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Jazz That Nobody Asked for

Jazz That Nobody Asked for

You’ll identify with this great animated short by Benny Box if you’ve ever found yourself mentally humming a tune you can’t stand because you were the unfortunate victim of an ear worm.

Geometric Sand Sculptures

Geometric Sand Sculptures

Artist Calvin Seibert creates sandcastles with wondrously smooth surfaces, comprised of squares, spheres, cylinders and other shapes influenced by both traditional and modern architecture.

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Marbled Paper Paintings

Marbled Paper Paintings

Ebru or paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design. Oguz Eygur shares some captivating footage of a truely professional ebru artist, his father Seyit, practicing the ancient and beautiful art.

Toys of War

Toys of War

(Gore) Flickr member nolnet juxtaposed LEGO minifigs and the iconic toy soldier design with horrible scenes of war – the violence, consequences and the people who make a living selling weapons.

Andy Warhol Brillo Pouf

Andy Warhol Brillo Pouf
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Foam replicas of one of Andy Warhol’s most famous pieces – one of his batch of hilariously accurate replicas of consumer product packaging. We wonder if Warhol would deem these ironic or appropriate.

Bay Bridge Lights

Bay Bridge Lights

The world’s largest LED sculpture is now live. The Bay Lights’ 25,000 LEDs form an ever-changing display that’s 1.8mi long and up to 500ft. high along the West Span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Neon Skull Lights

Neon Skull Lights

Artist Eric Franklin creates incredible, luminous skulls from flameworked glass, filled with neon and mercury gas. We think the next Terminator should look like this. Available from Artworks Gallery.

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Egg Carton Spitfire

Egg Carton Spitfire

An incredible full-scale model of a Mark I Spitfire, created from 6500 egg cartons (over a timber and steel frame), by sculptors Jack Munro and Charlotte Austin for Eggs for Soldiers, a charity fundraiser.

15,000 Volts

15,000 Volts

Melanie Hoff injected 15,000 volts into a sheet of plywood, with each electrical charge burning a fractal-style pattern into the wood, resulting in a unique, organic work of art. (Thanks Dion!)

Pencil Carvings

Pencil Carvings

We’ve seen sculptures carved out of the tip of pencils. deviantART member cerkahegyzo digs deeper, carving intricate shapes by etching out the graphite in the middle of the pencil. Unbelievable.

Calligraphic Snake

Calligraphic Snake

The end result is cutesy but this artist’s ability to paint a snake without lifting his brush from the paper is just as mesmerizing as a real serpent slithering in front of our eyes. (Thanks Bebba W.)

Electrical Tape Art

Electrical Tape Art

Japanese Artist Takahiro Iwasaki created this intricate cityscape using a single roll of electrical tape, carved with a precision knife. Check out more of the artist’s diverse works over on Colossal.

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Foldable Animal Lampshades

Foldable Animal Lampshades
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Design collective mostlikely’s 3D lampshades come in a variety of animal heads and shapes that you fold and glue together yourself. They can be floor, desk, pendant or even head mounted.

A Million Times Clock

A Million Times Clock

Design studio Humans Since 1982 outdoes their Clock Clock with this mesmerizing kinetic installation. A Million Times is made from 288 analog clocks powered by 576 electric motors.

Original CIA Argo Poster

Original CIA Argo Poster
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Vandal Factory is doing a limited run of screenprints of the Argo poster used by Ben Affleck the CIA for the “Canadian Caper”. Act fast, you can only order until Midnight EST, Sunday 2/24/13.

Ultra HD Ink Drops

Ultra HD Ink Drops

Here’s something you won’t learn in school: ink drops plus H2O times full screen divided by 4K resolution equals amazing. Remember that because it will be on the test at the end of the awesomester.

Urbanscapes

Urbanscapes

Using long, linear brushstrokes and muted, contrasted tones, Italian oil painter Emilio Valerio D’ Ospina creates a tremendous sense of movement, depth and height in his urban images.

The Meaning of Life Eye Chart

The Meaning of Life Eye Chart
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A humorous take on the optometrists’ chart by one of our favorite artists, Aled Lewis. The poster measures 16.5 x 23.4in. and is limited to 200 prints, each numbered and signed. Frame not included.

85 Years of Oscars

85 Years of Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences worked with artist Olly Moss to make an awesome poster that commemorates the winners of the Best Picture Oscar in the past 85 years. Full image here.

Replaceface Portraits

Replaceface Portraits
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An anonymous genius is Photoshopping the heads of celebrities into 19th century portraits of Russian generals that were originally painted by George Dawe. You can also order a personalized portrait.

Type Delight

Type Delight

Wonderful posters with imagery made using food and ingredients. Visual communication design student Nina Harcus made them for a story/recipe book about a chef who falls in love with typography.

Calvin & Hobbes in Our World

Calvin & Hobbes in Our World

Redditor nite4awk is making a series of Calvin & Hobbes wallpapers. But instead of just using the comic strips, nite4awk cut out the two characters and integrated them into photographs of our world.

Bermuda

Bermuda

It may be hard to believe, but Calvin Frederick created the hypnotic visuals of Bermuda without compositing or VFX. He used a motion-control rig, mirrors, an LCD panel, and a grid of LEDs.

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