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March 7, 2015
A 16th century prayer nut with incredibly detailed scenes
A 16th century prayer nut with incredibly detailed scenes

In Middle-Ages Europe, especially in the Northern part, devoted people would often carry a prayer nut, an item that could be kept for praying anywhere. The object get its name from its appearance, it looks like a nut, and would often reveal details carvings, like in the pictures in this post. Some aromatic fragrances would […]

March 5, 2015
The tank library will bomb you with litterature
The tank library will bomb you with litterature

This vehicle is actually a Ford Falcon that was re-purposed into a book-carrying tank. This project, rightfully titled “Weapons of mass instruction”, was created by Buenos Aires based artist Raul Lemesoff and sponsored by 7up. The book travels with around 900 books that are distributed for free while going around Argentine’s cities and rural communities. […]

March 4, 2015
Surreal photo manipulations by Anil Saxema
Surreal photo manipulations by Anil Saxema

Working from Mumbai, India, Anil Saxema creates some surreal and playful scenes using Photoshop. His work is somewhat kitschy sometimes, but the ideas and execution are great anyway.

March 3, 2015
Tentacular book papercuts by Barbara Wildenboer
Tentacular book papercuts by Barbara Wildenboer

South-African artist Barbara Wildenboer likes to books pages. She does it in a mind-blowing way, by creating impressive tentacles coming out of the books in an organic structure. For that, she uses abandonned scientific books and let some words, illustrations, or sentences, pop up from these lively sculptures.

March 1, 2015
Erik Johansson published some new mind-blowing photo manipulations
Erik Johansson published some new mind-blowing photo manipulations

Erik Johansson was previously featured on Designer Daily for his spectacular and surrealist photo manipulations. He published some new work on his website, and I’d say that he’s getting even better at what he does. The new work is still as poetic as before, but Johansson seems to enjoy playing with perspective and buildings more […]

Spectacular glass sculptures by Simone Crestani
Spectacular glass sculptures by Simone Crestani

Simone Crestani is a young Italian artist who started working with glass since he was 15 years old. He creates organic looking glass sculptures and gives it the most amazing shapes. Brought up in Venice, one of the major cities when it comes to the art of glass, Crestani experienced the beauty of glass since […]

February 23, 2015
A collection of cool & spectacular designs made with Photoshop
A collection of cool & spectacular designs made with Photoshop

While browsing internet for “designs made in photoshop”, you’ll encounter several of them. Sometimes you might even be confused which one to choose for your reference and inspiration. So, to make your decision little bit easier, today we have a collection of cool and spectacular designs that will make you say, “Yes, this is what […]

February 22, 2015
Ernest Zacharevic developed a unique style in the world of street art
Ernest Zacharevic developed a unique style in the world of street art

Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, also known as Zachas, creates some fascinating paintings in the street. He has a classical training in painting and fine arts, which is maybe the reason why he prefers to be referred as a fine artist who paints in the streets, rather than a street artist. Some of his work features […]

February 18, 2015
Carne Griffiths creates spectacular paintings with ink and tea
Carne Griffiths creates spectacular paintings with ink and tea

Carne Griffiths has created an impressive series of portaits, using ink and tea to make some spectacular watercolor-like effects.

American artist Crystal Wagner creates amazing paper sculptures
American artist Crystal Wagner creates amazing paper sculptures

With her organic paper sculptures, American artist Crystal creates small worlds in which paper cuts and folds come to life in intricate manners. More paper terrariums can be seen on her portfolio site.

February 12, 2015
A collection of 15 spectacular digital artworks
A collection of 15 spectacular digital artworks

Today, here we have a collection of some really cool and spectacular digital artworks that we have collected while browsing the internet. Have a look at them and choose your favorite digital art. 1. Lamborghini Advertising An amazing Lamborghini advertising by Allan Portilho. Check it out here. 2. Dexter See the beautiful collection of personal […]

February 11, 2015
20 gorgeous pieces of street art
20 gorgeous pieces of street art

Whenever you walk down the street, seeing beautiful street art attract you and makes you feel great, isn’t it? There are several places in the world where streets are filled with amazing arts. Today, we have collected 20 gorgeous pieces of street art around the world just for you. Check it out below! 1. Hawaii […]

Spectacular vehicle paintings by Modestas Malinauskas
Spectacular vehicle paintings by Modestas Malinauskas

Lithuanian artist Modestas Malinauskas creates spectacular paintins of large vehicles. Maybe it’s just me, but upon seeing these my first impression was a mix of Hyeronymus Bosch and Myazaki influences. His fantastic paintings are made with one of the hardest techniques to master, oil painting. This is what gives it a somewhat ancient looking style […]

January 27, 2015
Spectacular surreal paintings by Jacek Yerka
Spectacular surreal paintings by Jacek Yerka

Polish artist Jacek Yerka gives you a big picture that turn ordinary landscapes into scary monsters. Think you are living on a nice little island, might just as well be a gigantic monster’s back. If you are ready to take a trip to the land of monsterous beasts, just check out his images here or […]

Thrift store paintings reviewed with cool illustrations
Thrift store paintings reviewed with cool illustrations

On Designer Daily, we already featured the work of another thrift-store painting enhancer, David Irvine. Apparently, this artistic process has a name: NERC (Non-elective Retroactive Collaboration). Another artist based in Portland creates great art based on thrift-store paintings: Mike Wellins. Thanks to him, boring paintings suddenly become lively art with cool stuff happening, like robots […]