Archive for the ‘Bizarre’ Category
Creatures and Ives
May 3, 2011 2:44 pm Artwork, Bizarre, HumorArtist Chip Trout has a goal. For 91 days he’s going to take a lithograph from a tattered Currier & Ives book and make some…adjustments to it. Since everything is better with monsters, Chip took images that featured lots of action and placed creatures of his own design into the image, often times changing how [...]
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Banana Sculptures
April 19, 2011 12:31 pm Artwork, BizarreNow, we at Digital Bus Stop have featured our fair share of food art, but this next set may actually be our favorite. While lots of people can draw on eggs or carve a pumpkin, it takes a certain type of skill to carve a ripe banana. That, however, is just what Japenese artist y_yamaden has [...]
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Bizarre Black and White Pictures
April 5, 2011 2:14 pm Bizarre, PicturesBizarre Black and White Photos to Make You Say, Huh? A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes those words pretty much just amount to “huh?” Over at Black and WTF they’ve amassed an amazing collection of old black and white photos that just sort of make you scratch your head. Don’t believe [...]
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies
February 15, 2011 3:00 pm Artwork, BizarreSo back in 1963, artist Edward Gorey published a book called The Gashlycrumb Tinies, which was a abecedarium book, or a book consisting of the alphabet, typically used for practice exercises. Gorey himself is primarily remembered for his Gothic style of illustration, with works including Bram Stoker’s Dracula and The War of the Worlds to [...]
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Real Names of 15 Fictional Characters
February 3, 2011 3:12 pm Bizarre, Cartoons, Comics, HumorThere are plenty of characters that have names that aren’t real names, and some of them we’ll never know. However, there are some that have been revealed through the years, either through the creators revealing what their real names are of they themselves letting it slip in a show or movie. Below are fifteen fictional [...]
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Sticky Comics
January 21, 2011 1:20 pm Artwork, Bizarre, Cartoons, Comics, HumorOh look, it’s another piece on post-it notes. This one, however, is different – mostly because the artist is a good friend of mine, and also because she’s insanely talented and I wanted to showcase her work, all of which she draws herself on post-it notes and other handy pieces of paper. Christiann McCauley is [...]
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Monsters on Post-It Notes
January 7, 2011 2:40 pm Artwork, BizarreI’m a fan of Post-It Note art. As I have no actual artistic ability myself, I was often limited to doodling on post-it notes as it would have been a waste to use nicer sketch books. However, Danish TV writer and director John Kenn has taken what I did for kicks while killing time and [...]
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How Ice Cream is Really Made
December 29, 2010 3:29 pm Bizarre, Cartoons, Comics, FailUsually animation doesn’t provide a lot of extra insight and this instance is no different, but it makes me extra uneasy and I laughed a little louder when the whole process of making the ice cream is made so clear. A snowman is pooping ice cream, in case you aren’t viewing images.
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Pop Culture Street Art
December 17, 2010 12:06 pm Artwork, Bizarre, Humor, PicturesStreet art has been becoming a growing medium in recent years, especially with the rise of so many online sites to share that art with people that can’t actually see it in person. While we’ve all seen images of the street art murals that mess with your perspective, these examples of street art are inspired [...]
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Realistic Cartoon Characters
December 14, 2010 4:18 pm Artwork, Bizarre, Cartoons, Comics, History, Photo Manipulations, PicturesAt one point or another in our lives we’ve all appreciated cartoon characters. Whether they were in childhood shows and films or something more adult (not that kind of adult), cartoons allow us to experience stories that normal actors just can’t achieve, be it because of physical limitations or cost. But what if our favorite [...]
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