For open minds
The artist of Chinese artist Guodong Zhao is incredible. Based in Beijing, this talented illustrator takes photographs and paints on a layer of fantasy.
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Sad or surreal? It’s as these long Asian dragons should be majestic, proud and perhaps even a little menacing. By showing them, sometimes, ruined and wrecked against the sharp contrast of reality Zhao easily transforms them into being of sadness and despair.
This bust is the design of Victoria Curtin Rivera of Chibinendo Art. The studio offers limited edition statues, busts and fine pieces of art. Rivera takes commissions but her shop has some designs for pin-ups, merch inspired by films, literature and music as well her own designs.
I think both the shrunekn head and this scary clown might do well over Halloween! After all, who wouldn’t want a shrunken head on the mantelpiece?
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What’s the spookiest design in your collection?
This collection of artwork from Russian illustrator Anton Semenov is scary, dark and impressive. I’m reminded of H. R. Giger.
Semenov shares his work on Behance using the name Gloom82.
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Is this your sort of art or is it all rather to bleak to look at?
Artist Johana Molina has some unique creations for sale in her Etsy store Little Folk of Faery.
As the name suggests the Chilean artist sells decorative faeries, made with love, and cutely placed in little Victorian style sample jars. It’s a chance to have your very own faery discovery on display on the mantle.
Want to see more? Pop over to Etsy today
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Are Johana’s fairies how you imagine fairies might look? Let us know how you think fairies should look or link to some alternative art from Etsy in the comments below.
This interesting animation is popular on Tumblr. I can’t trace it further than that. It shows a woodland spirit, some sort of monster, or perhaps a fairy from the night court and uses a flickering motion to give a 3D effect.
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Looking for art and inspiration? Try Art.com or Art Republic.
Do you have any favourite animated gifs? Any pictures that make you think of the spirit and creatures we should remember? Share the images and links in the comments below!
There are no special effects in this video. Have a look.
What’s going on? If there are no special effects applied to this video when there do all the glowing lights come from?
This is an art project. The glow comes from the forest. It’s not all natural. The most striking effects are projection mapping – in other words; tightly focused, bright lights that are shone onto the woodland.
Created by Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad the project took six weeks in the forest to complete. You can read more about it at Bioluminescent-Forest.com.
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Tempted by a trip or even a holiday in the woods now? Solutions like English Country Cottages, Explore! for action holidays, woodland lodges from Hoseasons, Haven or even National Trust membership to grant you access to some superb wild areas are good.
There are more than 80 different wooden carvings in a forest in Juodkrante, Lithuania called the Hill of Witches (“Raganu kalnas”). The project started in 1979 and is now a public trail that takes walkers through a collection of myths and legends from Lithuanian folklore.
On June 24th, each year, people sing and dance to bring in the midsummer. The celebrations date back to pagan beliefs but after Christianity came to Lithuania the festivities became known as the Saint Jonas’ Festival.
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Do you like the art? Would you take part in the Saint Jonas’ Festival and dance between these carvings?
Photo credits: Jodi Le Bigre
Have you noticed the Weirwood in Game of Thrones? These are the trees with white bark, blood coloured leaves and heart trees are a type of Weirwood that have had a face carved in them.
Artist Keith Jennings carves his own trees. He calls the project “Tree Spirits”.
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What do you think of the tree spirits? Art? Mystical? Or are you worried the trees might be harmed?
You can see more at My Modern Met.
These pictures are the work of Swiss photographer Pierre Pellegrini. He captures trees and fog using a long-exposure to create ghostly and stark images.
You can buy his prints over on Art Limited.
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Which photograph techniques have you tried? Which would you recommend?
These photographs are the work of superb storm chaser Mike Hollingshead. He is one of those stuntmen-meets-scientists who leap in cars and zoom off in search of terrifyingly bad weather like tornadoes and super storms.
Many of these photographs are for sale and available as prints from his website Extreme Instability. If you like this sample then go shopping.
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Would you consider spending a year as a storm chaser? Grabbing a camera, laptop and jumping into a car to speed off into danger? Or are you just glad that those who hear the calling also take some impressive photographs?
What sort of camera set up would you recommend for storm chasing and weather photography?
Images via This is Colossal.
