This is an awesome gallery of photo effects tutorials for photoshop. My favorites are the retro comic book effect, the panographies collage and those gritty and grunge effects. picked by axxon2008 2 months ago

Wildlife images from Africa. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Larger than life ladies living life large was the theme of Beryl's paintings.

Their distinctive style evokes a world lived in seaside postcards. If you're not familiar with them, have a browse. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

The blogosphere has been buzzing with the story of the world's biggest drawing created by sending a GPS package via DHL for 55 days. DHL & 'artist' admit now it is a hoax. Update to this. picked by mediterranean 2 months ago

Lego is a world mania for sure. From kids to adults, it is the toy of choice to thousands, probably millions of people world wide. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Proving that expressions like ‘point and shoot’ are not just mere metaphor. Here are some examples in the history of camera design that have lead for one reason or another to items which look exactly like guns, from early experimental cameras to sniper style Paparazzi kit to toys picked by doggylives 2 months ago

A genius artist couple started a website where they paint the various things they want, then sell the paintings for the real life cost of those things, then buy the things with the money from the paintings. picked by MissWinkle 2 months ago

Some chalk + a patch of sidewalk = gorgeous artwork.

The Madonnari has been taking place in Santa Barbara CA since 1987. It's a creative outlet for many, fun for others. picked by Maven 2 months ago

An incredible collection of nature photography. picked by Mershaullk 2 months ago

Surreal, smooth, flowing landscapes plus some portraits/murals/etc. picked by Mershaullk 2 months ago

This is an amazing series of ads by the DDB agency in Paris for French television network for kids, Tiji. The idea is that Tiji TV is as creative as kids are themselves. Frankly, these ads make me believe it. picked by maxriter 2 months ago

Fly Guy is all about avoiding work, and flying.
Use your arrow keys to move around.
You can even explore outer space.
Rather interesting. picked by MissWinkle 2 months ago

Following on from Moe's comment in Suebe's forum thread Herman Makkink's sculpter, Rocking Machine was the giant phallus used to beat the cat lady to death.

NSFW if giant phalli are not the done thing. You decide. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

The original event, the Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt County, California, is also called the "Triathlon of the Art World" because art and engineering are combined with physical endurance during a three day cross country race that includes sand, mud, pavement, a bay crossing, a river crossing and major hills. (A Blog documenting the daily trials of the race, with many, many phot... read full post picked by psycmoe 2 months ago

Really unusual Flickr search. Enter a tag and see results and related results displayed as planets made up of all the image results.

Really hard to explain but a really nice application. Go try it!

*If someone can come up with a better thumbnail feel free.. picked by doggylives 2 months ago

Photo retouching is big business. One of the best is Pascal Dangin and he is in great demand. In one issue of Vogue he tweaked 144 images: a 107 ads (Estée Lauder, Gucci, Dior, etc.), 36 fashion pictures, and the cover, featuring Drew Barrymore.

Now a days, Seeing is not believing as this Madonna (age 50) picture he retouched will show. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Death and dying are arguably our last taboos

This exhibition features people whose lives are coming to an end. It explores the experiences, hopes and fears of the terminally ill. All of them agreed to be photographed shortly before and immediately after death. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Deliberately eschewing the use of photoshop,
these shots are achieved with just mirrors,
wires and a certain amount of physical courage. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Painfully punniful
Themepic unrelated... picked by suebe 2 months ago

Slinkachu, the artist who was responsible for Little People, a Tiny Street Art Project, has a new “moving art” project. It moves pretty slowly, as it consists of snails with painted shells placed in London landscapes. picked by doggylives 2 months ago

Artist Jason Brooks makes paintings so life like they resemble photographs. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Most people think of paper as an incredibly weak and fragile material, these furniture designers, architects and artists have taken paper and cardboard to new levels by creating amazing structures from these simplest of materials. picked by karenben 2 months ago

"With the help of a GPS device and DHL, I have drawn a self portrait on our planet" picked by TBA 2 months ago

Photos and sculptures using taxidermy faux flowers and jewelry to represent celebrity gossip. picked by PulsisX 2 months ago