Archive for the ‘Creepy Stuff’ Category
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10 Hilarious Photos of Scotch Taped Faces
New Mexico artist Was Naman is best known for his work as a commercial photographer, but his latest collection of portraits takes of subjects wrapped in scotch tape is what caught our attention. During the holiday season, Naman was having fun with wrapping gifts and decided to take the use of scotch tape one step further. He asked his friends and family to participate in a ...
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Undead Teds: One of a Kind Zombie Teddy Bears
Phillip Blackman is the British illustrator who is responsible for UndeadTeds. UndeadTeds are repurposed soft toys transformed into fluffy, bloody horrors to keep you awake at night.
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The World’s 5 Most Mysterious Buildings
A little bit of mystery keeps the world interesting, and there is no shortage when it comes to mysterious buildings. Sure, they may not look overly interesting or mysterious in terms of architecture and location, but the stories behind some of these buildings have left us curious, to say the least. And made us utter, “WHOA!”. #5: the Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida. Made from 1,100 ...
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Creepy Tufted Toad Sofa
Another brilliant addition to Maximo Riera’s animal-form furniture line is the Toad Sofa. Máximo Riera has been a practicing artist for over thirty years. Whilst predominantly working in photography, painting and sculpture, he has also published a collection of poetry. Inspired by his travel and experiences through Europe and the Caribbean Islands, Máximo’s vibrant use of colour and evocative attention to detail have been an inspiration ...
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Musical Coffin Serenades The Deceased
Swedish company Pause has developed the CataCoffin – a burial coffin that comes with a CataCombo Sound System that will pump music into the (un)listening ears of the dearly departed. A custom-built 2.1 amplifier, 2-way speakers, tweeters with external cooler and an 8-inch subwoofer specially tunes to the coffin’s acoustic space come standerd with the CataCoffin. The deceased can listen to their favourite tunes well into ...
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Cool Interactive Map of WWII Bomb Sites
For the record, bombs are not cool. Bombing people, is not, in any way…cool. But this interactive map that explores the London Blitz during WWII made us say “WHOA!”. The shock factor behind the awesome Bomb Sight website is unrivalled. It was developed by a team at the University of Portsmouth and gives a detailed overview of where the bombs Germany dropped on the UK landed ...
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Anatomical Social Media Icons With Muscle And Bone
Barcelona-based illustrator, Giselle Vitali, has produced an impressive collection of anatomical icons for various social media and web platforms. The icons of Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Behance, and more are illustrated to resemble muscle, tissue and bones in a series entitled “Musculante”. The artist says: “Experimentar a fondo—las redes sociales nos invaden, no sabemos si ellas son parte de nosotros o nosotros de ellas. No sabemos tampoco, ...
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Top 5 Creepiest Zombie Santas
We love it when creative folk decide to put a spin on typical holiday imagery. Thanks to numerous illustrators and graphic designers, we are able to feast our eyes on Zombie Santas – you didn’t think Santa would survive the zombie apocalypse, did you? Trading in his cookies and milk for brains, brains and more brains, these hilarious renditions of Santa as Zombie are sure to ...
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Eerie Images Projected Onto Trees As Art
Parisian artist Clement Briend works with projections as an artistic medium. He is known for his works in which he projects meaningful or haunting images onto every day objects such as doors, buildings, bridges and in this case, trees. The series is called “Cambodian Trees” and features imagery of Cambodian spirits and deities projected onto trees around the city of Phnom Penh. The trees are beautifully ...
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9 Of The Ugliest Christmas Trees You Will Ever See
We shared our favourite ugly Christmas sweaters with you in the past, and this year, it’s time to shake things up a bit. Behold: Some of the ugliest Christmas trees ever. Too bad not everyone is fortunate enough to have a keen eye when it comes to holiday decor. We hope these people didn’t pay much for these trees. We can’t help but think of little ...
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10 Crazy Ass Menorahs You Should See
This year for Hannukah (or Hannukkah, Chanukka, how ever you choose to spell it), consider using a creative interpretation of the Menorah to spice things up a bit. Why? Because normal is boring, and these ridiculous Menorah sets featuring Pez holders, Star Wars light sabres, Russian vodka bottles (yikes?!), flaming fighter jet, real severed fish heads, the Star Trek cast, Hello Kitties, Mel Gibson’s face, LEGO ...
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Famous Logos After The Zombie Apocalypse
Did you ever stop to think how corporate big-wigs will manage to integrate into the world post zombie apocalypse? Fret not, California-based artist and designer Ben Fellowes has done the work for you. You didn’t think that major corporations would “go away” once zombies claim the Earth, did you? Silly. Nope, instead, corporations will likely find ways to appeal to the new “market”, so to speak. ...
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Creepy Weaponized Taxidermy Insects
Artist and illustrator, Job van deer Molen, has created the most bizarre collection of works entitled “Insect Army”. The collection features “preserved” insects (i.e.: taxidermy bugs) shown carrying miniature replica models of weapons. Why one would choose to create such an absurd series of art, we cannot say for sure, but this strange project has achieved something that not every project has: It made us say, ...
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Poignant Photos Showing the Before & After Effects of Drug Use
London-based photographer Roman Sakovich has brought to life the images that kids all love to look at – the before and after effects of drug abuse. Remember being in school and being taught that drugs will screw up your life and make you look horrific? We do. We remember those days and would have appreciated if the lectures were accompanied by useful visuals such as these ...
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Freakishly Realistic Looking 3D Body Art
Japanese artist, Choo-San, uses acrylic paint to create these freakishly realistic-looking paintings on human bodies. The final results are surprising – what many people assume to be digitally enhanced photography is actually nothing more than a photograph of a practical effect. Choo-San began drawing on her hands while bored and soon realized that the more she practiced, the better her drawing and painting skills became. By ...
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Creepy 3D Zombie Pumpkin Carving
Yes, this post is perfect for Halloween, but there is much to be said for the artistic skill behind these incredible (and somewhat terrifying) carvings made from the holiday’s favourite harvest vegetable. Ray Villafane is an artist that studied Visual Arts in New York City and started to “dabble” in pumpkin sculpting during autumn months. In 2007, Villafane was contacted by High Noon Entertainment and asked ...
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13 Jaw Dropping Pumkpin Carvings by Ray Villafane
Ray Villafane, Visionary and Patriarch of the Villafane Studios Sculpting Family was born in Queens, New York. Ray’s hobby of pumpkin sculpting was brought to an entirely new level in 2007 when he was contacted by High Noon Entertainment and asked to participate in the Food Network’s Challenge Show, Outrageous Pumpkins. Ray competed as one of four professional pumpkin sculptors, impressed the judges enough to sweep ...
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Jewelry Made From Found Bombshells by Cambodian Artisans
A group of artisans in Cambodia have been busy creating awesome pieces of jewelry that have been upcycled from old bombshell remnants, bullet casings, silk string and discarded paper. We love seeing something old turned into something new, and in this case, we are double-impressed to see the remnants of such ugly things – bombs, bullets and other lethal items – turned into something beautiful. These ...
