph that went viral almost the moment it was published online a couple of years ago. Like most good things on the internet, the original source was soon lost; no one had any idea where the picture was clicked, or even if it was real. One explanation on the internet […]