Several photographers from flickr group have gotten together and made this interesting art piece. It is basically old photos superimposed on present day scenes. It is really suggestive and fun to see how it was way back then, and how it is today, specially when you see the Dubai transformation. [Read more…]
DC Super Heroes on famous music album covers
Illustrator Cliff Chiang has taken several classic album covers and turned them into famous comic hero characters. Jennifer Beals from Flashdancing as Electra, Duran Duran as Vampirella, The Breakfast Club as The Teen Titans, and Prince as Batgirl. These 12 inch cover remix are for sale for $20 each. Cliff Chiang’s artwork has been hailed for its “fluid and confident storytelling” and “sweeping linework and nuanced style.”
The Beatles "Abbey Road" album cover has inspired many musicians
Even retro record covers can be used to create something amazing
There are those who will throw away their old record covers but there are those that will use them to create some mind blowing artistic stuff. One of them is definitely Christian Marclay, a New York visual artist, DJ and composer who used record covers of Michael Jackson , Doors, Donna Summer, David Bowie and many others for this piece of art. The relationship of sound, vision, music, art and performance is the focus of his work.
How It’s Made: Empire State Building
Most of the men who worked on the building were European immigrants. They were joined by hundreds of Mohawk iron workers, many from a reserve near Montreal. [Read more…]