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Hero Fingers: Ordinary Fingers Transformed Into Superheroes
There is just something about finger art that is so much fun to me. Most kids draw on their hands and fingers when they're young, but I still do it today. I just never really got over that. Several months ago I had the best time writing The Best Finger Drawings You've Ever Seen. It gave me all kinds ...
3 Movie Posters Twisted Backwards For A New Perspective
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to see a movie poster from a different perspective, like from the back or the side? What if the entire thing was flipped around, as if you were inside the poster itself and standing at the back looking forward? Of course, in this scenario, everything woul ...
It’s Over Folks: Star Wars Is Dead!
It has come to a close. Everything has an expiration date, and Star Wars is not immune to it. It's time to say farewell to the legendary world of George Lucas since there is no one left to keep it at bay. The black hole finally expanded, and everything you hold dear is about to become but an atom in ...
‘Apeeling’ Orange Art: Fun With Fruit
Have you ever wondered what you could do with the orange rinds after you peel and eat your orange? Maybe you compost them, freeze them for orange rind Christmas candy or marinate them in vinegar to make a homemade and safe cleaning solution...but have you ever considered turning them into works of a ...
Whoa! The Avengers Expressed In Extraordinary Eye Makeup
This is going to blow your mind, or at least it did mine. Everybody has been talking about the movie The Avengers, and over the past week, we've seen dozens of artists publish their own interpretations of the characters in the movie. We've seen a lot of good ones, including the Amazing Avengers Scul ...
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The Best Design & Practices For Business Cards [Infographic]
The very best way to receive or give someone your contact information is of course by handing out a business card. It's still proven that the best way to secure new connections is to meet them in real life. Whether it is at an event, through a business meeting or even through friends doesn't really ...
Amazing Avengers Sculptures Made From Household Items
When it comes to creativity, the most impressive kind is when people are able to take what they can find around them and create something entirely different out of it. It's when the whole project is about recycling and still the end product looks like something completely fresh and new. It doesn't h ...
The Glass-Floored Bathroom Built Over 15-Story Elevator Shaft
I've heard of people needing some quality entertainment while growling out a big one, but this is in-freaking-sane. You know what the funniest part to me is? It would have been great to see a picture of what it looked like from standing directly on the glass floor itself and looking down, right? It ...
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Incredible Vintage Matchbook Cover Art [12 Pics]
If you follow the trends in unique art, you know that bigger does not mean better. Actually, sometimes the smaller something is, the more impressive it is. We've written about this many times, and the scenes that are made out of specs of dust which fit in the eye of a needle and sell for $80,000 eac ...
3 Easy Handmade Postcard Ideas To Make Mail Fun Again
Yesterday as I checked my mail, I started thinking about how boring getting mail has become. The only thing I ever get anymore is junk mail, and it makes me wonder why I bother checking it so often. The last time I was annoyed about the low quality of mail that comes to me every day, I wrote about h ...
Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Cupcakes
Schweeeet! Now I have a legitimate reason to eat cupcakes for dinner. Unless you are a big cupcake fan like me, you probably don't know that cupcakes have really evolved over the past few years. I'm sure social media has helped this progression happen faster since foodies all over the world now have ...
20 Amazing Illustrations About The Impact Of Junk Food
I was thinking to myself the other day that I should just skip lunch and hit up a fast food place later in the afternoon to optimize time. Well, I didn't, and I am quite happy about it. There have been so many times when I have been working hard and trying to optimize time as much as possible, and t ...
The World’s Largest McDonald’s Just Got Super Sized
The world's largest McDonald's at the moment, which is in Orlando, is about to get big-mac'ed by this big daddy McDonald's being built in London for the Olympics. I moved to Atlanta to work at the Olympics in 1996, and I remember all that excitement which spawned tons of creativity in this city. The ...
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Instagram Cheat Sheet: 14 Tips To Master It All [Infographic]
We have all heard the news that's been going around for a while now that Facebook bought Instagram for a cheap $300 million. In the beginning, there were numbers presented that said the whole deal cost Facebook about $1 billion total to acquire Instagram. However, we now know that wasn't true. But i ...
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The Life Of A Designer [Video]
If you have spent some time trying to make it as a freelance designer, you know how difficult it can be to achieve the goals that you set up for yourself. Not only is creativity the main part of it, but without it, you probably won't move an inch. However, as if that wasn't enough, you have probably ...