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Cryptik

Summary on Cool Hunter:

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Eastern philosophy, gods of Buddhist origin, faces of Gandhi, ornately decorated hands, varying versions of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha of the Hindu pantheon – these themes populate the work of street artist Cryptikout of Hawaii.

While his street art may be based on gang graffiti and it sometimes decorates rough and dilapidated areas, the sophistication of his work and the incredible skill involved are evident in his books. Of the books, at least Cryptik: Eastern Philosophies is worth a serious look. The latest we have yet to see but it is called Thanks to Chloe. - Tuija Seipell

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Flowers + Liquid Nitrogen = Beautiful Shattered Brilliance

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Parallel Lines

"Phillips sponsored the Parallel Lines short film competition, in which participants had only the following lines of dialogue with which to tell a short story on film:

What’s That?
It’s a Unicorn.
Never seen one up close before.
Beautiful.
Get away, get away.
I’m sorry."

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My fav fantasy art tumblr

[Rubies & Jade]

I love art threads!

People watching in NY:
something old~ Diane Arbus:
something new~Brandon' tumblr page

classic & modern nudes:
something old [girls]~Artemisia Gentileschi (NSFW)
something new [girls]~Scott Church  (NSFW)
something old [boys]~Michelangelo (NSFW)
Something new [boys]~ Michael Stokes not totally nude but one of the best contemporary photographers of men out there. Has a new book, too)

And one of my favorite paintings, in a sorta fantasy style: Flaming June

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sciborg2, on 07 September 2012 - 12:28 PM, said:

Any and all art, including photos of the natural world like so:
Iceland's volcanic rivers

I love this, and the blog in general is really good. thanks for sharing it!

[Francis Buck]

Creepy but awesome.

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White Tiger of Autum

http://kevinleedrum....utumn-189350077

Edited by Quoth, 14 September 2012 - 12:30 PM.

[Angalin]

Q!

FB, do you remember the discussion at the Art Institute about the women's bodies looking very masculine?  Well, here's a different take (possibly NSFW) on one of Renoir's nudes.

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Ang!!!

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Outpouring

http://sushibandit.c...6svvho1_500.gif

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Angalin, on 14 September 2012 - 12:34 PM, said:

Q!

FB, do you remember the discussion at the Art Institute about the women's bodies looking very masculine?  Well, here's a different take (possibly NSFW) on one of Renoir's nudes.

Lol!  Love it!

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great stuff - I'm excited there are new peeps art spamming!

[argh I'm outta likes - thanks for spamming!]

eta:

Kill Art // Trust Design

eta 2:

The great, famous-in-right-circles-video, We Miss You.

Edited by sciborg2, 14 September 2012 - 02:09 PM.

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http://larkin-art.deviantart.com/

I'd put these in the New Weird Category.

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NC Winters

Love his Iron Man & Zelda, along with this freaky piece.

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sciborg2, on 14 September 2012 - 01:59 PM, said:

The great, famous-in-right-circles-video, We Miss You.

Awwwwww this almost made me cry. Wonderful!

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Online Visual Symbol Dictionary

[Zar Lannister]

Cat poster... In ASCII!

http://i1.kym-cdn.co...0/ASCII art.gif

[Allyria Iliogeniti]

Ted Nasmith - Eärendil Searches Tirion
Robert Goldsmith - The Tower of Cirith Ungol http://tolkiengatewa...irith_Ungol.jpg
Olga Kukhtenkova - Varda http://tolkiengatewa...ova_-_Varda.jpg
Ted Nasmith - Varda and Manwë in Valinor http://tolkiengatewa..._in_Valinor.jpg

Edited by Jon's Queen Consort, 17 September 2012 - 02:28 PM.

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Jon, on 17 September 2012 - 02:21 PM, said:

Ted Nasmith - Eärendil Searches Tirion
Robert Goldsmith - The Tower of Cirith Ungol http://tolkiengatewa...irith_Ungol.jpg
Olga Kukhtenkova - Varda http://tolkiengatewa...ova_-_Varda.jpg
Ted Nasmith - Varda and Manwë in Valinor http://tolkiengatewa..._in_Valinor.jpg

Good stuff!

Short of the Week has lots of little shorts, like this cool car chase short w/ a bit of a twist ending.

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Chauvet Caves