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This is kind of flying all over the internet right now, but I couldn’t resist sharing. Artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan uses suspended translucent objects and other found materials to create light and shadow paintings on walls.

Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/rashad-alakbarov-paints-with-shadows-and-lights/
Quilling has been around for hundreds of years, but it’s still as impressive and popular now as it was during the Renaissance. The art of quilling first became popular during the Renaissance, when nuns and monks would use it to roll gold-gilded paper and decorate religious objects, as an alternative to the expensive gold filigree. Later, during the 18th and 19th centuries, it became a favorite pass-time of English ladies who created wonderful decorations for their furniture and candles, through quilling. http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/quilling-the-art-of-turning-paper-strips-into-intricate-artworks.html

Quilling - Turning Paper Strips into Intricate Artworks

Magnificent Oil Paintings by Leonid Afremov. Part 2 

http://amolife.com/image/art/leonid-afremov.html Leonid Afremov is a Belarus born, Israeli modern painter who creates unique landscapes, cityscapes and figures using a palette knife rather than a brush to paint.

Magnificent Oil Paintings by Leonid Afremov. Part 1 

http://amolife.com/image/art/oil-painting-by-leonid-afremov.html Leonid Afremov is a Belarus born, Israeli modern painter who creates unique landscapes, cityscapes and figures using a palette knife rather than a brush to paint.

Featured Illustrator: The Super Talented Irina Vinnik | Design Shard

http://www.designshard.com/inspiration/featured-illustrator-the-super-talented-irina-vinnik/ Whilst looking through Behance I discovered a female illustrator called Irina Vinnik from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/04/national-comics/ This July, DC Comics will be launching a new stand-alone series, entitled National Comics .

DC Announces National Comics

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June 2010

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