Danny Santos II (aka Danny St.) Street Photography

Danny Santos II (aka Danny St.) is a weekend photographer who has been taking pictures of strangers in Singapore’s Orchard Road since mid June 2008 (about the same time he moved there from the Philippines). By trade a graphic designer, he’s been working in the creative industry for over 10 years. About two years ago, Danny decided to capture the beauty and energy of the exciting Orchard Road by portraying its different characters and candid scenes. And he’s done a splendid job [...]

Tetsuya Ishida, a Japanese Surrealist Painter

Tetsuya Ishida born in June 1973, Shizuoka was a talented Japanese painter. The characters in his painting appear unhappy and often their bodies are in pieces or part of some machine or other object. Tetsuya Ishida died in 2005 after being hit by a train (possibly suicide) he leaving behind around 180 works created during his 10 year art career. Tetsuya Ishida died on May 23, 2005 at the age of 31 after being hit by a train. The official [...]

101 Amazing HDR Images

High dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminances between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wider dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight. The two main sources of HDR imagery are computer renderings and merging of multiple [...]

50 Concept Art Pictures

Concept art is a form of illustration where the main goal is to convey a visual representation of a design, idea, and/or mood for use in movies, video games, animation, or comic books before it is put into the final product. Concept art is also referred to as visual development and/or concept design. Who popularized or even invented the term Concept art in reference to preproduction design is ambiguous at best, but it may have come about as part of [...]

45 Examples of Long Exposure Photography

Long exposure photography is a technique in which a camera’s shutter is left open to expose over a longer period of time (be it 8 seconds or 8 hours). It is quite famous, trendy and somewhat difficult form of photography that allows you to witness things from a different perspective and lets you experience time in a different fashion. It enlightens your imagination to see beyond the face of an image, and to see what it can become. Annual photo [...]

Making Art from Typography

Graphic design has different techniques of presentation of your art. Text Art is sub category of graphic design. Here Artists are showing their talent on expressing their ideas like angry, happiness, etc . You can enjoy this creative showcase of typographic Text Effects Art. You will learn the inspirational techniques and plan different designing these examples. So, enjoy yourself browsing the fine Text Art.

The Art of Reflection Photography

Reflection Photography can spice up an otherwise lifeless photo and turn it into amazing shots. And the good thing is that this kind of photography can be explored on easily available things like Glass, Water or any shiny and reflective surface. Reflection photography is an art because you have to dig deep into your imagination to see the hidden beauty. It is also a science because you should know the right angles and techniques and must be more than familiar [...]

Photojournalism, The Art Of Taking Pictures That Tell Stories

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” That is the motto of a photojournalist. It is their objective to produce direct, truthful and bold images that tell the stories for those who have no voice. Man mutilated Rwanda World Press Photo of the Year: 1994 James Nachtwey, USA, Magnum Photos for Time. Rwanda, June 1994. Hutu man mutilated by the Hutu ‘Interahamwe’ militia, who suspected him of sympathizing with the Tutsi rebels. About the image Nachtwey says his specialty is [...]

Photo Manipulation Art in 66 Pictures

Throughout history, great designers always found new ways to show their creativity to express themselves and create new trends and techniques to remark their work apart from the rest of the crowd. Photo manipulation is an art in itself, that requires a skill and precision as we know, it is one of the most creative artforms to come out of the digital age. This presentation shows an amazing collection of photo manipulation art related to nature, photography, objects, illustrations, HDR [...]

Revealed: The Link between Wayne Rooney and Picasso

LONDON.- Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba are just two of more than 40 players and managers of soccer’s English Premier League to have drawn self-portraits for a charity auction. The portraits — mostly stick-men — might suggest more time spent in front of the locker room chalkboard than considering fine art at the Royal Academy, but the felt-tip pen drawings are considered rare pieces of football memorabilia, according to a statement from the Premier League. The portraits [...]

Faux Photography, Take 2: 55 More Amazingly Realistic Paintings

Photo-realistic art is really on its own level in the art world. While some may ask what the point is when taking a picture is so much easier, to these artists the point is obvious: painstakingly creating a tiny piece of fiction that looks good enough to be fact is a feat of artistic talent. Is it really possible for an artist to recreate reality so perfectly? It is, and it’s the specialty of the artists below. Their skill is [...]

Van Gogh Painting Reproduced in Breakfast Cereal

SMITHFIELD, UT.- High school students in northern Utah have completed a 6,400-square-foot replica of Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” out of breakfast cereal. Sky View High School teacher Doyle Geddes led more than 150 students on the project, which used two tons of colorful Malt-O-Meal spread across the gymnasium floor. Humanities students use cereal to create a large scale reproduction of Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” on the gym floor at Sky View High in Smithfield, Utah The project took [...]

Dazzling Digital Illustration: 15 Artists to Watch

Watching an artist turn a piece of paper and some graphite into a realistic, imaginative work of art is amazing enough – but somehow, seeing such illustrations come to life from pixels on a computer screen can seem even more magical. Whether producing imagery for video games or for their own pleasure, these 15 digital illustrators combine modern technology with raw talent to create jaw-dropping works of art. Mark Verhaagen The lush candy-colored landscapes and strange but adorable creatures in [...]

Installation of Spiders Weaving Stars by Tomas Saraceno in Italy

CAMOGLI.- In the installation by Tomas Saraceno at the latest Venice Biennial, Galaxies Forming along Filaments, like Droplets along the Strands of a Spider’s Web, thousands of strands filled the room, forming an enormous web with bubble-vessels clustered inside. At Fondazione Pier Luigi e Natalina Remotti in Camogli, with the installation From Camogli to San Felipe, spiders weaving stars… curated by Francesca Pasini, Tomas Saraceno offers another view of the strategy of the spider and its capacity to cross enormous [...]

The Surreal & Colorful World of Artist Marco Escobedo

Illustrator and graphic designer Marco Escobedo’s work focuses on the surreal and fantastic, using high contrast and richly saturated colors to create scenes and characters that look like they could be from another planet. While it’s often serious and dark, there are also hints of playfulness and humor, as in his portrait of Michael Jackson sitting on a rhinoceros. Each illustration is intricately detailed, and clearly the result of countless hours of work and experimentation manipulating photographs with all of [...]