Data + Design Project

Disney Characters Discover Their Cliques

Saturday 05.18.2013 , Posted by

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With Disney’s latest Pixar movie Monsters University hitting theaters next week, 27 year old illustrator and Disney fan Rubén B. Caballero (also known as Hyung86 on deviantART) decided to re-imagine his favorite characters as college students. Aside from putting them in modern clothes, he assigned them to various clubs and sports that would go along with their character. Aladdin loves breakdancing with Esmeralda on the school dance team. Snow White and Aurora are choir girls and love to help Kenai and Pocahontas with the Animal Welfare Association on campus. Tinkerbell is a cheerleader, while Peter Pan rocks eternally youthful Bieber-like style. [Read more...]

Black & White Optical Magic: Fine Art Photography

Monday 05.13.2013 , Posted by

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Spanish photographer Jose Maria Rodriguez Madoz, better known as Chema Madoz, has a unique perspective for black and white photography. He creates unexpected optical illusions, cleverly pairing objects that don’t normally go together for an amusing effect. With Madoz, black and white is never boring and he has published many albums of his work and exhibited it all over the world, winning various international awards including a Higashikawa Prize. He has also published several volumes of his work, all available on Amazon.
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An Homage to Picasso Through Photography

Friday 03.15.2013 , Posted by

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Madrid based artist Eugenio Recuenco is known in many circles as a renaissance man. His portfolio is impressive, spanning many fields including film. Inspired by this cinematic approach, his photography has been described as ‘pictorial masterpieces’ rather than just photographic captures. With a style that is both elaborate and detailed, one can clearly see the care he puts into location, lighting and costumes for each image. As a way to pay homage and respect to a fellow Spanish artist, Pablo Piacsso, Recuenco has created a series of photographs using models to emulate poses from some of the Spanish master’s works. [Read more...]

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Visual Bits #378>New Collection Of Marvelous Murals

Monday 02.11.2013 , Posted by

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Mágoz: Bold Characters in a Colorful World

Friday 01.18.2013 , Posted by

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Mágoz hails from a small village outside of Barcelona, Spain. His especially balanced compositions are rendered with large spans of color, intentionally left amorphous where it is not altogether necessary. [Read more...]

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Visual Bits #351 > A World Full Of Murals

Saturday 01.05.2013 , Posted by

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Transforming the City: SpY’s Urban Interventions

Wednesday 11.07.2012 , Posted by

Here on Visual News we’ve covered artwork which seemingly transforms the urban environment, from digital reworking to finely crafted models these scenes create surreal scenes which demand a bit of exploration to make sense of… or realize they just don’t make sense. Madrid based street artist SpY does something all of these examples neglect: he does it for real. [Read more...]

Visual Bits #270> Mural, Mural On The Wall

Wednesday 09.12.2012 , Posted by

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Visual Bits #253> Graffiti The World

Saturday 08.18.2012 , Posted by



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Freaky Friendly Monsters in a Retro World

Thursday 07.05.2012 , Posted by

From the imaginative mind of Madrid based illustrator Juan Carlos Paz (aka Bakea) comes an endearing world of very friendly freaks. Whether he’s illustrating, building or drawing, his works feature a familiar current: near cuddly creatures with no shortage of yellow, googly eyes. His surrealistic creations are in no way scary, but rather like the characters you’d find in Monsters Inc. – ready to make you laugh and be your buddy. [Read more...]

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