Cancer Survivor Creates Empathy Cards For People With Serious Illnesses
Emily McDowell, an artist whose fun and witty postcards have been featured before by Bored Panda, has a new series of postcards that are just as funny but far more meaningful as well. McDowell, a...
View ArticleTattoo Artists Cover Breast Cancer Survivors’ Scars With Beautiful Tattoos
Mastectomies, or surgical removals of all or part of a breast, can be life-saving procedures for people suffering from or at risk of developing breast cancer, but the scars they leave behind can be...
View ArticleAdorable Owl Photos Captured By Thai Photographer Sasi
Owls are some of the forests’ most regal, mysterious and graceful models for wildlife photographers. These photos by a photographer in Bangkok, Thailand who goes by Sasi Smith show the many different...
View ArticleWoman Loses 150 Pounds And Poses With Her Old, Heavier Self In...
When Beth Beard decided to lose 150 pounds (68 kg), she and her friend, Toronto-based photographer Blake Morrow, came up with a fun idea: to create a before-and-after photo series juxtaposing the old...
View ArticleAnimal Tattoos With Digital Pixel Glitches By Russian Artist
Moscow-based tattoo artist Lesha Lauz’s (a.k.a. Alexey) eye-catching tattoos, bursting with color, have one “problem” – they’re glitchy! Instead of clashing with his colorful and fluid artwork, the...
View ArticleThis Domesticated Baby Red Fox Is The Sleepiest Pet Ever
Meet Rylai, a domesticated red fox with her own Instagram who is quickly becoming a rising star on the internet. On her Instagram and Facebook, you can follow what Rylai eats, her success in obedience...
View ArticleA Boy And His Cats: I Document The Bond Between My Boys And Their Cats
A few years back we got our first family pet, a Ragdoll cat named Lucy. A year later we got another one and named her Irie. I fell in love with documenting these friendships, and a project was born....
View ArticleFlotsam: Flower Portraits Captured Underwater
“Flotsam//waterplants” is a series that captures the complex natural beauty and movement of flowers and plants when exposed to the elements of moving water, in particular the subtlety in their...
View ArticleBlind Pregnant Woman ‘Sees’ Her Unborn Baby For The First Time With 3D Printing
3D printing has opened thousands of new opportunities for the blind to experience the world around them, but nowhere have we seen a more powerful example than in the story of expecting mother Tatiana...
View ArticleA Scratch-Off World Map That Lets You Track Countries You’ve Visited
The I Was Here Scratch-Off World Map 2.0 combines two things that everybody loves: travel and winning the lottery. Designed by Art. Lebedev Studio in Russia, this wall-sized scratch-off map allows you...
View ArticleBook Alchemy: I Transform Old Books Into Sculptures
For over seventeen years I have transformed used books into sculptures through a wide range of artistic approaches. Working with the nature of the books that I find, I’m interested in delving into the...
View ArticleMinimalist Illustrations To Make You Smile
I made these little acrylic & ink illustrations on paper. It’s part of an ongoing series entitled “Food, Object Or Animal” that looks at everyday things and try to bring an interesting or funny...
View ArticleMy Adopted Dog’s Adventures: From Life In A Cage To Life On The Road
I think I’ll never forget the look on her face those first few days when I’d reach out with the leash and she would cower into the nearest corner. A look of complete and utter fear. It took seven days...
View ArticleSad Vacation Guy Wins Second Vacation, Takes His Wife And Baby, Has Much...
Remember the guy who didn’t have a second of fun on his vacation to Puerto Rico because he couldn’t take his wife with him? He got to go on a second vacation to the same places on the same cruise – and...
View ArticleSymmetry And Silence In Round Mirror Reflections
“Reflections” is a current project in progress, in which I photograph a round mirror in various places. The idea came from my first thoughts of photographing clouds in a iCloud shaped mirror. Then I...
View ArticleFashion & Nature: Russian Artist Compares Famous Designers’ Dresses With Nature
The world of fashion often draws heavily upon the natural world to drive its creativity, and is precisely this link that Russian artist Liliya Hudyakova has such a good eye for. Her Fashion &...
View ArticleArtist Turns Old Keys And Coins Into Recycled Art
Even discarded keys and coins can be turned into beautiful art with some creativity and the right sort of know-how. Michael (or Moerkey), an artist in Australia, does exactly that, turning discarded...
View Article$5 Bicycle Cell Phone Charger By 16-Year-Old Romanian Inventor
Thomas, a brilliant 16-year-old inventor living in Romania, has created a DIY wind turbine cell phone charger for his bike that lets him charge his phone while he rides – and it only cost him $5! He’s...
View ArticleThis Rescued Pet Rat And Dog Are The Best Buddies Ever
Osiris and Riff Rat are an unusually trusting couple; the 3-year-old Dutch shepherd therapy dog lets the 3-month-old rat crawl into his mouth and clean his teeth – Dutch shepherds are famous for their...
View ArticleArtist Uses Tape Instead Of Paint To Create Beautiful Street Art
Australian street artist Buff Diss avoids problems with the law by working exclusively with tape. The transient nature of his work has allowed him to work publicly in such places as the Adelaide...
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