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Artist Uses a Marker to Turn Her Dad Into a Superhero

Tuesday 06.04.2013 , Posted by

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Just in time for Father’s Day comes this hilarious photo series by Giulia Pex. The Milan, Italy- based photographer and illustrator wanted to show the world how she sees her dad- as a superhero! She captured photos of her dad standing on the roof, riding his motorcycle, weed whacking the lawn, and ripping off his button-down shirt, then added in whimsical illustrations to make these not-so-super events much more magical. With a Superman emblem on his chest to save the day, a bat mobile ride-pimping, a cape, and some tricked-out add-ons for his motorcycle and lawn tools, Pex’s dad goes from normal guy to courageous comic book hero. [Read more...]

Painting/Photo Mashups Bring Out the Inner Animal

Tuesday 06.04.2013 , Posted by

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Existing somewhere between human and animal, these exotic portraits from French artist Charlotte Caron give her subjects a real wild side. To create the images, Caron paints over large scale photographs of real-life people using acrylic paints to realize the animals she envisions. The contrast between reality and fiction is blurred by both her dissimilar mediums and by the brushstrokes themselves. She creates, as she puts it, “an osmosis between the two mediums.” We think it’s almost as if her subjects are in the midst of a cross species transformation and we’ve caught the show just in time (anybody remember Animorphes?). [Read more...]

More Optical Magic: Everyday Objects Re-Imagined

Tuesday 06.04.2013 , Posted by

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All of these images involve objects from everyday life – the things we are intimately familiar with – and yet they break from familiarity to surprise us with original new interpretations. They are the works of Madrid based artist Chema Madoz, a man with a keen eye for breaking down the form and intrinsic meaning of what seems common – dishes, matches, books – and creating new angles from which to view them (sometimes quite literally). [Read more...]

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Band Geeks Put A New Twist On Hadoukening

Monday 06.03.2013 , Posted by

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This one time at band camp, some Japanese kids took over the photo meme known as Hadoukening. Sometimes called Vadering in the US, the trend was started by some Japanese school girls imitating manga martial arts moves from Street Fighter that sent their friends blasting through the air, spread through the world, and reached its peak about two months ago. But these young band kids have revived it, blowing their friends away with tubas and calling it “Tuba Gun” (チューバ砲 or “Chuuba Juu”). [Read more...]

Space Traveling Dog Photography

Monday 06.03.2013 , Posted by

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How fast is that doggy in the window? You might wonder while looking at these incredibly imaginative photoshop masterpieces by blogger Benjamin Grelle, aka The Frogman. Just as dogs love riding in the car with their heads out the window on the highway, they are shown enjoying space travel at warped speeds. With their gums and tongues flapped back, the dogs appear to be smiling as they zoom through the universe. [Read more...]

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Father Photoshops his Daughter into Impossible Scenes

Monday 06.03.2013 , Posted by

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Kids can be both a blessing and a burden… and when it comes to these impossible images, those facts are taken to the extreme. Up and coming photographer Emil Nystrom has only been working in the field for about a year… but you wouldn’t know it from these brilliant Photoshopped compositions featuring his lovely baby daughter. On the helpful side, we see her climbing under the hood to fix the car and lending a hand painting the walls of the house. Probably less helpful, she also seems to love doing cannon balls into the bathtub and hitching rides behind airplanes. Trouble! [Read more...]

Babymugging- The Latest, Greatest Photo Trend

Sunday 06.02.2013 , Posted by

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For the latest photo trend all you need is a baby and a mug- or teacup, solo cup, or Chinese food container- as some have shown. Using forced perspective make it look like the baby is popping out of it and voila you’ve just caught a #babeinacup! Also known as #babymugging, this Instagram trend was started by Mommyshorts blogger Ilana Wiles. The creative mother of two beautiful girls has a hilarious parenting blog about her family life in NYC. [Read more...]

Crystal-Beaded Pixelated Taxidermy Sculptures

Saturday 06.01.2013 , Posted by

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It’s always fascinating to think about how we are able to perceive the gazillion, bajillion molecules that make up our world and give names to the various objects and life forms in attempt to understand it all. Japanese sculptor, Kohei Nawa plays on this notion, switching up the viewer’s perception of objects by altering the surface. In this set, called PixCell, he covers the stuffed animals in crystal clear beads which magnify and distort different portions and give the appearance of molecular structure and computer screen pixelation. [Read more...]

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Visual Bits # 448 > Beauty In Black & White: Old Photos

Saturday 06.01.2013 , Posted by

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LOTR & The Hobbit in Watercolors & Tea Stains

Friday 05.31.2013 , Posted by

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Second only to A Tale of Two Cities, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is the second best selling novel ever written. The popularity of this amazing fairy tale and its predecessor The Hobbit, along with the screen adaptations and action figures has brought about some amazing fan art, like the paintings featured here by deviantARTist Kinko-White. Her watercolor and tea stain paintings capture some of the best characters, bringing the fantasy to life on the paper along side some memorable quotes. [Read more...]

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