Creative Part-Photo And Art-Sketch By Sebastien De Grosso

He certainly DRAWS attention to himself in this series of selfies, as he brings himself to life in cleverly composed artwork (Ross Parry)
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Artist Sebastien De Grosso is very creative.

He turns self-portrait photos into animated cartoon, before photographing his works to produce cleverly merged artworks which are part-photo and part-sketch.

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Sebastien’s first sketch was simply a unique idea for a Facebook profile picture (Ross Parry) 2 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

Sebastien De Grosso turns a self-portrait into an animated cartoon, before photographing his work to give the impression of a painting rather than a digital image (Ross Parry) 1 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

Two faced: ‘The drawings are done with a simple pencil on a sheet of paper. Then, the drawing is scanned, cleaned and added to the picture with Photoshop tools,’ Sebastien explained (Ross Parry) 4 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

The artist was taught to draw by his grandmother (Ross Parry) 6 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

Need a hand? Following his sketching success, Sebastien is now hoping to develop his series further (Ross Parry) 9 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

Sebastien uses the sketches to illustrate his life, and events that have been important to him (Ross Parry) 5 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

‘Some people really love the idea to mix photography and sketches, but some others don’t like it, or say it’s too simple to do,’ he added (Ross Parry) 7 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

He explained: ‘My grandmother taught me to draw, and by watching her drawing and painting made me want to do the same.’ (Ross Parry) 8 / 9 Yahoo News. | Photo by Ross Parry / Ross Parry Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

Funny Pothole Arts

And they dived straight in – creating everything from a pothole bowl of cereal for breakfast to a popcorn machine. Pictured: Popcorn machine pothole. (Caters News)

Potholes are annoying but in these photos the potholes were transformed into funny pothole art by some creative people.

The Pop Up Studio, who designed the guerrilla art campaign titled Pothole: Positively Filling Negative are looking into starting an international competition after receiving such a big response. Pictured: Barbie swimming pool pothole. (Caters News)

Fun-natured drivers from Scranton, Pennsylvania have been challenged by an arts group to turn the ugly craters in their neighborhood into pothole art. Pictured: Washing up pothole. (Caters News)

Pictured: Eggs in nest pothole. (Caters News)

Pictured: Cereal bowl pothole. (Caters News)

25th National Geographic Travel Photo Contest Winners

 

 

First Place: Dig me river – I was in Manaus/Amazon during the Brazilian Aquathlon (swimming and running) championship in . This river is called Rio Negro (Black River) due to water color. Rio Negro is the largest left tributary of the Amazon, the largest blackwater river in the world. While the name Rio Negro means Black River, its waters aren’t exactly black; they are similar in color to strong tea. The dark color comes from humic acid from incomplete breakdown of phenol. I photographed it from the water and my lens got completely wet, but there was so energy in this boys that I just didn’t worry about that.Photo and caption by Wagner Araujo/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

The 25th National Geographic Travel Photo Contest’s winners had been announced!

(Please click here for: ‘2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest’)

National Geographic Traveler magazine received more than 15,500 entries from skilled photographers from around the world for its 25th annual photo contest.

Taken in locations from Brazil to Kenya, the winning pictures show everything from quiet landscapes to surprising moments.

 

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Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles

This is a unique exhibition of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States at the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, this exhibition features spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and 1940s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style.

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1937 Hispano-Suiza Xenia Coupe. Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin.

1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt. Collection of Chrysler Group, LLC.

1930 KJ Henderson Streamline. Collection of Frank Westfall.

934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe. Collection of Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection.

1939 Delage D8-120S Saoutchik Cabriolet. Collection of John W. Rich, Jr.

1934 Voisin Type C27 Aérosport Coupe. Collection of Merle and Peter Mullin.

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster. Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust

1940 Indian Chief. Collection of Gary Sanford.

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1938 Talbot-Lago T 150C -SS Coupe. Courtesy Bill Marriott.

1938 Tatra T97. Collection of Lane Motor Museum.

1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.

1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan. Collection of Academy of Art University Automobile Museum, San Francisco.

1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster. Courtesy of The Revs Institute for Automotive Research @ the Collier Collection.

1936 Cord 810 “Armchair” Beverly Sedan. Collection of Richard and Debbie Fass.

1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe. Collection of John and Lynn Heimerl, Suffolk, VA

Reflections of Paris

Joanna Lemańska, who goes by the handle MissCoolpics, uses naturally-occurring reflections to capture unique views and unexpected moments of urban life. Particularly interested in architecture and the city, the art historian and self-taught photographer is constantly in search of original angles and fresh perspectives. Here, a few of her futuristic and incredible snapshots in the City of Light.

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Amazing 3D Art By Ramon Bruin

It’s amazing how Ramon Bruin could draw those wonderful 3D illustrations.

Ramon is a freelance Dutch artist who graduated from the Airbrush Academie in the Netherlands.

Feather of a raven: “Airbrushing is a great technique for making paintings with depth and realism,” Bruin told the New York Daily News. The 31-year-old artist’s work weaves, bends, and wraps across the page.
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)

Hold the candle: And, indeed, to get his creations to come alive and jump off the pages, he adds subtle props such as a candle, pencils, pens, or even his own fingertips.
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)

Come out and play: There is a certain sneaky quality to his drawings. Bruin calls the technique “anamorphis.”
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Bridge: Bruin has been airbrushing for 10 years, but only began experimenting with 3-D illusion drawings in 2010, he told the Daily News.
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)

Beezzz: “Within these 10 years I tried many different techniques and styles,” Bruin told the Daily News.
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)

Toiletpaper planecrash: … yes, toilet paper rolls.
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)

Ladderboys: His illustrations reveal his imagination, creativity, originality, and …
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)

Magnifying glass: Although some of his work appears rather simplistic, other illustrations are…
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)

Maya temple: And, each illustration is much more than a simple sketch on paper.
(Courtesy of Ramon Bruin)