No, those trees aren't from a Dr. Seuss book or Avatar. They've been painted by artist Konstantin Dimopoulos and volunteers in Texas to bring awareness to loss of trees and plants in Hurricane Ike and the drought of 2011. The Plant Picassos used a biologically safe mineral pigment to contrast the green leaves and grass of the park as well as drawing attention to the installation.
More info and pictures at: bluewood: http://bluetreestexas.org/i4meo7zbq9rs3z6l7ntt8dk2a1map2
Phil Hansen creates 'tattoos' on the skins of bananas by simply puncturing the skin with a pin. Afterwards, the natural oxidization of the peel darkens the punctures and reveals an impressive art piece. Using something like a banana is simple, renewable and the best is that the banana is still edible after fact.
More banana art at: http://www.designswan.com/archives/tattoo-a-banana-a-cool-way-to-turn-banana-into-art.html
In 2012 the hip hop artist, Macklemore, released the song 'Same Love' in collaboration with Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert. The song draws attention toward the treatment of gay and lesbian people in current media. This song has also sparked many arguments about same sex marriage and whether or not society as a whole still has a strong objection against it. The lyrics of the song provoke thought about the subject but at the same time presents it in a digestable and tasteful manner.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0 (Same Love music video)
Julian Beever has been a teacher, carpet installer a tree planter, but most importantly; he is an artist. Beever creates stunning and intricate artworks by drawing on pavement with chalk. He uses perspective to warp the image and make appear af if its in 3d as seen in the images above. His use of shading and colour are very impressive as well as the amazing realism. These are especially impressive when you realize these images are stretched and warped as well as detailed. He is also highly skilled in self portraits and 2d images but his 3d pieces are his best in my opinion.
I love this. There is nothing about this that I don't like. I remember first seeing some of these on eventhubs.com around a year but I never actually thought I'd be able to babble on about it and get marks for it too. The magnificent deity that created these sprites goes by Kouki and he uses classic street fighter characters with the stunning art style from King of Fighter XII. You can see the amazing detail and painstaking process to create them. First the base model is drawn, then shadows and color are carefully added and tweaked until perfection is achieved. The finished product is a 2D sprite that could be passed as a 3D model. Did I mention I really love this? More of his/her artwork can be found on deviantart.com.
Not to be confused with watercolour painting, water painting involves dipping or pouring paint/ink into a pool of water. The surface of the water is stirred in a desired direction to guide the media across the water's surface to create various patterns. A sheet of paper is then placed gently on the water's surface to capture the paint or ink. What I find interesting about water painting is how delicate and accurate each movement must be in order to create a decent piece. So much as a drop of ink or a ripple could ruin a piece and leave you back at square one. Here's an example of water painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCamx8vzyCw
Grimshaw was a British painter from the Victorean era that was well known for his noctural cityscape and seaside scenes. The piece shown is called "Scarborough Lights". It depicts the port side activity of a city at dusk. It well captures the dreary and hazy appearance of the typical city at the time. However, it doesn't give off any eerie feelings but rather an approachable honesty. Most of his works have the same sort of realism. I personally like this piece and "Brigate, Leeds" because they make you feel as if you could walk into them and blend into the scene like you would in a store or busy street. You can find many more of his paintings at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/john-atkinson-grimshaw
After watching Kirby Fergusons TED Talk, I felt rectified in knowing that one of my many paranoid theories could very well be correct. Everything is probably a copy or "remix" of something else. Music is the primary example of this. If you were to look and listen to most Reggae songs, the melody and rhythm are borrowed from somewhere else. This sort of remixing and copying is not only dominant in the Reggae culture, but encouraged and has been since the late 1960's. Every artist has made at least an albums worth of songs that borrow a beat or 'riddim' from somewhere else. The links provided barely even scratch the surface of the genre.