Awesome Art

Holly Wood is a series of computer-generated wooden sculptures from French artists Tony and Emmanuelle Lugand that features some of our most beloved pop culture, media and gaming icons.

This creepy but nonetheless awesome animation by artist Erica Luke was created by painting each frame on the face of its subject, transforming a lively girl into a fleshless skeleton in 30 seconds.

Alex Mitchell follows up his Sengoku Avengers by transforming Prof. X, his students and his enemies into Edo Period characters. Hint: the character roster is based on the 90’s X-Men cartoon.

You don’t need a tree to enjoy these festive HOrrible HOliday HOoligans by Sebastian Reymers. 3 jerks with a saw, axe and match hanging around? Sounds just like the holidays at our house.

Artist Dito Von Tease creates amusing portraits of famous pop culture icons by dressing up and manipulating close-up images of fingertips. The collection includes Steve Jobs, Mr. T and Pikachu.

Brooklyn-based artist Scott Campbell uses a laser cutter to create these intricate sculptures from US currency. His other work can be witnessed (and purchased) at his legendary Saved Tattoo.

It’s quite a sight to watch the beauty spill out of Agnes Cecile’s brushes in this sped up video of her painting a captivating face. There’s more clips of her great work on her Youtube page.

Mini Schweiz and ad agency Draftfcb/Lowe Group commissioned Bartek Elsner to build this much-larger-than-life boom box, crafted out of cardboard for the International Radio Festival in Zurich.

Just in time for Skyfall, UK Car dealer Evans Halshaw put together this cool retrospective of all of Mr. Bond’s awesome rides over the last 50 years. We’re still fools for the Aston Martin DB-9.

iam8bit teamed up with Insomniac Games to create a series of prints to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ratchet & Clank. First up, a limited-edition print by Aled Lewis, loaded with all their best weapons.

Don’t bother guessing what camera was used to shoot this image. It was hand-drawn by Italian artist Diego Fazio using nothing but pencils and paper. Buy prints of Sensazioni on deviantART.

A hyper-realistic silicone bust of Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley from the 1986 movie Aliens. As if it wasn’t amazing enough, sculptor Steve Scott based the bust solely on photographs of Weaver.

Enjoy your B-ball and also prove you’ve got good taste with RareInk’s contemporary collection of limited edition NBA artworks, including Nowitzki, Jordan and great duos like Stockton and Malone.

A man bids farewell to his lover and tells her of his upcoming adventures in the afterlife, all to pass the time while he waits for them to be reunited. Written and performed by Derrick Brown.

Born and bred in Los Angeles, artist Patrick Martinez is heavily influenced by hip hop culture and graffiti. He uses them to great effect to create mixed media pieces like these neon signs.

Japanese artist Makoan creates intricate sculptures of pop culture icons and other objects by recycling beer and soda cans. He even color-matches his subjects by using a variety of drink brands.

One of our favorite contemporary artists, Olly Moss created this book, loaded with silhouettes of pop culture icons, ranging from Buzz Lightyear to The Godfather. We had fun trying to figure them all out.

Taking the concept behind Brusspup’s reverse water illusion, and sexing it up, JKD Collective’s Kosai Sekine shot this 60-second ID for Japan’s Space Shower TV in-camera, without post-production VFX.

Graphic designer and origami artist Yosuke Hasegawa folds paper bills in such a way that the person on the bill ends up wearing a headgear. He’s even made trading cards of his moneygami.

Designed by Swiss artist John M. Armleder, this high-end, limited-edition watch features an imposing skull image on its polished steel dial. Only 10 are being made, each one on different color backdrop.

Motion design artist Friedrich van Schoor shot footage of spiders running around a scale model, and then projected the shadows through the windows of an actual building.

At first glance, you might think you were looking at some sort of organic lifeform in a petri dish, but these videos are data visualizations of content being shared virally from George Takei’s Facebook page.

Villafane Studios claims that it’s “home of the most gorgeous pumpkins on the planet” and from what we’ve seen we believe it. Funny, grotesque and scary, these carvings are a real treat to look at.