Unexpected Land Art Beautifully Formed in Nature. It's fairly impossible to predict what British artist Andy Goldsworthy might come up with next! The Scotland-based artist creates intriguing, site-specific land art that utilizes natural resources in completely unexpected ways. The final results are organized, colorfully radiating leaves, spiraling sticks, and mounds of thin rocks that convey the beauty of the natural environment in creative works of art. During his schooling, Goldsworthy found that he didn't care for working indoors. Eventually, he ventured outside and found a new kind of canvas, one deeply rooted in the ever-changing world around him. "Nature for me isn't the bit that stops in the national parks. It's in a city, in a gallery, in a building. It's everywhere we are," says Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy's fantastic works are featured in a number of photo books, available on Amazon.
Andy Goldsworthy: Website via [Pleased to Meet You I'm a Whale, La Boite Verte] ELLE.pl - trendy wiosna lato 2016: modne fryzury, buty, manicure. Charyzmatyczne, wesołe, inteligentne i utalentowane. Najlepsze polskie autorki komiksów, bohaterki reportażu z sierpniowego ELLE zdradzają nam, jakie komiksy są dla nich najważniejsze. Olga Wróbel: cztery lata temu wydała kultowy komiks "Ciemna strona księżyca", w którym zabawnie przedstawiła najbardziej mroczne aspekty ciąży. Pracuje w Muzeum Archeologicznym w Warszawie. Niedawno napisała książkę dla dzieci "Do kroćset!
". Ma 34 lata. Oto jej ulubione komiksy: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Marianne Breslauer’s gorgeous photos of queer, androgynous and butch women of the 1930s. Marianne Breslauer’s gorgeous photos of queer, androgynous and butch women of the 1930s The photography of Marianne Breslauer is striking for both its intimacy and its subjects—women, usually of the sleek, chic and gender-bending variety, posed to optimum androgynous elegance. A bohemian Berliner by birth, Breslauer studied under Man Ray for a time in Paris and achieved some commercial success before returning home to an increasingly volatile Germany.
As a Jewish artist working in an obviously queer milieu, Breslauer eventually fled to Switzerland and retired from photography early, eventually marrying a man and becoming an art dealer. Among the many beautiful faces captured by Breslauer was her dear friend, Swiss writer, journalist and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who she described as “neither a man nor a woman, but an angel, an archangel.” Via Messy Nessy. The Bus - Paul Kirchner. Dogs Pose with Their "Dads" for Quirky Father's Day Portraits. With Father's Day fast approaching, photographer Chantal Adair of The Dog Styler has found a hilarious way to celebrate a certain set of dads who often go unacknowledged: dog dads.
Her portraits pose owners with their puppies dressed in human garb, demonstrating the way the four-footed pets take after their two-legged parents. The quirky pairs range from a culinarily-inclined canine, whipping up a meal with his foodie father, to a jersey-wearing football fan, complete with his own miniature bowl of popcorn. The shots make a case for each furball as not just a man's best friend, but also a mini-me, with mimicry that's adorably amusing. Adair explained to Elite Daily, "I took theses photos because I enjoy making people laugh and the juxtaposition of dogs in human clothes strikes a chord in people that explores our evolutionary bond with these wonderful animals…As a photographer and dog lover, it's a dream come true! " The Dog Styler: Website | Instagram via [Elite Daily]
Giant Raindrop Rests on Sculpture's Face. Ukrainian artist Nazar Bilyk created this stunning 6-foot tall sculpture called "Rain" using bronze and glass. A huge raindrop stands suspended on the figure's face as he looks up toward the sky. The work has several meanings including representing man's delicate relationship with nature.
As Bilyk explains to us, "The name of the work is 'Rain,' which seems clear and obvious at first glance. However, it is quite broad and has several meanings. Chiefly, it is dedicated to the inner dialogue of a man with himself; it expresses interrogation of a man in search of senses, unanswered lifetime questions. That's why the man is holding his head up. "The raindrop is a symbol of the dialogue which connects a man with a whole diversity of life forms. "Almost each sculpture is autobiographical. One of the ten sculptures of "Rain" is on view right now at the Peysazhna Alley (Landscape Alley) at the Kiev Fashion Park. Nazar Bilik's website. Akiya Kageichi. Japanese illustrator Akiya Kageichi, who also goes by the handle “Golden Gravel” draws nicely complex line and color compositions that often appear layered, or have a collage-like character to their arrangement.
His interesting use of fine line, color, texture and pattern give your eye a lot to play with as you wander through his images. His website is a Tumblr gallery (note the second page of images), that doesn’t anything in the way of bio information. To my eye, he appears to take some inspiration from Golden Age European illustrators like Kay Nielsen and Harry Clarke. [Via Hi-Fructose] Evening Photos Explore the Peaceful Side of Tokyo's Rarely Empty Streets. Franck Bohbot’s cinematographic shots depict the streets of Tokyo awash in a uniquely peaceful light. Tokyo Murmurings speaks to the night wanderer, exposing the empty façades of arcades, shops, and bars that remain when most of the city has gone to sleep. Bohbot captures the emanating calm that can only be found in the dead of night. His colorful images reveal a rare side of the bustling city and captures the beauty of the city's congested, asymmetrical architecture when it is not crowded by humans. Simultaneously futuristic and nostalgic, Bohbot’s series is told from the eyes of an insomniac as they explore the subconscious of a sleeping city.
Franck Bohbot: Website | Instagram | Behance My Modern Met granted permission to use photos by Franck Bohbot. 14 Inspirational Quotes Written In Beautiful Calligraphy. 11-Year-Old Artist Creates Amazingly Detailed Drawings of Wildlife. Meet Dušan Krtolica, one of the most talented 11-year-olds ever. The Serbian child prodigy is a master artist who creates stunningly detailed, nature-inspired drawings with a skill level that is far beyond his years. Using just pen or pencil, Krtolica draws anatomically correct flora and fauna, piling together aquatic life, dinosaurs, insects, birds, and other creatures in dense illustrations that burst with life.
Krtolica's intricate drawings reflect his fascination with the natural world. He has a thorough knowledge of all the geological eras, the animals that lived during those periods, and different species of marsupials, among other things. When his parents bought him a comprehensive encyclopedia of animals, it took him less than three weeks to memorize it completely. "I would have studied animals and published a book about them, but I’m going to draw all of them," says the young boy, whose ambition is to become a zoologist in the future. Untitled. Artist Danny Shervin spends an incredible amount of time perfecting his nature-inspired imagery only to set it on fire once he’s done. For a conventional work of art, this would probably be the end, but it’s the contrary for Shervin—the flames bring his pieces to life. Working under the name Paint With Gunpowder, Shervin meticulously assembles ammunition on wood and canvas.
It portrays animal portraits, like the creatures that live around the Grand Tetons where he grew up and still resides. Once the dust-like particles are arranged into owls, moose, and elk, Shervin takes a flame to one corner of a piece. From there, it erupts into a small but manageable fire and travels throughout the entire composition, burning the image into the surface. Once the artwork is lit, it quickly burns: The results, which showcase a stipple-like effect, are then burned into the surface: Delicate Japanese Oil Paintings of Ethereal Woman Submerged with Nature.
Artist Miho Hirano’s oil paintings communicate a delicate beauty through the use of soft colors and fluid brushstrokes. Featuring ethereal woman and fragments of the natural world, each of Hirano’s paintings emote a melancholic longing that beckons one into her character's striking fantasy-lands. Her paintings show a fairy-tale that has been infused with culturally significant elements and lingering, beautiful figures. Hirano is a Japanese artist living in Abiko, Chiba.
She graduated from the Musashino Art University and has been creating artwork for several years, exhibiting her elegant and subdued oil pieces throughout Japan. 2,000 Suspended Steel Stars Installation Pays Dazzling Tribute to Shakespeare. In the newly refurbished Swan Wing of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Stratford-upon-Avon Theater, 2,000 stainless steel stars are individually suspended from the ceiling, carefully layered to convey a glimmering human face.
The ten-foot-tall display is the work of designer Steven Follen, who used digital models to map the precise placement of each star that he strung by hand, marrying modern technology with traditional craftsmanship. It is both his largest commission and the Company's largest permanent art piece to date. The colossal construction was revealed on April 23rd to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Its title, For All Time, references a quote from Ben Jonson's eulogy for the beloved bard: "He was not of an age, but for all time! " That’s what Follen has done for Shakespeare with this dazzling opus, placing a permanent celestial portrait within a space whose lofty windows, vaulted ceilings, and balustrades evoke a skyward paradise. All images via Andrew Fox. Miyazaki Cards: Cute Deck Filled With Characters From Studio Ghibli Movies. A French illustrator Pauline Renard who goes by the nickname Pow has been working on a cool DIY project.
She’s been drawing illustrations of her favourite Studio Ghibli movie characters on a deck of cards. A perfect gift for a Japanese anime fan? It would be, but unfortunately, you can’t purchase these anywhere. As the author herself expresses in her Tumblr page: “The characters are Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli’s property. I don’t have the rights.“ Are you hearing this Studio Ghibli? More info: pauline renard (h/t: ufunk) Read more. 25 Beautiful Beer Label Designs. "Blackout Tattoo" Trend Cloaks the Body in Black Ink to Make a Bold Visual Statement. As tattoos continue to grow in popularity, artists push the envelope with the color, complexity, and scope of their designs. The classic Sailor Jerry style of tattooing—which champions dark outlines and a limited color palette—is joined by other styles such as dotwork, watercolor, and cross stitch.
Another popular and striking approach that has been gaining recent attention online is called blackout, which covers the skin with solid fields of black ink. Like any technique, how a blackout tattoo looks falls on a spectrum. Some artists will fill their client’s skin with large areas of ink that turns entire body parts another color. Others might shy away from that much black, and they’ll instead use it as a bold design element that’s coupled with intricate lines, geometric shapes, or dots. But no matter how the tattooist approaches blackout, one thing is certain: these tattoos are nothing short of stunning.
Check out 17 of our favorite blackout tattoos, below. Above: @oddtattooer @oddtattooer. Did you know? - 14 Stunning Space Travel Posters from NASA to Inspire the Futuristic Dreamer in You. Remember all those amazing travel posters they use to make back in the day? They made you dream. They made the places you’d never visited that much more real. And, most importantly, they made you want to travel. It’s in that spirit that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labratory (JPL) has created an amazing series of bold, colorful posters featured that do the same for various destinations in our solar system. Perhaps, in the future, we too can visit Venus… Or Mars… Maybe Jupiter? Or how about a multi-world tour? You get the picture. By the way, when we’re zooming around the galaxy, JPL wants to make sure we don’t forget about home planet.
NASA’s goal was to inspire younger generations to dream about what the future space travel might hold for them. Are you inspired yet? SOURCE: My Modern Met. Geometric Sleeve Tattoos Visually Crystalize Across the Body. Brandon Crone combines multiple tattoo styles to produce cohesive, stunning pieces of body art. Fusing dotwork, blackwork, and geometry, he adorns clients’ arms and chests with designs that flow from intricate angular structures to large areas of solid black.
In addition, the non-inked areas of skin create secondary patterns found within the negative space of the tattoos. Through these meticulous shapes, Crone explores “the infinite nature of awareness and the vast potential of the human mind.” As the designs fold and unfold over the body, the geodesic patterns represent his deep interests in “the realms of quantum physics, eastern philosophies, and the power of the human mind.” The results are eye-catching and thought-provoking. Aside from being a tattoo artist, Crone is also a painter and the creator of Elektraglyphs, which joins large-scale sculptures, elaborate geometric motifs, and LED lighting technology to create dynamic lightboxes. Geometric Fine Line Tattoos by LA's Famous Dr. Woo. When In Barcelona Watch Your Step, You Might Be Walking On Art!