New York-based Brazilian artist Marcelo Daldoce likes to go beyond the conventional 2D landscape of paper and canvas, bringing life to a flat surface, and he certainly does this with his creative artwork. In order to construct these optical illusions, Daldoces uses acrylic paint to create images on paper, then proceeds to fold it into different patterns and designs - giving his work a kick of . . .
Masked Beauty
"Dia de Los Muertos" was typed in my Google search bar for many days leading up to Halloween, and ideas swirled around...but nothing like this. You may have heard of the Mexican Day of the Dead festival with their masks and way too much facepaint - Rankin and Hunger’s Beauty Editor-At-Large Andrew Gallimore used it as an inspiration to create this absolutely stunning beauty editorial. A fresh . . .
Paint Me
Remember the days when we used to go to a party and the moment a butterfly was painted across on our face, we'd marvel at the perfection of the clown lady's work of art? I am referring to little-me at the tender age of 4, but perhaps you thought of a time when you were a tad older. Whatever floats your boat. Well, the butterfly has now been (dramatically) overshadowed by a new event that I . . .
Art Explosions
I think that all males just have an inclination to blow things up. In fact, all of us tend to have a fascination for it. In the fast-fading memories of my youth, I remember causing a mini explosion in a playground and running away in glee, thinking that we were the coolest kids on the block. We were not.Jon Smith puts his fascination for explosions into something creative, something worthwhile. He . . .
Jumping Art
That moment of time where the phrase runs true, and where something (or someone) feels so close, yet so far. That's probably how these cards felt in this situation: Japanese artist Yuki Matsueda is a recent graduate from the Tokyo University of the Arts and holds a PhD in design. Instead of deciding to take the ordinary route of using a flat canvas, he used his love for art to do something a . . .
Face the Wall
We all love street art. Real art, and not random tags on the wall spray painted with any colour they could find in the store, or nicked from their brother's stash. The ones that you randomly spot while walking down the street and make you stop and stare. Russian street artist Nikita Nomerz creates 'The Living Wall', an ongoing series that brings life to dilapidated buildings by painting strange . . .
Strange(r) Art
Stumbled across this new artsy tidbit and I must say, I kinda love it. Perhaps you're wondering why there's a picture of a man smiling jovially as he does his gardening on your screen. Washington DC artist, Nicole Bourgea is an expressionist painter known for her life-sized portraits which are usually sold at $4000 a pop. As a little act of community service (or self-promotion, cynics might . . .