Archive for the ‘Artwork’ Category
The Decline of the Ligature in Typography, Leads to Its Rise in Art
January 27, 2012 6:35 pm ArtworkThe ligature in the world of typography refers to two letters that by the way they lie together on the page, can be crafted into a single letter (the most common ligatures often involve the letter ‘f,’ such as fi, and ff). When metal movable type was invented in the 1400s, ligatures were extremely popular [...]
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Disney Princesses by J Scott Campbell
January 20, 2012 6:13 pm Artwork, Babes, featuredHope he doesn’t mind if we show you these. They are comic book re imaginings of the Disney Princesses. Wowza. We’ve covered the Disney Princess territory before, with those Disney Vogue covers we ran a while back. These reworkings (re-imaginings?) are a tad, well, sexier. Almost to the point of *ahem.* Just barely SFW, folks. That’s why [...]
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Propaganda Posters Star Wars Style
December 15, 2011 12:03 pm Artwork, featuredPropaganda posters have been used to convince populations that war was a necessity. Different governments during the first and second World Wars used propaganda posters to inspire hate and fear toward the enemy and pride and loyalty toward one’s own country and cause. So, when one looks at the Star Wars saga, there is a [...]
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Potholes Art by Claudia Ficca and Davide Luciano
December 1, 2011 3:25 pm Artwork, featuredClaudia Ficca and Davide Luciano are Canadian artists who decided to take an ugly inconvenience – a pothole, and turn it into art. The photoshoots took only 10 minutes from start to finish, and took place in cities like New York, Montreal, and LA. Take a look at what they’ve done. Santa Claus Just in [...]
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Missed Connections Artwork by Sophie Blackall
October 27, 2011 2:51 pm Artwork, featuredAre you the type of person who scours the “Missed Connections” section of your local paper or craigslist, hoping to see yourself referenced? Or are you more the type of person who reads “missed connections” because you enjoy that peep into the corners of otherwise secret lives? Sophie Blackall is one of the latter, and [...]
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Trashy Dresses & Recycled Wardrobes
October 25, 2011 11:53 am Artwork, Babes, Bizarre, featuredPacking Peanuts for lift and support Packing peanuts are just for shipping and cushioning your fragile items they also provide support for your breasts. Designer by Rj Dollen, thankfully. I think Lilia Staahl would look good in anything so this really isn’t a fair test for the fashion sense of wearing packing peanuts as a [...]
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Vogue Disney Princesses
September 19, 2011 5:26 pm Artwork, featured, FilmThese images have floated all around Tumblr for a while, so we guess it’s OK to post them here. After a bit of digging, we found that the artist behind these re-imaginings of the Disney Princesses is Dante Tyler Brown. You can find him on DeviantArt and we give him a shout out and full [...]
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Amazing Sand Art
August 29, 2011 12:06 am ArtworkThis is sand, made into art. It may not be permanent, it may not be stable, but it is amazing, and it is, well, sandy. When you think about the time, effort, determination, and skill that goes into each of these creations, it’s hard to imagine it all crumbling back to sand again. So don’ [...]
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Sergey Larenkov’s Ghosts of World War II
August 15, 2011 12:22 pm Artwork, featured40-year old Russian sea pilot Sergey Larenkov has a hobby. When he’s not busy with his full time job, which is guiding ships in the Finnish Gulf, he’s using archived photographs and creating poignant, heart-stirring art with everyday photographs and postcards. He has done stunning work with photographs of St. Petersburg, and he’s done an [...]
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The Paper Sculpture of Jeff Nishinaka
August 8, 2011 10:25 am Artwork, featuredJeff Nishinaka, born in Los Angeles, started out wanting to be a painter. He attended Art Center College of Design, where he started experimenting with different types of sculpture, including sculpture using paper. He had what he calls his “aha” moment working with paper, and starting creating some truly exceptional pieces of art. He respects [...]
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