As all fans of Calvin & Hobbes know, Bill Watterson shunned all tie-in merchandise for his creation, never selling so much as a bumper sticker. So it’s a very big deal that one lucky buyer is about to get an incredibly rare art print signed by the artist. Read more »
Who says pin-up posters are outdated? Definitely not artist Maria Danalakis! This gal certainly knows what she was doing when she creates these retro superhero pin-up posters. Based out of Brooklyn, New York, Danalakis works with oil paint, paper collage, and loves Adobe Illustrator. She is a graphic artist and illustrator by profession. No wonder her posters make you say “Want!” Thanks to Design Taxi, I discovered these really fun retro superhero pin-up posters. Take a look yourself. Retro Harley Quinn Technically a super villain, this retro Harley Quinn does not look so evil to me. She does look really sexy, though, doesn’t she? I think it’s the glasses. Retro Read more »
MacGyver may know his way around duct tape, but artist Max Zorn does his own stunning thing with packing tape. Duct tape has a lot of practical uses, but with packing tape, Max Zorn has done something astoundingly beautiful. How about portraits made with nothing but tape? Forget paint. Forget watercolor. Forget pencils. Just get some packing tape – the brown translucent kind – and flexible Plexi-glass, and a cutter, and you might just be able to replicate the packing tape art of Max Zorn. According to the artist, he got inspiration for his work from a friend who was working as a car designer. If you have experience in Read more »
Superheroes and artwork will never get old. At least not if the artwork is good, or at the very least, interesting. I just discovered an artist by name of Keron Grant, and what he has done with a handful of superheroes is definitely interesting, and I dare say, awesome. Don’t forget to get involved in the comic book debates at the ForeverGeek Forum! You might be thinking that drawing superheroes is nothing to write about, but Keron Grant’s work is more than static depictions of these creatures we look up to. To make things more exciting and breathtaking, the artist has incorporated the element of motion. Indeed, he has made Read more »
Everyone knows their nursery rhymes, although the stories may vary from one culture to another. There may even be different versions of the same nursery rhymes. Even though we’re now all adults – age-wise, at least – I am pretty sure that your favorite nursery rhymes when you were kids hold a special place in your heart. Now what if you can somehow relieve those times when you didn’t have a care in the world and all you were concerned about was the bed time story that your mom was about to tell you? I don’t know if David Clemesha’s art will help you with that, but I am certain Read more »
Christmas is just around the corner – how’s your Christmas shopping going? I have decided to skip Christmas this year, in the sense that I have not done – and will not do – any gift shopping. Most of you will probably do it differently, and if you are looking for last minute gift ideas, here is a unique gift idea: modern art featuring beverages. Read more »
Very quickly – name three things you can do with a burger. (Think of a big fat juicy burger as you rattle off those uses.) Here are my answers: Eat. Wolf down. Savor slowly. If you ask me, there is no other use for a burger than to fill up an empty stomach. No matter how you do it, the fun part is in the EATING. This guy disagrees with me, though. He found a new – and probably healthier – use for burgers: painting material. Read more »
Forget Monet and his ability to provide his own impression of his surroundings, NASA this past week had an artist take infrared impressions from the Hubble Space Telescope and a ground-based telescope and then create artwork from what they believe the galaxy looks like. The images on this page were taken from NASA’s Image of the Day and showcases the core of our galaxy and it’s nearly 2,000 stars. The image according to io9 showcases the “densest known gathering of young stars in our galaxy.” Here’s an even more detail piece of the artwork: Side Note: Don’t actually forget Money, his artwork still kicks this artworks butt and if he Read more »
Getting married anytime soon? If I can’t change your mind about that, how about just checking out this really cool store on Etsy? The store is manned by a husband and wife team who actually came up with the idea of using comic book covers as a theme for their own wedding invitations back in 2007. The idea of having a “unique” theme for one’s wedding is not all that unique anymore these days. Just earlier this year, I heard about a friend of a friend of a friend whose wedding was Star Wars themed. Everyone – from bride and groom to guests – had to come donning their best Read more »
