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Artist Covers Her Graceful Porcelain Figures With Sailor Tattoos Scottish artist Jessica Harrison is known for her daring and often macabre sculpting experiments in which she explores the relationship between the inner and outer body in explicit and provoking sculptures. In her recent work “Flash,” she juxtaposes delicate traditional feminine porcelain figures with mosaics of ornate sailor tattoos that cover their snow-white bodies at least from neck to wrists....

Artist Gives Away Free Artworks By Putting Them In Unexpected Places Artist Kim Press, the creative force behind Sailing Adrift Studios, has taken a unique approach to sharing her handmade art. During her journeys across different states and even foreign lands, she leaves behind her exquisite creations for fortuitous finders. Her only condition? That these pieces find their way into the hands of individuals who will truly cherish them....

Artist Hand-Paints Shoes With Calvin And Hobbes, Pink Floyd, And Other Pop Culture Designs The artist behind Lace Out Studios creates cool custom-made shoes with pop culture-inspired designs. The artist covers blank leisure shoes and sneakers with the adventures of Calvin and Hobbes, or iconic images and album designs from rock icons like Pink Floyd and The Beatles. If it were up to you, what kind of pop culture-inspired design would you choose to have on your shoes?...

Artist Recycles Old Hubcaps Into Beautiful Animal Sculptures British artist Ptolemy Elrington collects thousands of old abandoned hubcaps from all across Britain to make these beautiful animal sculptures. The artist breathes life into the sleek metal and plastic hubcaps, along with the emblems of the cars they belonged to, by turning them into creatures both natural and fantastic. The artist was at first inspired to recycle when he went to India and saw that recycling and upcycling ideas are finely integrated into their everyday lives....

Artist Reimagines 20+ Disney Characters As Real People, And Elsa From Frozen Finally Looks Normal Jirka Vinse Jonatan Väätäinen is a 28-year-old artist from Finland, who says he was inspired by Disney characters when growing up. There’s no question where he took inspiration for his latest project – creating portraits of classic Disney characters as real people. “Since I grew up with a lot of these characters, the sense of nostalgia made it such a fascinating and a fun personal project,” said Jirka about the project....

Artist Reveals The Secret Identities Of Kiwi Fruits Fruits are up to something! Kiwi’s in particular, as Anthony Chidiac demonstrates. He carved the hairy balls of sour green into images of famous celebrities, politicians and popculture characters. From Justin Bieber to Adolf Hitler to Harry Potter, all had their likeness rendered in fruit. It’s a versatile medium. An artist carving watermelon into dragon heads can be seen here . Another one carves geometric shapes into bananas as seen here ....

Artist Spends 20 Years Creating Charming Sketches Of South Korea’s Convenience Stores South Korean artist Me Kyeoung Lee sees beauty even in mundane everyday objects. Her sketches of local convenience stores is a charming and skillful take on what other people might miss out. Lee has been documenting these little corner shops for the past 20 years. “There were not many things to see and play like these days,” says the artist about her youth....

Awesome DIY Table With Glow-In-The-Dark Resin If you’re familiar with woodworking or know someone who is, there’s a good chance you can make yourself an amazing glow-in-the-dark table like this one. Mike Warren, the diligent and creative guy behind the Man Crafts column at dollarstorecrafts.com, published an Instructables project that will show you all the details that you need to know before making one of these tables. According to Warren, all you need is some wood planks, resin, photoluminescent (glowing) powder, basic woodworking tools, and, well, some skill....

Before-And-After: Stylist Transforms Everyday Women Into Real Queens Russian image-designer Konstantin Bogomolov has opened an Image School in Riga, Latvia where he performs incredible style makeovers for women of all ages. The stylist uses his knowledge of psychology to recreate the whole personal image, based on the profession and personality traits of each woman. What can some makeup and new clothes do? A lot apparently. Some transformations are so extreme, that you’ll be wondering if you’re looking at the same person, which only proves Konstantin’s point that every woman is a queen, waiting to be seen as one....

Before-And-After Pictures Of Melting Glaciers Are Warnings We Cannot Ignore The world is changing, and not always for the better. The Repeat Photography project tracks the rate of glacier decline in Glacier National Park, Montana and Alaska. It’s one of the projects that US Ground Survey is carrying out to determine the rate of climate change. Repeat Photography is the most basic of tools, taking pictures the glaciers from the same position previous photos had been taken....

Benefits Design Build Construction Design-build is a strategy for venture conveyance in which one entity – the design build group – works under a solitary contract with the project owner to give professional design and construction services. One entity, one contract, one connected stream of work from early initiated project ideology through finishing. Design-build is otherwise called plan/build and single-source obligation. The nation over and around the globe, plan assemble effectively conveys office structures, schools, stadiums, transportation and water base ventures with unrivaled results....

Cartoon Characters Show Their Real Age Cinema bequeaths sort of immortality, preserving images for all eternity, and it’s doubly so for cartoon characters. Andrew Tarusov imagined how cartoon characters would look if they were their current age. “Born” in 1940, Tom And Jerry would be in no position to run around that much or to endure grievousbodily harm. Crotchety old Daffy Duck is spot on, too! Andrew Tarusov is a Russian Illustrator now living in the US....

Clever McDonalds ‘Back To School’ Ad Creates Fun Visual Illusions It’s time to go back to school! Autumn is the time to hit the books again… and remember McDonald’s. At least, that’s what the fast food restaurant wants the children to think. In a jaunty aimed at the younger audiences, McDonald’s show a school bag that looks like a happy meal, a cup of pencils reminiscent of a French fry cup, and a book-burger, which may or may not be inspired by an another McDonalds’ ad....

Coffee Table Made Of Layered Glass To Resemble The Depths Of The Ocean Christopher Duff of Duffy London created a concept coffee table design made of high grade wood and layered glass. Looking from above, the table becomes a mysterious abyss in the ocean with beautifully swirling layers of sand surrounding it. “ I was looking into sheers of thick glass at my glass manufacturer’s factory, and noticed how the material darkened as they added more layers – the same way the sea does as it deepens, ” explains Duffy to Design Boom....

Creative Fundraising Ideas Your Design Project And Endeavour Any successful fundraising campaign starts with a creative idea and concept that will not only help generate good amount of money but also make volunteers and donors excited. In this write up I will highlight a few assortments of creative fundraising , varying from a basic charitable hot air balloon and car wash launch. Regardless what size your budget constraints are or where you intend to host the next event there is something here for everyone Activity workshop Get your team together and brainstorm ideas....

Dad Recreates Daughter’s Tacky Selfies, Earns Twice More Followers Than Her Chris Burr Martin didn’t quite like his daughter Cassie posting rather revealing pictures of herself on Instagram. But he knew she’d never listen to him, so Chris came up with a better way to express how he feels about it. 48-year-old Washington-based father of three has started his very own Instagram account in which he recreates his daughter photos in the very same sexy manner....

Dark Humor Series About The Horrible Optimist Kevin (10+ Comics) We’ve seen dark and humorous comics before , but not like the ones by Nick Fisher, who portrays the most terrifying of situations in a colorful and cheerful manner. In his short resume, Nick introduces his works like this: “I make comics and motivational posters about a horribly optimistic fictional character named Kevin.” Which seems like a bit of an odd choice of words, because as you’re about to see, motivation and inspiration might not be the feelings you’re left with after watching Kevin & Friends…...

David Beckham Gets Pranked When Going To See His Statue For The First Time As we’ve seen proven time and time again, even celebrities aren’t safe from pranks by their friends – and this time it’s not Ryan Reynolds . Recently, the Los Angeles Galaxy were planning to honor legendary soccer player David Beckham by erecting a statue of him outside the stadium. However, James Corden of The Late Late Show with James Corden decided to prank the soccer player, all complete with annoying fans, terrible highlight reel and even horrible statue that would even make Ronaldo’s look like a masterpiece....

Death of Speech A short story about how we communicate with each other nowadays. Watch the animation here: https://vimeo.com/149520078 Behind the Scenes: Storyboard Behind the Scenes: Character variations Behind the Scenes: Location Inspiration Behind the Scenes: From Scratch To Final Rene Mednyanszky

Dreamy Watercolor Drawings Of The Moon By Michal Friese Fly me to the moon, or at least draw one for me. Michal Friese does just that, painting many pictures watercolor moon. With the exception of one Pomegranate looking volcano Moon, all of these satellites are drawn in blue hues, looking simple and calm, with the splattered look of Man on The Moon. Michal Friese is a 29-year-old German artist who goes by @cecietcelacestca on Instagram....