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Gatsby-inspired illustration from Anja Kroencke

Click here to see Anja Kroencke's portfolio.

Robot from illustrator Orlando Arocena

Click here to see more work by Orlando Arocena.

Celebrity portraits made of all kinds of stuff

Mosaic artist Jason Meceir creates celebrity portraits made from candy, TV remotes and other common household objects.

Kim Kardashian made of Red Vines and Black Licorice twists:

Andy Warhol made of Campbell's soup cans, bananas, had-held devices and more:

Taylor Swift made of Good n' Plenty candy

Pamela Anderson made of candy bars, gum balss and other candy:

Christina Aguilera, also made entirely of candy:

President Barack Obama made of red, white and blue objects:

Click here to see even more of Jason Meceir's celebrity portraits.

Four minutes of freakin' awesome

No screen grab could come close to expressing how truly amazing this video is.

It packs into four minutes enough inspiration for at least a dozen TV commercials.

I suppose it qualifies as performance art but, seriously, it's so incredible, it should have it's own genre name. Maybe it already does — if so, please let me know what it's called.

Click here to watch the video. You won't be sorry.

 

From the portfolio of illustrator Marguerite Sauvage

Love how this illustrator combines edge and femininity. 

Click here to see Marguerite Sauvage's complete digital portfolio.

Smells like branding

If you know who created this work, please let me know.

Limited edition prints by Mr. Brainwash a.k.a. MBW a.k.a. Thierry Guetta.

Via bein-b

Have always adored the jars Bonne Maman jams come in

Whoever thought of Bonne Maman's red checked jar lid was a genius.

Wish I knew who did this illustration so I could give him/her credit.

By the way, Bonne Maman makes the best raspberry jam.

Via Laura Manfre

Barbie looks like crap without makeup

Mexican artist Eddi Aguirre has been playing with Barbie.

He imagines what Barbie might look like after a night of heavy partying — before her makeup artist and stylist have done their magic.

Pop art from Bob Gill

Silk screen print by Bob Gill, designer, illustrator, teacher and one of the founding partners of Fletcher/Forbes/Gill, now known as Pentagram.

Via Delicious Industries

What's in the cupboard: illustrations by Anna Rodighiero

Anna Rodighiero is an illustrator from Italy and her blog Packaging Addicted features a collection of her charming illustrations of everyday foods. Here are a few samples of her work.

Click here to see a can of Spam immotalized by artist Joel Penkman.

Fashion illustrations by Fernando Vicente

These illustrations were commissioned by the Museum of Costume, Madrid.

Click here to see more illustrations from this collection.

Advertising as art

Pop art by Robert Townsend.

The first three artworks are watercolor on paper. The last two are oil on paper.

Via The Jealous Curator

Awesome 007 fan art

Six James Bonds by ArkadeBurt.

Top row: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore
Bottom row: Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig

Click the image to enlarge it.

Many people consider Timothy Dalton the least charismatic of all the James Bond actors. He's always been my favorite.

Shemp is my favorite Stooge.

And I find Brad Pitt unremarkable.

So, there.