May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 / Don

Emoji Paintings, by ND Stevenson

“The Creation of Adam,” Michelangelo

“Girl with a Pearl Earring,” Johannes Vermeer

“The Persistence of Memory,” Salvador Dalí

“American Gothic,” Grant Wood

“The Son of Man,” René Magritte

“The Kiss,” Gustav Klimt

This artist recreated famous paintings using only emoji. Any you recognize?

Stevenson: I cannot tell you how or why, but at some point a few years back I discovered that Instagram Stories not only allows you unlimited emojis, it ALSO allows you to enlarge them to an apparently infinite degree. Thus, a very strange new hobby was born. As far as I can tell, I am the inventor of this art form, since I am a genius and everyone else has a life.

Via imfineimfine.com

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 / Don

Faux Facades, by Patrick Commecy

Street Art, by Patrick Commency

Patrick Commecy, together with his team, creates huge murals of hyper-realistic facades that bring blank and boring city walls to life.

What’s interesting here is that while these realistic yet fake facades trick you at first glance, some of the people painted there were once real. Commecy often paints many notable people from the history of the town the mural is in.

There are some great videos on his site of the creation of these pieces.

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 / Don

Typical Americans by State, by Sara Thompson on Midjourney

New York

Michigan

New Jersey

Recently, a writer at BuzzFeed, Sara Thompson, decided to see what would happen when she asked Midjourney what a typical person from each American state looked like (AImericans?). These are the three from the states I’ve lived in, but you can see all 50, here.

Why does Indiana seem the only state that’s happy?

(via @mymodernmet.com)

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 / Don

Coffee Paintings, by Giulia Bernardelli

Italians are known for their love of coffee, but while most enjoy espresso for its taste, artist Giulia Bernardelli appreciates it for its creative potential. She turns spilled coffee into works of art that look like detailed watercolor paintings.

(via MyModernMet.com)

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 / Don

Sistine Chapel Cartoons, by Raphael

New Online Tool Reveals Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons in Stunning Detail.

Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons

High-resolution scans from the V&A offer an unprecedented view of the Renaissance drawings, down to every last line and wrinkle, with options for Visible, Surface, and Infrared.

Visit the Victoria & Albert Museum to see the tool, here:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/explore-the-raphael-cartoons

September 27, 2020October 22, 2021 / Don

Reconstructed Roman Emperors, by Haround Binous

Haroun Binous, an artist from Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, is bringing the emperors back to life in a series of hyper-realistic illustrations. Combining facial recognition AI, Photoshop, and historical references, Binous is reviving all the Roman emperors, from Augustus to Valentinian III.

Augustus

Philip II

Galba

Tiberius

Caligula

Nero

Domitian

Gordian III

Theodosius I

See the rest at BoredPanda.com

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 / Don

Hummingbird Tattoo

My friend (and karaoke partner) Leah asked if I would draw a hummingbird for her to have tattoo’d on her wrist. I’ve always loved the vibrancy and energy of watercolor tattoos and wanted to give it a try myself.

The hummingbird was sketched from reference photos found online, then painted in watercolor, and retouched in Photoshop.

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