Awesome Art

The tale behind the WWII poster turned meme, straight from the horse’s mouth. Made by Nation and Temujin Doran for Barter Books, the bookstore where the poster was rediscovered in 2000.

A clever stop motion short that plays on idioms and homonyms. PES made Fresh Guacamole for Showtime’s Short Stories as a follow up to his award-winning short Western Spaghetti.

French custom artist Oskunk gives us a peek of his workflow, using Sega’s last console as his canvas. Dude’s got some steady hands. Check out more of his art on his website and on his Flickr page.

You may recall Antony Gormley’s sculptures. Turns out he supersized things in 2010, erecting an 85 foot-tall metal man in the Dutch town of Lelystad. We wonder how tall he’d be if he stood up.

In tribute to the late, great surreal comic Mitch Hedberg, artist Kiersten Essenpreis created these hilarious wood etchings with quotes which make us wonder if Mitch was Philosoraptor’s father.

Similarly to his unpeeled tangerine painting, artist Duane Keiser makes omelettes art from his broken egg in this progressive, time-lapse painting, shot one day at a time, then animated.

Pop Chart Lab took their ballin’ Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names to the next level and freshened it up with bling. The 39″x27″ Magnificent Map of Rap Names contains a whopping 636 rapper names.

The music video for Love Is Making Its Way Back Home, a track from Josh Ritter’s new EP Bringing in the Darlings. The video was made by Prominent Figures using photographs of 12,000 paper cutouts.

Animator What Pixel You On takes the retro pixel art style and breathes new life into it by popping it into the third dimension. If our old Nintendos could have done this, we’d probably still be playing them.

We are loving these big twirly drawings that were made with footprints in new snow by artist Sonja Hinrichsen and 5 volunteers at Rabbit Ears Pass in Colorado. Watch a gorgeous vid of it here.

A collection of over 1000 personal drawings and concept images from his films. This 430 page hardcover book would do any coffee table proud. Deluxe Edition ($299) includes a signed lithograph.

250 VFX artists – including some from Hollywood – are contributing time to this Anime series about two lovers who have never physically met – yet are connected psychically. Help fund production here.

No, it’s not a new Mac app. This short film shows artist Thijme Termaat creating works for his IPaint Project. The stop-motion and his skill makes real life seamlessly flow into his paintings and back.

(NSFW: Nudity) We wish we could give these killer graphite drawings from artist Melissa Cooke’s current project The Between Spaces (and the rest of her work actually) a closer look.

Graphic designer and artist David Marsh uses Pantone swatch graphics in Adobe Illustrator to produce these nifty looking recreations of classic album covers. Follow the link for more.

Takanori Aiba’s collection of miniature structures were inspired by his earlier experiences in making bonsai and illustrating mazes. The detailed beauty of each work is mind-boggling.

With shattered bits of old CDs, Sean Avery creates intricate sculptural animals, insects and birds, making fur and feathers from the shards. Where was this guy back in the AOL days?

Because we love film too, we’re excited to hear that submissions are still being taken through Feb. 20 for Vimeo’s Festival + Awards event in June. James Franco and other cool talent will be judging.

Digital artist Petros Vrellis took Van Gogh’s classic post-impressionist painting and turned it into a moving work of art, complete with touch, gesture and sound-based interactions.

Sophie Blackall paints images of loves lost and found. Her art can be found in New York’s subway trains, in her book Missed Connections inspired by Craigslist, or in poster form on Etsy.

Sit back, put on your headphones, and let your eyes and ears drink in this ethereal animated music video by WINTR for Swedish alt-pop artists Niki & The Dove. Get the track here for free.

There’s a reason that a pair of Louis Vuitton’s can cost you a pretty penny as Youtuber leicax70 shows in this mesmerizing clip recorded at the Fiesso d’Artico workshops in Venice, Italy.

Lisa Nilsson’s Tissue Series are surprisingly realistic cross-sections of the human body made only using rolled and shaped strips of paper, a technique also known as quilling. More here and here.