Billboard Chair-o-Plane
You know those theme parks rides where you sit in a swing and spin around? This isn’t one of those. It’s just a turning billboard, and some crazy “artists” who decided to make their own amusement park.
You know those theme parks rides where you sit in a swing and spin around? This isn’t one of those. It’s just a turning billboard, and some crazy “artists” who decided to make their own amusement park.
Hungarian artist István Orosz takes anamorphic drawing to another level by hiding images that can only be seen with the help of a special reflective object in seemingly ordinary drawings.
Combining numerous individual portraits into a beautiful melange of humanity, animator Micaël Reynaud shows us that sometimes a simple concept can be the most captivating. Animated .GIF here.
Joshua Smith made this genuinely scary Diablo costume out of poster board, aluminum foil and foam. There are even LEDs which make his belly glow. Check out his blog for more pics.
Check out the quiet beauty (and flowing camera and editing work) in Miguel Endara’s video of the making of “Hero,” a drawing of his father which he created from 3.2 million ink dots and a single pen.
Located at the Seaham Hall Spa outside of Newcastle, UK, this awe-inspiring fountain by William Pye has a continuously spinning vortex in the middle of it, which can be viewed from the side or above.
(Spoilers) An animated fan tribute to Nicolas Winding Refn’s already awesome Drive. If animators Tom Haugomat and Bruno Mangyoku want to make a feature-length version, we’ll buy a ticket for sure.
Want to sail on the Titanic? ORM Entertainment has been working on a richly-detailed 3D simulation of the ship, and have a demo working on the engine that powered Crysis 2. FPS level, anyone?
An assemblage of one second clips, capturing the wonders of the world and life in general. Part of a short-film competition to promote Montblanc’s chronographs. We love it when advertising is art.
A year-long labor of love for Kevin Parry, this stop-motion animation tells the tale of a lonely man who gives up his simple life for the easy way out. Even Tim Burton approves.
Instantly turn a plain white wall and some cheap prints into “real art” with this 2″ wide gilded frame border made from tape. Each roll provides 25 meters (appx. 82 feet) of frame for your gallery.
Perhaps inspired by Mr. Walken, artist Timm Schneider goes around streets looking for things to slap eyeballs onto, humanizing otherwise inanimate objects, and putting a smile on our faces.
Guido Daniele specializes in hand and body painting. Here are some of his trompe-l’œil animal hand art. They’re so good even when you’ve broken the illusion you’ll still appreciate the painting.
Watch as musician Kenichi Kanazawa turns vibrations on a table covered with colored sand into an interactive work of art as it hits its resonant frequency. See more patterns emerge here.
The most epic art you’ll ever find on Etsy. Choose from scenes like “Van Damme Screaming his F–king Face Off,” “Cthulhu Awakens and Totally Shreds a Sweet Ass Guitar Solo.” and “Shark vs. Narwhal.”
Katy Beveridge wanted to know if it was possible to create a zoetrope-style animation effect and capture it on a rotating bicycle wheel as the bike is in motion. The answer: a resounding yes.
A lonely toy takes a journey through the great outdoors, thanks to a little help from his friends, his owner’s iMac, Google Street View, and a sense of imagination from The Theory.
Sean Pecknold’s animated clip for The Shrine/An Argument off of Fleet Foxes’ Helplessness Blues is beautifully done. Are we the only ones who secretly wish animals really looked like this?
Aaron Hobson scoured through countless images collected by Google Street View cameras, and found some real gems, including these beautifully composed and artful still photographs.
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