Crazy detailed illustrations done with an Etch-A-Sketch. (via bb)
Crazy detailed illustrations done with an Etch-A-Sketch. (via bb)
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Kim Dingle’s painting, Maps of the U.
Kim Dingle’s painting, Maps of the U.S. Drawn from Memory by Las Vegas Teenagers. (via mr)
Illustrated portraits of the entire Hamline University
Illustrated portraits of the entire Hamline University senior class from 1925. (thx, paul)
Great Russian illustrations of movies. I like
Great Russian illustrations of movies. I like the Star Wars one and The Terminator.
This guy laser-etched his Powerbook with Rene
This guy laser-etched his Powerbook with Rene Magritte’s The Son of Man with the Apple logo subbing in for the apple in the original painting.
Huge Intricate Illustration Done With MS Paint
Huge intricate illustration done with MS Paint, a rudimentary drawing program. Here’s how the illustrator did it; it took him 100 hours.
Update: This one, while not as large, is quite a bit more intricate and took 500 hours to do…that’s almost 3 months of 40-hour work weeks. (thx, brandon)
Natural deselection
Tom Coates recently checked out the Royal College of Art Summer Show in London and ran across this project by Tim Simpson:
…three plants compete to reach the light that feeds and nourishes them. The first one to succeed survives. The other two are automatically cut down in their prime.
First plant to grow close to the proximity sensors wins. A simple and elegant idea.
Nice profile of artist Natalie Jeremijenko. She’s
Nice profile of artist Natalie Jeremijenko. She’s putting Hudson River fish on the board of her company so that as shareholders, they will acquire personhood, and “have a say in the preservation of their grungy habitat”.
The Tate Museum in Britain lets you
The Tate Museum in Britain lets you make your own collection out of all their works of art. “You can create your Collection, print it as a leaflet, or send it to a friend.” Current collections include The I’ve Just Split Up Collection, The Odd Faces Collection, and The I’m Hungover Collection. See also unofficial audio guides for MoMA and the Met. (via nick)
Sarah Trigg’s work combines geographic maps with
Sarah Trigg’s work combines geographic maps with biological forms. “The explorer system [in colonial North America] caused the Native American system to change its normal functioning, much like cancer cells do to normal cells.” More here. (via moon river)
Current world record holder for most money
Current world record holder for most money paid for a painting: Gustav Klimt. Prize money was accepted posthumously by Maria Altmann, an heir of the painting’s subject.
Tutorial on how to draw a photorealistic
Tutorial on how to draw a photorealistic portrait using only Photoshop 6 and a mouse. Look out, Robert Bechtle.
New project from Cory Arcangel: Kurt Cobain’s
New project from Cory Arcangel: Kurt Cobain’s suicide letter with Google AdSense ads (which are automatically generated based on the content of the page). Current ads include ones for free ringtones, techniques to end anxiety, and public speaking training.
Iconic LA mural of Ed Ruscha by
Iconic LA mural of Ed Ruscha by Kent Twitchell painted over by unknown dumbshits. (via eclectic times)
Update: A photo of the mural from May 22, 2006. (thx, mark)
myDaVinci takes your photo and pastes your
myDaVinci takes your photo and pastes your face onto the Mona Lisa. Not a fan of Leonardo? Try being the Girl with a Pearl Earring or American Gothic. (via ais)
Quite a few photographic homages to Rene
Quite a few photographic homages to Rene Magritte. I love this updated classic.
10,000 sheep drawn by workers hired through Amazon’s
10,000 sheep drawn by workers hired through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service. Average wage for the artists? $0.69 per hour. (via waxy)
Rob Gonsalves
The work of Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves is part Salvador Dali, part Rene Magritte, and part M.C. Escher. This is one of my favorite images of his, called Tributaries:
I also quite like Community Portrait. Here’s some of his other stuff and a book of his images.
Artist Jeremiah Palecek has recently been painting
Artist Jeremiah Palecek has recently been painting pieces inspired by video games, including Super Mario Bros.
Plan is a photographic project by Aneta
Plan is a photographic project by Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga consisting of overhead views of apartments. “Such an unusual effect was achieved through the use of a special technique: the overall picture of a room is an aggregate of dozens fragmentary photographs taken from above, and then merged using a computer.” More here. A bit NSFW.
Short interview with Chris Ware upon the
Short interview with Chris Ware upon the occasion of a show of his work at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. “I’ve found that anything I do [to] carefully plan and pare down in advance feels utterly false and constructed once I actually do it, having nothing of the sort of accident and unevenness of real life that I hope to, at least, modestly edge towards.”
Interview with photographer Alec Soth. “I feel
Interview with photographer Alec Soth. “I feel like a large part of photography is like a performance. And the photograph is like a document of this performance, of this encounter with the world.” Many interviews with photographers often end up sounding very similar, but I enjoy reading them anyway. (via eyeteeth)
In March of 2004, an artist named Tofu
In March of 2004, an artist named Tofu began constructing a map comprised only of the hometowns of American men and women killed in Iraq (map detail). “One of the disturbing by products of this work are the maps of various states with many rectangular pieces missing where I cut out towns.” (via moon river)
Do rich artists make bad art? “When
Do rich artists make bad art? “When you become as rich as [Warhol or Dali], being as rich as this becomes your story. If you don’t make art about being a multimillionaire, you are being dishonest. If you do, you can hardly claim the universality of great art.” (via rw)
Dazzle ships
Some photos and sketches of WWI ships painted with “Razzle Dazzle” camouflage. “The primary goal of dazzle painting [which took visual cues from cubism] was to confuse the U-boat commander who was trying to observe the course and speed of his target.” (via cf)
Sand animation art. Watch the videos…it’s
Sand animation art. Watch the videos…it’s cooler than it sounds. (thx, brock)
Wired Magazine profiles Josh Davis. Davis typically
Wired Magazine profiles Josh Davis. Davis typically gets too much credit for being controversial and too little for his work. His speeches/appearances are well worth seeking out; they’re entertaining, informative, and inspiring.
Whitney Biennial 2006, through May 28 in NYC. NY
Whitney Biennial 2006, through May 28 in NYC. NY Times review. Momus describes his first day as a performance artist at the Biennial.
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