Awesome Art

Simple but very eye-catching, this ominous looking screenprinted lunar calendar from Brazilian designer Dimitre Lima politely leaves out the part where the Moon crashes into the Earth.

Fans of Terry Gilliam will appreciate the director’s warped sensibilities in this animation done using his trademark collage animation style all the way back in 1968. He’s brought joy to the world, indeed.

It’s Fruit Ninja gone universal and existential in the music video for Pelican, the single from British indie rockers The Maccabees’ upcoming second album Given to the Wild. Making-of video here.

Like the musical ones we enjoy, architect/designer Luis Urculo created his own Covers, a clever short film in which iconic monuments in architecture are reinvented as models with everyday objects.

Eclectic Method arms its beams and shines their blinding light on pop culture references to lasers in their latest musical megacut. Plus, it’s got a frickin’ good beat and you can dance to it. MP3 here.

In tribute to The Shawshank Redemption, portrait artist Xiaonan Sun draws both Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins simultaneously, with both left and right hands. Sped up for time, it’s still impressive.

Animator Steven Briand (aka BURAYAN) created this trippy stop-motion short while doing a two-month internship at Partizan. We only wish all internships were this creative and productive.

Korean artist Kang Duck-Bong creates these sculptures which look like they got hit with Photoshop’s “Wind” filter, using only pieces of PVC pipe, painted with urethane paint.

For the person who thinks he has everything. This hilarious playset comes with reusable vinyl stickers of Nic and two glossy backdrops. Declaration of Independence not included.

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.

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.

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’Å“il 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?