A man's burden: Apologizing for being offended. Rainbow Thread Art (8 pics) Though we can appreciate Gabriel Dawe's beautiful thread art by just looking at these pictures, we're certain that these photos will never quite do them justice. In fact, we can imagine ourselves walking around these rainbow prisms and just getting lost. I asked Dawe to tell us what he hoped others got out of his artwork including what they represent. "Conceptually, these works are about the human need for shelter," he tells us. "Fashion and architecture have many functions, but one thing they both share is that they protect us from the elements. I'm taking the main material that clothing is made out of—thread—to make an architectural structure. By reversing scale and material in this way, I end up with a structure that I see as symbolic of the social constructions humans need to survive as a species.
"Ultimately, what I want to give the viewers is an experience with light and color. Read the rest of our interview with Dawe below. What are some of your favorite installations and why? 75 Exceptional Moleskine Notebook Artworks. Moleskine notebooks are a favorite among many artists, designers and writers.
They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and with many different kinds of paper. The elastic closure and pocket in the back of each one adds to their utility. The popularity of Moleskines among the art community ensures that there are thousands of great examples of Moleskine art out there. Flickr alone has a huge pool of Moleskine artists. One group, Moleskine: One Page at a Time, has nearly 4,000 members and more than 36,000 images in their pool. Below are 75 fantastic Moleskine artworks, all collected from Flickr.
Fine Art and Illustration A lot of traditional artists opt for Moleskines, due to their variety of paper types and their durability. Moleskine 2 by Andy Gosling: A heart and the letter “A”, created from interwoven arteries. Moleskine book 5, page 72 by Steve Loya. Moleskine Sketches by Jimbradshaw. Moleskine book 1, pages 61 and 62 by Steve Loya. Moleskine “A cat in my head” by Framboisine Berry. Art of Bent Objects | Bane Planet. Online & Wall plays music when it rains&8230; Picture Diary. Funny-heart-brain-comic-bat.jpg from themetapicture.com. Visual Art by the Human Body. Visual Art by the Human Body. The War on Video Games. Never Be My Friend. When I'm bored, I browse through my friends' Facebook images, choose my favorites, and draw them.
Sometimes I take... liberties. Let's just call it artistic license. R.I.P. Chloe's grandma. I wasn't aware you were an actual corpse when I drew you looking like a corpse. I occasionally wonder why I still have friends at all. Vh2.jpg from designboom.com. Masterpieces Painted By The Chinese TotallyCoolPix. A Van Gogh? You’ve got it. A Dali? You’ve got it. A Rubens? You’ve got it. A Lichtenstein? 1 A painter eats his lunch in a studio at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 25, 2011. 2 Painting brushes are placed for sale at a shop at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, April 25, 2011. 3 Pigment tins are placed on the roof of a studio at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, April 25, 2011. 4 A painter works on an oil painting next to a portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong in his studio selling the portraits of U.S. 5 A two-year-old boy, the son of a vendor, sleeps next to oil paintings at a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 26, 2011. 6 A vendor waits for customers in a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province April 26, 2011.
Story Behind Those Stunning Cinematic Gifs. Here at theMET, we're always looking for creative projects that catch our eye. More than anything, we love posting about work that pushes boundaries, showing our audience something that has been changed, flipped or spinned into something magically different. Then, we see it as our job to find out the story behind such projects. What inspired the artist or photographer to start down that path? What do they hope others get out of their work? A few days ago, when Met member Mark Huckabee put up a post called Astounding Animated Gifs, we knew we had to dig deeper. Before we go into that more, enjoy these lovely cinemagraphs that they sent directly to us.
What's been the response like, so far, on your animated gifs? Which of them is your favorite piece and why? What do you hope others get out of these works? Which gif has been the most popular and why do you think that is? Were you inspired by other gifs or anyone else before you started this more artistic ones? From Me to You website. Lori Nix. Art Inspired Outfits II. 28 22 34 28 19 27 18 31 33 19 25 15 27 24 22 15 17 23 17 21 20 23 25 22 18 39 32 66 22 16 15 23 23 19 37 32 32 19 27 23 15 71 25 24 20 27 36 34 22 23 62 31 22 39 56 25 16 34 28 18 18 18 20 19 50 20 15 22 26 33 28 16 16 16 39 19 17 18 28 32 15 24 23 15 19 16 25 24 17 23 16 41 30 28 40 30 67 34. 14 Great Banksy Street Art Photos and Quotes! | Street Art Utopia. “There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.” – Banksy “Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for. ” – Banksy “Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” – Banksy “You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid.
You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.” – Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall) “Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.” – Banksy (Wall and Piece) “People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.” – Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall) “I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me. ” – Banksy “My main problem with cops is that they do what they’re told.
Au coin de ma rue. Where Children Sleep: A Diverse World of Homes. Histoires drôles de jouets. 77646_700b_v1.jpg from cloudfront.net. How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon. Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Buy the book: Amazon | B&N | More… Here’s what a few folks have said about it: “Brilliant and real and true.” —Rosanne Cash“Filled with well-formed advice that applies to nearly any kind of work.” —Lifehacker.com“Immersing yourself in Steal Like An Artist is as fine an investment in the life of your mind as you can hope to make.”
—The Atlantic Read an excerpt below… Tags: steal like an artist. 35 Inspiring Color Palettes from Master Painters | Art Varsity. Putting together a great color palette for your design work can be one of the most challenging aspects of any project. And many times, color palettes are built from some source of inspiration. So why not be inspired by some of history’s greatest master artists?
Colour Lovers has a lot of great tools including the ability to create color palettes auto-magically from pics you find around the web. It’s a great way to find inspiration when building your palette. Of course, computer algorithms are not perfect; they miss key accent colors frequently and make questionable decisions on extracting the dominant tones. Long story short … here are 35 color pallets extracted from the work of some amazing painters with relative ease thanks to the Colour Lovers tools: William Blake Ancient of Days William Adolphe Bouguereau Birth of Venus Nymphs and Satyr Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros Alexandre Cabanel Cleopatra Paul Cezanne The Basket of Apples La Montagne Saint Victoire Barnes Leonardo Da Vinci St.
Visit Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass at the MFA. "Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass" has closed. The video is no longer available. Visit other exhibitions at the MFA. Tickle Kitten. 471513954602fa6505ca9a38c0e4b42d.jpg from llnwd.net. Surrealistic Paintings by Tetsuya Ishida (21 pics) Pics | 8 Jun, 2010 | Views: 22058 | These are the paintings of Japanese artist Tetsuya Ishida. He was trying to show the dark side of modern life. Weird. Do you like it? It is just one of the thousands of posts that we have on the Acidcow.com. Beautiful and Creative Origami Creations. Origami is the art of paper folding. This post showcases beautiful and creative origami creations. Grulla Origami Designed by Roman Diaz and Daniel Naranjo, folded by Emre Ayaroğlu from 37*37cm MC treated tissue.
[link] JUCUMARI Origami Made from black “Elephant hide” paper, the back side painted with white acrylic. Scorpion Origami Excellent origami design created by Robert J. Onion Origami Beautiful origami created by Philip Chapman-Bell, an origami designer living in western Massachusetts. Klingon Bird of Prey Origami Designed by Andrew Pang, folded by Phillip West. Inflatable Piggy Origami Cute origami by Roman Diaz folded from 15 cm square of Tant paper. Koi Pond Origami Designed and folded by Sipho Mabona in April 2008. Iron Man Origami Folded from an uncut square paper by Brian Chan. Dollar Bill Origami This type of origami art uses money instead of paper. Crayfish Origami Designed and folded by Sipho Mabona from one uncut 72 cm square of hand made chinese paper coloured with ink. The Art of OaKoAk. Some of the best street art has humor built into it.
In the case of French street artist, OaKoAk, they take what the city gives to them and creates a witty street piece. Who hasn't wanted to turn a tile doorstep into a piano, or a sewer cover into a Viking's shield? A lot of these pieces are simple statements done very well. We like the Gameboy one especially. Via TCR. Recycling Clothing Art. Ana Somnia - lights out! H2O, too: Watch out for poisonous homophones. So mature. Interesting animal hand-drawn map. Tugboat Printshop: Printshop + Process. Bespoken Art - Art that Speaks Volumes. 183.png from drawingboardcomic.com. GED_00000000.JPG from bm-lyon.fr. Oh snap - rosemary mosco. Exist2.jpg from youthblog.org. Anamorphic Drawings: Hidden Images Revealed.
The Loney Infermo - Ralph and Roll. StumbleUpon. The Beautiful Colors Of Holi: Pics, Videos, Links, News. List of colors. Hendrix portrait with 5000 guitar picks. 091011.jpg from americanprogress.org. 2009 Called. 1277801868.jpg from yayeveryday.com. Carnovsky02.jpg from designboom.com. Bruno Catalano - In Search of Missing Pieces. Drowning Beautiful | Steen.jpg from thecoolhunter.com.au. Bic pen - reinventing the most popular ballpoint. Explorations with space : cole rise. The-baffling-pinocchio-paradox-17605-1277075492-29.jpg from buzzfed.com. 21 Amazing Examples Of Shadow Art: Pics, Videos, Links, News. Symmetrical Faces | Emphasa. We__re_All_Mad_Here_by_Mesmeretics.png from deviantart.net. Harmony. STRANDBEEST. See . Saw on the Behance Network. Urban Painting Art: Some Fascinating Murals. 1281_aa9e.jpeg from soup.io. Going West. 800px-Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg from wikimedia.org.
Little People - A tiny Street Art Collection (1 of 2) | Street Art Utopia - StumbleUpon. Medicine for your face&8230; Harsh but hilarious. The-United-States-of-Shame.png from pleated-jeans.com. Vik Muniz makes art with wire, sugar. Top 10 examples of brilliant shadow art. Calvin and Hobbes Snow Art Gallery. I phone, you tube. The artwork of Joshua Petker. Golan Levin makes art that looks back at you. Grimm and Other Folk Tales : Cory Godbey. Forgot to study. Rebel:art & Blog Archive & Watchlist: Phil Jones. Everything but the Paper Cut: Eye-popping Ways Artists Use Paper. TheWAREHOUSE web comic. Zoom.gif from threadless.com. Sistine Chapel. Comics and Cartoons by Ryan Hudson - Hide! Silk. MosesStopIt.jpg from saintcatherineofsienapreston.org. 290809053349.jpg from artdosug.ru. Zoom.gif from threadless.com. Tim Burton at the Museum of Modern Art | Slideshows. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery - Jonathan Ferrara Gallery at VOLTA NY Art Fair -...
Sidewalk chalk guy. Super Sprayer. The Official Tim Burton Website.