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Unbelievable Street Art Murals by El Mac «TwistedSifter 1. Inspired Background by Kofie. Painted at Mid-City Arts for the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Street Cred” exhibition. Los Angeles, 2011 Old school heroes by Fabio Ciraolo Fab Ciraolo is an illustrator from Santiago, Chile, who shows us how past icons would look like if they were still alive and how he imagines movie or cartoon characters in the world of today. Among his illustrations we can see a trasgressive Frida Kahlo with a Daft Punk t-shirt, Salvador Dalì with low-rise jeans, Liz Taylor with Justice’s tattoo, a rocker Marilyn Monroe with a tattoo that says “What if Kennedy is alive?”, and much more.

Top 6 Sites that Inspire and Educate If you’re a professional who likes to be intellectually stimulated and you enjoy keeping up with the latest news and breaking trends, the internet provides you with an endless choice of carefully curated sites to visit. Today, we bring you six of them that we believe are leaps and bounds above the rest. These sites will not only educate you on topics ranging from business and technology to art and design, they’ll motivate you to find your own, original ideas and see them through. They’re culturally relevant, they’re idea driven and most of all, they’re deeply inspirational.

Sad Baby Monsters: Cthulhu and the Rancor Just Need a Hug A few weeks ago, we posted a set of redesigns by students at the Savannah College of Art and Design inspired by Marvel’s American Panther, including one by SCAD’s own Jackie Lewis. I had the chance to meet Jackie this past weekend at Fluke 2011 in Athens, GA, and it turns out that turning the Red Skull into an icon of American patriotism isn’t the only incredible transformation she’s pulled off — she’s also done a set of Sad Baby Monsters that show a softer side of horrors, from mythological beasts like the Hydra and the Chimera, all the way down to pop culture icons like Cthulhu and The Rancor from Star Wars! It’s not exactly clear what made these monsters so sad — a stubbed toe? The Lady and The Reaper An old lady is nearing the end of her days and she longs to be with the husband she has lost. So, when death pays her a visit on night in the form of a rather comical Grim Reaper then she touches his extended hand without fear. Only, she has not considered that a meddlling doctor on our side of the great divide will decide that she must be resuscitated . So ensues a terrific fight between the Reaper and the doctor, who fight fiercely over the mortal coil of the ancient dame. The Reaper eventually gives up, but the old lady has different ideas altogether.

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Inside Instruments This print campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra uses macro photographs taken inside the cramped spaces of instruments making the inner workings of a violin, cello, flute, and pipe organ appear vast and spacious, almost as if you could walk around inside them. So wonderfully done. Art directed by photographer Bjoern Ewers, you can see more over on Behance. Update: The photography is by Mierswa Kluska and the original concept came from Mona Sibai and Björn Ewers. 10 Bizarre Green Ideas! « Epic Swag If you waste too much water, you might end up killing your pet! The water level restores to normal when the tap is off. Even though designer Yan Lu received a letter from PETA saying “environmental education does not require cruelty to animals”, yet an emotional way to persuade consumers to think about saving water will always work.

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Incredible 3D Illustrations by Nagai Hideyuki from Japan These amazing 3D pencil drawings are by 21 year-old, Nagai Hideyuki from Japan. Apparently inspired by British 3D street artist Julian Beever. Nagai uses the same projection technique called anamorphosis which allows to create the 3D illusion when viewed from a certain angle.