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Judith Ann Braun's Fingers Are Magical. With an art career spanning more than three decades, Judith Ann Braun has tested the limits of her artistic musculature. She began as a self-described “realistic figure painter,” and worked through the struggles common to anyone who endeavors upon an artistic pursuit, that of searching for one’s own voice in the chosen medium. Fast forward to the 21st century where the evolution of Braun’s work has brought us to the Fingerings series, a collection of charcoal dust landscapes and abstracts “painted” using not brushes but her fingertips.

Braun has a specific interest in symmetry, as evidenced by the patterns she follows in a number of the Fingerings pieces as well as work in the Symmetrical Procedures collection. ART THOUGHTZ: Post-Structuralism. Souvlaki – Joao Ruas. Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969. By Maria Popova Last week, we marveled at Leonard Weisgard’s stunning illustrations for the first color edition of Alice in Wonderland, circa 1949.

Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969

But it turns out they might not be the most culturally intriguing. As reader Varvn Aryacetas points out on Twitter, exactly two decades later a collaboration of epic proportion took place as the Lewis Carroll classic was illustrated by none other than Salvador Dalí. (And let’s not forget what a soft spot I have for obscure children’s illustration by famous artists.) Pop Culture Ice Creams. Editorial Illustrations for FoxSports.com's Wrestlemania: Celebrating 29 Years of Blood, Sweat and Cheers.

Pop Culture Ice Creams

Written by Jim Ross and illustrated by Jon Defreest.Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration2014 Inspired by the film, Con Air starring Nicolas Cage.Cartooning, Digital Art, Illustration2013 Custom Converse shoes designed for the cast of Breaking Bad.Illustration, Graphic Design, Fashion2011 I was commissioned by Bryan Cranston's assistant to design the actor a Christmas gift. I decided to make a faux animated Christmas special based off the AMC drama Breaking Bad.Cartooning, Digital Art, Illustration2012 The cast of NBC's Parks and Recreation as Saturday morning cartoon characters.Cartooning, Character Design, Illustration2012 Dr. A holiday Ron Swanson illustration.Illustration, Graphic Design, Digital Art2011. The Chromatic Typewriter. Washington-based painter Tyree Callahan modified a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter, replacing the letters and keys with color pads and hued labels to create a functional “painting” device called the Chromatic Typewriter.

The Chromatic Typewriter

Callahan submitted the beautiful typewriter as part of the 2012 West Prize competition, an annual art prize that’s determined by popular vote. Mark Jenkins // Street Installations. Besançon Rome Rio de Janeiro Tudela London.

Mark Jenkins // Street Installations

- StumbleUpon. Drawspace.com - Learn to draw. Time Lapse Surreal Painting The Forest by Tim Gagnon. 7,000 Dominos Make Vincent Van Goghs Starry Night Even More Mesmerizing. New Page 2. Ric stultz 2011. Speed Painting Online Painting Lessons Preview painting water www.timgagnon.com. Tall Painting. Painting on water. True Love.

Bows. The Fantastic in Art and Fiction. Lackadaisy Expressions. Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this.

Lackadaisy Expressions

Classic Photo's of Celeberties. Some classic photo’s I got compiled up!

Classic Photo's of Celeberties

I do not own these pictures, someone else had taken them…i am unsure who to give credit for, but enjoy! Jimi Hendrix & Mick Jagger, New York, 1969 The Beatles and Mohammad Ali, 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. and Marlon Brando (The Godfather) Danny DeVito and Christopher Reeve Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30.

National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor

For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from.

Gear : Design Magazine. 99 Excellent Examples of Forced Perspective Photography. Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is.

99 Excellent Examples of Forced Perspective Photography

It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera. There are many ways to attack photography and some are much more expensive than others. Here in this showcase, we presenting a Stunning collection of Forced Perspective Photography and Pictures taken by various artists in which all pictures are linked to the author’s pages. You may want to explore further works of the photographers we’ve featured below. When it comes to inspiration then there is no limitation on resources. You may be interested in the following related articles as well.

Feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts that our readers may find helpful. Further Resources! 40 Free Tutorials on Advanced Drawing Techniques. 3D Paintings. Ana Somnia - lights out! Fred Tomaselli @ The Tang - Arts Talk - Capital Region arts and entertainment news.