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Little People - a tiny street art project - StumbleUpon. Sculptures Popping Out of Paintings. Oh, to have been in Tokyo in June! Shintaro Ohata just finished up a solo exhibition at the Yukari Art Contemprary in Tokyo, Japan. This Hiroshima, Japan-born artist is known for his ability to show us everyday life in a cinematic way. He captures light in his paintings, showering the world, as we know it, with carefully placed strokes of it.

"Every ordinary scenery in our daily lives, such as the rising sun, the beauty of a sunset or a glittering road paved with asphalt on a rainy night, becomes something irreplaceable if we think we wouldn’t be able to see them anymore," he told Yukari gallery. "I am creating works to capture lights in our everyday life and record them in the painting.” More than that, this artist has a unique style. Straight from the Yukari gallery, here's a sample of his stellar work. ' Photos courtesy of Yukari Art Contemporary. 35 Celebrity Mosaics That Will Blow Your Mind. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Recycled red, white & blue trash including McDonalds wrappers, toy soldiers, cigarettes, a Costco card, and a pretty sweet sneaker.

COURTNEY LOVE, Pills. BIG BIRD, Cereal. CHEECH AND CHONG, Drug and alcohol paraphernalia KATHY GRIFFIN, Trash donated by Kathy to the artist. KIM KARDASHIAN, Red Vines. CHELSEA HANDLER, Snuggie wrappers, Belvedere vodka bottles and birth control pills, among other miscellany. LADY GAGA, Hello Kitty merchandise from a Gaga photoshoot, poker chips, sunglasses, rhinestones, recycled electronic parts and a dismembered Kermit the Frog doll. MICHAEL JACKSON, Pills.

JAY-Z, Broken records. HEATH LEDGER, Pills. MISSY ELLIOT, Makeup. SIGMUND FREUD, Pills. MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN, Jelly beans. CHRIS ROCK, Miscellany. CONAN O’BRIEN, Orange, Blue and Green garbage. GEORGE LOPEZ, Random trash. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, Rice. FREDDY KRUEGER, Red Vines. RACHAEL RAY, Pasta. ROSIE O’DONNELL, Snack food. TAYLOR LAUTNER, Red Vines. JERRY SEINFELD, Cereal. MONIQUE, Red Vines. Scope.swf (objeto application/x-shockwave-flash) Creation note.

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Фото и рисунки, арт и креативная реклама. Фото и рисунки, арт и креативная реклама. The Weird and Wonderful Burning Man 2010 [24 Pics. Burning Man 2010, Bliss Dance by Lloyd Taylor 40 feet tall breathtaking modern sculpture in structure and balance of naked dancing beautiful woman. Photo Credit: Hector Santizo Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States.

The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance. Burning Man is organized by Black Rock City, LLC. The Photographer Hector Santizo has visited the Burning Man event and has agreed to share his wonderful pictures with us. Also see our Burning Man 2009 article Hint: Use the “j” and “k” keys to jump from one picture to the next. Burning Man 2010 – OINK by Laura Kimpton, Jeff Schomberg and Celtic Forest Crew Photo Credit: Hector Santizo.

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Creative Cartography: 7 Must-Read Books about Maps. By Maria Popova From tattoos to Thomas More’s Utopia, or what Moby Dick has to do with the nature of time. We’re obsessed with maps — a fundamental sensemaking mechanism for the world, arguably the earliest form of standardized information design, and a relentless source of visual creativity. Today, we turn to seven fantastic books that explore the art and science of cartography from seven fascinating angles.

Map As Art, The: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography is the definitive overview of today’s bravest, boldest creative cartography, featuring 360 colorful creations by well-known artists and emerging visual experimenteurs alike, including Brain Pickings favorites Maira Kalman, Paula Scher and Olaful Eliasson. Insightful essays by Gayle Clemans complement the maps and overlay a richer sheath of insight onto the work and creative process of these cartographic artists. Matthew Cusick, 'Fiona’s Wave,' 2005 Qin Ga, 'Site 22: Mao Zedong Temple,' 2005 We reviewed it in full here.

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Would you give 30 gifts to 30 strangers on your birthday? THE old adage is that it's better to give than to receive - so for his 30th birthday Lucas Jatoba set out armed with 30 presents to give away to 30 strangers. Jatoba, who arrived in Australia just seven months ago from his native Brazil, recorded his acts of generosity on camera and watched as the video notched up more than 100,000 views in a week. Scroll down to watch the video "When I approached people, at first moment they thought it was a bit weird," he said.

"But after I started to explain why I was doing it they were very receptive, warm and happy. "I think everyone loves it when they see that there are people in the world who care about their happiness. " He told news.com.au the gifts given out on the streets of Sydney included books, cameras, T-shirts, vouchers, DVDs and a Wallabies rugby ball, and were to show his gratitude to others. "We all share the same home, planet Earth, so we need to treat everyone as brothers, not enemies," he said. 40 Beautiful Animal Photography.