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Painting Light and Shadow

Painting Light and Shadow

Artist Rashad Alakbarov creates paintings – but not in the traditional way. Instead, he creates sculptural works, which cast painterly images onto the wall when hit with a light.

Speed Painter

Speed Painter

What can you do in 2 minutes and 20 seconds? In that time Fabian Gaete Maureira can make one painting and finish half of another. They’re small and simple, sure, but you try pulling that off.

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Look at Me Now in MS Paint

Look at Me Now in MS Paint

(NSFW) On one hand, we have this awesome cover of Chris Brown’s song Look at Me Now. On the other hand, we have this awesome video based on Chris Brown’s Look at Me Now. RIP Big Wayne.

Food Finish Edible Spray Paint

Food Finish Edible Spray Paint
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Food Finish are ethanol-based edible spray paints. They are odorless and tasteless, so feel free to tag your food, cutlery and kitchen ware with it. Available in gold, silver, red and blue.

Ballpoint Pen Paintings

Ballpoint Pen Paintings

We’ve seen how awesome a drawing made using a ballpoint pen can be. Artist Shane McAdams shows that it’s also possible to use the simple writing instrument to make stunning paintings.

Music Painting

Music Painting

Composer Matteo Negrin’s music soars thanks to the animated visual accompaniment that Alice Ninni, Luca Cattaneo and Alberto Filippini provided for his “Lacrime Di Giulietta.”

Painting Without Brushes

Painting Without Brushes

Artist Amy Shackleton is a painter, but she doesn’t own a single brush. Her paintings are created entirely with squeeze-bottles of paint and the creative use of gravity to direct the flow.

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Painted Glass Animation

Painted Glass Animation

Carine Khalifé says she listened to Blown Minded off Young Galaxy’s album SHAPESHIFTING  over 1,000 times to get the atmosphere just right for this glass-painted, stop-motion animation.

Paintball Shotgun

Paintball Shotgun

While nailing your enemies with a couple of paintballs is annoying, there’s a more efficient way to annihilate your foes – assuming you have the Master Blaster, which fires pellets en masse.

Skateboard Pool Painting

Skateboard Pool Painting

London-based street artist D*Face attached a “spray paint skateboard interface” to the underside of a bunch of skateboards, found an empty swimming pool and let the skaters do their thing.

Royal Enfield Tank Painting

Royal Enfield Tank Painting

Brands are quick to point out if their wares are hand-made or hand-painted, but sometimes we take that boast for granted. This craftsman helps us appreciate that premium touch.

The Flow: iPad Paint Brush

The Flow: iPad Paint Brush
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Turn your iPad, Android tablet or smartphone into a virtual canvas with these special brushes that work with capacitive touchscreens. This Kickstarter project needs your pledge if you want one.

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The Ultimate MS Paint

The Ultimate MS Paint

If you thought Microsoft Paint was for drawing ugly pattern-filled rectangles and saving them as .BMPs, think again. This insane image was created entirely with MS Paint and a Logitech Laser Mouse.

R/C Paintball Robot

R/C Paintball Robot

Want an R/C robot that could fire paintballs at your enemies? Support this kickass Kickstarter project, and you could end up with your own weapon of paint destruction from roboticist Chris Rogers.

PsykoPaint

PsykoPaint

This nifty site lets you take your photographs and turn them into painterly masterpieces with a few simple strokes of your mouse. Once you’re done, you can share your creations with the world.

Painting With Gravity

Painting With Gravity

The process behind Holton Rower’s paintings – made by pouring paint and letting gravity take over – is far more fascinating than the finished product. We wonder how long these things take to dry.

Yoji Shinkawa Paints Snake

Yoji Shinkawa Paints Snake

As part of his exhibit at the Konami Style store in Japan, Konami illustrator Yoji Shinkawa did a live painting of Big Boss aka Naked Snake in the smoky and gritty style familiar to fans of Metal Gear Solid.

Burger Grease Painting

Burger Grease Painting

If you thought the burgers your bought at the drive-thru were greasy, you’re right. Phil Hansen makes that point crystal clear when he “paints” the Mona Lisa with the grease from fast-food burgers.

Hyper-real Body Painting

Hyper-real Body Painting

When we first saw the works of Alexa Meade, we thought they were paintings on canvas. On closer inspection, we realized they were models covered with paint. Minds officially blown. More pics here.

IdeaPaint

IdeaPaint
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A wonder substance that turns walls into dry erase boards. Sketch ideas in the office, paint a bulletin board in the kitchen, or turn bedroom walls into outlets for your kids’ intense desire to doodle.

Eyehole Paintings

Eyehole Paintings

Adam West knows how to fight crime. That’s why he recommends Eyehole Paintings, guaranteed to freak out any intruder. It’s so effective, not even you will want to set foot inside your house.

Painting with Veggies

Painting with Veggies

Chinese artist Ju Duoqi likes to play with her food, recreating classic paintings using precisely diced and sliced veggies. With such knife skills, she’s our write-in nominee for Top Chef.

Painting With Cheetos

Painting With Cheetos

Who says portraits need to be done with paints or drawn with charcoal? Assuming that orange is your color, Cheetos or Cheez Doodles should do the trick. At least that’s how the Eclectic Asylum rolls.

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