©Satoshi Araki
Artist Satoshi Araki works in hyper-realistic dioramas Continue reading
Diminutive Decrepitude
Category Archives: Art
Dead Like Me
“Calavera: a representation of human skull made from either sugar or clay, which is used in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead and the Roman Catholic holiday All Souls Day.” – Wikipedia, which got it right! Continue reading
Marbling Madness
Ebru is the traditional Turkish art form of painting on water and transferring the painting onto paper, also called marbling. Continue reading
Georgia on My Mind:
©Alex Doomer
In western Georgia (the country, not the state), there is a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture sinking into the rustic landscape. Continue reading
Nice Knockers!
Trojan Horse
A Labor of Lovecraft
Squealing White Thing ©Michael Bukowski
“I was much less disturbed by the vaguer tales of wails and howlings in the barren, windswept valley beneath the limestone cliff; of the graveyard stenches after the spring rains; of the floundering, squealing white thing on which Sir John Clave’s horse had trod one night in a lonely field;”
– H.P. Lovecraft, The Rats In the Walls
Meep Believing
meep believing ©Linda Billet
“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” Jim Henson (as quoted by Linda Billet)
Tiny Interventions
©Isaac Cordal
Paperwork
©Elsa Mora
Cyborg Fashion
©Boyd Baten
Remember when you were a kids and believed that the future would look like some combination of Lost in Space, Star Trek, and Tron? Continue reading
Giving in to the Lure of Shoes
If you know me even a little bit, you know how much I love shoes. Continue reading
Eat Me Art*
*NOTE: Readers named “Art” should not consider today’s title to be an invitation.
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
Wit, Whimsy, and Women’s Wear:
©Elga Fernandez Lamas
Spanish illustrator Elga Fernancez Lamas is a wiz at combining her love of fashion and her whimsical illustration style Continue reading
Retro Snark:
Judge was a weekly satirical magazine published in the U.S. from 1881 to the mid forties. Its covers have long been avidly sought by collectors for their gorgeous, lush illustrations and witty content. Started by a group of disgruntled former Puck Magazine writers and artists, it served as the launching pad for quite a few notable careers, including Harold Ross, who used his experience on Judge to start The New Yorker in 1925. The New Yorker eventually became its main competitor, and Judge finally lost the circulation wars in 1947. Continue reading
Lorraine Loots and the Very Young Eyes:
©Lorraine Loots
365 Paintings for Ants is one of those titles that immediately grabbed my attention. Continue reading
Your Friday Dose of Happy
©Oamul Lu
Chinese illustrator Oamul Lu creates fresh, happy, thoroughly lovable GIF animations, perfectly suited to a Friday! Continue reading
Too Fast…
©Stone House
Buddhist meets steampunk meets A.I.
Kwanon_z by Wang Ziwon
I have often described my daily search for One Beautiful Thing as “following the breadcrumbs.” Continue reading
Wallflower
Cecelia Paredes / Rex Features
Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes is known for her self portraits, even though in those works, she seems to be trying to make herself disappear. Continue reading
My OBT 