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Artist Recreates Disney Stills By Digitally Painting On Top Of Them. EmailEmail Digital artist and illustrator Tyson Murphy used his extensive experience as a digital illustrator to recreate stills from classical Disney cartoons.

His digitally enhanced shots from “101 Dalmatians” and “The Sword in the Stone” look as if they were taken from modern 3D cartoons. With this contemporary touch, Murphy pays respect to the classics, leaving their essence undisturbed. Murphy is a professional illustrator currently working as a character creator at Blizzard Entertainment, which is responsible for epically successful videogame series like Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo, as well as the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Astronomical Watch Accurately Shows The Solar System’s Movements On Your Wrist. EmailEmail Midnight Planétarium is a luxuriuos masterpiece of science and design – a watch that shows 6 planets from the Solar system rotating around the Sun in their actual pace.

The creation of this spectacular device took 3 whole years of work and 396 separate pieces – which is why it costs $245,000. The planets are represented with tiny precious and semiprecous stones: Mercury (serpentine), Venus (chloromelanite), Earth (turquoise), Mars (red jasper), Jupiter (blue agate), and Saturn (sugilite). 2 planets from the Solar System were not included given the pace of their rotation around the Sun pace, which would hardly be noticeable within a human lifetime: it takes over 84 years for Uranus and 164 years for Neptune to complete full revolutions! Two Brothers And Lifelong Best Friends Share Their Final Years In Touching Photos By Elin Høyland. EmailEmail As soon as Norwegian photographer Elin Høyland heard about the two old brothers living together in a tiny hamlet in the middle of rural Norway, she knew it was a story she would like to capture on camera.

Breathtaking Photography By Photojournalist Sebastião Salgado. EmailEmail Brazil-born Sebastião Salgado is probably one the most well-known photojournalist working today.

He has been creating his spectacular works for almost four decades and has been awarded with many major photographic prizes. Sunny And Intimate Feline Photography by Seiji Mamiya. EmailEmail Talented Japanese photographer Seiji Mamiya’s images are the perfect recipe for internet stardom – equal parts warm, intimate photography and lovely kitties!

R.I.P. Chuppy: The Golden Retriever Eternalized In Beautiful Photography By Her Owner. EmailEmail For the past couple of years, Jessica Trinh has created a beautiful and heartwarming photography series revolving around her golden retriever Chuppy.

Unfortunately, on the 1st of March, the dog died from an auto immune system disease, leaving these gorgeous shots of him for his owner to remember the 7 beautiful years they spent together. The young photographer started taking these gorgeous and lively pictures of her dog when she was only 17-18 years old. She didn’t want to take the standard cute puppy photos that the Internet is full of these days. Single woman spends 14 years with mannequin family to make a point [17 pictures] After hearing the same question over and over from friends and family — “Why aren’t you married yet?”

— art director Suzanne Heintz got tired of it and set out to do something about it. She got herself a little family…of mannequins. Over the course of 14 years and 10,000 miles of travel, she took her fake family everywhere and took all kinds of “family” pictures…. The Ongoing Battle to Preserve Midcentury Modernism.

This article by Fred A Bernstein originally appeared in Metropolis Magazine as “Worth Preserving“.

Bernstein tracks the preservation battles fought, won and lost in 2013, unearths their root cause (money), and questions: was preservation better off in recession? “It’s the old adage: location, location, location,” says Linda Dishman, executive director of the Los Angeles Conservancy. Dishman isn’t talking real estate, but historic preservation. In California, a midcentury house on a modest lot may find a buyer willing to maintain it. If Mermaids Existed in Different Cities Around the World. Ida in Iceland Milk & Sea is a series by Prague-born, London-based photographer Hana Vojáčková that visualizes mermaids in real life settings.

Each half-fish, half-woman is set in a different country across the globe in a variety of environments. Rub kandy paints we trust from the dollar bill onto NY truck. Dec 25, 2013 rub kandy paints we trust from the dollar bill onto NY truck rub kandy paints we trust from the dollar bill onto NY truckimage © agnes fecherall images courtesy of rub kandy embellishing the words ‘we trust’ onto the side of a truck in NYC, rub kandy has borrowed the phrase from the american dollar bill. the tongue-and-cheek artwork follows the outline of the letters in close detail, using industrial paint to transform the side of the truck’s large white canvas. situated in an abandoned lot in brooklyn, the satirical piece is visible from the smith 9 subway station. the words ‘we trust’ were taken from the american dollar bill image © agnes fecher.

A Couple Celebrates Their 61st Anniversary by Taking “Up” Inspired Photoshoot. EmailEmail An event designer Lauren Wells decided to create an incredibly thoughtful and heartwarming gift to her grandparents Nina and Gramps. With the help of Cambria Grace Photography, Wild Folk Studio, and Pop & Circumstance, Lauren organized a photo session, inspired by the Pixar animation movie “Up“ for Nina and Gramps` 61st anniversary. The gift becomes even more touching, as we find out more about Nina and Gramps` story. Apparently, when the two got married 61 years ago, they got stood up by their photographer and all they got left from their wedding photo session was a single picture. Now, the loving couple got what they really deserve – extremely adorable and colourful pictures, which, by the way, are not yet for them to be seen until Christmas morning!

Source: laurenwellsevents.com | Photography: cambriagrace.com (via) The Winners of The National Geographic Photo Contest 2013. EmailEmail The annual National Geographic Photo Contest selects the best of the best photographers for public recognition and official monetary prizes. The competition this year was extremely intense – National Geographic received more than 7 thousand submissions from professional and amateur photographers from over 150 countries. Now that the winners have been announced, we‘re happy to present you with the most breathtaking shots that illuminated the world of photography this year.

The pictures were divided into 3 categories: People, Places and Nature. The grand prize went to Paul Souders from Seattle, who also won the Nature category. Source: nationalgeographic.com (via: mymodernmet) Grand-Prize Winner and Nature Winner. Old Typewriter Letters Create 200 Foot Long Illustration. Inspired by the first half of the top row on a keyboard, artist Pablo Gamboa Santos developed a series of 300 drawings, entitled Qwerty. He used an old typewriter to create layers of overlapping letters which interact directly with his detailed illustrations and function as either water or land depending on the scene. Presented at the Centro De Arte Contemporáneo in Quito last fall, the installation consisted of hundreds of pages arranged in a row along the wall.

The connecting sheets produced an interlocking scene, one single work spanning almost 200 feet around the room. Surreal Murals by ‘Etam Cru’ Turn Drab Facades into Eye-Popping Imagery. Moonshine, 2013. Richmond Mural Project. By Etam Cru. By Sainer in Gdynia, Poland. 2013. Photo by FOT. ALKA MURAT. The Healer, 2013. Meeting the God, 2013. 73-Year-Old Japanese Man Creates Impressive Paintings Using Only Excel. Hyper Realistic Pastel Drawings of Greenland’s Icebergs Raise Awareness On Climate Change. Mirko humbert draws elephant alphabet in elefont topography. Dec 22, 2013.