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And now, here’s my talented friend Joe painting a picture of my cat.

How to paint a 1500 foot Batman mural on the side of a building

Often when you see the giant ads on the side of a building in a place like New York City, it’s just plastered up there. And other times, it’s actually meticulously hand painted. This Dark Knight Rises painting took a crew of four painting five days solid, sunup to sunrise to complete.

Animating a 400 year old still life with modern 3D rendering technology

Artists Rob and Nick Carter have breathed new life into a 17th Century Golden Age master by digitising it and subtly animating it. The result is “Transforming Still Life Painting After Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder’s Vase With Flowers in a Window” - a fascinating piece of digital fine art that the result of 2.5 years and thousands of hours of work. This isn’t the first time this kind of thing has been done, but it’s still incredibly impressive.

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There’s a school of underwater landscape painting in the Ukraine if you’re interested

There are painters who like painting mountains or forests or deserts, but very few have the fortitude and skill to paint underwater landscapes while being underwater. In the Ukraine however, there’s just such a school if you want to get in on the underwater oil painting trend before it gets too cool.

posted 07 November, 2011
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Awesome fan art: Arrival of the Empire

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Garden by John Constable plus Star Destroyers.

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Nightmare fuel: Paintings of little boys smoking

More? Oh hell yes there’s more right here.

NBC puts the cast of The Office in Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”

I mean sure, it would have been nice to put Michael and Holly in there somewhere, this painting put out by NBC is fucking fantastic. And yes, that’s the largest version I could find.

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Bill Watterson’s first public piece of art in 16 years

Calvin and Hobbes ended in 1995, and since then, artist Bill Watterson has maintained the lowest of profiles, but he recently put out his first piece of art in 16 years for a fundraiser for Parkinson’s research.

This painting — by “Calvin and Hobbes” creator Bill Watterson — is the first new art from him that his syndicate has seen in the 16 subsequent years, say executives with Universal Uclick and its parent company, Andrews McMeel.

The artwork is of the character Petey Otterloop from Richard Thompson’s comic strip “Cul de Sac.” “The strip depicts all sorts of moments that ring true with regard to childhood,” the long-reclusive Watterson tells Comic Riffs, “but I’d say Petey is a truly original insight.” The artwork — 6”-by-8” oil on board — is Watterson’s contribution to the Team Cul de Sac fundraising project for Parkinson’s research.

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A video I shot of Metal Gear Solid’s character designer Yoji Shinkawa doing a live painting for an audience at the opening of his Art Exhibit in Tokyo. It’s amazing to watch how this dude paints. He even ends with using white-out for some highlights.

-Will

posted 22 January, 2011
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CES 2011: The Nomad brush, a real paintbrush for the iPad coming in February

Painting on the iPad isn’t bad, but it’s either finger painting or painting with an uncomfortable rubber or plastic or metal stylus. Not like that’s stopped people from creating incredible stuff with iPad painting apps, but this probably will be the art-on-iPad accessory to have.

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posted 08 January, 2011
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Twenty Things: The video glitch paintings of Andy Denzler

posted 23 November, 2010
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IHC artist spotlight: Vanimals

Vanimals are the creation of 25yr old artist Danielle Osmanski and this is just a sneak peak of things to come from this young artist. There are a whole collection of Vanimals such as Koi fish, Owls, Rats, Etc. No set release date but we know it will be sometime in November. Keep a look out for Vanimal Toys, Prints, Original paintings, and Childrens Books.

posted 07 October, 2010
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3D painted holograms by Xia Xiao Wan

The creator of these paintings, Xia Xiao Wan is a Chinese artist, born in 1959, his fascinating painting technique incorporates multiple layers of 2D painted glass to create a 3D image. In a sense, his paintings are holographic. Xia is the originator of this unique style and has installed his art around the world. Support him and check out more of his art here.