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Incredible Moleskine Sketches (15 drawings)



When it comes to Moleskine sketches, no one does it quite like Swedish artist Mattias Adolfsson. His Moleskine sketchbooks are filled with hyper-detailed scenes drawn with a Namiki Falcon fountain pen, which he complements with touches of watercolor. Each page showcases Adolfsson's amazing skill and quality!…











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Added by Marica on February 23, 2011 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Cool Concept: Cardboard Flash Drive (5 pics)



Russian artists Alexei Lyapunov and Lena Ehrlich of Art Lebedev Studio present a new way of making flash drives. Using cardboard, they've created disposable thumb drives, which have biodegradable housing and are environmentally friendly.



They are also inexpensive to produce. Cardboard is a more cost-effective material than plastic, wood or metal. It wouldn’t require using costly inks… Continue

Added by Marica on February 23, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

3D Gallery Art (10 pics)



If you never believed in the saying, "From tragedy to triumph," then you haven't heard the story of Daniel Arsham. In 1992, Arsham experienced a devastating hurricane that broke apart his house and nearly killed him and his family. Rather than wallow in self-pity, the calamitous experience became an inspiration for his art. An idea arose - that nothing is indestructible and that everything is… Continue

Added by Marica on February 19, 2011 at 2:00pm — 6 Comments

Surreal Wonderland (18 paintings)



Italian artist Nicoletta Ceccoli uses pastel colors to tell us a story of a melancholy world. Some common themes in her surreal works include loneliness, fear of abandonment, and apprehension about growing up. If her wonderfully whimsical paintings look familiar, you may have seem them in a children's book. Her work has appeared in over thirty of them around the world.…



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Added by Marica on February 12, 2011 at 7:30am — 14 Comments

Make Art With Gravity (8 pics + video)



Holton Rower is a man of fine art! Based in New York, he uses gravity as a tool to create his “Tall Painting” art piece. He pours paint down a wooden structure for hours. The simplicity and beauty of his artwork leaves me speechless!

















Here's a video on how it's… Continue

Added by Marica on February 12, 2011 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Pretty Paper Wigs (7 total)



The Atlanta duo Amy Flurry and Nikki Salk have created a wonderful series of fantastic paper wigs! Flurry is a freelance writer, editor and stylist and she also co-founded Paper-Cut-Project. Salk has a degree in Fine Arts in Design and runs a fashion blog called Fashion Gatherer and an art website called… Continue

Added by Marica on February 10, 2011 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Mario Testino Shoots Lady Gaga for Vogue (6 pics)



Photographed by Mario Testino and styled by Tonne Goodman, Lady Gaga appears in the March 2011 issue of Vogue US. The queen of pop (and Twitter) wears a pink bobbed wig and amazing outfits by Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Haider Ackermann and others. The editorial was shot at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium in November 2010.



Like it or not, Gaga is beginning to… Continue

Added by Marica on February 10, 2011 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

Stuck in Wonderland (7 pics)



Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, originally a story by Lewis Carroll, has been redone a countless number of times not only in cinema but also in fashion. Two Bulgarian photographers Momchil Hristov and Yordanova Antonia have collaborated to create their own version that's beautiful and charming.…











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Added by Marica on February 10, 2011 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Morning Beauty (12 pics)



Based in Sydney, Henryk Lobaczewski is a talented fashion photographer, though it was never his intended career.



“While studying graphic design I got a job straight out of university as an Art Director for Lorna Jane, and they hired me under the pretense that I’d shoot their monthly look books as well," he says. "I had never used studio lights before. They bought me two. Before I knew it I… Continue

Added by Marica on February 5, 2011 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

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