Greg Simkins has used his artistic skill and his highly evolved imagination to hide his graffiti nickname “CRAOLA” in this painting, called “Let the outside in”. Can you spot the letters “C, R, A, O, L, A”? (See the end of this article for clues) Greg “Craola” Simkins is a surrealist artist who has developed […]
Xanda Bach and friends have found a way to make use of all those empty bottles after a party – fill each bottle with a specific amount of water and then make music with them. For this video, the team blew into the top of each bottle in sequence and very slowly. The video was […]
Remember when you were a kid and some genius art teacher colored a piece of paper with wax crayons before coating it with a layer of black paint? And then you’d scratch into the paint to make a rainbow black magic drawing and everyone was like, “Ooh, wow!”? Well, this is pretty much the same […]
In this speed painting video, Swedish artist Maria Björnbom Öberg shows us her exceptional skill with drawing. The stationery she’s using are copic markers, Holbein colour pencils and Faber Castell Polychromos to add color to the design, and a white gel pen to add sparkles and highlights. This incredible hand drawn illustration features a beautiful […]
Ukrainian tattoo artist Dmitriy Samohin is an enormously talented tattooer who has made a name for himself with his realistic tattoos. He tattoos life-like portraits of people and animals in an artistic way; creating body art that is a beautiful blend of photo realism and artistic styling. There are few tattooers out there who can match […]
Gamarjobat is a comedy duo from Japan who specialize in visual comedy and simple optical illusions. As Jason Mansford (the host of Comedy Rocks) says, their humor is based on “dad jokes”, the kind of got-your-nose silliness that fathers perform to entertain their children. Unlike dads everywhere, however, Gamarjobat has managed to put together a […]
Jake Clark calls himself “Pipe Guy”, and is becoming known in his hometown of Adelaide, Australia, for entertaining people with his live street performances. His passion for music led him to create his own instrument out of PVC pipes which he drums on with a pair of flip flops (known in Australia as “thongs”.) As […]
Lil’ Drac was rescued after his mother abandoned him due to the stress caused by their home disappearing – the zoo where they’d once lived closed. This fun video shows the little bat’s personality emerging as he grows up under the care of volunteers at the Bat World Sanctuary. You can learn more about Lil’ […]
Every year in Florence, Italy, men from different neighbourhoods gather in teams to defend their honor, their pride and their masculinity with three days of Florence football, also known as Calcio Storico (historical football). These men have trained hard, and have been toughened by years of playing the violent game. There are no rules. Players […]
SoulPancake explores the effects that forgiving others has on a person’s level of happiness. Check out more videos on the Science of Happiness or read this study to find out more. Feel like a cheer up? Watch A Capella Road Trip and Boobies and Kittens to catch that smile.