Korean Artist Transforms Her Small Studio Into Dreamlike Worlds Without Photoshop EmailEmail Korean artist Jee Young Lee’s beautiful dreamscapes are living proof that you don’t need Photoshop or even a large studio space to create amazing surreal images. She creates all of these scenes by hand in a room that is only 3.6 x 4.1 x 2.4 meters and then inserts herself into the pictures. Some of these self portraits represent her own experiences, dreams and memories, while others represent traditional Korean folk tales and legends. Source: opiomgallery.com
Snakes' Glamour Shots Show Off Their Curves In the book's acknowledgments, Laita thanks "a certain Central American collector who shall remain anonymous out of fear of losing his license because of the black mamba incident." Naturally, we had to discuss the black mamba incident. While photographing a black mamba, Laita was bitten. He said the snake didn't attack because he had moved, which is what usually causes a snake to strike. Instead, a cord got caught and its movement spooked the snake, causing it to strike Laita while the trainer wasn't looking. The strike was quick. "Here I am," Laita joked. The trainer offered a few explanations for why Laita wasn't harmed by the venom. Laita remained calm during his recollection of the incident, but he said even he was surprised when he realized that he had actually caught the strike on film. After the incident, Laita was looking through his photos of the black mamba. Black MambaDendroaspis polylepis Distribution: Africa Habitat: Savanna, woodland, rocky hillsides Length: Up to 11.5 feet
Incredible paintings of sci-fi suburbia will make you wish you were Swedish Welcome to rural Sweden, sometime in the late '80s. Citizens go about their mundane lives and children explore the countryside. But something isn't quite right. Robots and hovercrafts are commonplace, and decaying science facilities sprout from the harsh Scandinavian landscape. There's even a rumor circulating that dinosaurs have returned from the dead after some failed experiment. This is the world that exists in artist Simon Stålenhag's mind, and it's only accessible through his paintings. The artwork is impactful as a result of this juxtaposition between the harsh realities of life and the sci-fi technologies of our dreams. Simon Stålenhag used a Wacom tablet and pen to digitally paint the works below.
What Happens When You Zap Instant Film With 15,000 Volts | Wired Design Phillip Stearns is an artist who sees beauty where others see computer bugs. Phillip Stearns He collects images of artful computer abnormalities on his blog and has transformed images from fried cameras into tasteful home furnishings, but for his latest project called High Voltage, Stearns is experimenting with electricity and chemistry. Each image in this series is created by zapping Fujifilm instant color film with electricity produced by a transformer used to power neon signs. Stearns' process isn't exposing the film per se. The light from the sparks accounts for some of the bluish colors in the background of the shots, but the electrical "tree" structures, technically called Lichtenberg figures, are created when the electricity vaporizes the silver halides embedded in the film. He adds to the image by pouring liquids—bleach, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, rubbing alcohol—onto the film and arcing electricity through them which which adds chemical coloration. "Plasma.
An Incredible Fantasy World Mapped With Google Street View | Raw File Unorthodox Aaron Hobson Iceland Italian Drop-off Civitanova del Sannio Las Champas New York, Ireland La Línea de la Concepción South Africa Falls Middle Earth Spanish Floods Occurence Above Rio Verde Bridge Otuzco Bugarach From German forests to the French Pyrenees, from the Rock of Gibraltar to Iceland’s tundra, artist Aaron Hobson spends endless hours traversing continents looking for eye-catching scenes. There are plenty of GSV photo projects out there, but Hobson’s heavily ‘shopped Cinemascapes are a refreshing departure from the usual documentary reality. “GSV is a fantasy world,” says Hobson. Hobson estimates that 95% of his time on GSV yields nothing of interest, but an accidental benefit is an increased geographical knowledge. “Patience is key. Once he’s got a shot he likes, it’s time to add some fantasy. Hobson came to surfing GSV when he was location scouting for a movie to be directed in Los Angeles. All images: Aaron Hobson It’s just about mad enough, it might be genius.
Artist Wants To Map Every Single Human Skin Tone On Earth Perhaps, in the near future, besides wearing mobile devices on our faces and sporting unisex high-waisted pants, we’ll cease to refer to people as black or white, or some variant in between. Instead, we’ll use their corresponding Pantone color to describe the tone of their skin. If this happens, we’ll have to thank artist Angelica Dass for building the first database of skin hues. Dass started her project, Humanae, in April 2012, by photographing some of her Brazilian family members. Dass sampled a small pixel from the subject’s skin--usually from the well-lit cheek area--and then matched it to a Pantone hue, which is used as the backdrop. She does this with all her photographs for Humanae, which now number around 2,000. “Humanae is a pursuit for highlighting our true color, rather than the untrue red, yellow, black, and white,” says Dass, who is the “granddaughter of a ‘black’ and ‘native’ Brazilian and the daughter of a ‘black’ father adopted by a ‘white’ family.” See more here.
Mecre - Mechanical Creatures I Thought These People Were Weird. Then A Closer Look Left Me Absolutely Speechless If someone were to tell me that the people in these pictures weren’t real, I’d laugh in their face. The truth of it is, though, they’re not. They are creations of a London artist named Ron Mueck, who specializes in sculptures. And to think, his process begins by him sculpting clay. It ends with hyper-realistic art like this. The most interesting thing about Ron’s work is that no matter how nonsensical or strange the dimensions or placement of the people are, they still look REAL. Some of his art is very heartwarming. But he doesn’t limit himself to that. He will also create pieces that will shock people. He isn’t known for doing interviews or making statements. He just lets his art speak for itself. The level of detail on the finished sculptures is hard to wrap one’s mind around. He even created a likeness of himself as an oversized mask. This is Mueck at work. He was behind Ludo the ‘Gentle Giant’ on the 1986 film Labyrinth.
A Janitor Secretly Worked On This For 7 Years. No One Knew Til Now... And It's Baffling Everyone. Over 30 years ago, a man spent 7 years hand-drawing the most complex, unbelievable and probably unsolvable maze I’ve ever seen. His daughter recently posted the following photos on Twitter and, needless to say, the entire Internet is exploding with questions about her dad. Particularly because… he’s a university janitor. Yes, janitor. The maze is 34 x 23.3-inches. Twitter user Kya7y’s dad, who was a janitor at a university in Japan, spent more than 7 years working on this… …30 years ago. To this point, he has remained completely anonymous and wants no public recognition for his phenomenal work. Even more incredible, there are only about 50 printed copies of this maze in the entire world. Art connoisseurs are going crazy over this, both for its artistic brilliance and its impossibility to solve. To date, no additional information has been shared about the maze or the man behind it.
11-Year-Old Child Prodigy Creates Stunningly Detailed Drawings Bursting With Life Credit: Bored Pand Serbian artist Dušan Krtolica just might be the next big child prodigy. This 11-year-old is a master artist, drawing a wide array of anatomically correct flora and fauna with a level of mastery that is far beyond his years. Krtolica has been drawing since he was two years old and obviously hasn’t looked back since. By the time he was eight years old Krtolica had already had two national solo exhibitions – something that many perfectly capable adult artists cannot claim. The young prodigy clearly has a strong fascination, as the majority of his beautiful drawings are saturated with countless different species of every plant and animal under the sun. Given his fascination with the natural world, it makes sense that Krtolica wants to be a zoologist when he grows up. We feel like Krtolica and Kieron “Mini-Monet” Williamson might make great friends – both are brilliant young artistic prodigies! Source: Website | Facebook (h/t: OdittyCentral)