I guess it was just a matter of time before someone decided to update those classic Charlie Brown paperback books with relevant topics. Looking through the new website
Paperback Charlie Brown, you might be shocked at some of these titles but you've just got to appreciate the ones that bring in familiar characters we all know and love (like Calvin and Clifford).
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Just how does a museum like the MoMA get into the Halloween spirit? They
create show off a very beautiful carving of van Gogh's
Starry Night. What an artistic treat!
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Pumpkin Carvers
Photographer Christopher Boffoli, master of the little people, recently created some Halloween themed photos for all of us to enjoy. After
his post on My Modern Met went viral, Boffoli has gone on to have his incredibly creative
Disparity series…
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If you were lucky enough to be in Vegas this weekend, you may have seen some incredible pumpkin sculptures gracing the Halloween events inside nightclubs TAO and Lavo. "The Picasso of Pumpkins" Ray Villafane (who may remember from
this post) partnered up with fellow artists, including Andy…
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Where do you go to find artists you connect with? We've rounded up 10 sites that do a spectacular job at featuring some of the most exciting artists today. This time we've even included ourselves in the bunch! Find that list over at Intel's…
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Coming to select theaters on November 18 is a movie design enthusiasts will be excited about seeing.
Eames: The Architect and the Painter goes inside the lives of famous creative couple Charles and Ray Eames, telling their personal story through interviews with family members and design historians as well as through archival material. This film also has never-before-seen…
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Using high-speed photography, Evan from Photo Extremist shows us the moment when a fist punches through the surface of water. While his original tutorial involves vegetables and a fish tank, that doesn't completely explain how he was able to pull this photo off. We've contacted him and await his response.
Till then, enjoy this powerful picture.
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It's finally here! Halloween weekend. Can't wait to see all of the creative ideas and costumes hit the web next week. A few weeks ago, we put together the Halloween edition of Creative Links which you can see
here. This week, we'll just take a look at some of the coolest,…
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Famous Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei will debut a new exhibition at Taipei's Fine Arts Museum on Saturday. Well, except he won't be there. The outspoken artist is currently confined to Beijing. (The Chinese government says his previous two-month detainment was for tax evasion charges though many believe it was for his openly critical stance against their policies.) The exhibit titled…
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Reminiscent of
All the Dogs Want to Kill Me, this photo series by Ed Panar will make you laugh. Titled
Animals That Saw Me, the project has been in the making for over 16 years as Panar sneakily roamed the natural and urban world with his camera. Often alone and on foot, Panar always…
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Corrie White isn't like any other macro photographer. Sure, like many others she has a love for water drops but her passion doesn't stop there. In fact, White pushes creative boundaries, challenging herself to create new and interesting forms. She even introduced the three drop splash which had never been done before. It's hard to believe that she's only been doing this the past two years since her…
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If you thought watercolor paintings were a little too traditional for your taste, then you haven't heard of Daniel Mackie. After working over 10 years in Photoshop, the UK-based illustrator abandoned the software and picked up his pencil and watercolors.
As Mackie tells us, "My decision to abandon Photoshop was based on a frustration with the color. With Photoshop, all color…
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As big fans of the saying, "Less is More," we present to you a new batch of minimalist movie posters by an art director from Little Rock, Arkansas.
Matt Owen must have a passion for movies. How else could you explain his clever posters that all seem to have that subtly clever style?
Here are 12 of…
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From afar, Jason Sho Green's ballpoint pen portraits could look like any other portrait you've ever seen. But come a little closer and you'll notice that some of the dark areas are actually made up of drawings of people, creatures, animals and more. Like magnificent modern-day mosaics, they're filled with such hidden surprises, one could literally look at them for hours. (Did anyone notice…
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Veronicas, Hyacinths, Pom Poms, 2011, All Rights Reserved 
While creating his
Exploded Flowers series, it occurred to artist Qi Wei "that petals and individual components of flowers are literally individual brush-strokes of nature."
Going along with that…
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Uncrate just tipped us off to
two new t-shirts by Homage company that honor the late Steve Jobs. While one says "Homebrew Computer Club," in reference to the 70s-80s Silicon Valley computer club Jobs and Steve Wozniak belonged to,…
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Here at My Modern Met, we're big proponents of cutting-edge creativity especially when it comes to the art of photography. That's why we were excited to hear about a brand new book that celebrates contemporary artists that blur the lines between the real and the surreal, a book that showcases groundbreaking digital masterpieces that have never been seen before.…
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If you enjoy surreal experiences, make sure to drop by Pomona College Museum of Art for the "It Happened at Pomona" exhibit going on now till November 6, 2011. It's there that you'll find a beautiful, glowing red room.
Situational Construction, a recreation of artist Lloyd Hamrol's 1969 installation, is a room that has a small window where the viewer can gaze through and see…
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When taking photos of buildings, most of us will stand back and snap them from afar. Not Teng Tan. The Melbourne, Australia-based photographer likes to shoot his city's architecture so close that the buildings are almost indiscernible. "I guess I am an urbanite trying to see my city anew through the lens," he tells us. "For me, patterns in (particularly modern)…
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Joshua Budich
If you find Wes Anderson's dry sense humor to be hilarious, you're not going to want to miss this art show.
Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco is putting on their second tribute exhibition to the films of the writer/director/producer which include illustrations…
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