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What If Models From Classic Paintings Were Real?

May 24th, 2013 by Ieva | No Comments | Filed in Design

19-year-old Hungarian photographer Flora Borsi wonders where some of the greatest artists got their inspirations from, and imagines what their muses could’ve looked like if they were real people. In her Real Life Models photo manipulation series, Flora recreates the distorted features from classic paintings by such artists as Rudolf Hausner, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Kees van Dongen, and that way brings some very surreal-looking people to the real world.

“Nowadays almost every photographer use graphics software to complete the picture, like many painters used ‘original version’ in the past. Some artists use pure imagination to paint their artworks, others may prefer to create art by using a real life model as reference for the anatomy. What if these abstract models were real people?” asks Flora. Definitely a fresh and creative take on classic art!

Website: behance, facebook

What If Models From Classic Paintings Were Real? originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 24, 2013.

Tags: abstract paintings, Amedeo Modigliani, Art, boredpanda, classic art, classic paintings, digital art, famous paintings, Flora Borsi, Kees van Dongen, Latest Posts, models, Pablo Picasso, painting, photo manipulation, Real Life Models, Rudolf Hausner

Old Bike Parts Turned Into Impressive Chandeliers

May 21st, 2013 by Lina | No Comments | Filed in Design

Artists Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock transformed old bike parts into six spectacular chandeliers, and hung them in the underpass of Theo/Malone and IH-35 San Antonio, Texas. ‘Ballroom Luminoso’ chandeliers contain a custom-made LED light installation, which turned the space into a magnificent shadow theater and a new spot for people to enjoy some public art. The bike parts create intricate shadow patterns and make the underpass look truly surreal.

‘Ballroom Luminoso’ globes also contain small medallions, which are designed to reflect “on the community’s agricultural history, strong Hispanic heritage, and burgeoning environmental movement“, as explained by the artists. The project of bringing this urban space on the public art map was carried out by the San Antonio City’s Department for Culture and Creative Development. “By incorporating public art into the most accessible places, we are bringing our community together and creating an inviting neighborhood for our residents and for other members of our city,” said representatives of the Council.

This definitely brings more color the city! What do you think?

Website: jbpublicart.com via: thisiscolossal

Old Bike Parts Turned Into Impressive Chandeliers originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 21, 2013.

Tags: Art, Ballroom Luminoso, bike, bike part chandelier, bike parts, Blessing Hancock, boredpanda, chandelier, creative lamps, full-page, Joe O’Connell, Latest Posts, recycled art, recycled bike, recycled bike parts, recycling, recycling art, San Antonio, shadow art, shadows, street art, urban design, urbanism

Incredible 3D Latte Art by Kazuki Yamamoto

May 20th, 2013 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

You don‘t even have to love coffee in order to appreciate these super creative latte foam artworks by Japanese artist Kazuki Yamamoto. And we‘re not talking about the little smiley faces or flat palm tree patterns: this 26-year old latte artist, based in Osaka, creates actual 3D foam sculptures in the coffee mugs of the Cafe10g visitors. This thinking outside the box – or, rather – outside the cup – even gave Kazuki the idea to make the coffee foam climb out of one cup and reach for another. That way you might be served with a cup of coffee where a cat is trying to get into another one next to it, where tiny fish are swimming.

Besides these meticulous 3D sculptures, Kazuki also does some amazing flat latte art. His subjects vary from manga and video game characters to portraits of such people as Albert Einstein or John Lennon. Kazuki says his dream is to open up a his own cafe in Tokyo one day. For more 3d latte art, be sure to follow him on twitter.

Incredible 3D Latte Art by Kazuki Yamamoto originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 20, 2013.

Tags: 3d latte art, Art, boredpanda, coffee, coffee art, coffee foam art, coffee foam drawings, Kazuki Yamamoto, Latest Posts, latte, latte art, Other

Black and White Illusions by Chema Madoz

May 13th, 2013 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

If you love photography and and optical illusions, Spanish photographer Chema Madoz has a perfect mix for you! His unmistakable style is not burdened with unnecessary cluster and details, always in black and white and with a witty catch in every picture. The photographer creates this element of surprise by blending two unrelated objects that share at least one visually similar feature, or by placing an object in visually unexpected setting.

Born in 1958, Madoz studied History of Art at the Complutense University of Madrid and at the same time took photography courses at the Image Teaching Center. He had his first exhibition in 1983, and to date has held numerous exhibitions, published several albums, and was acknowledged with different international awards. Looking at his work, you almost hear Madoz say that things aren’t what they appear to be!

Website: chemamadoz.com

Black and White Illusions by Chema Madoz originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 13, 2013.

Tags: Art, boredpanda, Chema Madoz, illusions, Latest Posts, optical illusions, photography, surrealism

Churchtanks: Sculptures of Churches Turned Into Tanks

May 3rd, 2013 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Religion and war have always been mixing and closely related throughout history. Missouri-born artist Kris Kuksi took notice of this connection, repeating itself throughout history, and decided to unveil it in his Churchtanks sculpture series. By creating the juxtaposition between the classical world and the modern war gear, Kuksi transforms churches into tanks, blending the two structures smoothly and seamlessly.

As explained in his statement, creation of the sculptures is a “process that requires countless hours to assemble, collect, manipulate, cut, and re-shape thousands of individual parts, finally uniting them into an orchestral-like seamless cohesion that defines the historical rise and fall of civilization and envisions the possible future(s) of humanity.” Churchtanks thus represent the ability of art to fascinate and at the same time to raise awareness. Tell us your impressions in the comments!

Website: Kris Kuksi via: laughingsquid, booooooom

Churchtanks: Sculptures of Churches Turned Into Tanks originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 3, 2013.

Tags: Art, boredpanda, church sculptures, church tanks, churches, Churchtanks, house of worship, Kris Kuksi, Latest Posts, religion, Sculpting, Sculptures, tanks

World’s Largest Rubber Duck Comes to Hong Kong

May 2nd, 2013 by Ieva | No Comments | Filed in Design

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman goes big – so big, that it’s practically impossible to miss his artistic statements. His latest work is a 46 feet tall and 55 feet long inflatable rubber duck, which today arrived to Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and will stay there till June 9. Boldly called the Rubber Duck, this floating sculpture is described by Florentijn as a “very positive artistic statement that immediately connects people to their childhood”.

The world’s largest Rubber Duck has already been drawing the attention of the locals while being inflated in the shipyard in Tsing Yi. Even though this is the first time this floating sculpture has visited Hong Kong, it has already been to cities like m Auckland, Osaka, Sao Paolo and Sydney. As said in the official statement, “the Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn’t discriminate people and doesn’t have a political connotation.The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them. The rubber duck is soft, friendly and suitable for all ages!”

This duck is a very typical example of Florentijn’s style, as he says he is usually inspired by ordinary every-day objects, such as paper boats or mass-produced toy figures. Besides, he never settles for less than “humour, sensation and maximum impact”, and the Rubber Duck has got to be the best illustration of that!

Website: apple.florentijnhofman.nl (via: mymodernmet)

World’s Largest Rubber Duck Comes to Hong Kong originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 2, 2013.

Tags: Art, biggest rubber duck, boredpanda, Florentijn Hofman, full-page, giant rubber duck, hong kong, installation, largest rubber duck, Latest Posts, rubber duck, Victoria Harbour, Weird

18 Brilliant Photo Manipulations by Erik Johansson

April 30th, 2013 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

We first wrote about Erik Johansson, a Swedish photographer and retoucher, 4 years ago, when he was still a computer engineering student. Even back them, despite lack of professional training in photography, his wildly creative photo manipulations would be a stand-out example of retouching.

Erik’s work has a two-fold effect: on the one hand, it’s completely unbelievable and reality-defying, while on the other hand the high-skilled retouching makes it look almost real. The photographer first develops an idea in his head before he sets out to make the pictures; he even models in some of them himself – yes, that’s the blond guy, distorting his face with his own fist!

Erik says he has been drawing for as long as he can remember – maybe influenced by his painter grandmother – but his first digital camera at the age of 15 opened up a whole new world for the guy: “Being used to drawing it felt quite strange to be done after capturing a photo, it wasn’t the process of creating something in the same way.” He picked up his interest for retouching while studying, and today is a prolific artist, working on both commissions and personal projects. Let his fantasy worlds absorb you!

Website: erikjohanssonphoto.com

Expecting Winter

Electric Guitar

Cut & Fold

Set Them Free

Groundbreaking

Arms Break, Vases Don’t

Fishy Island

Snow Cover

Face vs. Fist

Roadworker’s Coffee Break

Go Your Own Road

Vertical Turn Self-Actualization

Kaffeslump

Big Laundry Day

Stryktålig A Painting Too Real

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18 Brilliant Photo Manipulations by Erik Johansson originally appeared on Bored Panda on April 30, 2013.

Tags: Art, boredpanda, digital art, erik johansson, full-page, Latest Posts, photo manipulation, photo manipulations, photography, photoshop, photoshopping, retouching, surreal

16 Awesome Food Art Ideas

April 29th, 2013 by Lina | No Comments | Filed in Design

Every one who’s ever tried feeding a baby knows how important it is to make the food look nice and funny – especially if it’s broccoli or porridge… This is because the looks of your food constitutes a great part of the overall pleasure of eating. But if you manage to turn your noodles into Chewbacca, or can make a plate of Angry bird sandwiches, hardly anyone could say no to that!

To get your creative juices flowing, we made a list of 16 creative food art examples. Some of you will recognize the works of Hong Yi, the young Malaysian artist did an awesome 31 day food project where she was creating one beautiful piece of food art each day. However, you don’t have to be a professional artist to do this.

If you don’t know where to start, you came to the right place – these should leave you hungry enough to start cooking right away!

1. Chewbacca Noodles

Image credits: disposableaardvarksinc.blogspot.com

2. Hot Dog Mummies

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Image credits: seakettle.com

3. Sleeping Rice Bear

Image credits: unknown

4. Eggregation

Image credits: scalvert

5. Hot “Dogs”

Image credits: taste-of-japan.blogspot.com

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Tags: Art, boredpanda, food, food art, food ideas, Latest Posts, Other

Dad Illustrates Kids’ Sandwich Bags with Fun Drawings Every Day

April 24th, 2013 by Ieva | No Comments | Filed in Design

David Laferriere’s sons never know what they will find in their lunch bag – and we’re not talking about food. For the last 5 years, this Massachusetts-based graphic artist has been drawing whimsical characters on his kids’ sandwich bags before packing them for lunch. Each drawing of the Sandwich Art series is made with Sharpie markers, then photographed and posted on flickr before David’s 13 and 15-year-old sons discover them at school.

“The challenges are coming up with an idea and then drawing quickly and directly on the bag, every line counts,” says David who has already created more than 1,100 lunch bag illustrations. His inspirations come from whatever is happening at the moment: “Could be something we did as a family, a holiday or a day like Ground Hog’s Day. The weather sneaks in from time to time.” His favorite topics, however, are various fantasy robots, monsters or warms. Now that’s a creative way to make sure your kids enjoys their lunch!

Website: drlaferriere.com | flickr | via: 22words

1,108 bags and counting

Dad Illustrates Kids’ Sandwich Bags with Fun Drawings Every Day originally appeared on Bored Panda on April 24, 2013.

Tags: Art, boredpanda, David Laferriere, drawing, Latest Posts, lunch bag, lunch bag drawings, marker drawings, sandwich art, sandwich bag, sandwich bag drawings, sandwich drawings, Sharpie markers

15 New Animal Species Bred in Photoshop

April 22nd, 2013 by Tomas | No Comments | Filed in Design

Redditor gyyp answers some questions you’ve probably never even had, like, “What do you get if you combine a duck and a horse?”, and gives you… a Dorse! Snake and horse? Snorse! Elephant and duck? Elephuck!

“I like creating stupid animal species,” says gyyp, who has bred more than 20 new funny animal species in Photoshop. Would you like to see one of these in reality?

Dorse

Guinea Lion

Killer Penguin

Purd

Snorse

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