"portrait" tag
piracy0

Mosaic Portraits Made From 6500 CDs

Milan-based artists Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco, in collaboration with ad agency TBWA, created these mosaic portraits of music icons, such as Michael Jackson and Elvis, for a campaign called "Piracy".  The…

Recycled Tape Art by Erika Iris Simmons

Recycled Tape Art by Erika Iris Simmons

This incredible series of 3D portraits titled "Ghost in the Machine" is created by self-taught artist Erika Iris Simmons.  This series feature a number of musicians and iconic people made out of  film…

Photo Collage by John Stezaker

Photo Collage by John Stezaker

I did a double take upon seeing this photo series by English artist John Stezaker.  It is astounding how he is able to incongruously conjoin pre-exisiting images to suggest new faces that are comical…

Levitating Self-Portraits by Natsumi Hayashi

Levitating Self-Portraits by Natsumi Hayashi

We at Inspired! would like to give a quick shout out to Japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi for making these inspiring levitating self-portraits.  Keep flying, yowayowa camera woman!   The confines of gravity are the…

"throwing blankets" • 76" x 152" (193cm x 396cm) • pushpins on board

Incredible Pushpin Mosaic by Eric Daigh

Michigan-based portraitist Eric Daigh creates impressive mosaic work by arranging pushpins on board. His work is that rare aerial perspective of the faces we see everyday.  He also made a piece for the 2010…

Cut Paper Portraits by Kuin Heuff

Cut Paper Portraits by Kuin Heuff

Shockingly beautiful cut paper portraits by Netherlands-based artist Kuin Heuff.  She first paints portraits on paper then cuts it into lace-like structure. via artistaday images © Kuin Heuff

Jay Chou Portrait with Coffee Cup Stains

Jay Chou Portrait Made with Coffee Ring Stains

Shanghai-based artist Hong Yi, also known as Red, likes to paint without a paintbrush.  Her latest work was no exception.  Inspired by the first and last lines in Jay Chou's (周杰倫) 2007 hit…

lip5

Read My Lips by Hsin-Chien Huang

This interactive sculpture Read My Lips by Taiwanese new media artist Hsin-Chien Huang is inspired by a flood of facebook invitation from dead artists. Apparently, the boundary between life and death no longer…

Inspired! © 2011-2012 All Rights Reserved