Awesome Art

Artists Mike and Matt of Wonder Bros offer these Picasso-esque superhero prints over at their Etsy shop. While we kinda like scrambled Spider-Man, The Man of Steel is going to give us nightmares.

Julien Berthier’s Love Love boat was designed to look like a wrecked and capsizing ship; in reality, it’s a functional work of art with built-in motor, able to maneuver around the water like any other boat.

We’ve heard a Ducati bike is likely to turn up in a cameo in TRON:Legacy. We wish this were it, but this red Ducati lightcycle was created by a fan with an active imagination and mad Photoshop skills.

This short by Ariel Lopez gives us a peek at his quirky animation style, and a creepy zombie flick lurking around the corner. Too bad the full film won’t be ready for tonight’s Halloween festivities.

Aram Bartholl’s Dead Drops project gives new meaning to peer-to-peer file sharing. Bartholl embedded five USB flash drives all around New York City that anyone can use to load or copy files.

If you thought the burgers your bought at the drive-thru were greasy, you’re right. Phil Hansen makes that point crystal clear when he “paints” the Mona Lisa with the grease from fast-food burgers.

One of the videos in Martin De Thurah’s City series shown at Expo Shanghai 2010, Water City is a feast for the eyes, capturing a variety of the forms, textures and tones of water.

Chris Beckman’s short film won a Vimeo Award for best Experimental Film. The premise is simple – take clips from people who drop their cameras while shooting and seamlessly stitch them together.

Actually, don’t. Instead, watch this music video for Flying Lotus and maybe it will calm you before you do something so drastic. Afterwards, download all the 3D characters and make your own animations.

In anticipation of the upcoming TRON: LEGACY, Marvel will be releasing variant covers featuring Tronified versions of Iron Man, Wolverine and other super heroes. Moon Knight never looked better.

Directed by Eduoard Salier, the latest from the British trip-hop duo features incredible CGI imagery, with a flying bunny-monster-man and the most massive army of aircraft you’ve ever seen.

When departing in the ’90s, the Soviet army burned the explosives out of the mines stored in Mädasadam, leaving multitudes of cases as scrap iron. Mati Karmin repurposes these relics as art.

We’re digging the tender personalities and earthy tones in each of the 4 Monster Mash prints from Doug Boehm, who in addition to these seasonally appropriate fiends has a terrific portfolio of work.

Lutz Pankow’s Rockkit is a pair of aluminum skids that can transform nearly every 4 legged chair into a rocking chair. The skids are screwed onto the legs with rubber mountings and are removable.

Ok, Radiohead’s video for House of Cards isn’t new, but did you know that you can manipulate the 3D plotting technologies they used to create it on Google code? Inspired, mindbending, cool stuff.

London-based street artist Alexander Farto aka Vhils made these amazing layered portraits by painting and etching on walls. Watch Vhils at work here. Check out more of his work on his website.

The Macula strike again, this time for the 600th anniversary of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock. The group used the clock itself as the canvas for their stunning historical light show.

Lawrence Malstaf is an artist who literally shrink wraps volunteers as an art form. The intention is to encourage people to consider the threat to their survival and how they would protect themselves.

Sprayground’s Graffiti Utility Backpack is built from tough coated cotton canvas, holds 8 spraycans in a faux-fur lined front compartment and can also hold a laptop, markers, tips and skateboard.

A photoblog that features maps and diagrams from actual comic books. Even if you’re not a fan of comics, you’ll find a lot of humor, honesty and Looney Tunes-like simplicity in the drawings.

Urbankind offers a cool collection of one-off furniture pieces (think mid-century mod), made more urban by designs from some of the best UK graffiti artists (think Dan Innes and Mark Hooley).

Renegade British street artist Banksy goes mainstream (sorta) with these opening credits he storyboarded and directed for this week’s episode of The Simpsons.

Karen O’Leary’s “map cuts” are a sight to behold; each highly detailed piece was hand drawn and hand cut. We’re more amazed by the process of making these maps than the maps themselves.