Posts by Anna Gragert

Art
July 5, 2015

Married Painters Express Raw Emotions through Life-Size Hyperrealistic Paintings

Artist Kit King and her husband Corey Oda Popp have collaborated to create paintings that feature a spectacular amount of detail. Each piece demonstrates the power of hyperrealism, utilizing intricate components to make lifelike art on a two-dimensional plane. Upon viewing their portfolio of work, the audience is given the remarkable feeling of looking through a microscope, witnessing individual pores, characteristic wrinkles, and fine hairs.

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Street Art
July 1, 2015

Street Artist and City Worker Spend a Year Having a Fun Graffiti Conversation

On his way to work in the morning, street artist Mobstr would cycle past an average, graffiti-covered red wall in London. For years, he noticed that a city worker would paint over the graffiti with red paint, when it was below a certain line. For any graffiti above this predetermined line, the steadfast laborer would pressure-wash it off. “This prompted the start of an experiment,” wrote Mobstr on his website.

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Photography
June 30, 2015

Photographer Slips and Captures Wedding Party’s Shocked Faces During His Fall

Wedding photographer Chase Richardson was in the process of capturing Kristina and Will Moore‘s wedding party at Mississippi's McClain Lodge when something unexpected happened–he accidentally slipped and tumbled to the ground! “It had been raining all morning so I ended up photographing the wedding party under this covered slab of concrete basically,” Richardson told PetaPixel. “There were puddles everywhere, and when I took a step back to get ready for the photo I just… slipped and fell. Pretty embarrassing.

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Art
June 25, 2015

Dreamy Animal Illustrations Come to Life through an Energetic Brushstroke Style

Illustrator Amy Hamilton employs both digital and traditional tools to create dreamy designs that take inspiration from nature. In order to create the graceful softness that is displayed in each illustration, Hamilton utilizes conventional instruments such as graphite, gouache (thickened, opaque pigments ground in water), and ink, adding in digital elements simply to emphasize the soothing, subdued textures in her work. While the illustrations are unique and imaginative, they have a rustic feel to them.

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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.