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Artists Respond to the Coronavirus Outbreak by Flooding Social Media with a Japanese Yokai Said to Ward Off Epidemics
A Japanese legend dating back to the 1800s has been resurfacing across social media recently because of its tie to staving off epidemics. A three-legged mermaid or merman with long hair and beak, the Amabie falls within the tradition of … Continue reading
Amazing Italian Street Art Portraits That Interact With the Road Beside Them | Amazing street art, Murals street art, Street art
Italian streetartist Caiffa Cosimo, who also goes by the name Cheone, has painted a fantastic series of street art portraits that appear to be interacting with the roads beside them.[…] More: Amazing Italian Street Art Portraits That Interact With the … Continue reading
Mur BD Odilon Verjus – 1000 Bruxelles | Peinture de rue, Artiste de rue
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Vibrant New Scottish Currency Illustrated with Influential Women and Abundant Wildlife
During the last four years, the Royal Bank of Scotland launched a democratic project to capture what one collaborator termed “the more ordinary aspects of Scottish identity including otters, midges, mackerel and tweed.” The result is Fabric of Nature, a series … Continue reading
Even after all this time… | Graffiti quotes, Words quotes, Cool words
Explore JoelZimmer’s photos on Flickr. JoelZimmer has uploaded 13441 photos to Flickr. Source: Even after all this time… | Graffiti quotes, Words quotes, Cool words
Inexpensive Toys Fashioned into Unique Action Figures by Artist Tomohiro Yasui
Tomohiro Yasui is best known as the creator of the paper robot wrestlers called kami-robo, but that’s not the only medium his imagination has conquered. Using wire and cheap rubber duckies, squirting frogs, and plastic hammers, the Japanese artist builds posable … Continue reading
The Crazy Truth About These 10 Languages
This is gonna blow your mind! You’re gonna be like “what?!” Also includes more dialects and cultures (hence the extra flags) Some languages and cultures seem so different, but you’d be surprised how much they have in common! Like, share … Continue reading
Dragons Are Everywhere If You Know Where to Look
Fascinated by dragons? From Dungeons & Dragons to “Puff the Magic Dragon” to flying dragons—we’ve got all the dragons in this reel except for the dragons from “Game of Thrones.” But they are mentioned in one of the stories. So … Continue reading
A 3D Artist Imagines the Realistic Fossilized Skulls of Endearing Cartoon Characters
A Prague-based artist is memorializing some of his favorite cartoons with a series of convincing fossils that provide an unconventional look at the skeletons of animated characters. Filip Hodas’s Cartoon Fossils series features preserved skulls of Spongebob, Tweety Bird, and … Continue reading
A Family of Marionette Makers
Mingzhu Fu was born into art. Growing up watching his grandfather’s marionette performances in Quanzhou, China, Mingzhu picked up a knife to craft his own puppets when he graduated high school in 1980. Forty years later, he continues on with … Continue reading
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