Armed with only an airbrush, Cory Saint Clair rewrote the book on automotive artwork. He has decided not to follow the rules, to escape from cliche and implement a fine art into his line of work. “I would rather punch myself in the face than paint more flames and skulls” he says. “I’m tired of [...]

Snowy days and rainy nights are the conditions of choice for Paris-based photographer Christophe Jacrot, who specializes in street photography under “less than favorable” conditions. He started off in the film industry, before moving on to photography, his first passion. Christophe started photographing the rain by accident. “I had an order for a travel book [...]

For the second year in a row, Spanish clothing outlet, Desigual organized a very gimmicky promotional sale where they gave away free clothes to the first 100 shoppers who arrived at their store in underwear. The event organized in January under the banner “Arrive Half Naked, Leave Fully Dressed” attracted hundreds of shoppers who take [...]

BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E. jumping, is an activity where participants jump from fixed objects and use a parachute to break their fall. “BASE” is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennas, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). The Kuala Lumpur Tower is a [...]

The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has been held since 1963. It had been interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution until it was resumed in 1985. Harbin is located in Northeast China under the direct influence of the cold winter wind from Siberia. The average temperature in summer [...]

The Magic Fountain of Montjuic – Barcelona, Spain The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is a fountain located at the head of Avenida Maria Cristina in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fountain is situated below the Palau Nacional on the Montjuïc hill and near the Plaça d’Espanya. The fountain, like most of the [...]

New Year’s Eve, in many countries, is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the new year. Well, when it comes to the fireworks, there is only one city in the world that could be called the Capitol Of New Year’s Eve [...]

The Buckingham Memorial Fountain – Chicago, Illinois, USA Buckingham Fountain, officially known as the ‘Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain’ is one of Chicago’s most popular landmarks. The fountain is located in Grant Park at the center of a formally laid out garden. The fountain was commisioned in 1927 by Kate Buckingham to honor her late brother [...]

Actors will do anything for their craft — and (let’s be real) a multimillion dollar paycheck. From packing on the pounds to shedding a dangerous amount of weight to getting a nipple piercing, the following actors/actresses have undergone transformations in preparation for a role. Here is collection of some amazing movie transformations that rocked Hollywood [...]

The 2012 International Body-painting Festival Asia was held at Duryu park on September 1st and 2nd, 2012 in Daegu, South Korea. Although the festival wasn’t very popular at first, today it is the biggest annual event of the body painting culture and community. The festival is the first of its kind in the world and [...]

From Britney Spears to Beyoncé, these millionaire artists are giving further proof that girls indeed run the world. 10. Shakira ($20 million) 09. Madonna ($30 million) 08. Sade ($33 million) 07. Adele ($35 million) 06. Beyoncé ($40 million) 05. Katy Perry ($45 million) 04. Lady Gaga ($52 million) 03. Rihanna ($53 million) 02. Taylor Swift, [...]

The name “Iguazu” comes from the Guarani or Tupi words “y” meaning “water”, and “ûasú” meaning “big”. Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers [...]

Carol Guzy, who was born in 1956, is a four-time Pulitzer-prize winner and one of the most renowned American photojournalists of all time. No other journalist has won that many. She joins two other four-time winners: poet Robert Frost and playwright Eugene O’Neill. In 1990, Guzy was the first woman to receive the Newspaper Photographer [...]

These sculptural installations, named “Marilyn” are really remarkable to look at and deconstruct, which makes it no surprise that they have traveled the globe over the years, showing in private galleries in Seoul to the Château de Versailles. The south end of the the palace’s ‘hall of mirrors’ where ceremonies and important events in the [...]

Originating from Persia, and a student of the Fine Arts from University de Barcelona, Soli is an International Photographer/Designer currently based in Malaysia, and his projects have taken him far and wide to Spain, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Middle East. Each piece is individually designed to captivate the soul and the essence his [...]

Animal photography is a pretty dicey and complicated business.  It can be difficult to put them in one perfect position while you click a picture. Though they may seem to be smiling or extraordinarily cute sometimes but it is a rare luck that you have a camera by your side to capture it right away. [...]

A flood barrier, surge barrier of storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier. A surge barrier is almost always part of a larger flood protection system consisting of flood walls, levees (also known as dykes), and [...]

California-based Mr. Alan Sailer, 55, is an expert at high-speed photography. He takes his pictures in a dark room while positioned about 20cm away from the target. Using a loaded weapon and a home-made camera, Alan Sailer captures the moment, a series of everyday items explode on contact with a bullet. A laser triggers his [...]

The Nightmares Fear Factory is a haunted house attraction in Niagara Falls, Canada. The attraction is allegedly built in an old coffin factory. The owner of the factory before it was turned into a haunted house, Abraham Mortimer, was killed when a stack of coffins collapsed upon him. Patrons are told that if they get [...]

A jury of six women and five men picked Carine Felizardo among 15 finalists in the second annual edition of the contest, “Miss Bumbum”, held in a Sao Paulo. Andressa Urach, another 25-year-old model from the southern state of Santa Catarina finished second while 21-year-old Camila Vernaglia from Sao Paulo state was third. “I’m very [...]

Mexican-born painter Ana Teresa Fernandez holds a master’s degree in Fine Arts at San Francisco Art Institute and has exhibited internationally in Mexico and South Africa. Her collection of oil paintings show different situations, mostly in an erotic and very feminine way. “Being an artist forces you to articulate the feelings that run though your [...]

A hybrid airship is an aircraft that combines characteristics of heavier-than-air (HTA) technology, fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter, and lighter-than-air (LTA), aerostat technology. No production vehicles have been built, but several manned and unmanned prototypes have flown and successfully demonstrated the concept. New and exciting developments in transportation propulsion systems promise to deliver higher performance, be [...]

Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31. In that time of year, it’s not unusual for people to hit up Google to find some whacky weird ideas for carving pumpkins. The creators behind these pumpkins just wanted to make people laugh. From funny to perverted, at one point, [...]

Hveravellir is a unique nature reserve situated on the Kjolur route in the middle of the west highlands between the glaciers Langjökull and Hofsjökull, Iceland. Hveravellir is one of the most beautiful geothermal areas in the world with smoking fumarolees and beautifully shaped with sky blue, boiling water. It is a special experience to have [...]

Tao Porchon-Lynch, Master Yoga teacher, 94 years young, synthesizes the most positive aspects of Indian, European and American thought. Tao is uniquely equipped to spread Yogic insights, originating in India, to Westerners seeking enlightenment. She has trained and certified hundreds of yoga instructors, since founding the Westchester Institute of Yoga in 1982. “I believe that [...]

Building human towers, or castells, is an old Catalan tradition dating back over two hundred years. The Tarragona Human Tower Competition is an annual sporting event carried out by the best teams in the country and it is held every two years in Tarragona, a city in Spain’s Catalonia region about 50 miles southwest of [...]

It is not the first time Rocque has stirred controversy in the art world. The 32-year-old, Brazilian artist Fernando De La Rocque, has created images of religious and political icons using pot smoke. The work is impressive, but the most attention is given to the bizarre technique he used. The name for this series, “Blow [...]

A zombie walk is an organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes. Zombie walks have become relatively common in large cities, especially in North America, often becoming annual traditions, though some are also spontaneous “flash mob” events or performance art.  Many zombie walks in the United States have been “hunger marches”, [...]

A computer case is the enclosure that contains most of the components of a computer. Through the 1990s, most computer cases had simple rectangular shapes, and were often painted beige or white with little attention given to visual design. Technology blazes forward and many hardware enthusiasts love to design and create unique cases for their [...]

Squirrels  are parted into 5 subfamilies, with about 50 genera and approximately 280 species which include the Tree Squirrel, Flying Squirrel, Ground Squirrel etc. The Tree Squirrel is a very exclusive animal. It is one of very few wild animals that have improved to humans and learned to live together with man. It can live [...]

Before the invention of electric lighting, candles and oil lamps were commonly used for illumination. In the developed world today, candles are used mainly for their aesthetic value and scent, particularly to set a soft, warm, or romantic ambiance, in aromatherapy, for emergency lighting during electrical power failures, and for religious or ritual purposes. A [...]

Ramon Bruin is a 31 year old talented freelance artist, who graduated at the Airbrush Academie in the Netherlands. He is mostly a self-taught artist. Besides a great passion for airbrush, he also draws and paints. With experience in multiple techniques and materials like acrylic-, oil, water paints, charcoal paint pens, pencils and graphite he [...]

Roeselien Raimond is a Dutch photographer with a huge passion for anything that lives. Her main interest is nature, from tiny water drops, fascinating insects, hidden treasures, beautiful scenery to exotic animals… She also love to take photographs of people, no matter if they’re willingly modeling or just passing by, as long as they’re interesting [...]

Japanese artist and writer, Yayoi Kusama, has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, collage, sculpture, performance art and environmental installations, most of which exhibit her thematic interest in psychedelic colors, repetition and pattern. A precursor of the pop art, minimalist and feminist art movements, Kusama influenced contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and [...]

If you associate kites with child’s play, by all means there’s nothing childish with flying a kite 5m long, or one with tails as long as 200m. It’s a tug-of-war game against the wind, it’s a skill contest to flew it right and land it right, it’s a team effort to make it soar without [...]

A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year around 100 shark attacks are reported worldwide. Seventeen fatalities are recorded as having being caused by shark attacks in 2011, out of 118 recorded attacks. Almost all shark experts consider that the danger presented by sharks has been exaggerated.  According to [...]

If you ever happen to visit Thailand, the city of Ratchaburi, here is something you shouldn’t miss! A delicious mix of dough, raisins, cashews and chocolate turns into very realistic and horrible looking body parts you could easily mistake for real ones, belonging to people who were viciously tortured and murdered. A weird mix of [...]

When it comes to building empires, these power pairs show that it takes two. This year, several leading ladies belong to prominent power pairs, and many ruling couples ascended to the tops of the same industry. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are box-office magnets and press favorites. They earned a combined take-home of $50 million [...]

Overlapping images and a hazy viewpoint on desire done by artist Ho Ryon Lee are entitled Overlapping Images. Thus, the overlapping images are the crucial elements which help to understand his paintings. Just like overlapped images, the term “overlap” refers to the frame of the first image occupying the same area as other images. Rather [...]

Jill Greenberg (born July 1967) is an American photographer and artist. She is known for her portraits and fine art work. In these photo series, the artist gives a plastic satin finish to subjects typically given naturalistic characterizations. Instead of the subject becoming more distant through this manner of representation, they are ultra-emotional and too [...]

Forbes valued the brands on three years of earnings and allocated a percentage of those earnings based on the role brands play in each industry (e.g., high for luxury goods,  low for airlines). They applied the average price-to-earnings multiple over the past three years to these earnings to arrive at the final brand value. Some [...]

Vu Cong Dien (born 1975)  is a young artist, whose work has recently gained recognition and interest amongst some of the leading art dealers in Vietnam. Dien‘s style of painting is fresh and uniquely characterized by his vast expanses of fields dominated by large balloon shaped trees with the occasional tiny figure glimpsed in the [...]

Mountain goats are not true goats – but they are close relatives. They are more properly known as goat-antelopes. These surefooted beasts inhabit many of North America’s most spectacular alpine environments. They often appear at precipitous heights, from Alaska to the U.S. Rocky Mountains, showcasing climbing abilities that leave other animals, including most humans, far [...]

Kangaroos are common to the country of Australia. Kangaroos possess large powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for kicking, a long muscular tale for balance, and a small head. They’re the biggest of all marsupials, standing over 6 feet (2 meters) tall. Kangaroos belong to the animal family Macropus, literally “big foot.” Thanks to their [...]

Weimaraners are virtually synonymous with William Wegman. He’s photographed them in dresses and in boots, as letters of the alphabet, and in their full, natural splendor. He is best known for his remarkable collection of compositions employed by his Weimaraner muses. Cleverly juxtaposing them against non-canine subjects and human situations with the use of a [...]

These are some of the most hilarious elevator notes. These notes are there to inform you and make you laugh. You will be surprised to see just how crazy some of these notes are. Take a look.