Inspiring News
The 9-5 Guide to Staying Active
(4 days ago)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Matt Madeiro of Make Every Day Count. Let’s see if this rings any bells. When the clock hits 8, I sit. I plop back in my rolling chair, crack open the laptop on my desk, and spend the next nine hours with my butt glued firmly to [...]
Hello Kitty Airlines???
(5 days ago)
I always keep my eye out for the insanity that is people obsessed with Hello Kitty. I’ve documented tattoos and haircuts among other things, but this news is next level. You can now fly on Hello Kitty Airlines! Taiwan-based EVA Air has launched three jets: The Apple Jet, The Magic Jet, and The Global Jet. I love how ridiculous this [...]
David Doubilet
(5 days ago)
Stunning photos by David Doubilet, whose work has been featured numerous times in National Geographic.
Inspiring Fantasy Illustrations
(5 days ago)
It seems you guys enjoyed the last fantasy illustrations collection we published here on Cruzine A LOT. To extinguish your thirst after fantasy art we decided to do another one. In today’s collection you may expect artists’ creativity unleashed resulting in many hot art pieces. My personal favorites is the Animus by ManiakS, The moth [...]
Daily Inspirations no. 424
(5 days ago)
Okey guys, there are new inspirations coming … now focus! :) There are several fashion related photos available in today’s photo section … the one I like is called MaxFowles Fall 2012 by Adam Rindy. Very sexy. The other powerful one is the green mamba snake portrait photo. Before we’ll leave this section, I got [...]
$50,000 Leica M9-P Edition Hermès
(5 days ago)
300 Edition Hermès digital rangefinders will ship this summer for $25,000, as well as 100 Série Limitée Jean-Louis Dumas models which will go for $50,000 a pop. I almost think you’re better off not watching this video, it’s just depressing. Watch the video below (at your own risk)!
LEGO Sculptures of Popular British Birds
(5 days ago)
Thomas Poulsom is a Bristol-based avid LEGO builder with an affinity for birds. His penchant for the soaring, feathered creatures has merged with his enthusiasm for the toy building blocks to produce a series of 6 popular birds found in Britain constructed entirely out of LEGO pieces. The detailed "birds" were made with close attention to shape, color, and size. Poulsom now has the…
The Giant Traveling Skeleton
(5 days ago)
Late Italian artist Gino De Dominicis was a man of mystery whose works often exhibited a surrealistic look at the human form, elongating, contracting, and distorting physical elements. His enormous sculptural piece titled Calamita Cosmica, translated at "Cosmic Magnet", follows the multifaceted artist's scheme of work. The 28-meter-long anomaly depicts an anatomically correct…
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Spectacular Wall Installations Made of X-Rays and MRI Film
(5 days ago)
Artist Julia Barello's swirling wall installation titled Swoop features a swarm of birds cut out of MRI film. The circling silhouettes create a galactic spiral against the white wall, reversing the colors naturally depicting outer space. There's something very organic and universal about the piece that is clearly inspired by nature. It is also interesting to think that the…
Stunningly Surreal Paintings by N.C. Winters
(5 days ago)
N.C. Winters is working on a long-term project called 100 Drawings where he's creating a work of art until we reaches a total of 100. Though the aim of this personal project is to get him back into drawing "every day for fun," it's turned into a wonderful place to see some stunningly surreal works. Started in late 2010, he's now completed 53 with hopes to complete the set by the end of…
Wise Words from the 99% Conference
(5 days ago)
Someday, I vow to make out to New York and attend the 99% Conference, Behance's flagship event that's about bringing ideas to life. For now, however, I'll just have to enjoy these illustrations Wendy MacNaughton has put together that show the "big picture insights" from their amazing speakers this year. (Behance asked MacNaughton to document their conference in this creative…
Incredibly Tiny Half-Inch Tall Sculptures
(5 days ago)
UK-based artist Nic Joly is well versed in all kinds of creative media including stained glass, metal work, furniture design, and, in this instance, sculptures. His Little People Under Foot sculptures are a collection of tiny people in every day life scenes and generally stand a little less than one half inch tall. His clever titles give direction to the narrative of each small setting, where…
Color Saturated Beauty by Neil Krug
(5 days ago)
Neil Krug blurs the line between art and photography with his latest series "The Young One." LoveCat Magazine paired the Los Angeles-based photographer with gorgeous model Lauren Marie Young for an editorial that will soon be released. The photos shown here are the outtakes that Krug did not submit to the magazine because he ended up shooting more than he needed for the…
Walking on Ceilings in an Upside Down House
(5 days ago)
This house is from a scene right out of the Wizard of Oz. It looks like a tornado ripped the home up into the air, whipped it around, and smashed it, upside down, into the ground. In reality, the structure was designed by Polish architects Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozanski to look exactly this way! Developed across eight months in the western town of Terfens in Austria, the…
99 Feelings by Mitsy Sleurs
(6 days ago)
A beautiful portrait of Mitsy Sleurs and her 99 Feelings Project. Watch the video below!
Colosse – A Wood Tale
(6 days ago)
Nice mix of puppeteering and CGI in this animation by Hornet. Watch the short below!
HOT FREEBIE – Vector City Skylines and Monuments
(6 days ago)
Yes, that’s right … after keeping you waiting so long, it’s about time to publish another cool vector set you may use for personal as well as for commercial purposes. It should be already clear from the title … today’s vectors are going to be about city skylines and monuments. Make sure to download – [...]
Remake / Combing Girl
(6 days ago)
It’s been awhile since our Remake project but submissions still show up in my inbox from time to time. Patrícia’s remake of Renoir’s “Combing Girl” is one of the best I received lately.
Creative Business Card Designs
(6 days ago)
If you specialize in corporate identity design I am sure you gonna appreciate today’s collection of amazing and inspiring business card designs. Almost everyone needs a business card and it’s nice to keep up to date with current trends out there. We all need to represent, and usually a business card is one of the [...]
Daily Inspirations no. 423
(6 days ago)
Good morning ladies and genglemen! Let’s start right away with couple of cool photos. There is actually plenty of them. If you love the nature, mountains and let’s say risky behaviour, make sure to check the Geological Photography – Trolltunga by T1ll. I am not so sure I would have the guts doing stuff like [...]
Little Wire People Climbing Everywhere
(6 days ago)
Inspired by both High Renaissance Figurative Art and comic books, artist Chris Mason really has an eye for playful sculptures. The California-based artist uses only a wire cutter and his bare hands to form these intricate climbing figures. The series, called Social Climbing, looks like an army of little wire figures invading the gallery!Mason says, “The action of climbing provides an…
London's Puddles Reflect the City's Beauty
(6 days ago)
London is known to be a rainy town, which isn't thought to be an ideal location for uplifting inspiration, but Londoner Gavin Hammond finds captivating beauty in his city's soaked streets. Hammond's series entitled London in Puddles depicts a somber yet intriguing view of the damp town, focusing on puddles that reflect its surrounding citizens and…
Layered Landscapes Made of Graphite, Tape, and Resin
(6 days ago)
LA-based mixed media artist Brooks Shane Salzwedel assembles beautiful natural landscapes, often featuring some form of majestic architecture like bridges and oil drilling towers. The artist primarily works with graphite, tape, and resin to produce these layered images, giving each one a three-dimensional feel. The separation that defines the difference between foreground and background…
Gigantic Simulation of the Sun’s Surface
(7 days ago)
Electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is interested in creating advanced technology art that involves public participation. This large installation entitled Solar Equation is a simulation of the Sun, 100 million times smaller than the real thing! The sphere, commissioned by the Light in Winter Festival in Australia, is the largest spherical balloon in the world.Using…
Famous Faces Created With Wooden Pins and Clever Lighting
(7 days ago)
Could it be? Were these famous faces created using just clever lighting and carefully arranged wooden pins? It seems so! Philip Karlberg is the creative photographer behind this interesting idea which he shot for Plaza Magazine."A couple of months ago I came up with an idea I have had in mind for years," he says. "I just did not know what I could use it for. But then I did…
Stunning Pour Paintings by Holton Rower
(7 days ago)
Head on over to The Hole in New York right now (until May 26) and you'll be able to experience an amazingly colorful exhibit by Holton Rower. The first New York solo exhibition for the artist, "Pour Paintings" is just that, they're paintings created by carefully pouring paint over plywood. The result is incredible color combinations that are stunningly psychedelic. Make sure to watch the video…
Awesome Scotch Tape Sculptures 2012
(7 days ago)
This contest proves that you can create art with materials sitting right on your desk! Using 15 rolls of Scotch Packaging Tape, Jake Longenecker nabbed first place in The Scotch Off the Roll Tape Sculpture Contest, sponsored by 3M. Called "Free Fallin," it depicts a WWII era paratrooper in mid drop. Longenecker beat out more than 100 entries to take home the $5,000…
