
haha this reminds me of sinister what a silly film!
World’s Most Beautiful Abandoned Places
Italian product manager and web designer Francesco Mugnai recently added a collection of images to his blog touting some of the most beautiful images of abandoned spots and modern ruins that he’d ever seen. The images Mugnai has captured come from empty castles, shuttered power plants, and dilapidated churches around the world. From a sunken yacht in Antarctica to a forever-closed amusement park in Japan, these images all make up a sort of anti-phoenix; rather than rising as new from the ashes, these husks remain preserved in decomposition, forcing viewers to confront the strange beauty of ruination.
PS all of these places are located inside of my heart
Trompe L’oeil
The artist recreates a realistic depiction of the torn paying card, paying attention to the right color and shadow definition of its counterpart.
“Realism Challenge: Playing Card” Artist. Mark Crilley
It’s not me on the park bench!” says Luci Gutiérrez, the thirty-five-year-old artist from Barcelona who drew “I Love,” the cover of this week’s issue. “But I wear these kinds of hats—very French—so, I guess there is something of me in her,” she says. “I think of them as typical young New Yorkers. I spent some months living there, and I love to draw the people.
Cover of the April 1, 2013 issue. Get the story behind this week’s cover, “I Love” by Luci Gutiérrez, plus a slideshow of loving couples in Art Deco New Yorker covers from the nineteen-twenties: http://nyr.kr/1027v7Y
i love it
the strokes

CHORES
What’s more frightening than an unconvincing animatronic gigantic great white shark? A giant pile of ironing, that’s what. Well, maybe. Just a silly idea I had.
UPDATE - print is now available here