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Franck Bohbot Captures Timeless New York City Landmarks At Night

Jamaica1 year ago1 year ago03 mins

[caption id="attachment_27003" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Brooklyn Diner[/caption] Photographer Franck Bohbot presents Manhattan’s street corners and storefronts as symbolic portraits of the perpetual metropolitan pulse, throbbing luminously long after sundown. Captured over the course of almost two years, Bohbot’s series called Light On comprises 57 nighttime photographs of classic New York City scenes, from landmark establishments like…

Stunning Underwater Photography by Christy Lee Rogers

Jamaica2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Underwater photography. Hawaiian photographer Christy Lee Rogers creates beautiful scenes of swirling figures swathed in colorful fabrics. She creates luminous large-scale images not by using wet pigments, but rather by completely submerging her subjects in illuminated water and photographing them at night. These works, presented here, part of Rogers’ most recent series titled ‘Muses’, were in response…

Magical Macro World Of Snails And Bugs

Jamaica3 years ago3 years ago01 mins

Magical world of snails. Vadim Trunov, a self-taught nature photographer based in Voronezh, Russia, takes beautiful macro photos of snails, insects and mushrooms that seem to personify them and weave beautiful little stories around these oft-overlooked creatures’ lives. Trunov often creates these warm and beautiful moments by manipulating and placing his unwitting subjects, but they…

Beautiful Oil Pastel Drawings of Flowers Drenched In Golden Honey

Jamaica3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Flowers drenched in golden honey. Brian Owens, based in Connecticut, creates large-scale oil pastel drawings of flowers. However, these aren’t your ordinary still-lifes. The series stimulates the viewer’s senses by depicting each hyperreal rose, lily, and peony drenched in golden honey. Each stunning piece looks like a macro photo, featuring incredible detail and texture. Every petal, stem, and…

“The Far Side of the World” by Josh Keyes

Jamaica3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

For more than several years now, Keyes has painted realistically-rendered portraits of animals, like something you’d see in a text book. Keyes is best known for his subject matter, and it’s not a surprise that he’s started to explore different ideas within the scope of the animal kingdom. Old Ones is a new series apart of the larger The…

Alluring Female Colored Pencil Portraits by Jennifer Healy

Jamaica3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

In these alluring drawings, American illustrator Jennifer Healy, uses colored pencils to blur the lines between fantasy and realism. Her technically stunning approach blends delicate lines into gorgeously detailed feminine portraits that have a dreamlike quality to them. The young faces stare out with haunting expressions that are both sad and powerfully enchanting. The Louisiana-based…

Surreal Illustrations Telling Their Own Story by Andrew Ferez

Jamaica3 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Surreal illustrations. Moscow-based Russian illustrator Andrew Ferez, aka 25kartinok, creates surreal scenes, each with their own fantastical narratives, that seamlessly merge various opposing elements. Digitally drawing his elaborate renderings, Ferez’s work has a dark, fantasy-driven appeal. The digital artist manages to incorporate the human face into several areas of his works in creative ways. Whether…

Latvian Artist Aniko Kolesnikova Creates Stunning Fairytale Book Covers

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Elaborate book covers have been Aniko Kolesnikova’s passion since 2009. The Latvian designer-artist, working under the name Mandarin Duck, specializes in creating dragon-, animal-, bird-, fantasy-, and nature-inspired polymer journals. She occasionally takes custom orders, too. Here is a fantastic collection of her work! [gallery gt3_gallery="yes" link="lightbox" ids="59234,59235,59224,59225,59226,59227,59228,59229,59230,59231,59232,59233,59221,59222,59236,59237,59238,59239,59240,59241"] boredpanda

South Korean Beauty Captured By These Stunning Reflecting Landscapes

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

The South Korean Beauty by Jaewoon U. He is a landscape photographer based in Seoul with a great eye for finding stunning landscapes reflected in mirror-like lakes and rivers. The reflections in his photos make for beautiful, harmonious compositions, but that’s not all that he’s good at. He has a massive following on his 500px…

Yes, You Can Actually Visit A Fairy Tale World!

Jamaica4 years ago3 years ago01 mins

Have you ever wished for a fairy tale world to escape to? Well, if you’re furiously nodding at your screen right now then you’ll be glad to hear that it is in fact entirely possible to do so. We have just the thing for you! These villages might look like something out of a storybook but…

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The Strange Folklore And Atmosphere In Nevada’s Desert Around Area 51

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Ryan Koopmans tells the story: GQ Magazine assigned us to photograph the atmosphere and culture around Area 51, a highly secretive and much talked-about US airforce institution located in the desert of Nevada. We met with local business owners and residents living in the vicinity and asked them about their everyday lives and extraterrestrial experiences.…

This Guy Inserts Pop Culture Characters Into Old Thrift Store Paintings

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Dave Pollot is a painter in the US who brings new life to old and forgotten thrift store paintings by adding pop culture characters. He uses these old paintings to combine his interest in painting with his love for popular characters. “Before I began repurposing discarded thrift oil paintings, I did more ‘serious’ architectural paintings…

Snow Artist Walks All Day In Siberia To Create Giant Snow Dragon Mural

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Simon Beck, who bills himself as “the world’s first and most famous ‘Snow Artist,’” is back with a new work of unique art – a massive snow dragon that he drew by walking in the heavy snowfall near Yakutsk, Siberia. His land artworks take anywhere from 5-10 hours to more than a day to create!…

Gritty New Cityscapes By Jeremy Mann

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

[caption id="attachment_54726" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] Times Square Lights[/caption] Jeremy Mann (American, born in 1979) is a painter best known for his moody, dark cityscapes. Mann graduated from Ohio University with a degree in Fine Art painting, and later attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Working on wood panels, Mann employs various techniques when…

Some Of The 30 Winning Pictures Of The 2019 Nature Photographer Of The Year!

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

The winners and runners up of the 2019 Nature Photographer Of The Year were announced recently. The standards were incredibly high, as usual. The award was presented at the Nature Talks Photo Festival in the Netherlands and over 14,000 images were submitted by photographers from 73 different countries in the competition. Entries were divided into 11…

Designer Skyscraper Rises Up Like A Mountain In The City

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

Beijing-based MAD Architects earned themselves a place on the shortlist of the Southbank by Beulah competition with a green skyscraper that towers over the city of Melbourne. Twisting up as a single tower, the skyscraper is a multipurpose vision that spreads visitors across multiple levels while attempting to connect them with nature. “Defying the typical glass, box-like buildings of…

100+ Artists Pay Tribute to Creative Genius Hayao Miyazaki

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Japanese filmmaker and animator Hayao Miyazaki has long delighted and inspired people around the world with his original imaginative universe. Now, those that have found his work artistically influential are paying homage to Miyazaki in the most appropriate way. The SPOKE ART gallery has curated the Miyazaki in Los Angeles Art Show, an endearing presentation…

Korean Artist Creates Incredibly Realistic Paintings

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Korean artist creates incredibly realistic paintings. Young-Sung Kim is a talented Korean artist; his paintings have been featured in numerous galleries all around the world. The incredible amount of details make his paintings look more like photographs. Kim has been working on his current series called ‘Nothing. Life. Object’ since 2006 and painted over 60…

Artist Paints Imaginary Ecosystems Bursting With Color!

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Imaginary ecosystems bursting with color. Artist Yellena James creates kaleidoscopic artworks that resemble colorful ecosystems, filled with imaginary flora and fauna. With an aim to illustrate places that are ‘hypnotically familiar and yet hauntingly exotic’, Yellena’s most recent universes explore delicate organic forms and textural terrains. Rendered in her distinct, vibrant color palette on large canvases and…

Hand-Cut Paper To Create Sculptures Of Birds, Bees And Other Creatures

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

Sculptures by Lisa Lloyd. I’ve had quite an exciting career over the last 18 years. I’ve worked as an animator, directed music videos and I’ve also owned and was the creative director of an animation company in London. All these things were a great life experience and I learnt a lot about myself. One of…

Female Giants Accompany Their Fierce Companions

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Multi-award-winning illustrator and artist Tran Nguyen creates ethereal paintings and colored pencil drawings, looking as if they come straight out of a fairytale. She explores her interest in therapeutic imagery, and she presents intriguing, dream-like narratives, drawing the viewer in and inviting them to explore their imagination. Originally from Vietnam, and raised in the US, Nguyen claims…

The Transylvania Roads From Above. Yes, That Transylvania!

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

The roads of Transylvania from above! I’m Călin and I’m a photographer living in Romania, in Eastern Europe. I have a project with aerial views of the roads that lead you through Transylvania which I want to share with you. Everybody knows Transylvania, right? And, of course, the legend of Dracula (Vlad Țepes – the…

Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Artworks with Kitchen Salt

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

Croatian artist Dino Tomic usually works with conventional materials like pencils and paper, but his latest project has him spreading kitchen salt on a black background to create incredible artworks and Indian mandalas. The Norway-based salt wizard, who works as an art teacher and tattoo artist, starts off with a large black canvas and uses a plastic…

New Ornate Insects Drawn By Alex Konahin

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Ornate Insects. Latvia-based graphic artist and illustrator Alex Konahin (previously) recently completed work on a new series of ornate insect drawings titled Little Wings. The illustrations were made using pens and india ink in his distinctive style that makes used of ornate scrolls and intricate floral designs. If this is the first time you’ve seen Konahin’s work, be sure to…

The Elegant Beauty Of The Big Cats

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

The elegant beauty of the big cats. Using only a simple, dark background, Vincent J. Musi captures the elegance of lions, leopards, tigers, and more. The South Carolina-based photographer works for National Geographic and shot these breathtaking images as part of a series titled Big Cats. His photos showcase incredible, up-close details that we don’t often see, like the individual…

Incredibly Expressive Owl Photography

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Incredibly expressive owl photography. Is that little owl yawning or singing? Belgian-based photographer Yves Adams has the answer as he’s the one behind the adorable shot. “Little owls are CUTE!,” he states. “They make you laugh with whatever they do! But when they start to yawn, my heart melts! This picture has been taken in Spain, with…

Colorful New Architectural Watercolors

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Colorful New Architectural Watercolors By Maja Wronska. Polish watercolor artist Maja Wronska continues to paint explosively colorful depictions of European architecture. The most recently in Poznań, Poland. Wronska is an architect herself, a skill that greatly enhances her artwork. She first renders each piece as a detailed drawing and then adds layers of watercolor, an unpredictable medium that can…

Ultraviolet Break of Day: The Neon-Hued Streets Of Asian Cities

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

The Neon-Hued Streets Of Asian Cities. While on a recent trip through Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Seoul, Marcus Wendt, a London-based photographer, found himself in the grips of a bout of jet lag induced insomnia. He ended up wandering the streets of several cities late at night. With a camera in-hand he captured these mesmerizing shots that…

Perfectly Timed Photos Turn Dogs Into Giants

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Perfectly timed photos turn dogs into giants. No, giant dogs have not invaded earth. These photos of enormous pooches create the illusion of great size through the intentional or accidental use of mixed distances without clear reference points. Hippolyte Bayard, a pioneer of photography who claimed to have invented photography earlier than Daguerre, was one of the…

Scott Bisson Brings Whimsical Creatures to Life

Jamaica4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

Artist Scott Bisson translates his love of nature through the timeless art of glassblowing. He creates colorful, whimsical sculptures of creatures like frogs, geckos, octopi, and snakes. Each has their own idiosyncrasies, and Bisson does their unique qualities justice with the amount of intricate details he expresses in his work. Tactile scales, tiny webbed-toes, and finely-curved antennas are…