Portuguese graffiti artist Vile wields his spray cans like a laser cutter, expertly “carving” his name into concrete and stone. His amazing technical abilities allow him to create stunning optical illusions whereby his name appears as a window cut into the…
The Arts
Mercedes-AMG G63 Gets Japanese Pop Art Wrap (Takashi Murakami), Looks Wild
The recent generation change of the Mercedes-AMG G63 might have made the offroader considerably more modern, but the lines of the G Wagon are still the proper kind of boxy, which makes it the perfect canvas. And when the Affalterbach…
19-year-old lady with gifted hands unveils Fela-inspired painting
19-year-old Nigerian artist, Emediong Uduak Ikoko has unveiled a Fela-inspired painting to celebrate the strength of Nigerians. In May, her painting of music legend, ‘Lagbaja’ has become the first African work to be displayed at the Cyprus Modern Art Museum.…
How to Shoot a Day-vs-Night Photo in a Single Exposure
Here’s a creative technique to add to your bag of tricks. In this 9.5-minute video, we’ll show you from start to finish how we took an ordinary scene and turned it into to go from day to night in…
Five upgrade lenses that go beyond your kit zoom
The standard 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens can only take you so far. Sooner or later, you’ll need to buy your first proper lens. That’s why we’ve put together this roundup of the five lenses you should consider when it’s time…
7 Artists Influenced By Cartoons and Comics
In the late 1950s, Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein began hiding easter eggs in his Abstract paintings. Before he began painting his lovelorn comic-strip girls in Ben-Day dots in the 1960s, he had Mickey Mouse on his mind. He felt compelled…
Banal Moments Contorted into Surreal Stoneware Sculptures by Genesis Belanger
Genesis Belanger twists and stretches familiar objects into surreal scenarios with her stoneware, porcelain, and concrete sculptures. The Brooklyn-based artist frequently depicts detached limbs, misplaced teeth, and unusually located food in her work. One sculpture shows a mustard-topped hot dog disappearing…
Artist Spends 520 Hours Reimagining World Map as a Giant 20-Foot-Wide Tapestry
Porto-based textile artist Vanessa Barragão is known for her nature-inspired textile art that celebrates the beauty of the world’s ecosystems. Her latest piece, titled Botanical Tapestry, is her largest to date, and represents not just part of the Earth’s landscape, but the…
Fine and Street Art Aesthetics Merge in Anthony Lister’s Expressive Murals
Australian artist Anthony Lister paints illustrative murals that blur the line between street art and fine art. The subjects on his walls range from figurative paintings of dancing ballerinas, to large scale portraits with rosy cheeks and red noses. Lister’s unique style…
A design firm is hosting a contest to encourage people to reimagine cybersecurity stock images
Cybersecurity stock images are predictable at this point: a hooded man with a shadowy face in front of a keyboard or a mysterious person in front of binary code. OpenIDEO, the open innovation practice from global design firm IDEO, thinks…