Artist Paints Incredibly Realistic Portraits on His Palms, Then Stamps Them on Paper
California-based Russell Powell is without a doubt one of the most talented and original artists we have ever featured on Oddity Central. The young artist is able to paint incredibly detailed portraits on the palm of his left hand, before stamping it on a paper canvas to create a permanent imprint of the artwork. Powell […]
Father-Son Duo Create the Most Amazing Pancake Artworks
Edible pancake art is nothing new, but we have yet to see anything as detailed as the masterpieces of Tiger Tomato, a father son duo who shot to fame on the internet after posting their colored batter creations on YouTube. Looking at their awe-inspiring pancakes, it’s hard to believe Tiger Tomato have only been at […]
Awesome Beer Portraits Prove Beer Goes Great with Art
Some artists rely on a pint of ice cold lager for a bit of inspiration, but Chicago-based illustrator Kyle Bice actually uses amber brew to create his signature beer portraits. Kyle Bice graduated from the American Academy of Art with a degree in traditional oil painting, but since he didn’t really believe there was much of […]
Dutch Artist Creates Grotesque Human Sculptures Out of Women’s Stockings
Nylon stockings can be sexy, but in the hands of artist Rosa Verloop, they take a turn toward the grotesque. The Dutch artist is famous for using nylon stockings to create distorted sculptures of the human form. She collects thousands of used stockings in nude shades which she then molds, tucks, and sews together until they […]
Artist Manipulates the Movement of Bees to Create Accurate Wax Maps
Chinese artist Ren Ri successfully combines his love of beekeeping and art to create accurate honeycomb maps of various countries and continents. Ren works closely with honeybees; in fact, he considers himself more of a beekeeper than a professional artist. He started beekeeping in 2007, and within a year, he mastered the basics. As he […]
Mexican Artist Recreates Classic Paintings on Real Butterflies
After experimenting with candy and toothpaste paintings, Mexican artist Cristiam Ramos is now working with preserved butterflies. He spends several hours pouring over each wing, painstakingly decorating them with detailed replicas of classical paintings. Butterfly wings don’t naturally make for good canvases – they’re small, and the texture isn’t altogether right for painting. They’re each […]
Chinese Artist Creates Dragon Sculpture with 83,600 Pieces of Straw
70-year-old master craftsman Fangze Yu can bring mythical creatures to life using nothing but straw. His most recent piece of work is an impressive dragon that he hand-crafted out of 83,600 pieces of rice straw! Mr. Yu and his daughter spent four months working on the dragon at his workshop in China’s Jiangxi province. He started […]
Synthetic Skin Book Allows Aspiring Tattoo Artists to Safely Hone Their Skills
Developed by Tattoo Art Magazine, in collaboration with Brazilian ad agency Lew’Lara TBWA, the “Skin Book” is a revolutionary product in the world of tattooing. It consists of synthetic pages, textured like human skin. With the Skin Book, aspiring tattoo artists can now practice the art of inking skin before actually working on a real person. They have […]
The Amazing Ballpoint Pen Portraits of Enam Bosokah
Using only a simple ballpoint pen, Ghana-based artist Enam Bosokah creates stunningly realistic portraits of prominent African personalities. “A lot of guys have already made their name using pencil, so I decided to use a pen,” Bosokah said in an interview with Anadolu Agency. “A lot of artists avoid pens because of the irreversibility (i.e., the inability to erase), […]
This Clever “Ghost Clock” Is Not What It Seems
At first glance, Wendell Castle’s “Ghost Clock”, an art piece on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, looks like an old grandfather clock covered in a white sheet. But looks can be deceiving. What’s the point of displaying a covered up old clock in a museum, right? You’d be tempted to think […]
Artist Creates Amazing Photo-Like Portraits with Thousands of Metal Screws
In a phenomenal display of creativity, artist Marc Schneider has managed to transform ordinary metal screws into an art medium. He painstakingly arranges thousands of gray scale screws to create detailed portraits that look like black and white photographs. Schneider starts by taking a photo and modifying the pixels into a gray scale template. Using the […]
New York Artist Makes a Fortune Selling Other People’s Instagram Photos
While plagiarism is generally abhorred in artistic circles, controversial artist Richard Prince makes millions by brazenly duplicating others’ work. In his last project, ‘New Portraits’, he took screenshots of 37 Instagram photographs (without permission), blew them up, and displayed them at the Frieze Art Fair New York. One of the portraits – posted by a woman […]
Artists Carve Replica of “China’s Mona Lisa” into Giant Piece of Fossilized Ebony
A group of Chinese artists recently immortalized the famous Chinese painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival by replicating it on to a giant piece of fossilized ebony. Over 800 people, 30 structures, 28 ships, a harbour, a town hall, and a market, were painstakingly carved on to the 30-tonne chunk of ebony. It took […]
Mother of University Student Outraged That Her Daughter Must Perform Nude to Pass Art Class Exam
A University of California – San Diego (USCD) professor is making waves for requiring his students to strip naked during their visual art final exam. The drama intensified after a student’s mother got a whiff of what was going on. Speaking to the media, she lashed out at the professor’s unorthodox teaching methods. “It bothers […]
Japanese Candy Artisan Creates Realistic Animal-Shaped Lollipops
Meet Shinri Tezuka, a highly skilled artisan candy maker whose masterpieces make animal crackers look crude. Using a 500-year-old Japanese art-form called ‘amezaiku’, Tezuka creates detailed animal-shaped lollipops that look incredibly lifelike. Tezuka, 26, owns a small shop in Tokyo’s Asakusa district called ‘Ameshin’ – one of Japan’s only two stores specializing in amezaiku. The self-taught artist works […]