Via this blog post I learned about the artist Victor Rodriguez and his very realistic paintings. If takes quite a bit of time to see that his images were actually drawn and not photographed. Have a look at his website for more and larger pictures.
Tag: visual arts
Illustrations by Jason Seiler
Via this blog post I came across an amazing artist – Jason Seiler. Being an amateur photographer, I am not much into paintings. I always thought that most paintings miss the details and accuracy of the photographs. A lot of Jason Seiler’s art doesn’t have that problem. Some of the images are breathtakingly similar to photographs and only the caricaturist distortion suggests that these are actually drawings. Have a look at this image of Bill Murray, for example.
Or at this absolutely wonderful black and white portrait:
More images are available at Jason Seiler’s website and in his blog. I’m an instant fan now.
Cassette Tapes Portraits
Here is an inspirational collection of celebrity portraits done with cassette tapes. See Nick Cave, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and a few others. Definitely worth a click.
Sand animation
Here’s a breathtaking (to say the least) video of sand animation. There’s more in her video channel on YouTube.
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(via oper.ru)
Photography is my art
None of the arts – literature, painting, music, or even cinema – touch me in the same way as photography does. Photographic images for some reason go deeper into my brain, heart, and soul, and calm me down or, on the opposite, stir me up like no other form of art.
Music amplifies my mood. Movies shake me sometimes, give me food for thought. But photography gets inside, and changes me. And these changes can’t be undone. After looking at pictures like this one, I’m not the same person anymore…