The art of cutting leaves by Nature’s Art

These are leaf cut out illustrations by Nature’s Art from China. Natural leaf carving is actual manual cutting and removal of a leaf’s surface to produce an art work on a leaf. The process of carving is performed by artists using tools to carefully remove the surface without cutting or removing the veins. The veins add detail into the subject matter of the carving. The material or most common

Colorful and Stylish Art by Ron English

Popaganda is the website of the recognized American contemporary artist Ron English. The page is the place for you to find ‘the art and crimes’ of Ron – as the page’s tittle will inform you. Ron’s style is pretty unique and interesting, he uses a mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, including comic superhero mythology and totems of art history, to create a visual language of

Coolest Anatomy Sculptures Ever

Two different artists on a similar concept.Andreas Scheiger, Austria, made an amazing “autopsy” on a font, and Jason Freeny has created funny and cool anatomical models of famous characters from cartoons, videogames and art toys. Andreas Scheiger Jason Freeny

Under the rain with Gregory Thielker

Gregory Thielker is simply amazing. His oil on canvas artworks depict rainy days viewed from inside a car so realistically that you can almost feel the wet and cold weather, looking at them. The realism in his work is not just in his stunning technique, but also in the way the paintings can give you the peaceful and melancholic feeling of a car trip under a pouting rain. Welcome Autumn. “

Supakitch and Koralie in Action

Below we share a video of French urban artists Supakitch and Koralie in action at the Museum of World Culture (Världskultur Museet) in Göteborg, Sweden. The wall piece is part of the exhibition and part of their project Metroplastique. Video by Elroy. Music by DLid. Enjoy:

10 Epic Winning Photos of 2011 Displayed in a Mega Contest

Overall Winner and Illumination Category Winner Chris BurkardClose Up Category Winner Nathan SmithEnergy Winner Stuart GibsonExperimental Winner Daniel GrundCulture Winner Vincent PerraudNew Creativity Winner Eric BergerPlayground Winner Tim KorbmacherSequence Winner Miguel Angel Lopez VirgenSpirit Winner Adam KokotWings Winner Marcel Lämmerhirt

Strangest Jewelry You'll See Today (8 pics)

We thought we'd seen it all, when it came to jewelry, until we came across these strange pieces by Imme van der Haak. Using gold plated brass, he distorts his models faces, making us think twice about how and where jewelry should be worn.Just why does he do this? As Imme states, "In my work I try to discuss in a playful way the ideas which seem obvious about

23 Amazing Photo Manipulations of Smoke

I love the way smoke takes its shape in the air... There's something very mystical about it. It's because of this free-flowing effect that these images, created by the talented photoshoppers over at Worth1000, are so eye-catching. Collected here are 23 amazing photo manipulations of smoke. BonnySaintAndrew (top), fnsb13 (above) JO3d3sign csr1977 fnsb13 ilia84

Christophe Gilbert (5 pics)

"Christophe Gilbert is one the biggest and most famous photography manipulators of the 21th Century. Living and working in Belgium, Gilbert mixes advertising and conceptual photography in a fun and exciting way. His manipulations accentuate the humorous and original aspects of art." Christophe Gilbertvia whitezine

Powerful Photorealistic Oil Paintings (8 total)

Mexican-born painter Ana Teresa Fernandez holds a master's degree in Fine Arts at San Francisco Art Institute and has exhibited internationally in Mexico and South Africa. Her paintings attack the double standard imposed on women, showing them performing menial tasks like laundry and sweeping."The notion of trying to mop the beach, sweep the sand, it's like

Hyper-Detailed Photos by Jean Francois Rauzier (14 pics)

Combining art, photography and technology, French photographer Jean Francois Rauzier creates hyperphotos that will blow you away. Each collage is composed of between 600 and 3,400 individual close-up images, each taken one by one, using a telephoto lens over a period of one to two hours. Once the entire scene is captured, Rauzier stitches them together using

Gravity Defying Photography (25 photos)

It seems strange to me that we've never covered Li Wei's photography here. His incredibly creative photos represent everything we love to write about - they're unique, fun, imaginitive and well-executed. More performance art than just photography, Li Wei's work incorporates everything from mirrors to metal wires, items a modern-day magician might even use.

Interesting Photography by Kevin Saint Grey

Bird on a Wire I absolutely love the photography of Kevin Saint Grey. These are the most "interesting" photos according to Flickr. His user name there is primer. He has a great eye for minimalist, abstract, and black and white photos. Many of these would make fantastic prints. Wormhole The Human Gene Resequencer Superman Threading the Needle Evaporate Into Infinity Metropolis Study 001 Tall

Haha Amazing Attempts to Fly

When you were a child, did you ever perform any experiments to find out if you had superpowers? My guess is that some of you did. Perhaps you tried to concentrate really hard in an attempt to move an object with your mind. Or, maybe you tried to flap your arms really fast to see if you could fly..."Attempts to Fly" by Conan Thai celebrates childhood imaginations

Fashion & Beauty Photographer Yulia Gorbachenko (9 pics)

"Color, flare, and beauty are my addictions. My heart serves as guide – it never fails. My inspiration is unpredictable but its beauty precise. I see it, touch it, feel it, smell it; I find it everywhere." Yulia Gorbachenko via Yulia Gorbachenko

Dancers in Motion (15 photos)

Dancers are admired for the way they move. Fluid and graceful, they are often seen twirling and spinning across an open stage.Photographer Bill Wadman wanted to capture these movements, but in an unconventional way. Instead of taking boring still shots, he decided to go with long-exposures, allowing us to track the movements of these modern-day ballerinas.Here's

Surreal Photo Manipulation: 40 Amazing Artwork

Surreal photo is basically displays of a designer’s rich imagination of subjects which then injected into real pictures. Most of these surreal pictures are captivating be it pleasant or not because it is not what we experience in our daily life hence it is out of norm. Given it is not an event we could not possibly experience, it leaves a huge dimension for viewers to interpret what does the