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Worlds Fastest Finger Painter

Fabian Gaete Maureira has been described as “Bob Ross On Meth” – A Chilean street artist, Fabian paints detailed sprawling landscapes using only his fingers on a sheet of glass. But its not…

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Kevin Kirkpatrick: Real Life Beavis & Butthead

Hollywood make up artist Kevin Kirkpatrick recently got creative and created these impressively detailed and somewhat terrifying “real life” re-imaginings of Beavis & Butthead in celebration of their impending return to TV. Check…

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Hero by Miguel Endara

Created from 3.2 million ink dots, this excellent piece of pointillism is a Miguel Endara’s portrait of his father. His series of stippling/pointillism has stunning attention to detail and the meticulous working process…

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Touch Of Evil

Touch Of Evil is a series of video portraits directed by Alex Prader for the New York Times Magazine. Described as “A video gallery of cinematic villainy, inspired by nefarious icons and featuring…

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Gustavo Minas

Sao Paolo based Brazilian photographer Gustav Minas documents the everyday lives of the unique characters that surround him. Below is a showcase of his work and you can find out more about him…

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Red Bull: Canimation

Red Bull Canimation is a new nationwide competition that calls for aspiring animators to get creative by producing a short film where the Red Bull can takes centre stage, and get their work…

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Lost & Found: I Need Nothing

I Need Nothing – a nearly useless odyssey is a design project from portugal music packaging design firm Cãoceito. In their own words… “Repositories of stories and its enriching emotions, the covers, that…

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Matthew Tammaro

Toronto based Matthew Tammaro creates peacefully recollective portraits of an array of subjects, with his focus (pun not intended) often shifting to nudes. Always with an underlying fantasy feel to them, his output…

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Kalup Linzy @ The Saatchi Gallery

Kalup Linzy is an American video and performance artist currently living and working in Brooklyn. Born in 1977 in Stuckey, Florida, Linzy graduated from the MFA program at the University of South Florida…

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The Deconstruction Of Vhils

Arrested Motion filmmaker Carlos Gonzalez follows Portuguese-born artist Vhils as he completes his latest work on the streets of Venice, California. This particular piece was done in conjunction with the “European Bailout Show”…

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Cinemagraphs – Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg

A Cinemagraph is an image that contains within itself a living moment that allows a glimpse of time to be experienced and preserved endlessly. Visual Graphics Artist Kevin Burg began experimenting with the…

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Marion Bolognesi

Marion Bolognesi is a NYC based artist who splits her time between design and her personal passion for expressive, illustrative watercolor painting. She’s exhibited around the globe and worked with the likes of…

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INKLING

This flat-out looks amazing. Inkling is a digital sketching tool from Wacom, you use their pressure sensitive pen on any standard piece of paper and upload the vector images to your PC for…

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Robert Bernadi

Last week we blogged about the photo realistic biro drawings of Juan Francisco Casas, Impressive as they are Robert Bernardi takes photo realism to a new level with his oil on canvas work….

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Gwon Osang

Korean sculptor Gwon Osang, has been one of the most recognized contemporary artists in Korea for his non-conventional approach to sculpture. He takes hundreds of photographs and attaches them to mannequins, creating some…

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Juan Francisco Casas

Believe it or not, these incredible pictures were all made with ballpoint pens. Juan’s ultra-realistic pen drawings have been causing double-takes all over the internet. Casas works on huge canvases, using nothing more…

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Mikito Ozeki

Born in Japan in 1976, Mikito Ozeki has worked in paper cut-out since 1997. Gently slicing one colour from atop the other, he creates stunningly intricate work that not only stuns with its…

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Lori Nix

Unique, engaging and very original, Lori Nix has been producing her own brand of hybrid photography for personal and commercial projects for the last 13 years. Creating unique scenes by hand and photographing…

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Profile // FAILE

FAILE are Brooklyn-based multimedia artists Patrick Miller and Patrick McNeil. Following on the heels of two major projects—the interactive arcade of Deluxx Fluxx and the haunting, allegorical suite, Lost in Glimmering Shadows— their…

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Profile // Vincent Fournier

Vincent Fournier’s ‘Space Project’ is a photography series based on his fascination with the Jules Verne novel “From the Earth to the Moon.” Fournier photographed observatories and astronaut training stations in some of…

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Profile // Travis Millard

Martyn Cooling takes a visual tour through the work of Travis Millard, the L.A based illustrator who’s just released his first solo book.

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Exhibit // The British Art Show 7

Jennifer Garrick looks at the ‘British Art Show 7′, the UK’s most influential touring exhibition of the last 2 decades.

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The Creators Project, London

Katie Wilkinson gives us a run down of the events at the Creators Project launch in London last weekend.

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Chloe Early

Martyn Cooling delves into the vast utopian landscapes created by Chloe Early.

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Julius Shulman

Liam Haynes introduces us to Visual Acoustics, a film profiling the work of incredible photographer Julius Shulman.

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A Chat With Jenn Porreca

Martyn Cooling chats to San Francisco Bay based artist Jenn Porreca about the influences behind her distinctive style.

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Art & Design // Dennis Hopper

Martyn Cooling looks at the photography career of the late actor Dennis Hopper.

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Ed Templeton

Martyn Cooling looks at the artwork and lifestyle of skater Ed Templeton.

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Don McCullin – Shaped By War

Jennifer Garrick looks at Don McCullin’s influential war photography featured in his new book, Shaped By War.

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Hush

Martyn Cooling talks us through the heavily layered, manga influenced art of Hush.

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