Art
September 4, 2014

Artist Recreates Happy Meal Packaging With an Amusing Pop Culture Twist

If you haven't eaten a McDonald's Happy Meal in a while, you might've forgotten what they look like. But, even so, we can guarantee you that they don't look like this. Artist Newt Clements has reimagined the iconic fast food packaging and replaced its standard bright red box with pop culture icons, movies, and television shows. They even come complete with a new toy!

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Art
September 3, 2014

Intricately Detailed "Litter Bugs" Created With a Collection of Vintage Objects

British artist and illustrator Mark Oliver calls his on-going series of assemblages Litter Bugs, but they're much more than the name might imply. A childhood fascination with his father's collection of electrical and engineering components influenced his creation of these intricately-crafted and imaginative creatures. Oliver painstakingly collects objects like mechanical gears, old tins, eyeglass arms, and more as raw materials for his work.

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Photography
August 30, 2014

Photographer Captures the Reactions of Subjects While He is Nude

Trevor Christensen's series titled Nude Portraits might sound provocative, but in actuality there aren't any naked people featured in it. The Utah-based photographer is the one who's nude, and the images he captures are of his subjects' reactions to his clothingless body. It's not a trick or a surprise to them, and Christensen speaks to each person beforehand and explains what's about to go on.

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Photography
August 26, 2014

Whimsical Narratives Blur Elements of the Past with the Present

Dancing with Costica is an imaginative series in which Australian photographer Jane Long transformed old photographs into colorful and creative compositions. Long used original glass plate black and white images, originally created by Romanian war photographer Costica Acsinte, as the foundation for her work. She produced surreal stories by colorizing each print and then digitally blending together all of the unique elements into one striking composition.

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