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30 Before And After Shots That Show How Much Effort Is Put Into Hollywood SFX Makeup

The amount of time and effort, sweat and tears that go into making movies is impressive. Just take a look at the intricacies required in applying movie makeup on Hollywood actors. Even characters who we think don’t need any serious makeup can take hours and hours to get ready for the set. Not to mention how much effort goes into making fantasy and sci-fi characters look believable. To show you just how much work it takes to do Hollywood-tier makeup, we’ve collected some of the best before and after, as…

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I Made Funny Noises At Animals And Captured Their Funny Expressions (21 Pics)

I spend my days speaking fluent dog. Well, sort of. I make funny noises and feed them peanut butter, and they give me weird looks that are so human it’s ridiculous. My clients are of the four-legged variety. You see I’m an internationally awarded pet photographer and artist located in Melbourne, Australia. Most of the time dogs come to visit my studio but I welcome all animals; as long as they fit in the studio that is. Over the last 2 and a half years, I’ve turned over 500 pooches,…

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Berenice Abbott’s Optimistic Modernity

Berenice Abbott, “Self Portrait – Distortion” (ca. 1930), 16.8 × 13.7 cm, printed in 1945-1950 (courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery © Getty Images/Berenice Abbott) MADRID — Berenice Abbott aimed her lens at so many 20th-century subjects that her photographs challenge us to rethink modernity itself. With this in mind, Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity at Fundación MAPFRE presents close to 200 of her photographs, organized into three chapters. It starts with portraits of fellow artists in Paris, then shifts to her New York City streetscapes, and concludes with her scientific photography. By changing focus as…

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I Hid Famous Horror Movie Characters In Imaginary Insects. How Many Do You Recognize?

You were all really kind and downright cool about my Star Wars-inspired insects posted here last year so I’ve been encouraged to post more. I hope you enjoy that “Aha!” moment when you recognize which icon from classic Horror Cinema each insect is inspired by. The ‘Latin’ names might give you a hint if you can’t see it! I have painted hundreds of these critters, inspired by all aspects of popular culture, from Marvel to Sanrio. More info: arthropodaiconicus.com | Instagram ‘Belua nemanostagnumensis’ ‘Prometheonovus prodigium’ ‘Insomnium ulmusvicus’ ‘Rexmonstra urbiumeversorum’ ‘Jaceo…

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I Mutated Some More Insects, Only This Time – To Resemble Horror Movie Characters – How Many Do You Recognize?

You were all really kind and downright cool about my Star Wars-inspired insects posted here last year so I’ve been encouraged to post more. I hope you enjoy that “Aha!” moment when you recognize which icon from classic Horror Cinema each insect is inspired by. The ‘Latin’ names might give you a hint if you can’t see it! I have painted hundreds of these critters, inspired by all aspects of popular culture, from Marvel to Sanrio. More info: arthropodaiconicus.com | Instagram ‘Belua nemanostagnumensis’ ‘Prometheonovus prodigium’ ‘Insomnium ulmusvicus’ ‘Rexmonstra urbiumeversorum’ ‘Jaceo…

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7 Kids Draw Bedrooms Of Their Dreams And A Team Of Professionals Show What They’d Look Like In Real Life (7 Pics)

Adulting is overrated; laundry, bills, figuring out how to cancel plans without offending anyone, the boring tasks are endless. But maybe the biggest disappointing aspect of being an adult is that our bedrooms are so boring compared to when we were children. Most kids are unabashedly enthusiastic about what they love and their bedrooms can tell us so much about their personality. But what would happen if they were asked to design their own bedrooms, with no limits to what they can have in there? Commissioned by Angie’s list, a…

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These Kids Were Asked To Draw Bedrooms Of Their Dreams, And Here’s What They’d Look Like In Real Life (7 Pics)

Adulting is overrated; laundry, bills, figuring out how to cancel plans without offending anyone, the boring tasks are endless. But maybe the biggest disappointing aspect of being an adult is that our bedrooms are so boring compared to when we were children. Most kids are unabashedly enthusiastic about what they love and their bedrooms can tell us so much about their personality. But what would happen if they were asked to design their own bedrooms, with no limits to what they can have in there? Commissioned by Angie’s list, a…

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My 36 Comics About An Ice Cube Which I Created At The Lowest Point Of My Creative Career

Like all artists, I aspire to create something that the world will fall in love with. Ironically, the inspiration for CubeMelt came at the lowest point of my creative career. I was lost on where my work was taking me and did not know what I should be focusing on to establish my career at the age of 36. It was during one of the regular moments of self-doubt that I get, like the feeling of life melting away like those ice cubes in my cup of soda. I asked…

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Artist Turns Vintage Portraits Into Heroes Of Pop Culture

Alex Gross is a full-time artist who is absolutely fascinated by old photos and vintage pictures, especially those with strong hints of Victorian Era – a time period in which the artist confesses he would like to have lived himself. There is just something intrinsically beautiful about Vintage, and Alex Gross has surely done full justice to these old photographs from the 1870s. Using oil and acrylic the artist has breathed a new life into them, transforming the people of yesterday into incredible vintage superheroes and characters of pop culture.…

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Illustrator Turns People And Their Pets Into Cartoon Characters (New Pics)

Robert De Jesus has made a name for himself by offering a service that works similar to the street artists who caricature people on the spot. Except that you don’t have to leave your house and this artist doesn’t draw caricatures, he just references the photos. So if your hand-drawn portrait is an exaggerated or humorous version of what you see in the mirror, you should probably turn to that mirror once more. This American self-taught illustrator, animator and writer makes exceptional cartoon-like sketches based on people’s photos. He is…

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