Awesome Art

Moxy Creative’s prints feature just the clothes and accessories associated with films. We love the Top Gun poster, but we’re disappointed that Marty McFly’s vest and kicks isn’t on the list.

You don’t have to be an art critic to figure out Paul Mutant’s “This painting is not available in your country” (2010, acrylic on canvas). Maybe he should add “there’s always torrents though”.

Zac Freeman collects junk, found objects and trash which he combines to create portraits. Up close, the pieces look like crap cobbled together; when viewed from afar, the work is quite compelling.

A short film created for Paul Rand‘s posthumous induction into the One Club Hall of Fame. Rand is responsible for many iconic logos, including the IBM, Westinghouse, ABC, and the classic UPS logo.

A few examples of incredible paintings, engravings, carvings, and even sculptures made of leaves. The carvings in particular are jaw-dropping. More here, here and here.

Jamie Margary, known for his realistic takes on video game characters, made this creepy sculpture of Pac-Man, which he calls Pakku Rotundus. He even made a depiction of its last days.

A long, long time ago, in a country far, far away… Steve Bialik rendered Star Wars characters in Edo Period-style art. These limited edition lithographic prints measure 11″ x 27″ each.

After dissecting the likes of Domo and Gingerbread Man in 2D, Jason Freeny now takes his brand of adorable gore to 3D, with anatomical sculptures of Mario, Nemo, and even a certain little pony.

When we first saw the works of Alexa Meade, we thought they were paintings on canvas. On closer inspection, we realized they were models covered with paint. Minds officially blown. More pics here.

Like peanut butter and chocolate, we are enjoying the combo of typography with iconic pop culture references from Jerod Gibson; it’s also a great way to remember your movie quotes. (Thanks James!)

Haunting imagery from 1945 to 1962, when the US military was detonating hundreds of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere; photographers struggled to document the destructive effects of the explosions.

David Alvarez used over 14,000 individual dice, carefully arranged to form a halftone-like effect to produce these massive 8-foot by 5-foot portraits of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. Snake Eyes!

Freaking Aweso.me is a new art line created by The Awesomer founder Sion Lee. Their first piece is this awesome zombie poster, loaded up with 978 references to undead movies, books, and games.

One of the more dramatic installations at Burning Man 2010, Ein Hammer is a metal tower which can belch massive jets of fire as 3 workers below smash sledgehammers to trigger the flames.

London-based Laurie Lipton has developed her own peculiar drawing technique building up tone with thousands of fine cross-hatching lines like an egg tempera painting. Insane, haunting, and inspired.

79-year old Philip Warren started making matchstick versions of the Royal Navy’s ships when he was just 17, way back in 1948. So far he’s made 432 ships. More pics here and here.

Made by Tonio de Roover, East meets West are a couple of sofas made of steel, plywood, velcro and Persian carpets. We’re wondering how comfortable they are to sit on – or if they can really fly.

We often assume Pixar can do no wrong, but every once in a while they get all human on us and fail. newt was in the works for a while, and never made it to the screen. More concept art here.

Chewbacca plays Winnie in James Hance’s mash-up of Winnie the Pooh and Star Wars. Han Solo is Christopher Robin and R2D2 is Piglet. Guess who (or what) plays Eeyore. More art here.

Think plush toys are too sappy puke puke cute? We believe you’ll reevaluate that conclusion after checking out these bloody and subversive ones handcrafted by Berlin-based artist Patricia Waller.

Do you think the cooler-than-thou ways of hipsters should be extinct? Then you’ll love Molly Lewis’ dinosaur coloring book shenanigans. Although to be fair, Elliott Smith was a genius.

Postertext creates book posters that you can admire and actually read. Each poster has an image silhouetted against the actual text of a book or story. Check back weekly for new posters.

TASCHEN’s beautiful 320-page hardcover book chronicles some of the most original and creative graffiti and urban art around the world. Get a sneak preview of the book here.