Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Michael Mapes’ Amazing Collage Portraits
Michael Mapes has made into our Unusual Art & Fashion blog with his work of collage portraits.
His rather large pieces of art use tiny bits of photos and odd materials to make his collages.
For example here’s the materials he used on his last work of a 1639 painting of Maria Trip by Rembrandt.
- photographic prints
- insect pins
- pinning foam
- gelatin capsules
- glass vials
- painted canvas
- cast resin
- pill organizer
- plastic specimen bags
- antique optometrist lens
- cartography pins
- cotton thread
- magnification boxes
- fake pearls
Most of his work is re-imaginations of famous and well known art pieces. He describes his influence for the art as a sort of “biographical DNA” that represents the person more deeply than other mediums. And this is because format carries their artifacts as well as their image .
See more of his work down below and on his website.
Along with thousands of dissected photos of the original painting, I add a mix of other contrived materials ranging from hair samples to recent photos to costume jewelry – so called “biographical DNA”.
“His new series is inspired by Dutch Master portraiture. In a method consistent with earlier work, subjects are examined through a pseudo scientific method specifically working with materials and processes signifying entomological, biological and forensic science.”
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3D Tunnel Drawing Optical Illusion
One of my favorite types of optical illusions is when people do 3D drawing optical illusions. The reason I love these types of illusions is due to the fact that the people who create them are absolutely amazingly talented people. Seriously, you could put a pencil in their hand, put a sketch book in front of them, and they’re able to pull off some amazing stuff. They’re able to take something that they see in their mind and then translate it onto paper, which is pretty amazing to me. From looking at the stats on the site and on the MoIllusion Facebook page, it looks like a lot of you out there love looking at these 3D drawings, as well. Today, I’m going to bring you a 3D optical illusion sketch someone did of a tunnel. Are you ready to check out this amazing piece of artwork? If so, you can start scrolling down right now.
I don’t know about you, but I’d love to see someone go to a real tunnel and maybe make it look like this with some chalk or something. That would definitely be a cool optical illusion, as well. If you liked this optical illusion, you should rate it by clicking on one of the star images below to let me know what you thought about this post. If you really liked it, you could also share this post with your friends on Facebook, because I’m sure they’ll dig it, as well. Lastly, you can leave your thoughts on this post by leaving a comment below in the comments section. I always love to receive feedback from our readers, so you’re more than welcome to use that feature if you want to. I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and I hope you have a great day.
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Brain Teaser 2/4/2014
1. What kind of water never freezes?
2. What kind of rocks are on the bottom of the Mississippi River?
3. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
4. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
Solution
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Don't Just Think Green - Go Green!
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Monday, 3 February 2014
Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Feb 04, 2014)
What one three-letter word can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?
___less
___ure
___orse
___ing
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Green Spinner Optical Illusion
I hate to say it, folks, but it’s Monday again and it’s the start of the work week. Not only that, but where I’m at it’s pouring down the snow right now, so it’s a very cold start to the work week, which makes things particularly glum, in my book. I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely starting to look forward to summer. To help you make your first day back at work go by a little bit easier I have an optical illusion that is definitely going to mess with your eyes, but it’s going to look pretty while doing it. I’ve entitled this optical illusion the “Green Spinner Optical Illusion,” because it’s one of those optical illusions that seemingly spin in a circle while you’re looking at it, even though it’s technically a static image. In other words, it’s not animated, but it gives off the illusion that it is. Are you ready to check it out? Get started by scrolling down right now.
Now that’s a pretty trippy effect, huh? There are a lot of optical illusions out there like this, but I think this is a nice one, because it gets away from the typical black and white colors that you usually see these types of illusions in. Did you like this optical illusion? If so, there’s a rating system below and you can click on one of the stars to rate this post. I love receiving feedback from you guys and gals, so you’re more than welcome to use that feature. Also, if you want, you could leave a comment below.
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