StumbleVideo: Gorey Castle - Amazing 3D display. Graffiti-on-Polar-icebergs.png (JPEG Image, 1348x842 pixels) - Scaled (77%) The forum • View topic - #My street-art 2007 TOP 35. 80+ Beautiful Street Crimes done by BANKSY. Asked about his technique, Banksy said: “I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a girl’s face on some billboard, sometimes that means sweating for days over an intricate drawing. Efficiency is the key.” Oh, wait! Maybe we should start by explaining who the heck is Banksy first of all? [Read more...] Who is Banksy? Banksy is a quasi-anonymous English graffiti artist.
He’s gone from a teenage tagger to a well-known artist making multi-million dollar art. Can I buy one? According to Wikipedia, Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti (why should anyone be interested in buying PHOTOS of graffiti in the first place?). Technique He mentions in his book, ‘Wall and Piece‘, that as he was starting to do graffiti that he was always too slow and was either caught or could never finish the art in the one sitting. Enough of the theory, I’m sure most of you know more about him and will share it in the comment section. Washing (Image credits banksy via boredpanda) 25 Coolest Banksy Graffiti. For those of you who don’t know, Banksy is an English graffiti artist who’s work can be seen all over the world. We’re big fans of graffiti art, and that got us thinking: are there any HT fans that are into graffiti art? If there are, send us some pictures.
We’d love to see them. Banksy Graffiti Drawing | Beautiful Street arts. We find this conversation between mobstr and... Fuck you is the new thank you Welcome! You have reached the visual diary of two friends. These are their thoughts on everything. Enjoy your stay. Read more about us here. If you want to say hello do not hesitate to send us an e-mail. We find this conversation between mobstr and Newcastle City Council hilarious. The images on fuckyouverymuch are found all over the amazing internet. 049.jpg (JPEG Image, 12830x597 pixels) - Scaled (8%) Pano4.jpg (JPEG Image, 1500x761 pixels) - Scaled (75%) Before I Die. What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public. After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors.
The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa. The walls are an honest mess of the longing, pain, joy, insecurity, gratitude, fear, and wonder you find in every community, and they reimagine public spaces that nurture honesty, vulnerability, trust and understanding. The Before I Die book is a celebration of these walls and the stories behind them. 2011, New Orleans, LA. Cordoba, Argentina. Najaf, Iraq. Brooklyn, NY. Todd Lamb Notes From Chris Gallery. Welcome to the “ Notes From Chris” gallery. These are notes that I post around New York City from a mysterious man named Chris.
Chris wants to do tedious things with people. He also has lots of problems. “ Notes From Chris” is a project started by Todd Lamb in 2008. See a YouTube video of the notes being read on stage in NYC and an interview in the Village Voice . Texas House Sucked Into Wormhole. @twophrasebark: No, I'm saying that Sliders had it wrong too. (Unless they changed the special effects graphics for the wormholes in episodes I didn't see.) A wormhole wouldn't look door-like or hole-like, which is commonly how they are portrayed in television, movies or video games. Maybe the way to imagine it is to think of a spherical, mirrored Christmas tree ornament but instead reflecting the surrounding room, it shows you a similarly distorted view of some other room or location entirely. And even though it looks like it has a solid, sharp surface or boundery, this is just an illusion of optics.
Think of Escher's Self-portrait then erase his hand holding the sphere and draw a completely different location around it. There was a recent cover of Scientific American that almost got it right. More street art made by using shadows. If you liked previous article about how some artist use shadows and chalk to make amazing street art, you should take a look at these unique drawings made by only using shadows and spray painting. This artist has painted everything from snakes to owls. From the streets of Boston to Hollywood people started to spot a robot figure that further got the name stikman. Have you seen “stikman” lately? Like this: Like Loading... I Raff I Ruse. 3D Street Art at WomansDay.com - Trompe L'oeil Art. Using an art technique called trompe l'oeil (French for “deceives the eye”), pavement and mural artists can transform a neighborhood, turning commonplace buildings and sidewalk stretches into fanciful settings, such as an enormous, interactive bowl of wontons or a walkway-bisecting gorge.
But, luckily for us, it's through a picture—taken at the right angle—that a trompe l'oeil artwork truly comes to life. Below, check out photos that capture some of the most mesmerizing temporary street art. "The Crevasse" by Edgar Müller This celebrated German pavement artist is known for painting over urban areas to "give them a different look, thereby challenging the audiences' perception," according to the artist's website.
“A Cave in London" by Edgar Müller According to Müller's website, this painted cave illusion, which Edgar created for the West India Quay Festival in London during June 2009, is the first in a series called "The Cave Project. " "Waterfall" by Edgar Müller "Mana Nalu" by John Pugh. Hacked STOP Signs (Photos) While it may be illegal to deface traffic signals for a variety of reasons (violent car crashes), these stop signs feature a clever line or cliché that includes the word stop. They may not be the world's coolest bus stops, but they might make you think twice before rolling through an intersection. It's hard to stop at every stop sign you see, especially if the sign's behind a bush or tall people crossing the street. Officials in Oak Lawn, IL tried to change things by modifying the city's stop signs to be a little more eye-catching. In the fall of 2007 they added one-liners like, "Stop means that you aren't moving.
" to their signage, but the Illinois Department of Transportation pointed out the changes breached safety standards and requested their removal. The signs were removed in April 2008. Submitted by Mark S: See more from our friends around the web... Super Mario Pops Up in the Strangest of Places Super nerdy, super awesome, Super Mario.
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