Mikaël Aguirre was born in France in 1981. Video games have had such an effect on Aguirre’s life that they have even influenced his art. Mikaël creates his video game paintings in digital imaging software like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. These programs allow the artist to work at his own pace – there are no […]
“The Boy with Tape on his Face” is a character created and performed by New Zealand comic Sam Wills. Wills refers to this character simply as The Boy and is, like his character, quite silent about where his comedy ideas come from. The Boy with Tape on his Face employs what is known as prop […]
This video’s for all the musicians who enjoy experimental sound creation methods. Electric violinst Jason Yang and beatboxer Jake Moulton team up to create a unique, modern sound. Using sound looping techniques, the duo create a mash up compilation song of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” and Bruno Mars’ “Grenade”. The finished song also contains elements that […]
On March 30th 1995, Brian Lewis Saunders decided to draw a self-portrait every day. He now has thousands of portraits, all collected in hard cover notebooks. Some of these portraits were created while under the influence of a variety of drugs. The artist sought out different drugs with the intention of drawing a portrait of […]
Gabriel Iglesias is an American comedian whose stand-up comedy performances center on his personal experiences. His act includes a variety of accents, soto voices and funny sound effects made only with his mouth and a microphone. Iglesias doesn’t need props on stage to help him tell a story; between his miming actions and verbal descriptions […]
A collection of inspirational picture quotes and images to motivate you in September 2012.
Jakub Kujawa is an artist from Poland who dabbles in a variety of artistic mediums. He creates fine art paintings, tattoos and digital designs in art software like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. Featured in this article are his traditional art paintings that combine surrealism and spirituality to create a beautiful portrait of the human […]
Betty Boop was a cartoon character that was created by Max Fleischer in the 1930s. Betty Boop’s first appearance was in Dizzy Dishes in 1930 and the little animated temptress went on to perform in the Talkartoon and and Betty Boop animated series. This cute, curly-haired character was based on the actress Helen Kane who was famed […]
This music video shows Andrea Dorfman speed painting illustrations of the lyrics of Tanya Davis’s song “Art”. The term “speed painting” refers to an art work that has been created in real time and filmed. The video is then sped up with digital video editing software. This creates a short film that contains hours of […]
Katerina Bodrunova was born in 1985 and currently lives in Moscow, Russia. This young photographer creates artistic photographs with a surrealist element. The word “surrealism” means “above reality” and is used to describe art works that mimic the world in a realistic way, but contains subject matter that is fantastic and unrealistic. Salvador Dali’s The Persistence […]