Crisis Shadow Art

Shadow Art by Rashad Alakbarov

The internet is full of artists trying to create a name for themselves. Many of these people go to extreme lengths to do so, creating “works of art” out of feces, vomit and other unique, but incredibly disgusting materials. Sometimes, though, you stumble upon an artist who’s created something that’s not only unique, but actually interesting too. Interesting in a “oh, that’s really awesome!” and not a “oh man, I’m going to puke.” sort of way. These shadow art creations by Rashad Alakbarov definitely

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Blade Runner – Aquarelle Edition by Anders Ramsell

Have you ever been impressed by the concept of a thing, but not so much by the actual thing itself? I’m feeling a little bit of that as I re-watch this watercolor painted ode to Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner. It’s one of my favorite movies of all time, and though I was excited to see someone approaching fan art from a different angle, I found this one a bit… disorienting.

Swedish artist Anders Ramsell painted over 3000 images and sequenced them to re-create the first 12 or so minutes of Blade Runner in what is unquestionably a very unique representation of the

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Talbotics – Illuminating Scrapyard Robot Sculptures

I think it’s safe to say that just about everyone has a fascination with robots. They range from the incredibly creepy – like the Hugvie robot from Japan – to the flat out awesome, like this giant badass robot we wrote about way back when.

Talbotics fits into the latter category, or though the robots Tal creates aren’t functional in the “walking, talking” sense of the word, they do make really awesome sculptures and night lights. What you’re about to see are

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Flaming Matchstick Art – Stanislav Aristov Photography

There’s an oft repeated saying that dictates “more is less!”. I’ve heard it so many times as to render it almost meaningless, but in a sense, it’s actually true. When we make a conscious decision to limit ourselves, even just a little bit… limit ourselves to a particular direction, or style, or medium, then a few interesting things happen. The paradox of choice becomes less of an issue, because we’ve removed some of those choices, and often times simplicity then reigns supreme. No where is that