Posts by Leah Pellegrini

Art
July 9, 2016

Intricate Pen Drawings Interweave Elements of the Natural World

With tiny, precise pen strokes and careful cross-hatching, Italian artist Alfred Basha captures the complexity of natural life. His drawings interweave animal figures with flora and fauna. Deer antlers are transformed into trees and craggy mountain ranges rise up in the bodice of bears and foxes. He also illustrates the human heart overlaid with earthly landscape elements—flowers sprout from its valves and ships sail within its chambers.

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Photography
July 7, 2016

Intimate Postpartum Photos Help Empower Mother Who Had 3 Kids in 1 Year

These intimate portraits by photographer Trina Cary are stunning in their own right, however, it’s the authentic story of the real-life couple featured in the images that conveys heartwarming inspiration. The models are Melanie Varney and her husband Gabby, Vancouver-based parents of a son and two twin girls born within 364 days of each other in 2013 and 2014.

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Painting
July 5, 2016

Van Gogh Masterpieces Reimagined with Spellbinding Tilt-Shift Effect

Vincent van Gogh is renowned for his Post-Impressionistic paintings, depicting open air scenes with lush color and swirling movement. Using Photoshop, Redditor melonshade has reimagined some of the artist's masterpieces, blurring the backgrounds as if filtering the works through a tilt-shift lens. The digital technique appears like a modern cousin to the hyper-stylized aesthetic of the Post-Impressionism movement, warping sharper shapes into softened forms to heighten sensory and emotional impact.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.