Art

November 1, 2013

19-Year-Old Artist Explores How Appearance Affects Identity

For some people, maintaining a positive body image can be a lifelong challenge. In a series of complex paintings called Skin, 19-year-old photographer & mixed media artist Rosanna Jones explores how body image–whether positive or negative–can unconsciously affect identity. The project was inspired by this Franois de La Rochefoucauld quote: “We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

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October 30, 2013

Artist Uses Shotgun Shells to Create Provocative Art Forms

Australian artist Linton Meagher constructs beautiful forms out of the most surprising human-made materials. Each one of these mosaic sculptures is composed from hundreds of empty shotgun shells, shotgun pellets, and acrylic in resin. The expressive pieces feature exaggerated colors and unexpected details that emerge from the perfectly arranged metal casings. In an attempt to challenge his viewers, the artist is constantly exploring how ready-made, mass-produced products can be reworked into new and unpredictable forms.

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October 29, 2013

Halloween Couple in Homemade Green Army Men Costumes

Halloween is a time for people to get especially creative and this year, Redditor BritishRacingGreen and his girlfriend have gone all out, transforming themselves into life-size plastic green army men. The San Francisco-based duo roamed the city streets in their elaborate getup, stopping for countless photo ops as they each took their position with their carefully crafted props–one with a makeshift telephone box and toy pistol, the other carrying a “bazooka.

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October 26, 2013

Artist Creates Huge Photorealistic Portraits of His Family

Grandmother 24-year-old artist Dino Tomic (aka AtomiccircuS) has completed five of six photorealistic portraits of his family using colored pencils, charcoal and acrylic. While he's equally skilled at creating digital art as well as making hyperrealistic colored pencil drawings of eyes, it's these large-scale portraits that has us in total disbelief. While Tomic is also a tattoo artist by trade, he's been spending a lot of his time making these mixed media portraits.

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