Artist Paul N. Grech attempts to paint people as tangible extensions of a living, breathing environment. In his aptly-titled painting below, “Beethoven”, he uses a composite style to form a portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven from a collection of individuals wearing hats. Have a closer look and you will see that the famous composer’s eyes […]
Scott Blake creates art using bar codes. This video demonstrates his interactive exhibit called Barcode Elvis at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! in San Francisco, California. Scott arranged barcodes from Elvis CDs in such a way that they resemble a composite portrait of the man himself. When one of the bar codes is scanned using […]
Some artists are blessed with a great deal of talent and originality. Brusspup is one of those artists. He creates and uploads a lot of optical illusion videos on Youtube. One of his latest ones, however, was his biggest effort yet. Using approximately 15,000 push pins (thumb tacks), he created a portrait of a young […]
In the 16th century, an Italian painter named Giuseppe Arcimboldo was on the cutting edge of his craft as he painted composite portraits of people using a variety of objects. Some of his most famous paintings involved creating portraits out of fruits and vegetables. In his painting below, he uses books to represent the head […]
