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The 13 Coolest Tattoo Artists In The World. 1.

The 13 Coolest Tattoo Artists In The World

Amanda Wachob in Brooklyn, N.Y. Amanda Wachob does the impossible with tattoo ink — her pieces look so impeccably close to real paintings. 2. Chaim Machlev in Berlin, Germany Known in the tattoo world as Dots to Lines, Chaim Machlev creates stark black-ink geometric tattoos that are both intricate and pristine 3. If you want the sort of nature tattoo that looks straight out of a weather-worn vintage textbook, you might want to consider a trip to Portland to see Alice. 4.

Ien works solely in black ink. 5. Breathtaking Pastel Drawings of Greenland Fulfill Late Mother’s Dream by Zaria Forman. New York-based artist Zaria Forman has created stunning realistic drawings of Greenland’s icebergs for her late mother…

Breathtaking Pastel Drawings of Greenland Fulfill Late Mother’s Dream by Zaria Forman

Shattered Glass Animals by Marta Klonowska. Marta Klonowska is a Polish artist from Warsaw.

Shattered Glass Animals by Marta Klonowska

She created a series of shattered glass animal sculptures, typically placing them in front of historical paintings from masters like Rubens and d’Agar… Marta Klonowska | via Lustik Marta Klonowska est une artiste polonaise de Varsovie. Elle a créé une série de sculptures d’animaux en verre brisé, en les plaçant devant des peintures historiques de maîtres tels que Rubens et d’Agar … Ana Teresa Fernandez. Can’t get it out of my head. French photographer Emmanuelle Brisson created a series of portraits entitled ‘Can’t get it out of my head’.

Can’t get it out of my head

Unlike other portraits she focuses not on the face itself but on a woman wearing pretty questionable headgears. From an octopus suction-cupped to her scalp to Christmas lights tightly wound around her face, fantasies, fears and thoughts seem to be growing out of this womans head, finding expression in various objects. Her obsessions materialize and become visible, thus her mind is set free, fearless and liberated.

25 Best and Beautiful Underwater themed Paintings for your inspiration. Il lee « style/SWOON. Oh the patience… The first time I saw the work of Il Lee was in a Santa Fe gallery at the Gerbert Contemporary.

il lee « style/SWOON

It was so different, truly amazing. HUGE pieces of art done solely with a blue ballpoint pin on canvas. Silk – Interactive Generative Art. Color and fingers – see. .) - mariaapariciopuentes. If the wind changes, you'll stay like that! The hilarious pictures that show models' faces being blasted with an industrial hair dryer. By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 15:06 GMT, 22 May 2012 | Updated: 15:51 GMT, 22 May 2012 This series of eye-popping pictures show what you would look like if you walked head first into a hurricane.

If the wind changes, you'll stay like that! The hilarious pictures that show models' faces being blasted with an industrial hair dryer

Lithuanian photographer Tadas Černiauskas invited 100 models into his Vilnius studio so he could blast their faces with air with an industrial hairdryer. The funny, and also slightly terrifying, results were then displayed as part of his 'Blow Job' exhibition. Unexpected Layers of Glass Added to Stones and Books by Ramon Todo. Born in Tokyo, Dusseldorf-based artist Ramon Todo creates beautiful textural juxtapositions using layers of glass in unexpected places.

Unexpected Layers of Glass Added to Stones and Books by Ramon Todo

Starting with various stones, volcanic rock, fragments of the Berlin wall, and even books, the artist inserts perfectly cut glass fragments that seem to slice through the object resulting in segments of translucence where you would least expect it. Here's What Happens When You Mix Soap, Oil & Ink Together. Whilst you use ink in your stationary, oil for your bike and soap to wash yourself everyday, its rare that all three liquids come into contact with one another.

Here's What Happens When You Mix Soap, Oil & Ink Together

What would happen if they did? Would blending ink, soap and oil produce something similar? Or would they just cancel each other out into a soapy sludge? That's precisely what Russian visual artist Ruslan Khasanov was compelled to find out and so he decided to embark on a series of fun experiments to test his theory. Feel the rainbow. Artist Gabriel Dawe is showing his incredible new installation that just opened to the public last October 6 in Como, Italy.

Feel the rainbow

As part of Miniartextil, an annual exhibition of contemporary art, Dawe created Plexus no. 19, a stunning thread installation that’s beautifully spread across two balconies in the atrium of a historic villa. The early 19th century neoclassic house, called Villa Olmo, was acquired in 1924 by the municipality of Como and is now open to the public only during cultural events and art exhibitions like this. Creative Ceramic Sculptures By Johnson Tsang. Hong Kong based artist and sculptor Johnson Tsang specializing in stainless steel sculpture, ceramics and public art works.

Creative Ceramic Sculptures By Johnson Tsang

His sculptures are unbelievably realistic which seem to be caught like photographs. His beautiful sculpture lies in range between abstract and figurative art. Tsang mixes both objects and human characters together by using special techniques through streams intersect, liquids spill from mugs and crash to the ground. Tsang’s works have been exhibited in various countries including Spain, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and Switzerland.

The Beauty of Liquid. Chinese artist Paul Shanghai can be drawing for 60 hours or more to perfect the look of flowing water, which is quite difficult to achieve due to the movement and transparency of this liquid. His artwork is composed on smooth paper that has a Bristol board kind of surface, and he uses various materials depending on each visual—e.g. mechanical and graphite pencils, erasers and blending stumps. Artwork © Paul Shanghai Via Drawing Pencil.