Awesome Art

(NSFW: Language) Tim Minchin weaves wonders with words. Now, his impassioned 9-minute beat poem Storm has been set to a series of images, vividly brought to life by animator DC Turner.

We have no idea what to make of Husky Jackal Theater’s attempt to mount a production of Terminator 2 set to the words of Shakespeare, but with enough of your pledges, the show will go on.

Artist Martin Messier conducts a symphony using a set of 8 vintage Singer sewing machines, wired to a microcontroller circuit. See more of the show and an interview (in French) with the artist here.

We can’t imagine how much “research” went into UVA students Ross Thomas and Elizabeth Farrell 8000 piece, 7′ x 9′ beer bottle cap rendition of Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Want to buy it? E-mail them.

The ad team at Ogilvy & Mather recently put up these awesome billboards for Hot Wheels, including a giant loop (car not included), and a pair of giant kids who turn a real road into a giant plaything.

The striking Concealed Carry Tiki knife from Strider is aesthetically pleasing as well as practical; the handsome grey hue features some dynamic skull art, and a custom sheath is included.

Marcus Levine’s art takes him between 3 days to 2 months to finish and can have up to 50,000 nails. He doesn’t sketch before he starts – he’d rather hammer a single nail in and proceed from there.

Buenos Aires-based artist Max Dalton created a supercool poster featuring The Pulp Fiction Action Figure Collection for an upcoming art show in New York. Wish we could be there to see it in person.

From Alex Profit – the man who directed Around the World in 80 seconds – comes this much longer stop motion trip around the world, covering eight beautiful cities from different countries.

These substantial steel desktop dumpsters sporting urban art from SteelPlant are conversation-grabbers. They’re cut, formed, and welded up from 14 gauge solid recycled steel. (Thanks Ryan!)

A short survey of the progression of opening credits from movies and TV shows over the years, made by Ian Albinson, Editor-in-Chief of Art of the Title, a website dedicated to great title design.

A limited-edition art book by DB Burkeman & Monica LoCascio, showcasing approximately 4,000 stickers with themes ranging from music to brands to street art. Includes 23 designer die-cut stickers.

Duane Keiser cleverly combines painting and video to make an analog animation of sorts. He makes a painting of a tangerine and then proceeds to modify the painted fruit until it’s, well, peeled.

Previously featured for his pencil/photo mashups, artist Ben Heine has a unique new technique – creating entire portraits from a series of perfect circles with only Photoshop CS4 and his raw talent.

Luc Besson is best known for The Fifth Element and The Professional. Here, the director tries his hand at CG animation in a whimsical short film for Renault, which translates to “Extraordinary Breath”.

With Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch just days away, animator Ben Hibon created this striking animated film, providing backstory to the birth of the film’s army of reanimated human/steampunk soldiers.

MIT engineers Rick Borovoy and Brian Knep created this web app which automagically tiles images across multiple displays placed in close proximity to one-another. Play with the Beta here.

History buffs will enjoy Zeb Love’s limited edition series of six woodcut prints which showcase some highly influential folks. The signed and numbered 16″ x 20″ pieces are hand painted and screened.

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.

Last Valentine’s Day, Mindaugas Tendziagolskis created a room, including table, chairs, books and other decor from 661 lbs. of chocolate. Now that the display is done, can we eat dessert?

From chaos comes calm: these disorderly yet exquisite pen and ink drawings of familiar works of art are comprised of thousands of improvised miniature characters by Tokyo artist Keita Sagaki.

Jose Geraldo Reis Pfau uses wristwatch parts to create different kinds of motorcycles. Pfau actually started making miniatures using keys, and has also used eyeglasses as materials.

Stephen Wiltshire is famous for his highly detailed landscapes, all of which he draws from memory, sometimes even after only a brief survey of his subject. Don’t believe us? Watch him draw here.