Banksy’s Shredded Million-Pound Painting

In 2018, a remarkable event took place at a Sotheby’s auction when a framed painting by the renowned street artist Banksy was sold for more than a million pounds. Just as the gavel fell to signal the end of the bidding, an alarm was triggered and a shredder concealed in the picture frame activated, reducing […]

Street Artist’s 3D Chalk Illustrations Are Really Great

I’ve seen a lot of chalk art on the street and on sidewalks lately when I’ve been taking walks, but I’ve never in my life seen anything quite like the chalk art of a man named David Zinn.

He creates really cool, 3-D chalk art of little creatures and animals and he uses the street as his canvas.

He describes his work this way: “Street artist specializing in small-scale, improvised and (mostly) light-hearted chalk art.”

Let’s take a look at his art.

Be sure to check out Zinn’s book on Amazon, as well!

1. The Sandbag Bandit.

Even though he’s a bandit, you have to admit that he’s pretty cute.

2. Happy birthday to you!

The owl even has a cake for you.

3. He loves me…

He loves me not…

4. Look what I found.

You never know what you’ll discover.

5. This must be the place!

Use your time wisely!

6. Looks like a good spot.

To kick back and relax.

7. Lost in a foreign land.

And trying to navigate your way through it.

8. I love this one.

One cookie per day.

9. Two good friends.

Just taking it all in.

10. Love is love.

And you can see it on display in this drawing.

11. The tools of the trade.

When pigs fly…

12. You have a new buddy.

Enjoy it!

Zinn’s work is really great, don’t you think?

Now we want to hear from you!

In the comments, please tell us some other cool artists we should be following on social media.

Thanks in advance. We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Street Artist’s 3D Chalk Illustrations Are Really Great

I’ve seen a lot of chalk art on the street and on sidewalks lately when I’ve been taking walks, but I’ve never in my life seen anything quite like the chalk art of a man named David Zinn.

He creates really cool, 3-D chalk art of little creatures and animals and he uses the street as his canvas.

He describes his work this way: “Street artist specializing in small-scale, improvised and (mostly) light-hearted chalk art.”

Let’s take a look at his art.

Be sure to check out Zinn’s book on Amazon, as well!

1. The Sandbag Bandit.

Even though he’s a bandit, you have to admit that he’s pretty cute.

2. Happy birthday to you!

The owl even has a cake for you.

3. He loves me…

He loves me not…

4. Look what I found.

You never know what you’ll discover.

5. This must be the place!

Use your time wisely!

6. Looks like a good spot.

To kick back and relax.

7. Lost in a foreign land.

And trying to navigate your way through it.

8. I love this one.

One cookie per day.

9. Two good friends.

Just taking it all in.

10. Love is love.

And you can see it on display in this drawing.

11. The tools of the trade.

When pigs fly…

12. You have a new buddy.

Enjoy it!

Zinn’s work is really great, don’t you think?

Now we want to hear from you!

In the comments, please tell us some other cool artists we should be following on social media.

Thanks in advance. We can’t wait to hear from you!

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A Street Artist Appears To Cut His Name Into Concrete Using His Spray Paint Technique

If you’ve spent any time in big cities, you’ve probably noticed that street art and graffiti are now everywhere. A lot of it is pretty underwhelming, but, once in a while, you’ll see something that really knocks your socks off.

A graffiti artist going by the name of Vile has a spray painting technique that is so impressive, it looks like he’s actually carved his name into the walls he adorns with his art. But, rest assured, it’s an optical illusion that he has perfected. All he needs it a can of spray paint.

Vile, whose real name is Rodrigo Miguel Sepúlveda Nunes, hails from Portugal. He studied at two different schools in Lisbon between 2000 and 2006 and worked on a number of different skills, including illustration, watercolors, oil, digital drawing, and even tattooing.

By combining all of those skills, Vile is able to create these masterful pieces of art that appear to be transparent, as if you’re looking directly through the walls he paints on. These optical illusions truly are remarkable; I can honestly say that I’ve never seen street art this good before in my life.

The 35-year-old artist lives in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. He said, “In the beginning, I think doing graffiti was an act of rebellion as a kid, but the truth is that it has become my life and my focus.” Let’s take a look at some more of his brilliant pieces.

Be sure to follow Vile on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. This guy is good!

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Russian Street Artist Draws Extremely Realistic Portraits in Only One Hour

It’s impressive that Russian artist Nikolay Yarakhtin can create these wonderful portraits at all, but the fact that he does them in just an hour on the streets of Saint Petersburg is incredible.

Yarakhtin said, “It takes me about an hour to make a portrait. Looking at the excitement of my clients seeing their portraits brings me a lot of joy and inspires me. It gives me creative energy and motivates to become better.”

Take a look at his work.

1. A spitting image.

2. Like a photograph.

3. The resemblance is uncanny.

4. One hour or less!

5. There’s the man himself.

6. Portrait of a young lady.

7. Mother and child.

8. He looks pretty serious.

9. Like looking in a mirror.

10. Spot-on, don’t you think?

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Портрет с натуры за 1 час на Невском проспекте в Санкт -Петербурге ( кисти, порошковая пастель ) 50×40 июль 2019 Portrait from nature for 1 hour on Nevsky prospekt in St. Petersburg (brushes, powder pastel) 50 × 40 July 2019 #nikolaiiarakhtin #сухаякисть #сухаякистьмасло #artselect #portraitpainter #drawing✏ #drawingsketch #drawingart #fineart #realisticportrait #pasteldrawing #drawingstyle #sketchdrawing #sketches #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #sketchers #sketch_dailydose #sketchers #sketch_daily #artrealism #arts_realistic #art #instaart #instagram #pencil_drawing #художникиспб #спб❤ #dailyart

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These are pretty great! Be sure to follow Yarakhtin on Instagram so you can keep up with all the wonderful portraits that he’s creating.

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Russian Street Artist Draws Extremely Realistic Portraits in Only One Hour

It’s impressive that Russian artist Nikolay Yarakhtin can create these wonderful portraits at all, but the fact that he does them in just an hour on the streets of Saint Petersburg is incredible.

Yarakhtin said, “It takes me about an hour to make a portrait. Looking at the excitement of my clients seeing their portraits brings me a lot of joy and inspires me. It gives me creative energy and motivates to become better.”

Take a look at his work.

1. A spitting image.

2. Like a photograph.

3. The resemblance is uncanny.

4. One hour or less!

5. There’s the man himself.

6. Portrait of a young lady.

7. Mother and child.

8. He looks pretty serious.

9. Like looking in a mirror.

10. Spot-on, don’t you think?

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Портрет с натуры за 1 час на Невском проспекте в Санкт -Петербурге ( кисти, порошковая пастель ) 50×40 июль 2019 Portrait from nature for 1 hour on Nevsky prospekt in St. Petersburg (brushes, powder pastel) 50 × 40 July 2019 #nikolaiiarakhtin #сухаякисть #сухаякистьмасло #artselect #portraitpainter #drawing✏ #drawingsketch #drawingart #fineart #realisticportrait #pasteldrawing #drawingstyle #sketchdrawing #sketches #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #sketchers #sketch_dailydose #sketchers #sketch_daily #artrealism #arts_realistic #art #instaart #instagram #pencil_drawing #художникиспб #спб❤ #dailyart

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These are pretty great! Be sure to follow Yarakhtin on Instagram so you can keep up with all the wonderful portraits that he’s creating.

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15 Acts of Vandalism That Could Be Considered Genius

Take note: not all graffiti has to be huge, intrusive, offensive, or ugly. There’s a way to do a little bit here and a little bit there so it can be classified as “genius vandalism.”

And I think we can all agree that these examples fall into that category, and, frankly, they are just too funny for anyone to get into trouble for.

Take a look.

1. All it needed was a pair of eyes.

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2. Is that the Empire State Building?

Mini Kong. from pics

3. That is very impressive.

Alligator from pics

4. This guy doesn’t look thrilled about it.

Subtle yoyo vandalism from pics

5. Marge’s hair is large and in charge.

Whoever did this deserves a fucking beer from pics

6. Time for a shave.

Sculpture hack. from funny

7. Be careful out there…

Drop-in from pics

8. I sure am…

Aren’t we all? from funny

9. Goats Butter!

If There’s Something Strange, In Your Neighborhood from MildlyVandalised

10. Someone went to a lot of work printing those stickers.

No bills from MildlyVandalised

11. That is good advice.

What a great life hack! from funny

12. Uh oh…now what?

NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?! from MildlyVandalised

13. Got a little too wasted.

One too many…

Posted by Street art of Aiden Glynn on Wednesday, August 21, 2013

14. That looks cool.

Creative painting on barrier bars from pics

15. There’s the culprit.

Posted by oakoak on Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Those are really impressive!

Have you seen some good examples out and about in your town? If so, share them in the comments so we can all see these unique works of art.

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An Artist Painted This Bridge to Look like LEGO Bricks

As a kid, did you ever think using giant LEGO bricks to build houses and stuff would be cool? Well, people driving through the Wuppertal, Germany, are living the dream.

Sort of.

A few years ago, the city commissioned German street artist Martin Heuwold of MegX to turn one of its concrete (and thus dull) overpasses into a work of art. And what he did was a stroke of genius – he transformed the train overpass to look like it’s been made out of giant, colorful LEGO pieces.

The city did have to cordon off the overpass from traffic while MegX worked, but just imagine everyone’s surprise when after the barriers came down, and they could drive under a bridge of LEGOs!

To be clear, though the result looks like mega pieces of LEGO, but is actually entirely paint.

The idea came from his two daughters, who loved playing with LEGOs. He approached The LEGO Group for permission (copyright is so pesky), which, of course, they gave gladly. Then, for the next few weeks, he and his crew painted and shaded the 2,700 square-foot bridge to create the incredibly realistic display.

It’s called the Lego-Brücke, which means Lego Bridge. In 2012, the structure was awarded the Deutscher Fassadenpreis Advancement Prize.

To see all the images of the Lego Bridge, both completed and while in progress, visit the artist on his Instagram page. He has all sorts of wild and colorful projects there to check out.

Seems as if MegX is on a mission to take the dull and utilitarian and transform it into something mega-delightful.

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French Artist Brings Humor and Whimsy To the Streets of His City

Art is all around us, if you have the eyes to see it. If you don’t, a little help from a creative street artist certainly helps!

French artist CAL has made it his mission to do bring art into everyday life. Where we might see a bunch of leaves. he sees a blanket. Where we see a bush, he sees a nest of baby birds. Check out these awesome photos of his work!

1. Hungry birds

2. Popcorn petals!

3. Ladybugs

4. Frightened leaves

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🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂 pick me up !!!

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5. Beauty

6. Weigh yourself

7. Reading in bed

8. Angry trash

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Détritus en colère: panne de clopes Angry rubbish : ran out of fag ?

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9. Crabby shoreline

10. Where’s Waldo?

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🤡 ( redif )

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CAL has the ability to make the ordinary extraordinary!

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