steampunkd:

Steampunk Octopus - Portal 2010 cover by ~ninjagirl

Steampunk Octopus for Portal 2010 Literary Magazine cover. I’m still pretty proud of this, and since I haven’t posted forever, thought this would be a good way to get back into it.

I need to Art more.

zuky:

yama-bato:

Qin Tianzhu

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Beautiful example of blending traditional and modern Chinese brushwork and composition, with calligraphy which blares a defiant modernity and an elegant minimalism in overall execution where negative space stirs the imagination alongside perfectly executed traditional brush techniques using ink, water, and paper.

mollycrabapple:

Nyan Cat thwarting the Octopus of the State

fireofspring:

shawnandtherunway:

Rodarte Fall 2012

Oh no, Rodarte. Tell me you didn’t put Aboriginal dot paintings on your ready-to-wear fashion… The worst thing is that, unlike the (rightful) fuss kicked up over appropriation of Native American culture, nobody seems to care enough about this to even raise a peep. This is truly shameful, guys.

“Art is one of the key rituals of Aboriginal culture and was and still is, used to mark territory, record history, and tell stories about the dreamtime. But its importance to traditional Indigenous life is difficult for non-Indigenous people to understand. To quote Morphy (1991):

“Art was, and is, a central component of the traditional Yolngu way of life, of significance in the political domain, in the relationships between clans, and in the relations between men and women. Art was and remains an important component of the system of restricted knowledge, and at a more metaphysical level is the major means of recreating ancestral events, ensuring continuity with the ancestral past, and communicating with the spirit world.”

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“Doesn’t matter what sort of painting we do in this country, it still belongs to the people, all the people. This is worship, work, culture. It’s all Dreaming. The Dreaming is all over Australia. We must teach the whitefellas.”

- Wenten Rubuntja, Aboriginal Australian landscape painter

mermaidsofcolor:

I  am so in love with this painting. Did you know that mermaids like pineapples? Because we totally love them. 

sailorgil:

” Le Cadeau “ …… [1961] Artist: Orville Bulman, US

theartofanimation:

Dadu Shin

nicorrette:

Violeta Lópiz

chromaticwatch:

sarriathmoonghost
Elaborate renderings bursting with color and tradition, sarriathmoonghost’s work brings the classical to life in a fresh way.  Be sure check out her site for great retellings of legends and fascinating explanations of the elements contained within her works.

irrellievancy:

Powerful street art in Burnett Lane, Brisbane.

lavenderanddeadthings:

Jack And Sally - “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is the last one. (Caption was too long)