Alice's Blog – May 2012 Archive (76)

My longtime girlfriend Grace recently told me about a Tumblr blog that's just too cute for words. Children With Swag features young babies and kids dressed up in some pretty sweet outfits. Whether they get their sense of style from their very hip parents or just have a natural talent…

Calling all design lovers! The new London 2012 Olympic ticket designs have just been unveiled. Interpublic's brand consultancy Futurebrand incorporated pictograms designed by Someone into the tickets. They also color coded them according to venue. To reduce counterfeiting, a hologram, a barcode and the name of the booker will be printed on the ticket. Love the bright colors! What are…

Mario and Bowser in Mario Series

Whoever said that you can't learn important life lessons through video games hasn't seen this adorable new set by artist PaperBeatsScissors. Aptly titled "Stuff I Learned From Video Games," they are cute illustrations that feature characters we all know and love like Mario, Pikachu and Sonic. My favorite life…

Photographer Tram Tran just sent us this great photo of couple Daniel and Irene on their wedding day.

Tran worked with fellow photographer Linhberg to set up this dreamy shot that features the kissing couple, an empty parking structure and a…

How fun! To celebrate the upcoming London 2012 Olympics, LEGO will be releasing a new set of minifigures! The Great Britain Olympic team has been immortalized with their own figures which include a brawny boxer, a stealth swimmer, relay runner, judo fighter, tactical tennis player, flexible gymnast, wondrous weightlifter, horseback rider and agile archer. Each comes with a gold medal and…

If you looked up into the sky last night, you may have witnessed an annular solar eclipse, when the moon does not completely block the sun, but leaves a fiery ring around its circumference. Also known as the Ring of Fire, it was visible from only certain parts of the world - the Chinese coast, northern Taiwan, the south of Japan, and the western United States. For American skywatchers this was particularly signifiant since it marked the first time in 18 years that an annular solar eclipse…

Graphic designer and mother of two, Catrin Welz-Stein lives and works in Malaysia where she creates stunningly surreal works. Focused on mixed media, she breathes new life into vintage photos by experimenting in Photoshop, taking pictures apart and assembling them into new content. As she told…

Inspired by Flemish paintings, particularly those by famed Dutch painter Rembrandt, photographer Sacha Goldberger has created a beautiful set of portraits. "I like the light and the way characters pose and look at you," he says.

Goldberger not only worked with a team on costumes, make-up and hair, he enlisted the help of some highly unconventional friends. "All of the…

Take one look at these photos and I challenge you to NOT fall in love. Of course, with a name like Ramen Noodle and with that joyful spirit, no one can blame you if you do. Famed animal photographer Carli Davidson is the one behind these shots and today she shares with us his sad, sweet and inspiring…

Lately I've been noticing a growing, or should I say sinking, trend. Artists have created fantastic illusions consisting of sculptures that look as if they're sinking into the ground! Whether it's Sue and Peter Hill who made the magnificent Mud Maid at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, UK (see above) or Banky who transforms an ordinary row of orange traffic cones into an extraordinary work of art,…

These days, you don't have to go very far to find inspiration, particularly if you're an aspiring photographer. Like many before him, 20-year-old Kyle Thompson cites fellow Flickr photographer Alex Stoddard (and My Modern Met favorite) as one of his own.

Thompson takes self-portraits up a notch with his surreal and stunningly eerie style. Unafraid to take risks, he creates…

Talk about an eye-catching photo! Portal {Matthew Spiegelman in his studio with mirror, two way mirror, c-stands, clamp with suction cup, two geared tripod heads, three strobes, 4x5 camera, 180mm lens} [Variation 6] 2010 by Matthew Spiegelman makes some very clever use of mirrors.....Just goes to show that magical photos like this don't come easy!

Spiegelman is part of the New York Photo…

You could say that Michael Kloth was destined to work with shelter animals. His thesis project for his Master of Fine Arts degree involved photographing adoptable animals and the following year he released the books Shelter Cats and Shelter Puppies. The great news is that his professional…

While at first glance this poster looks just like a pretty painting or illustration of white sea coral, look a little closer and a surprise awaits. Russia-based paper artist Anatoly Vorobyev of Papercutout created the sea coral out of hundreds of tiny pinholes. Gorgeous, isn't it? Looks so…

While we've seen our share of cherry blossom tree photos, we've never seen one quite like this. Japanese photographer Takeshi Suga created this gorgeous double exposure, called Cherry Blossom Slide, using his Contax Aria camera. Interested in learning how he created the rainbow of colors?

"I went to the same place two years ago and was really intrigued with the view from the top of…

I came across this beautiful drawing of elephants by artist Dominique Salm and was intrigued by the materials she used. The large 140 x 87 cm work is drawn in pencil with Kenyan red earth used as a pigment. It shows a family of elephants drinking at a river in Kenya.

As she told Londonist, "With my elephant paintings, I felt I couldn’t capture the red pigmentation of the dust…

Perhaps it's because Benoit Courti was a music composer in his past life that his photos have a lyrical feel. A professional portrait and art photographer since 2010, the Paris-based creative has made a beautiful set called Deep Black where he's staged a series of symbols against black backdrops. While some of these photos appear light and playful, still others have an emotional…