Optical Illusions

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Acrylic Paint on Human Flesh!

Mar 15, 2010 // Published in Optical Illusions, Painting, Portraits
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Well, it isn't a painting on canvas! Alexa Meade paints directly on live models to create the illusion of painterly portraits. It is quite freaky and incredible! View more of Meade's art at Flickr. Notes about the artist (from bio): Alexa Meade's innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models, and architectural ...

Beautiful Music Poster Designs

Mar 02, 2010 // Published in Animals, Design, Music, Optical Illusions, Posters
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Typography and graphic design by Vicente Garcia Morillo. He explains: "This is the result of the series 'Alive Objects' playing with the combination of elements that represents two of the most popular musicians in Chicago and L.A. scene, respectively." To find out more about the design and musicians, view Morillo's page at Behance.

Illustrating Words

Jan 29, 2010 // Published in Collage, Illustration, Optical Illusions, Typography

Collages by Alexis Anne Mackenzie. You can read the following words on these images: 1. Never Be Sad, 2. Cradle / Bed / Grave (triptych), 3. It Matters To Me, 4. True Love Notes about the artist (from general statement): All of my collages are composed by hand - cut from books I've been collecting for years, ...

It isn’t virtual, digital or otherwise unreal

Jan 28, 2010 // Published in Body Art, Optical Illusions, Painting
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These are extraordinary examples of bodypainting . The artist Craig Tracy generally takes about a full day to complete an image on a model. Notes from the Tracy (from FAQs): My work is not virtual, digital or otherwise unreal. I describe what I do as "creating surreal moments in time utilizing my creativity, people and paint. These ...

Impossible Sculptures

Jan 18, 2010 // Published in 3D, Geometric, Optical Illusions, Sculptures
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Francis Tabary is a magician who has created 3D optical illusion sculptures. His work gives an impression of levitation, lightness and impossibility. Notes about Tabary (from bio): True to his calling, he decided to take one step further in this direction, and create objects that could apparently not exist in three dimensions! The first challenge he tackled ...

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