Painted People: 31 Works of Art on Human Canvas
Human bodies become exotic animals and crashed cars, or blend almost seamlessly into intricate backgrounds, with careful application of body paint and a bit of acrobatics. These 31 works of art ...
Category: Art
Urban art is at the heart of WebUrbanist – the drawings, images, photos and sculptures that inspire us in part because they are open to the public. From installation artworks to street graffiti and everything in between, here is our extensive collection of urban street art gathered from around the world and representing both traditional techniques and innovative approaches by old and new street artists alike.
World’s Largest LEGO Model: Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter
Forty-two times larger than the toy set currently available in stores, this Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter is made of over five million LEGO bricks weighing a whopping 45,000 pounds. Assembled in ...
Laser-Cut Record: Music Etched Onto Slices of Wood
We already know what kind of music trees make when left to their own devices, and now we can make them sound the way we want. After developing a method for converting digital files into 3D ...
Infinite Garden Multiplies Miniature Forest with Mirrors
Peering through a hole in the hovering white skin of an unusual installation at the 22nd International International Garden Festival of Chaumont Sur Loire, France, seems to transport the viewer ...
NeoLucida: Optical Drawing Tool Lets You Trace Real Life
Have you ever wondered how 19th century artists were able to produce such incredibly realistic drawings? It isn't just because they were unusually talented, though it's hard to argue that they ...
Small Worlds: Strange & Shocking Miniature City Scenes
There is no unifying theme to these surreal depictions of urban architecture and landscapes, save perhaps their imaginative improbability and singular creator, Frank Kunert, a German photographer ...
Sideways Street Art: Muralist Makes Figures Walk on Walls
These layered creations are surprisingly realistic, even in black and white, thanks in part to their scale and reinforced by their shadows, but also due to the ordinary nature of the sidewalk ...
GIF-fiti: Trippy Animated Street Art Photos by INSA
Unlike most street art, INSA's murals weren't made to be seen in person - they're best viewed online. That's because the UK-based artist painstakingly paints, photographs and re-paints each of ...
Vertical Horizon: Urban Photographs Turn City Upside Down
Hong Kong has to be one of the most-photographed cities on Earth, but these shots present a rarely-seen perspective by documentarians or pedestrians ... unless they look straight up. From ...
Different Strokes: Strange Paintbrushes Promote Creativity
When something evolves to have such a long history as the art of painting, it falls on out-of-the-box thinkers to question the most basic elements of creation: tools. The designers ...
