Talented Illustrator Doodles Photo-Realistic Ballpoint Pen Portraits
Doodling may not seem like the right word to describe Jacob Everett’s detailed artworks, but he does in fact use overlapping elliptical patterns to create incredibly realistic portraits of celebrities and homeless people from the streets of Bradford. “I am a portrait artist working with biro on paper,” Jacob describes his technique. “I produce large-scale portraits using […]
The Drinkable Masterpieces of a Japanese Anime Latte Artist
If you’re a fan of coffee and Japanese anime, you’re going to love these amazingly detailed latte portraits of famous Japanese cartoon characters. They are the creations of Twitter user, Sugi, who only started doing latte art a year ago. I’m a big fan of coffee art, whether it’s executed directly on a cup of […]
The Meticulously Woven Mugshots of Joanne Arnett
American artist Joanne Arnett combines photography and embroidery into an amazing new art form. Using thread and steel wire, she is able to reproduce people’s mugshots in photo-like quality. We’ve featured some impressive embroidered artworks on Oddity Central in the past, but Joanne Arnett’s masterpieces are in a class of their own. Living and working near […]
Sharkskin Designer Gloves Are a Real Pain to Take Off
If you’re looking for a pair of comfortable designer gloves, stay away from Sruli Recht’s pain-inducing mitts. The Australian designer used an inner lining made of basking shark skin, which features thousands of hook-like scales. From the outside, Sruli Recht’s Lasting Impression looks like a nice and soft basking shark skin glove, but there’s a thorny surprise waiting inside […]
Stunning Japanese Paintings Created in Microsoft Excel
When it comes to painting, or even digital art, Microsoft Excel isn’t usually the first thing that pops into your head. Yet 73-year-old artist, Tatsuo Horiuchi, has been using it to create stunningly beautiful traditional Japanese artworks. If you’re going to use software for artistic purposes, why not use something like the powerful and popular Adobe […]
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 […]
Miami Artist Uses His Own Body Fat to Make Soap
Miami-based performance artist Orestes de la Paz has put his heart, soul and fat into 20 bars of special soap made with his liposuctioned blubber. The bars of human soap are available for purchase and priced at $1,000. Orestes de la Paz underwent a liposuction procedure in December of last year, and decided to turn […]
Detailed Urban Landscape Images Are Actually Ultra-Realistic Paintings
Nathan Walsh is an English realist painter who specializes in urban landscapes. He pays tribute to some of the world’s most beautiful cities, like New York, Chicago or London, through photo-realistic paintings of various urban locations. Nathan is definitely not the only artist in the world who can create amazingly-realistic images using simple tools like […]
Artist Uses Powerful Airplane Engine as Paintbrush to Create Jet Art
Florida-based artist Princess Tarinan von Anhalt creates abstract works of art by hurling cans and bottles of paint into the air and letting the strong winds produced by a jet engine splatter it onto a canvas. It’s probably the most expensive paintbrush ever used, but clients will often pay as much as $50,000 just to watch […]
The Wonderfully Artistic Tattoos of a French Skin Art Master
If you’re going to get a tattoo, why not go for something truly beautiful instead of the usual tribal, heart, dragon or those tacky Chinese characters that people seem to love so much. Five years ago, French tattoo master Xoïl aka Loïc adopted a new artsy style called the “Photoshop Style”, which really gives “skin art” a […]
Artist Creates Sculpture Smaller Than a Blood Cell on a Hair Stubble
Renowned microsculptor Willard Wigan MBE has created the world’s smallest ever work of art by carving a motorcycle on a hollowed-out hair stubble, by hand, in between his heartbeats. The tiny masterpiece measures just 3 microns and is only visible through a microscope. 55-year-old Willard Wigan MBE was already famous for his tiny pinhead sculptures, but he […]
Art Students Swallow Pieces of Film to Become Human Cameras
The next time you look in the mirror and ask yourself “what am I?”, a correct answer could be: a living, breathing camera. Last year, two art students, Luke Evans and Joshua Lake, conducted an unusual experiment in which they swallowed several pieces of film to capture the digestive system at work. Their art project […]
The Amazingly Intricate Porcelain Skulls of Katsuyo Aoki
Japanese artist Katsuyo Aoki uses ceramics to create the most intricate skulls you’ve ever seen. Decorated in rococo style, her amazing works of art incorporate various lacy, swooping patterns and tendrils that make these symbols of death look beautiful. You’ll probably never look at a skull the same way after seeing the amazing artworks of Katsuyo Aoki. The […]
Artist Creates Incredibly Realistic Papercraft Birds
Dutch artist Johan Schreft creates three-dimensional lifesize models of birds from pieces of paper. To make his works even more realistic he paints each one by hand with watercolors and gouache. The results are simply mind-blowing. Leiden-based Johan Schreft showed an interest in drawing as well as animals and nature at a very young age. Inspired […]
French Artist Gives Insect Larvae the Chance to Make Their Own Jewelry
French artist Hubert Duprat supplies Caddisfly larvae with precious materials like gold flakes, opal, turquoise, rubies, and pearls which they use to build protective casings which can be strung and worn as unique pieces of jewelry. Caddisfly larvae live in rivers and streams, where they collect natural materials like gravel, sand, twigs and just about anything else they can […]