Amazing 3D Pencil Drawings

Young Chilean artist Fredo draws absolutely mind-blowing three-dimensional pencil drawings that look like they’re about to jump off the page. Well, actually, he’s already 20 years old at the time of writing this article, but our title is not completely a lie – majority of his works were submitted to Deviant Art back in 2008 or even 2007 when he was 16-17 years old.

His real name is actually Wladimir Inostroza, but he goes goes by the name Fredo. Inspired by the great masters like, M.C. Escher, Rembrandt, Beksinski and Arcimboldo, Fredo has developed his own modern style. Some of his 3d drawings took him only 30 minutes to complete, but there were cases where he needed a whole month. To achieve this level of realism, he also incorporates real objects in his work.

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Amazing Camel Hair Art

Every year, in the month of January, thousands of visitors flock to Bikaner, India for the Camel festival. Desert region’s folk dances and music, add on to what is otherwise an exclusive camel affair. Camels fascinate tourists from all over the world with their movements, charm and grace. A spectacle of unusual camel performances: camel races, camel dances, and the bumpy, neck shaking camel rides.

The festival starts with the procession of beautifully decorated camels, a competition for best decorated camel, fur cutting design, camel milking and the best camel hair cut. On the second day, the fleetest camels of the region take part in the camel races.

Photographer Osakabe Yasuo says that camel hair artwork can take up to three years to create. For the first two years, the hair is grown, trimmed and prepped. For competitions, the hair is then trimmed into intricate patterns and dyed for the dramatic effect you see below.

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Food Art

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Face Art

Your face says a lot about you. May it be eyes, lips or cheeks. When a brush is grasped in the hands of a painter or artist, extraordinary images of faces are produced. Many contemporary art forms pioneer in the art of face portraits.

An illusion, an interpretation or a simulation can be seen in the unique art of surreal faces. Leonardo da Vinci along with John Martin Will and Hans Meyer were the pioneers in the artistic portrait making of faces in a form that they depict a unique image of a human form. Hidden messages or emphases is made on one or more parts of the face to communicate the artist’s message.

Hidden aspects of the faces are enhanced in this form of art and different form of figures are used on different parts of the faces by the artists. The most common of them used are the food, animals, trees, fruits and vegetables or a landscape to give a strong hidden message by the artist.

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