Art

June 29, 2012

Photorealistic Pencil Drawings of the Human Eye

What is it about the human eye that is all at once mysterious and revealing? These organic orbs that are said to be the windows to the soul express a world of knowledge and memories whose allure is heightened by their reflective nature. There are so many intricacies to the human eye that can be difficult to capture in a photograph let alone in a graphite drawing, yet illustrator Armin Mersmann (aka nimra)

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June 23, 2012

Photorealistic Charcoal Drawings of Epic Waves

Though artwork created in Photoshop or Illustrator can be nothing short of extraordinary, sometimes it's more impressive to see pieces created by more traditional means. Brooklyn-based artist Robert Longo made these incredible drawings of massive, thundering waves using just charcoal (on mounted paper). Called Monsters, the drawings almost look like black and white photos of that crescendo moment before an epic wave breaks.

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June 21, 2012

Magical Scenes Sculpted with Chicken Wire

London-based artist Benedetta Ubaldini uses an interesting medium to craft a variety of three dimensional sculptures. Each hand-sculpted animal and figure is skillfully built using chicken wire. The artist says, “The simplicity of this material contains the magical power of transparency that is capable of giving each piece the lightness of an apparition, a ghostlike quality, like a trace from a memory.

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June 19, 2012

Amazing Surreal Artworks by Igor Morski

Polish illustrator Igor Morski creates amazingly surreal artworks that are so well-executed, they'll take you to a whole new world. Each image bursts with an incredible amount of creativity; it's as though they tell stories that could fill a book with many fantastical pages. Here are some of our favorite works from Morski's portfolio.

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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.