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Expect new twists on old traditions as new tools and unique techniques allow artists to draw, paint and illustrate in radically different ways. From coffee-cup pen artists to people who paint whole rooms with colored markers, here are some seriously innovative creatives. The digital age has put on dramatic new spin on the the world of art, from three-dimensional realism to fresh forms of abstraction. Here you will find some of the most creative and innovative forms of computer-generated expression and futuristic artistic representation.

Fancy a Pint? London’s Pubs & Landmarks Preserved as Tiny Cut-Out Drawings

Cities can change so rapidly, leaving behind barely-recognizable versions of the streets we once knew and loved, adapting and transforming along with the rest of the world. It may be a fact of ...

It’s On Like Donkey Kong at Berlin’s Mount Mitte Urban Climbing Park

In the words of venerable modern philosopher Ice Cube, ‘it’s on like Donkey Kong’ - literally - at Berlin’s Mount Center climbing park, which features elevated platforms that look an ...

Art of Deception: Pencil Drawings Look Like Colorful 3D Splashes of Paint

Seeming to rise up off the canvass, a viewer would be impressed to discover these swaths of paint to be two-dimensional in nature, but then further shocked to realize the material isn't paint at ...

A Toddler Peers Over the US-Mexico Border Fence for JR’s Latest Installation

Set on scaffolding just across the rust-red fence marking the border between Tecate, California and Mexico, street artist JR’s latest installation is a towering statement on immigration issues ...

Light Capsules: Projections Bring Building-Side ‘Ghost Signs’ Back to Life

Exposed to the elements, hand-painted signs on building exteriors chip, crack and fade over time, but one artist is shining a spotlight on these historic illustrations, restoring them through ...

World’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge Stretches Over 1,000 Feet

Three hundred feet above the valley floor, a suspension bridge gently sways and bobs as pedestrians cross its 1,621-foot length through the Swiss Alps. These impressive stats have helped the ...

Anime Architecture: Exhibition Showcases Japan’s Fictional Buildings

Visions of fictional cities - whether optimistic, realistic, fantastical or dystopian - tend to take on a haze of mystery and grandiosity in Japanese anime, as epitomized in 'Ghost in the Shell.' ...

A Whole Latte Art: Masterpieces Rendered in Coffee and Milk

Most baristas who go the extra mile to make a cute design in the foam on top of your latte or mocha manage to illustrate a heart, a swan, a cat or maybe an owl, not an entire Vincent van Gogh ...

Mattest & Flattest: Blackest Paint You Can Buy Turns Solids into Voids

In a weird ongoing war over the blackest black and pinkest pink in the world, a new contender has hit the market -- and unlike Vantablack, anyone can purchase some to make really dark artwork ...

Russia Hour Traffic: Andrey Tkachenko’s Soviet Car Concepts

Russian freelance artist Andrey Tkachenko reveals the figurative swans hidden deep within the notoriously ugly ducklings of the Soviet automobile industry. “General Motors is not in ...

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