The art of self-defense is no laughing matter. It should be taken seriously, especially for those women who are afraid to walk alone at night. Here is a quick lesson. With these instructions and a little dedication those women should be safe.

This portrait was made with 9,600 push pins and took six months to accomplish. You don’t have to be an artist to make one for yourself, and it would make a great Christmas gift. You will need some time and a lot of push pins, however.

There is very unusual art in Japan. It is called “inemuri”, and it allows people to be asleep and present at the same time. There is no secret that Japan is a workaholic culture. Thus some people have an amazing talent for falling asleep in elevators, on trains and even during meetings. And this talent is admired, because the Japanese think that only slackers can sleep all night long, others should fall asleep out of exhaustion.

“Inemuri” still requires following particular rules. You can’t lounge, so you should keep upright while sleeping. And you can’t endanger the social situation.

Of course, some people fake “inemuri”. But even when they actually take a nap on the go, they can still maintain their composure. For example, they won’t miss their stop even when being genuinely asleep.

Imagine a big toy that does wonderful things. That is exactly what this new contraption is like. This bicycle was transformed into a vehicle of art.

This street artist amused everyone with his chalk drawings. Mr. Hou from China posted a few pictures of his 3D chalk art on different forums. Chinese netizens soon gave Hou the nick name “Chalk God”. The media quickly dug up his identity, and discovered that the creator of these striking realistic-looking landscapers was an average citizen who drew with chalk to impress his son.

We thought these cars were pretty amazing and the owners must have tons of money of creativity to have built them. Sit back and enjoy the show.

These are some very funny photos, drawings, art, and graffiti by Jan Kriwol. While they are very humorous, you’ll have to look very close at some of them to catch their drift. The detail is truly amazing.

These pumpkin carvings are art. They are the creation of artist Ray Villafane who is from New York. Some are spooky, some are caricatures of celebrities and even Presidents, and they all are amazing. This artist has a true genius.

These photographs show an art exhibition in China. I just can’t imagine how it is possible to learn new art in such a crowd!

The author of this 8-bit wood art is working in a videogame industry and decided to pay homage to his favorite video games through this homemade wooden pixel art.

His boss even let him to display his art on the walls of their company.

Seeing the works created by Italian artist Fabrizio Corneli at night time or during overcast, you will think that these are just formless metal objects attached to the wall for some unknown reason. But as soon as the sun comes out or somebody lights the lamps, his installations become real masterpieces and reveal mysterious magic through the plays of lights and shades.

This amazing aircraft art is a form of graffiti that is painted on the nose of a military aircraft. Some of them have pinup girls painted on them but in a tasteful way. The artwork itself is incredible.

Sentimental journey :: B-17 Flying Fortress

We have already posted some works of urban artist Slinkachu who makes installations of his miniature fellas around London. Now they have made a little trip around Europe.

This is an amazing art project!

Check out more of these works in the previous part:

The story of little people – a cool art project (39 pics)

The High Life - Grottaglie, Italy

You probably know about tilt-shift effect that is highly popular among some photographers. It uses a special lens that gives a real-world scene the illusion of being a miniature model. You can reach quite the same effect in Photoshop by adjusting color, contrast and depth of focus of your pictures. Serena Malyon, a student of an art school, decided to try tilt-shifting using paintings to see what would happen. And she got these rather interesting manipulations of some works by Van Gogh.

The Harvest, 1888

This is some incredible street are that must be seen. It is truly amazing that these street artists who supposedly have no formal training are able to come up with such amazing artwork.

The photos in this post are of some wonderfully real wall art. People actually painted this beautiful art on the walls of existing buildings. It took some real artistic talent to make paintings this large look this good.

Celebrities have many fans from all over the world. Some fans love their idols silently, but others get inspiration to create special art. Some of these artworks are very funny, but others are just dreadful.

Gary Busey

If you are a good artist, you can create masterpieces even from toilet-paper tubes, and your works will amaze others. French painter Anastassia Elias came up with a new design idea. Her art is very unusual and so brilliant. These are all must-see works that can startle your imagination.

This is what a creative mind can do to a piece of LSD blotter. Blotter Art refers to a highly collectable form of artwork. It steals its popularity from the visual similarities it shares with its' once prolific chemical-soaked cousin. Blotter Art has transcended the underground drug market and is available to art lovers worldwide. It is not illegal, it is art.

Horacio Salinas (born in Argentina, but based in New York), a conceptual still life photographer is famous worldwide for his ability to see art in the most common objects of our life. His works were highly appreciated by the most important magazines in the world, including Vogue, GQ and the New York Times. Check this out and tell us what you think of this art!

These incredible photos are all taken in silhouette from around the world. The amazing thing about photos taken in silhouette is that they allow your imagination to fill in what you can’t see. Therefore, one person may see and understand one thing while another person sees and understands something completely different.

You can read books. But you can also cut pictures out of them and then create photos using different figures. This is what photographer Thomas Allen does. His book art is very unusual and unique in its own way.

A great collection of amazing, creative and brilliant graffiti artworks. All pictures are worth seeing!

Check out other posts with graffiti:

Ukrainian Banksy (20 pics)

Fantastic Street Art (20 pics)

Artists who create beautiful artworks using pencils can’t surprise us nowadays. But Dalton Ghetti found a way how to create miniature masterpieces using pencils. He simply carved the alphabet on the tips of 26 pencils, making letters come alive.

The fantastic street art in these photos was created by artist Robin Rhode from South Africa. It is absolutely fresh and beautiful. It does beg the question of why graffiti is illegal since it is certainly much better that what was there previously. How can something so fantastic be illegal?