In 2010, Youjun was challenged by a friend to draw a cartoon every day and post it on Weibo, a popular social media site in China. This gave him a lot of exposure and many people wanted to see more of his quirky cartoons that cover the daily oddities of life.  

Youjun is also a critic of censorship and he uses his art to draw awareness to American and Chinese politics. He has depicted the obsession with social media and technology in his illustrations.

According to the talented illustrator, metaphor is hidden in his artworks.

See some of his work in the gallery below.

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This miniaturist always has a story to tell with his dioramas, and this is a perfect way to visualize the tales. The artist started creating dioramas a few years ago, and this was after he realized that he could not tell a story without a physical background. Some of the miniatures are built from his memory, and he uses them to honor or relive some moments from his past.

The dioramas are extremely realistic because of the artist’s ability to recreate objects and textures and his attention to detail. Putera sells his work as many people buy them to gift their loved ones. Some people also send requests for him to help them relive memories of their past.

See some of his work below.

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Fauci was born in Italy but resides in Berlin. His art pieces are mesmerizing because he uses really thick layers of acrylic and ceramic modeling paste. He blends abstraction and surrealism as well as ambiguity, and transformation.

The series is meant to pass a message of self-love and approval to women in a world which is saturated with unreachable standards of beauty.

Each painting is a little different, the subject of each one if posing in a different position, which mirrors the never-ending search for perfection. All the faces of his paintings are blurred out.

See some of his work in the gallery below.

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Bordalo II started a series called “Big Trash Animals” and the aim of these artworks is to raise awareness for a problem that may soon be forgotten. This problem is waste production, lack of recycling, pollution and its general effects on planet earth.

What better way to depict nature than to use animals? This artist creates giant animals and uses materials that could cause their annihilation for this purpose. Waste materials are used to create animal street arts. He finds them in abandoned factories, wastelands and companies that recycle products.

Most of the items Bordello II uses include burnt garbage cans, damaged bumpers, tires as well as appliances. Looking at the art pieces, you can identify some materials used. It depicts the camouflaging results of human habits.

See some of his work below:

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Quinn picked Venice as a location for the largest work of his career. The installation spans 20 meters wide and is 15 meters high. It looks somewhat like the famous bridge in the city so it was a perfect place to install his sculptures and pass a message.

According to the talented sculptor, the first pair of hands symbolize friendship as they show palms touching gently. It also connotes trust and support.

He also depicts faith in his art piece as seen in the tiny hand clutching a larger finger. Also, the interlaced fingers symbolize optimism in the future. Quinn also depicts love as the greatest of them all. It can be seen in the tightly interlocked fingers to denote intensity of devotion.

His work is really inspiring and creative. Scroll to see some of his amazing work in the gallery below.

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The image and videos below were made by a Fumage artist, Stephen Spazuk. The French-Canadian artist had been a conventional painter until he chose to create a niche for himself and now he paints in a different way. He came up with a technique of painting called Fumage and it works by using soot from flames as paintings for his artworks. His technique will blow you away.

According to Spazuk, he uses the soot in his artworks to talk about life’s fragility. The French-Canadian artist makes use of a technique referred to as Fumage technique.

He uses candle or torch to make trails of soot on the drawing surface, which is usually a paper, as seen from the videos.

Have you ever seen anything like this? What are your thoughts?

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With stuff like melted chocolate and activated charcoal, she makes body parts for her fruity characters. Body parts like eyes, limbs, as shown in the images. At times, she goes all the way to carve out the image from the fruit as a whole, producing what we may refer to as fruit sculpture. An example of this could be seen in the watermelon-carved character, which she named “Mr. Jawsome.”

In another art piece, we could see what she made of strawberry fruits, how that she made a masculine and feminine figure, which she placed side by side, referring to them as Mr. and Ms. Possum.

We can also see how she made a character from a big tomato and arranged smaller pieces of tomato before it to portray what looks like a story-telling gathering.

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The images below were made by a Canadian artist Calvin Nicholls. He specializes in paper sculpturing. The Canadian paper artist uses sheets of paper to create very beautiful sculptures. His love for wildlife is well incorporated into his art, which explains the reason why he creates paper-sculptures of animals like bears, foxes, and birds.

With many sheets of paper, Nicholls creates art pieces in their natural pose. He doesn’t just create beautiful paper sculptures; he goes further to make them appear the way they are usually seen in their natural world. His attention to detail is out of this world.

See some of his works below.

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Jen’s painting comes out with such uniqueness in the choice of color for her paintings. For some of her paintings, she does not use the natural color borne by these creatures. Taking a closer look at her paintings, you would observe that there’s a common color pattern she uses for them. On many of them, we see colors of blue with orange, being used as their coat colors while the others seem different in color.

Her paintings are really unique. See some of our favorites in the gallery below. Which do you like best?

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The videos and picture shown were made by a London-based artist and sculptor, Ravn Cotino, as named on his Instagram account. The sculptor and artist specialize in making molds with resins.

From the videos displayed here, you can see how these resin castings are made. The sculptor starts with polishing the inside of each mold, using Mica pigment. He then pours resin into it, and when it is allowed to dry, it is then removed from its mold. At this point, the surface of this mold would have the taken up the mica pigment color.

This is really an amazing skill. See some of his pictures and videos in the gallery below.

The post Check out These Beautiful Resin Molds appeared first on PlayJunkie.

In 2010, Youjun was challenged by a friend to draw a cartoon every day and post it on Weibo, a popular social media site in China. This gave him a lot of exposure and many people wanted to see more of his quirky cartoons that cover the daily oddities of life.  

Youjun is also a critic of censorship and he uses his art to draw awareness to American and Chinese politics. He has depicted the obsession with social media and technology in his illustrations.

According to the talented illustrator, metaphor is hidden in his artworks.

See some of his work in the gallery below.

The post Witty and Interesting Illustrations by Tango Gao Youjun appeared first on PlayJunkie.

This miniaturist always has a story to tell with his dioramas, and this is a perfect way to visualize the tales. The artist started creating dioramas a few years ago, and this was after he realized that he could not tell a story without a physical background. Some of the miniatures are built from his memory, and he uses them to honor or relive some moments from his past.

The dioramas are extremely realistic because of the artist’s ability to recreate objects and textures and his attention to detail. Putera sells his work as many people buy them to gift their loved ones. Some people also send requests for him to help them relive memories of their past.

See some of his work below.

The post Malaysian Artist Creates Stunning Dioramas with Miniature Modelling appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Fauci was born in Italy but resides in Berlin. His art pieces are mesmerizing because he uses really thick layers of acrylic and ceramic modeling paste. He blends abstraction and surrealism as well as ambiguity, and transformation.

The series is meant to pass a message of self-love and approval to women in a world which is saturated with unreachable standards of beauty.

Each painting is a little different, the subject of each one if posing in a different position, which mirrors the never-ending search for perfection. All the faces of his paintings are blurred out.

See some of his work in the gallery below.

The post “Is It You” Contemporary Art Series Will Blow Your Mind appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Bordalo II started a series called “Big Trash Animals” and the aim of these artworks is to raise awareness for a problem that may soon be forgotten. This problem is waste production, lack of recycling, pollution and its general effects on planet earth.

What better way to depict nature than to use animals? This artist creates giant animals and uses materials that could cause their annihilation for this purpose. Waste materials are used to create animal street arts. He finds them in abandoned factories, wastelands and companies that recycle products.

Most of the items Bordello II uses include burnt garbage cans, damaged bumpers, tires as well as appliances. Looking at the art pieces, you can identify some materials used. It depicts the camouflaging results of human habits.

See some of his work below:

The post These Animals Are Made of Trash and They Might Save the Planet appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Quinn picked Venice as a location for the largest work of his career. The installation spans 20 meters wide and is 15 meters high. It looks somewhat like the famous bridge in the city so it was a perfect place to install his sculptures and pass a message.

According to the talented sculptor, the first pair of hands symbolize friendship as they show palms touching gently. It also connotes trust and support.

He also depicts faith in his art piece as seen in the tiny hand clutching a larger finger. Also, the interlaced fingers symbolize optimism in the future. Quinn also depicts love as the greatest of them all. It can be seen in the tightly interlocked fingers to denote intensity of devotion.

His work is really inspiring and creative. Scroll to see some of his amazing work in the gallery below.

The post This Giant Hand Sculpture is the Most Creative Thing You’ll See Today appeared first on PlayJunkie.

The image and videos below were made by a Fumage artist, Stephen Spazuk. The French-Canadian artist had been a conventional painter until he chose to create a niche for himself and now he paints in a different way. He came up with a technique of painting called Fumage and it works by using soot from flames as paintings for his artworks. His technique will blow you away.

According to Spazuk, he uses the soot in his artworks to talk about life’s fragility. The French-Canadian artist makes use of a technique referred to as Fumage technique.

He uses candle or torch to make trails of soot on the drawing surface, which is usually a paper, as seen from the videos.

Have you ever seen anything like this? What are your thoughts?

The post Steven Spazuk’s Fumage Art Will Blow Your Mind appeared first on PlayJunkie.

With stuff like melted chocolate and activated charcoal, she makes body parts for her fruity characters. Body parts like eyes, limbs, as shown in the images. At times, she goes all the way to carve out the image from the fruit as a whole, producing what we may refer to as fruit sculpture. An example of this could be seen in the watermelon-carved character, which she named “Mr. Jawsome.”

In another art piece, we could see what she made of strawberry fruits, how that she made a masculine and feminine figure, which she placed side by side, referring to them as Mr. and Ms. Possum.

We can also see how she made a character from a big tomato and arranged smaller pieces of tomato before it to portray what looks like a story-telling gathering.

The post Mom of Three Creates the Most Amazing Fruit Art You’ll Ever See appeared first on PlayJunkie.

The images below were made by a Canadian artist Calvin Nicholls. He specializes in paper sculpturing. The Canadian paper artist uses sheets of paper to create very beautiful sculptures. His love for wildlife is well incorporated into his art, which explains the reason why he creates paper-sculptures of animals like bears, foxes, and birds.

With many sheets of paper, Nicholls creates art pieces in their natural pose. He doesn’t just create beautiful paper sculptures; he goes further to make them appear the way they are usually seen in their natural world. His attention to detail is out of this world.

See some of his works below.

The post Calvin Nicholls Creates Stunning Paper Art appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Jen’s painting comes out with such uniqueness in the choice of color for her paintings. For some of her paintings, she does not use the natural color borne by these creatures. Taking a closer look at her paintings, you would observe that there’s a common color pattern she uses for them. On many of them, we see colors of blue with orange, being used as their coat colors while the others seem different in color.

Her paintings are really unique. See some of our favorites in the gallery below. Which do you like best?

The post Artist Paints Wildlife With a Twist appeared first on PlayJunkie.

The videos and picture shown were made by a London-based artist and sculptor, Ravn Cotino, as named on his Instagram account. The sculptor and artist specialize in making molds with resins.

From the videos displayed here, you can see how these resin castings are made. The sculptor starts with polishing the inside of each mold, using Mica pigment. He then pours resin into it, and when it is allowed to dry, it is then removed from its mold. At this point, the surface of this mold would have the taken up the mica pigment color.

This is really an amazing skill. See some of his pictures and videos in the gallery below.

The post Check out These Beautiful Resin Molds appeared first on PlayJunkie.