Photo-Realistic Ink Paintings of Animals by George Boorujy

Brooklyn based artist George Boorujy creates impossibly detailed ink paintings of North American birds and other animals, often pouring numerous photographs and visiting zoos where the animals are kept before embarking on a piece.

P.P.O.W. gallery, who is hosting George Boorujy’s latest solo show, Blood Memory, writes, "Through their gaze an interaction evolves with the wild that otherwise would have to be sought out or birthed from happenstance. However fleeting our exchanges with the wild are, an impression of their presence marks our memories. There is something mystical at play; a silent exchange that either moves us towards awareness or heightens our fear of the unknown."














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Staple Murals By Baptiste Debombourg

Paris-based artist Baptiste Debombourg uses staples to creates elaborate Renaissance-style murals. Using just a white wall as his backdrop, Debombourg recently placed 450,000 staples to compose his most recent mural, “Aggravure III,” inspired by drawings from 16th century engravers Hendrick Goltzius, Jan Harmensz, Cherubino Alberti.
















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Hyper Realistic Pencil Drawings by Heikki Leis

Estonia-based artist Heikki Leis draws fantastically realistic portraits of people. The drawings below are from his Everyday Reflections series that depict seemingly random individuals as they peer into mirrors performing mundane grooming activities, all rendered in painstaking detail with nothing but a pencil.

Photo-Realistic Portraits of Animals Drawn with Bic-Pen

French photographer and illustrator Sarah Esteje, illustrates these realistic portraits of animals using nothing more than a standard Bic pen. You can learn a bit more about the artist over on Beware and click through the drawings below to see some larger versions.
















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Portraits of Ladies in Cardboard Outfits

Dame di Cartone (“Cardboard Ladies”) is a project by Swiss-Italian photographer Christian Tagliavini in which he creates portraits of women that mimic the look of historical paintings. The styles include 17th century, fifties, and cubism. Dame Di Cartone is currently on display until February 4, 2012 at Diemar / Noble Gallery in London as part of Tagliavini’s Cut Out & Keep solo exhibition.












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Victorian Portraits Turned into Super Heroes Trading Cards

LA-based artist Alex Gross takes photographic images of antique Cabinet cards and then repaints them into portraits of pop culture personalities like Aquaman, Bride of Frankenstein and Godzilla. His work will be exhibited at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York City next month, so if you’re in town, stop by and support a great geek artist.










































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