Art

March 7, 2016

Impressionist-Inspired Landscapes Fuse Photography with Painting to Blur Fantasy and Reality

Artist Stev'nn Hall fuses painting and photography to create stunning landscapes that blur the line between fantasy and reality. After studying the two disciplines in school, he combines the precise, documentary eye of photographs with the uninhibited splatters of brush strokes. The results are striking, Impressionist-style compositions rich in color and texture, boasting areas of intricate detail as well as large, diffused fields of pigment.

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March 5, 2016

Half-Faced Character Illustration Mashups Inspired by Disney and Hayao Miyazaki

Artist Amanda Lee (aka Dada) uses the potential hidden within ordinary colored pencils to design impeccably detailed character illustrations. “Art can communicate without words,” the gifted artist proclaims. “It is a platform where I filter my emotions; it gives me passion to create.” Since she readily describes herself as a Disney and Hayao Miyazaki fan, the artist has embarked on a series of mashups that include characters from these two animation powerhouses.

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February 29, 2016

Woman's Clever Tattoo is a Friendly Reminder She's Deaf in One Ear

For some folks, tattoos are purely decorative, but for others, they're a helpful way to tell the world who they are. Imgur user raingoose recently got a tattoo for this exact purpose, because she's deaf in one ear. To let others know, she had a simple-yet-clever design placed behind her non-hearing ear–it's a tiny speaker with an “x” next to it.

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February 23, 2016

300-Foot Tunnel Excavation Explores Creation and Destruction at the Hands of Humans

Aiming to examine the interactions that occur between man and architecture, artist Daniel Arsham has created a giant, 300-foot excavated tunnel. Located in the SCAD Museum of Art, the considerable carving serves as the centrepiece for Arsham's The Future Was Then exhibition. The event aims to draw attention to the capacity humans have had for both creation and destruction over the course of history, by examining our ability to make use of man-made and natural materials.

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