No trespassing

“Be kind and no trespassing. Violators will be executed painfully…”

If you saw “Kill Bill” you will keep distance.

Color Me Creative by Kristina Webb

19-year-old artist uses real-life objects to complete her illustrations

New Zealand artist Kristina Webb doesn’t limit herself to just paper. Flowers, salads, and even spaghetti become part of  her illustrations. The 19-year-old found Instagram fame early on in life, and now has almost two million followers. Recently, Webb’s first book “Color Me Creative,” was released to positive reviews – click here to buy. It challenges creative youths with 50 different artistic projects.

Webb achieves the surreal effect in these photos by taking pictures, scanning them, and then combining them with her illustrations. She gets inspiration from whatever is around her: a blue binder turns out to be the perfect pool for an illustrated mermaid! Follow Kristina Webb on Instagram. Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/.

Street Artists paint amazing, playful optical illusions

To bring awareness to the worn out and abandoned buildings in the city of Saint-Étienne, French street artists Ella and Pitr have created a series of wonderful anamorphic murals. Whimsical and playful, each piece in this public art series typically features a gigantic illustrated picture frame that appears to be a portal to another world that is more colorful and fantastical than our own.

By strategically placing people—who are volunteers living in the city—in these picture frames, the artists are able to create surreal images where it is difficult to distinguish between the second and third dimensions. The vibrancy of the images captured within these painted frames also stands in stark contrast to their dilapidated surroundings, thus bringing attention to the sorry states of the buildings. View the rest of these incredible artworks below — or check out more of the talented artists’ work here. Source: http://lustik.tumblr.com/.

Star Wars Weekend: Star Wars Coffee Break

The Force is strong in Maria Aristidou, a Greek cake decorator, chocolatier, and artist. She loves all things Star Wars, Disney, and geeky. And she apparently really, really loves coffee. Some months ago, Maria found a way to combine all of the above, when she hit upon the brilliant idea of making a sketch of her coffee… from her coffee.

Maria must have realized she had hit upon pure brilliance, because ever since her Instagram account has been transformed with amazing geek art. But the tour de force of coffee art has to be this excellent R2-D2, culled from a little espresso and a lot of creativity:

Watch the making of video on YouTube:

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And enjoy this Star Wars coffee gallery taken from Maria’s Instagram. Follow Maria Aristidou on Facebook. And may the Force be with you!

SW Weekend: Star Wars Kinkade Paintings

Thomas Kinkade is famous for his paintings of colorful, charming settings full of lush greenery and quaint houses. Artist Jeff Bennett wanted to unsettle Kinkade’s serene universes.

It’s how his series of Star Wars Kinkade Paintings was born. Bennett went in and mucked about with a bunch of Kinkade’s work, inserting Star Wars imperials in a few of them. Here, we have Stormtroopers setting fire to an adorable house, below, you’ll find Star Destroys and AT-ATs in the woods.