As a conscious sense organ, the eye allows vision. Rod and cone cells in the retina allow conscious light perception and vision including color differentiation and the perception of depth. The human eye can distinguish about 10 million colors. Here are some extreme close-ups of the human eye:

A lot of things can be done with shadows. Here’s an interesting statue from Kaunas, Lithuania.

These are some amazing and funny cartoons by Anthony Geoffroy, professional illustrator, based in France.

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the last century. Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo created 1,000 ice-sculptures and placed them on the steps of the [...]

Mark Mawson from Sydney captures these beautiful shots by dropping paint in water. The colors and the lighting are simply amazing! Author said that in these color shapes everyone sees what they want to see.

Creator of the world’s first underwater sculpture park, Jason de Caires Taylor has gained international recognition for his unique work. His sculptures highlight ecological processes whilst exploring the intricate relationships between modern art and the environment. By using sculptures to create artificial reefs, the artist’s interventions promote hope and recovery, and underline our need to [...]

Creativity at it’s best. Here are 9 drawings that are ready to come to life.

Think your baby boy is going to grow up to be as hard as Chuck “Ice Man” Liddell? Why not ensure that he becomes a badass by buying him some badass baby toys? If he lives through it (I mean playing with the toys below), he’ll live through anything.

Here’s something to wake up the creativity left in you. I bet everybody has old, used or damaged electronics in their garage. You can take them apart and make some art like the animals from old electronic parts below:

This is a selection of the best street art from Bristol. Photos courtesy of Bristol Street Art. More photos in the gallery below:

Lots of people believe that weapons can bring only death. Some people consider weapons beautiful enough to create art with them. Remember this weapons arranged in patterns ? Here are some more photos to see the beauty some people can create with weapons: Via [ Geliografic ]

His work seems a bit hippie but the colors and shapes are simply amazing. You can see all of his work on [ Monaux ].

Culinary art is the art of cooking. The word “culinary” is defined as something related to, or connected with, cooking or kitchens. A culinarian is a person working in the culinary arts. A culinarian working in restaurants is commonly known as a cook or a chef. Culinary artists are responsible for skillfully preparing meals that [...]

Jennifer Maestre, who should change her name to Jennifer “Maestro”, has created these fantastic sculptures out of pencils. She took “hundreds of pencils, cut them into 1-inch sections, drill a hole in each section (to turn them into beads), sharpen them all and sew them together.” Either she had way too much time on her [...]

Nothing is what it seems in these remarkable pictures which take pavement art to a new level. A woman sitting on a sofa, seemingly oblivious to a taxi crashing through her front room wall; a dramatic take on Verdi’s opera Aida; and eternal damnation on Judgment Day. The American artist who created them – Kurt [...]