After Microsoft released Windows 10, creatives all over the world began to panic that the software giant is going to kill its Paint app in the next Windows’ update. Fortunately Windows’ managers had announced to the public that Paint won’t go anywhere, it’ll co-exist alongside its latest version Paint 3D. If you think no-one is using MS Paint, you may be surprised to discover a great number of artists relying on MS Paint for their creations. The 39-year old tool has a long way to go before it becomes obsolete. The art world loves Paint.

Yet, for many of us, Paint is a distant childhood memory. The simple colour palette, the minimalist layout, and the easy user interface made Paint the favourite tool for kids. But, you don’t have to be a kid to draw with your mouse. Don’t believe us? Take a look at these impressive drawings. Read more…

Microsoft Excel has been a widely applied spreadsheet for calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, Visual Basic programming and other purposes. Sounds boring to you? May be you are much more familiar with this data organizing tool than I do. So let’s focus on the art and design side of it.

In today’s post, we would like to showcase you 25 extremely cool artworks and games that are actually created using Microsoft Excel alone. We hope you’ll enjoy this awesome collection!

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You’ve probably heard that a picture says more than a thousand words, but what about animated image or cinemagraph? We’ve previously showcased 40 amazing animated photos created by Dunken K Bliths. These GIF masterpieces are more than a picture, but not quite a video. They are visually pleasing, eye catching, and very suitable for advertising purposes.

If our previous showcase of animated GIFs unable to satisfy your hunger for inspiration and creativity, here are another 20 awesome animated pictures that worth your attention too! Any comments or thoughts, please let us know in the comments section below. Read more…

Enter the exciting world of Dunken K Bliths, a paradigm-shifting artist with boundless creativity. Bliths has undescribable sight for the fantastically original. Bliths has authored 40 animated images and cinemagraphs that are off the wall strange, crossing the boundary of the art of what is conceivable. Each piece is a different median of creative energy located on the spectrum of possibility and art.

Bliths’ works celebratory of surrealism, he merges stasis with movement into a visual symphony or spectacle that dances across your eyes. Each piece shows his raw talent: from fantasy to time warp, dreamlike scenes that take you to different realities; cinemagraphs that animate stills – they are all unique in their own way.

Prepare to be impressed by the unexpected! Bliths will show you a gallery of the unusual, The 40 things here are not images—they are gateways into creativity and an unique world of possibilities as art pushes and expands the boundaries of artistic interpretation. Read more…

Which is the best website to display your design works? Well if you are design enthusiast, websites like deviantART, Flickr and Behance may cross your mind instantly. However your works shouldn’t be limited within these sites as there are many more design communities and networks out there where you can showcase your talents. These online communities are the places where you can keep yourself up to date with the latest design trends, get inspirations from others’ works and receive professional designers’ comments on your works.

If you are ready to showcase your skills or display art pieces which you are very proud of, below we’ve gathered 20 top online communities specifically built for web developers, designers, artists and creative people. Read more…

Social media is one of the fastest growing areas in the world of Internet. With the rising of social networking sites like Facebook and X.com, social media has dramatically changed the way individuals, communities and organizations communicate. More and more companies started to build their social media presence, communicating with customers in an interactive way and encouraging them to be a part of the business.

Since we all know that social media has become part of our daily lives and for that reason we should always update ourselves with recent information on social media. In today’s post, we’ve gathered 60 really awesome infographics related to social media, which contain very interesting information, data and statistics, presented in the fun and beautiful way. Read more…

An optical illusion (also known as visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. Today we’ve crawled deep into the Internet and gathered 60 incredibly amazing illusion pictures that can stimulate your brain! In this comprehensive collection, you can find many visual perceptions, optical illusions, paradoxes, and perception puzzles. You better be prepared that these images will trick your eyes to make you question whether seeing really is believing! Without further ado, let’s check out the photos and take this opportunity to exercise our mind!

Tell us which optical illusion impresses you the most? Read more…

Have you seen fork taller than you? A basket that bigger than your house? A floppy disk that seems like it has hundred terabyte of storage? Or a mouse trap that can be used for trapping elephant? All these objects are hardly seen in our everyday life, but some talented artists are brave and creative enough, bringing these oversized objects to the reality.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Here we’ve collected 30 extraordinary objects that look too large to be true. So let’s take a break and enjoy our awesome photo collection. We hope these heavyweight objects will make you laugh all day long. Read more…

3D models represent a 3D object using a collection of points in 3D space, connected by various geometric entities. Being a collection of data, 3D models can be created by hand, algorithmically or scanned. 3D models are useful and widely used in a variety of industries. They can be used as characters and objects in movie or video game industries, building and landscape in architecture industry, as well as detailed models of organs in medical industry.

In today’s roundup, we’ve crawled deep into the net and gathered up to 60 websites that provide high quality of 3D models for free download. Read more…

Hand art is the application of make-up or paint to a hand to make it appear like an animal or other object. Some hand artists, like Guido Daniele, produce images that are trompe l’oeil representations of wild animals painted on people’s hands. Here’s a showcase of 40 incredibly amazing hand painting of animals you can’t afford to miss! These artworks are all painted by Guido Daniele, and some of them look exactly like the real animals. Seeing is believing, check out these great artworks now!

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Body painting has been around for a long time. It’s a form of body art. Unlike tattoo and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, painted onto the human skin, and lasts for only several hours, or at most a couple of weeks. That’s the reason why sometimes body painting is also referred to as temporary tattoo. In today’s post, we’ve gathered 40 amazingly beautiful bodypainting artworks that are extremely well done, and absolutely worth your attention! Most of these large scale or full-body painting works are created by Craig Tracy, the famous American artist. He paints stunning images on people’s bodies before photographing them in unique poses. The resulting collection of masterpieces could be regarded as some of the best body painting in the world.

So, lets take this opportunity to enjoy these inspiring artworks and share the post with your friends. Don’t forget to tell us which body painting impresses you the most? Read more…

Photo manipulation is one of the most popular applications of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception. Among all the photo editing tools in the market, Adobe Photoshop is probably the most commonly used software for this kind of work. Photoshop is not too easy to use, but its comprehensive and sophisticated features allow users to blend real photos with vibrant colors and digital painting to emphasize some beautiful details, which makes the software the best choice when it comes to photo manipulating jobs.

Here’s the showcase of 45 extremely funny and creative photo manipulated images from professional Photoshop artists around the world. We believe these masterpieces absolutely worth your attention and they can be used as the source of inspiration for your next design projects. Enjoy! Read more…

Logo is an important graphic or word mark that helps a company or an organization to attract people’s recognition. Creating a unique logo has always been a challenge to graphic designers. To make it exceptional and outstanding some designers will secretly hide a message or even a story inside the logo.

Logo embedded with hidden message gives viewers a little puzzle to solve. Once viewers managed to get the hidden message behind the logo it creates an instant satisfaction which makes them talking about it and sharing with others.

Today we would like to showcase 20 famous company logos with hidden messages that will blow your mind away. Read more…

Regardless of whether you have some experience in photography or you are simply a photography enthusiast, it’s useful to know how to make some money out of it. From artistic monochrome photography, to macro images of flowers or breathtaking panoramas, people never seem to get enough of great photos.

If you have an eye for detail and you think you’ve got what it takes to become a professional photographer, why not make it worth your time? In this article we will provide you with various different reasons why photography can be an amazing career choice for you. Read more…

The presence of art in Instagram interests a lot of people. It is useful for artists because they can express their inner word in this application. It is useful for galleries too because other people buy and sell different pieces of art, which appeared on Instagram. Instagram serves as some kind of advertising. This kind of communication has an ability to unite people.

Instagram users follow different artists who dispose their masterpieces on this application. Here is a list of 15 intriguing and captivating Instagram pages, which you might get interested in: Read more…