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Month: November 2009

The Eyes Have It: Funky & Functional Occular Furniture Art

Nicola L. is one of those artists who has simply been around forever. She's known by only her first name and last initial, and she manages to bring unmistakable style to each and every thing she ...

Faux Photography: 55 (More!) Amazingly Realistic Paintings

Photo-realistic art is really on its own level in the art world. While some may ask what the point is when taking a picture is so much easier, to these artists the point is obvious: painstakingly ...

Sexy as Sin: Detailed Steampunk from Guns to Guitars

Steampunk, folks seem to love it or to hate it. C'mon, you gotta admit the guns and guitars are cool. Rust, steam, copper tubing, clockwork gears, gauges, and brass-coated coolness appeal to the ...

Sweet Vessels: 7 Nautical Wonders Of The Modern Shipping World

For those who think that the glory-days of boat-building are over, think again - for there are modern-day Brunels, eager to build the next generation of ocean-faring superstructures. Here are 7 ...

Brutal Torture: 16 Twisted Techniques & Historic Devices

Crime and punishment have been a necessary part of human society since we first began living in groups, and as long as laws have been in effect, there have been punishments to match. Whether ...

Mess on the Motorway: 15 Weird Truck Accident Spills

Live penguins, dead alligators, sausage, doughnut glaze and fake blood: these are just a few examples of the bizarre cargo that has been spilled onto America’s highways during accidents ...

Blown To Smithereens: The Strange Story Of Survival Town

One pleasant spring day in 1955, an atomic bomb blasted an American city into oblivion. This is the story of Survival Town, a purpose-built collection of structures, buildings, even mannequins ...

Everyday Evil: 365 Days of Stormtrooper Photography

What do stormtroopers do on their days off? Feed bread to gigantic pigeons, jam out on Guitar Hero, catch fish in a toilet and send vaguely insulting emails to Luke Skywalker, according to these ...

About Face: Unbelievably Hilarious Face Painting Art

Remember going to birthday parties or the carnival as a child and getting your face painted? Face painting is fun and magical, and it lets us temporarily transform ourselves. You can be just ...

Off the Wall Graffiti: 11 Weird Artists Making Odd Marks

By now, we're all used to seeing graffiti and public art in urban and suburban settings. We're so used to it, in fact, that we typically walk right by without giving it a second glance. But would ...

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