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Armless Painter Paints With His Mouth & Feet

August 30th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Huang Guofu, now 42, lost both his arms in a horrible electric shock accident at the age of four, however this didn’t stop him from pursuing his dreams. Instead, at the age of 12, he began painting with his feet.

When Huang reached adulthood, his father got ill. In order to pay for the treatments, he had to quit school and decided to become a professional painter. At first, Huang tried selling his paintings in the streets, but he soon learned that his paintings lacked elegance and many people bought his work just out of sympathy. That didn’t stop him either. He put a brush in his mouth and taught himself to paint with more detail.

“When life closes one door to you, it must have opened another at the same time. I want to let the younger generation know that there are no real obstacles in life. The only obstacle is if you want to do it,” says Huang.

Last year, at the age of 41, he was appointed the vice-curator of Chonqing Talents Museum for his never-give-up spirit and artistic achievements.

Armless Painter Paints With His Mouth & Feet originally appeared on Bored Panda on August 30, 2012.

  1. natalie-irish-lip-paintings-with-lips-thumb45 Natalie Irish Paints With Her Lips
  2. famous-paintings-thumb45 Famous Paintings: Before and After
  3. finger-paintings-judith-ann-braun-thumb45 Incredible Finger Drawings by Judith Braun
  4. hyper-realistic-paintings-thumb45 Hyper Realistic Paintings That Look Like Photos


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Hilarious Internet Reactions to the Botched Ecce Homo Restoration

August 29th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

When an 81-year-old amateur restorer Cecilia Giménez tried to restore the 19th Century Spanish Fresco ‘Ecce Homo’ little did she know that her work would become a worldwide media sensation.

At first, the authorities in Borja suspected vandalism, but it turns out that she worked with the approval of the priest.

The well-intentioned Spanish woman tried to restore the fresco, because she was upset that parts of it had flaked off due to moisture on the church’s walls. Using a 10-year-old picture of the fresco, she ended up creating probably the worst restoration in history.

Interestingly, over 20,000 people have signed a Change.org petition attempting to save what some call “a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic.”

To make things even funnier, here are some of the best parodies of the botched “Ecce Homo” restoration.

Restoration: Before and After

Image source: guardian.co.uk

The Last Supper

Image source: jesusfrescoartattack

The Scream

Image source: knowyourmeme

“The Joy of Painting” with Bob Ross

Image source: 8tracks


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30 Amazing Large Scale Street Art Murals From Around The World

August 28th, 2012 by Lina | No Comments | Filed in Design

Who said that size doesn’t matter? “My Modern Met” recently asked if street art was getting bigger, and our answer is yes. In order to prove that, we even handpicked a list of 30 wonderful large scale street art murals from around the world.

If you think we missed something awesome – feel free to post it in the comment section below the post.

1. Ordes, Spain

Image Credits: blublu.org

2. Murcia, Spain

Image Credits: sam3

3. Atlanta, USA

Image Credits: unurth.com

4. Katowice, Poland

Image Credits: escif

5. Boston, USA

Image Credits: Os Gemeos


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A Squid Listening to Cypress Hill

August 28th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Fascinated by the fast color-changing nature of the squid’s skin, Tim and Greg from Backyard Brains connected an iPod nano to the squid’s fin nerve and played “Insane in the Brain” by Cypress Hill.

“The results were both interesting and beautiful.”

Backyard Brains explain that squids (like many other cephalopods) can quickly control pigmented cells called chromatophores to reflect light. The Longfin Inshore has 3 different chromatophore colors: Brown, Red, and Yellow.

The video below is a view through an 8x microscope zoomed in on the dorsal side of the fin.

Website: backyardbrains.com

A Squid Listening to Cypress Hill originally appeared on Bored Panda on August 28, 2012.

  1. camouflage-thumb 20 Amazing Examples of Animal Camouflage
  2. skatepark-light-paintings-thumb45 Surreal Skatepark Light Paintings
  3. translucent-ants-thumb45 Translucent Ants Eating Colored Liquids
  4. long-exposure-air-traffic-thumb45 Amazing Long Exposure Photos of Air Traffic


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Water Wigs by Tim Tadder

August 27th, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Commercial advertising photographer Tim Tadder just finished shooting a new project he calls “Water Wigs”.

Tim and his colleagues came up with this crazy idea while working with a mannequin in a studio. They realized that water made cool hair like shapes which worked exceptionally well on bald heads. So he found a bunch of awesome bald men and threw water balloons at their heads to create hilarious water wigs.

Another method Tim used was placing the balloons on the heads and popping them with a laser and sound trigger to create just the head of hair that fit best with the face. He used long skinny balloons for that.

Tim chose to work with triads of colors because he felt that the color adds greater visual interest and makes the images look arresting and amusing at the same time. Tim also tried his own head, but unfortunately was too hairy.

Website: timtadder.com

The Bob

The Friar

The Angel

The Don King

The Conquistador

The Jesus

The Mohawk II

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The Bun

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The Burning Man

Water Wigs by Tim Tadder originally appeared on Bored Panda on August 27, 2012.

  1. water-figures-thumb45 17 Colorful High-Speed Water Figures
  2. liquid-flowers-jack-long-thumb45 Incredible Water Splash Flowers by Jack Long
  3. Jetlev-water-Flyer-thumb45 Personal $157K Water Powered Flying Machine
  4. baby-head-mask-thumb45 Disturbingly Realistic Baby Head Masks


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Souvenir Optical Illusions by Michael Hughes

August 23rd, 2012 by Lina | No Comments | Filed in Design

At first glance, it may look like the real Big Ben. But wait… what’s that hand doing in there?

Actually, it’s the hand of photographer and tourist Michael Hughes who creates cool optical illusions by placing cheap souvenirs in front of famous landmarks. Michael has discovered the technique back in 1998 when he held up a postcard he bought for his daughter on the tourist platform at the Lorelei cliffs next to the river Rhine.

“I was amazed because it just seemed to fill a massive grey hole that was in the sky and it was the exact position the photographer had taken the picture from,” said Michael to Daily Mail.

His Flickr site is now well beyond the 5 million mark, but the absolute high point was when he got an email from the producer of the Jay Leno Show. Unfortunately, “the ensuing telephone conversation was enough to persuade her that he would be utterly useless on TV, so he missed his big chance.”

Website: hughes-photography.eu | flickr

Souvenir Optical Illusions by Michael Hughes originally appeared on Bored Panda on August 23, 2012.

  1. 3d-anamorphic-illusions-felice-varini-thumb45 Anamorphic Illusions by Felice Varini
  2. craig-tracy-body-art-ilusions-thumb45 Amazing Body Art Illusions by Craig Tracy
  3. kurt-wenner-street-art-thumb45 3D Pavement Illusions By Kurt Wenner
  4. pod-0071-abyssal-optical-illusion-regina-silveira-thumb45 Abyssal: Amazing Optical Illusion by Regina Silveira


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Incredible Food Portrait of the World’s Best Chef

August 21st, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

For the cover of the August issue of Clase Premier Magazine, Mexican studio Golpeavisa had to make a portrait of René Redzepi, the world’s best chef. Usually, these cover illustrations are digital drawings, but this time Golpeavisa decided to push their luck a little bit further, and do the illustration photographically.

The idea was to shoot a bunch of cuisine and kitchen related elements positioned in such a way that it would look like a silhouette of Redzepi’s face.

“It was a lot harder than we thought but it was a lot of fun. Yorch took charge of the lighting and photographical production while the rest of us sketched the composition and placed the elements in the shot.”

Website: blogolpeavisa.com

Incredible Food Portrait of the World’s Best Chef originally appeared on Bored Panda on August 21, 2012.

  1. minimiam-food-photography-thumb45 Minimiam: Little People in the World of Food
  2. 3D-drawings-nagai-hideyuki-thumb45 Incredible 3D Pencil Drawings by Nagai Hideyuki
  3. pod0042-apple-logo-steve-jobs-silhouette-thumb45 Thanks, Steve: Apple Logo Turned Into Touching Tribute to Steve Jobs
  4. creative-food-art-brock-davis-thumb45 Creative Food Art by Brock Davis


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Pita Bread Pencil Holder

August 21st, 2012 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

If you’re thinking of eating it, don’t! This realistic looking pita bread is actually a pencil holder handmade of fine cotton fabric and colorful elastic webbing.  Made by Mohar Design in colaboration with Baruch mogilevsky, it was inspired and named after a local pita bread of Jerusalem called Ashtanur. (Available at etsy.com for $29.90)

Pita Bread Pencil Holder originally appeared on Bored Panda on August 21, 2012.

  1. pictureoftheday0006-bear-attack-thumb45 Polar Bear Attack Caught on Camera [Pic]
  2. pod0022-pencil-zipper-thumb45 Rainbow Pencil Zipper [Pic]
  3. pod0026-f-ck-pencil-thumb45 F-ck Photoshop: The Pencil For the Purist
  4. 3d-drawings-by-fredo-thumb45 Amazing 3D Pencil Drawings by 17 Year Old Fredo


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36 More Perfectly Timed Photos

August 20th, 2012 by Lina | No Comments | Filed in Design

Last time we asked you to send in the best “perfectly timed photos” you’ve taken during your photography career or seen on the Internet. Thank you to all the pandas who have emailed and posted all these funny pictures in our comment section!

As we talked before, you may be the best photographer in the world, but sometimes all it takes to take the best shot is being in the right place at the right moment. It doesn’t even matter if you take it with your cell or high-end DSLR. Often, you won’t even notice you made an incredible picture until you come home and transfer your photos to a computer.

However, that doesn’t mean you should stop improving your photography skills and just wait for that one and only moment. As a popular saying goes:

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

So be prepared for it and be lucky! Here are 36 more perfectly timed photos to get you inspired.

Image Credits: andyfoulds.co.uk

Image Credits: strangecosmos

Image Credits: REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Image Credits: Marko Popadic

Image Credits: meflipalamoda.blogspot.com


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