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Artist Creates Amazing ‘Splatter Paint’ Portraits. Foshan-based Chinese street artist Chen Yingjie—also known as “Hua Tunan”—combines his training in classical Chinese painting with western graffiti style to create his incredible splatter paint portraits of animals.

Artist Creates Amazing ‘Splatter Paint’ Portraits

Art Department Photography 2011 - Thumbnail View. SP*C**L D*F*CTS. 25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names: Pics, Videos, Links, News. "At Seventeen" Lyrics. Print - The World's 18 Strangest Gardens. Peter Callesen. By exploring the relationship between two and three dimensionality in his paper arts, Peter Callesen, a talented artist from Denmark, created these amazing papercut artworks.

Peter Callesen

His canvas is the commonly used 80 gsm A4 sheet of paper. Enjoy! Kaleidocsope Painter. 51 Breathtaking Post-Apocalypse Wallpapers. Humanity has an obsession with its own destruction. Jellyvampire. Authorised Graffiti Area. A selection of works by British graffiti artist Banksy.

Authorised Graffiti Area

STAR WARS ASCIIMATION - Main Page. Sketchbook on the Behance Network. Time Sculpture. Viewing Entry - 'SOCIETY'. 30 Charming Moonlight Photography. Inspiration Dose #3: Night Photography. 3D Paintings on Panes of Glass. Using multiple layers of clear glass, Canada based David Spriggs and Chinese born Xia Xiaowan, transform flat artwork into 3D sculptures.

3D Paintings on Panes of Glass

Viewers are treated to different shifting perspectives of the works based on where they stand in the art space. Spriggs work revolves around powerful explosive imagery, often resembling storms, cosmic blasts or firework like explosions. Xiawan’s “spatial paintings,” which often feature distorted figures, are drawn individually using colored pencil on tinted glass. Only when these pieces are combined on their floor racks do the images create the whole hologram like effect. See Also INCREDIBLE 3D ILLUSTRATIONS JUMP OUT OF THE SKETCHBOOK For more on David Spriggs see his beautiful website at davidspriggs.com or for more on Xia Xiaowan see Wikipedia Above and Below: Xia Xiaowan’s distorted 3D figures Artist: Xia Xiaowan Below: David Spriggs beautiful paintings fill the room with stormy emotion.

Artist: David Spriggs. Kuriositas. Os Gémeos + Blu, Lisbon. Some amazing things are happening in Lisbon; this wall is just incredible, and Sam3 is getting in on the action too.

Os Gémeos + Blu, Lisbon

Of course, Blu's bloated corporate figure sucking the world dry is very topical. Update: the eyes of the fat corporate guy are suspended from the roof, so move in the wind. so good. See more Blu + more Os Gémeos. Ten Must-See Art Documentaries. Abandoned Buildings. Venturing into abandoned structures is perhaps the most common example of urban exploration.

Abandoned Buildings

At times, sites are entered first by locals, and may sport large amounts of graffiti and other acts of vandalism. Explorers face various risks in abandoned structures including collapsing roofs and floors, broken glass, guard dogs, the presence of chemicals and other harmful substances, most notably asbestos, hostile squatters and motion detectors. Some explorers wear respirators to protect their airways and proper attire to protect their bodies. Although targets of exploration vary from one country to another, high-profile abandonments include amusement parks, grain elevators, factories, power plants, missile silos, fallout shelters, hospitals, asylums, schools, poor houses, and sanatoriums. Waterfall House. Duff Hendrickson _ "3D Duff Hendrickson" Animation for "NATIVE's" Mark RedFox (see Quicktime movie here) Skull picture is LINK to movie Animation for "NATIVE's" Roger Fernandes (see Quicktime movie here) fishman picture is LINK to movie Animation for "NATIVE" (see Quicktime movie here) fishpower picture is LINK to movie Animation of a trip in space(see 3MB Quicktime movie here) Work: HITLab, U. of Washington PO Box 352142 Seattle, WA 98195-2142 duff@hitl.washington.edu.

Duff Hendrickson _ "3D Duff Hendrickson"

Drowning Beautiful. The Official Tim Burton Website. Paint Moss Graffiti - Step-by-Step Guides for Offbeat DIY Projects. Hendrix portrait with 5000 guitar picks. Art Project, powered by Google. 2007 February 5 - Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning. Discover the cosmos!

2007 February 5 - Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning

Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2007 February 5 Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning Credit & Copyright: Antti Kemppainen Explanation: Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. On January 26, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Tomorrow's picture: sun explodes. 82 Clever and Creative Fred & Friends Products. I'm sure you've come across Fred & Friend products before at your local indie store and might not have even known it.

82 Clever and Creative Fred & Friends Products

Last weekend I was cruising around town and stopped at an indie store only to find one whole corner of the place dedicated to Fred & Friend products. It was heavenly. I stood there for probably more than a half hour laughing and checking out all their cool stuff. A lot of creativity goes into the making of these products, and I think part of that cleverness is shown in the name of the product and the slogan. Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography.

This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine.

Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography

This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Lets take a look at some of his awesome works that he calls “Drawing Vs Photography” or “Imagination Vs Reality”. Going West. BOOK.