Tacky Taxidermy and Retrofuturism are exactly tied in my theme week poll! Please cast your vote (you can vote twice, if you already have).
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I can’t find a source for this Pinterest discovery, but it’s worth featuring.
I love flying squirrels. And I love that this exists.
PS. My comment forwarding was somehow disabled a week or two ago and I just discovered the glitch. Apologies for not seeing/replying to comments yet. I may not be able to catch up replying to each one, but I’m reading them all now! Please continue to comment. I’m hoping it’s resolved.
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Michael Cheval’s surrealist paintings delve into absurd, inverted realities.
Stranger than dreamscapes, his worlds are full of life and sweeping motion, serene and languid faces.
Here he find the waking earthly laws of physics suspended. Metaphor…illusion…allusion…it all tempts the viewer to craft a story.
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I am SUCH a sucker for galaxy print clothing (or galaxy printed ANYTHING I guess). Starstuff Clothing now has a kickstarter campaign to vastly expand their range of items and significantly lower the price.
The company designs T-Shirts, Dresses, Tank Tops & Socks that feature the natural splendor of the Universe itself. They only use real celestial images, and the result is excellent. Even better, the threads themselves are dyed in their process, so these products don’t contain the characteristic stiffness of some printed shirts (I’ve certainly ordered a few from other companies and been sorely disappointed by that!).
I really look forward to seeing the ladies’ t-shirts and dresses!
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Dustin Krtolica is the most prodigious child I’ve ever come across. At the age of 11, he draws remarkably sophisticated scenes in the natural world.
From the source.
Krtolica’s intricate drawings reflect his fascination with the natural world. He has a thorough knowledge of all the geological eras, the animals that lived during those periods, and different species of marsupials, among other things. When his parents bought him a comprehensive encyclopedia of animals, it took him less than three weeks to memorize it completely. “I would have studied animals and published a book about them, but I’m going to draw all of them,” says the young boy, whose ambition is to become a zoologist in the future.
Krtolica has been drawing since he was just two years old. Looking at his complex and advanced creations, it’s not surprising to learn that he’s already held three national solo exhibitions—the first two before the age of eight. As someone who’s still learning and developing, we can imagine that his artwork will only continue to soar to new heights in the future.
This guy is going places! I can’t wait to see how his talent continues to manifest.
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A Google image search ties this dress to Lucky 9 Designs, but I don’t see it in the photo albums there (I discovered it on Pinterest). At any rate, here’s something for the VERY offbeat brides in the audience:
PINK SKELETON WEDDING DRESS!
Have you or would you ever wear a wedding dress like this? I would probably go more traditional (believe it or not!), but I admire the artistry.
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Check out the undead (and maybe dead) creations of Jeff Christensen.
Many of his paintings have an “interdimensional” feel to them, as if his subjects are exploring strange worlds or navigating between them.
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Very little biographical information about the artist behind FFO Art is currently available online, but she creates beautiful art nouveau anatomical pieces in the style of Alphonse Mucha, and gloriously gory refashioned pinups.
She has also made a stunningly herbaceous anatomical alphabet…perhaps my favorite alphabet project from a modern artist yet.
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