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Vibrant Photographs of Tokyo at Night by Masashi Wakui

Tokyo is an infinitely photogenic city. And there’s no shortage of photographers capturing its vibrant landscape. But local resident and photography aficionado Masashi Wakui has a unique, surreal style of capturing Tokyo by night and making it look like an animated still from Akira or a Ghibli film. Wakui has a penchant for the backstreets of Tokyo, specifically those with plenty of lanterns, streetlights and neon signs that only add to the surreal, cinematic quality of the scene. And those who have spent any number of nights wandering these streets will find Wakui’s photos achingly captivating.Once the scene is captured Wakui then digitally manipulates the image, giving it a color grading effect that works perfectly with his busy nighttime cityscapes. There are tutorials that have even sprouted up, analyzing the “Masashi Wakui Look,” as its been coined. Wakui himself even points to one, admitting it’s close but not perfect.You can see many more of Wakui’s photos on Flickr, where he constantly posts new work. Thanks Spoon and Tomago

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Preview of Artist’s new series of works that is on display from 21st to 24th January at Art Stage Singapore, with gallery Officine dell'Immagine: these three paintings, never exhibited before, belong to a cycle devoted to the Baroque masters.

© All images courtesy of the artist

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The Sculpture Garden is looking lovely in the snow this morning! Thanks to Lobby Managers Audrey & Fotini for the photos. 

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»nature morte« by rero (+)

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Michelle Harvey aka WolfSkullJack is a UK based artist living in the Midlands of England. Her work is an exploration of humanized animals, monsters and Folklore.

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Instagram @ultraten ✊💖

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Chevelle song titles

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Disclaimer: We should all hope and look towards the day where man realizes that the sounds exiting his mouth are mostly complaints and a change occurs.

This type of thinking (could do us in)

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I woke when the light hit me right in the temple. Felt something cold touch my toes as it passed. Might not be the face you’d expect but he’s clearly insane, got me hanged til I’m numb. Just need a bit of a camera, point the gun at the eyes. I’m wrapping the issue at the price. Gonna take out the gunman. Build that camera make a run for our lives. Take out the knees and the chills and the pride. Gonna take out the gunman. Eyes, huge, so little of this something. Cracks and clues, he’s crazy as a straw. Why denied? Does no one care or nothing? How you ask, I never laughed so long. Cause I, I went blind. A blinding riot, he’s regretting every word of something lies. One more tonight, a blinding riot. As I something out for you. Just need a bit of a camera, point the gun at the eyes. I’m wrapping these at the shoe at the pride. Gonna take out the gunman. Build that camera make a run for our lives. Take out the knees and the chills and the pride. Gonna take out the gunman. Gonna take out the gunman. Gonna take out the gunman. We’re gonna take out, we’re gonna take out, I’m gonna take out, I’m gonna take out. Just need a bit of a camera, point the gun at the eyes. I’m wrapping these at the shoe at the pride. Gonna take out the gunman. Build that camera make a run for our lives. I’m so amazed at the way we’re televised. Gonna take out the gunman. Gonna take out the gunman. Gonna take out the gunman. Gonna take out the gunman.

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Stunning Drawings and Paintings by Nicolaus Ferry

Nicolaus Ferry Hadinata aka nicofey is an sketcher and painter from Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Follow him on Instagram and Facebook.

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Let’s make #CrossConnect the most popular hashtag on Twitter !

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Photomanipulations by Robert Houzar

Robert Houzar is a Prague, Czech Republic based artist working with high resolution photography. The main topic of his work is transformation and movement of mass, caused by human existence.

Thanks to the method of a manipulated photography and computer collage, I can take all the mass produced by mankind and handle it completely freely, deprive it of its purpose, throw its fragments on a heap like branches in forest, crush skyscrapers in Hong Kong to small pieces and let them mould like old pieces of wood. I work with photographic material purchased mainly in big urban conglomerations such as Hong Kong, New York, Buenos Aires, Berlin, etc. High resolution of pictures enables me to create large-format prints with the most delineated details. I cut pictures of the world, create structures from structures, question them in spite of the fact I am ingrained in them. 

Be sure to check out his Saatchi Art profile.

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this is so fucking depressing

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A new study (published in PLOS Biology) investigated how bats make sharp turns in the air, particularly when they have to grab the ceiling. It turns out aerodynamics have very little to do with it - it’s all about inertia. Just as a figure skater clutches his arms to his chest to increase his speed, bats pull in their wings to help them make turns.

You can read all about it (and see more video) in this piece by my friend Nsikan Akpan over at PBS Newshour.

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Intricate Organic Forms Cut from Paper by Rogan Brown

Rogan Brown (previously) is an Anglo-Irish artist creating beautiful sculptures out of layered hand cut watercolour paper representing natural, organic forms that evoke the texture of stone, the movement of water, the complexity of plant forms or the geological structure of entire landscapes. Artist website. Follow him on Facebook.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home - run with us.

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