Animals

November 23, 2016

Colorful Storybook Illustrations of Whimsical Birds and Fantastic Beasts

The colorful creatures conjured up by artist Vorja Sánchez are both fit for a fairytale and from your wildest dreams. Everything about the animal-loving, Barcelona-based illustrator’s oeuvre—from materials used, style employed, and fauna depicted—is eclectic, making each peculiar piece entirely unique and visually alluring. To create soft and dreamy depictions, like his comprehensive collage of realistically rendered birds, Sánchez uses washes of watercolor and subdued colored pencils.

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November 20, 2016

Professor Captures Incredible Photos of Whales in Arctic Waters

Full of power and majesty, whales are favored subjects among wildlife photographers. As a professor of marine biology at the University of Tromsø and scientific advisor at the Norwegian Institute for the Study of Nature, Audun Rikardsen has an unparalleled view into the world of whales. In 2010, Rikardsen began photographing the incredible beauty that surrounded him during his field work, and has quickly made a name for himself as an award-winning photographer.

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November 18, 2016

Dreamy Portraits of Redheads Paired With a Fiery Fox

With a penchant for portraiture and a fascination with freckles, photographer Alexandra Bochkareva is artistically attracted to redheads. Since she first dabbled in photography four years ago, the St. Petersburg-based artist has captured the unique beauty of crimson locks through dreamy and bewitching photographs. While the vast majority of her scarlet-centric shots feature women, Bochkareva’s fondness for redheads is not strictly limited to humans.

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November 11, 2016

Jiggly Japanese Water Cake Looks Like a Little Glass Cat

For years, the Kinseiken Seika Company has been perfecting the sugary-sweet art of making desserts. Located in Hokuto, Japan, the shop is renowned for its experimental approach to mochi, a sweetened rice cake. In 2014, the company’s popularity soared when the sweet-toothed Internet discovered its mizu shingen mochi, Japanese water cake. Based on the classic shingen mochi dish, mizu shingen mochi is a gelatinous cake that bears a striking resemblance to an oversized dewdrop.

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