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Art. By me.

copper abstract

copper abstract
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

New art! 100% digital fake paint.

More art-type-stuff

ghost fur
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

Another Photoshop drawing: "ghost fur." View large.

divisions

divisions
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

Artwork by yours truly. Photoshop, custom brush... view large.

Aqua Blue Red Sea

This beautiful photo of Saudia Arabia's coral reefs, taken from space, shows a wide variety of water depths, ranging from light turquoise to midnight blue. More info here, and check out the high resolution image.

clouds

clouds
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

experimental photographies.

mystery fur

mystery fur
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

A Photoshop creation made with my own custom brush.

Illustrations

These illustrations by Benjamin Carre are really well done and dramatic. Check out the drifting smoke in this one

Found on Flickr

IT everywhere #10
Originally uploaded by Paul The Wine Guy.

How cool is this? Very cool, that what. Nice shot, paulthewineguy!

Gummi Bear Tragedy

This so called 'science' is an abomination and must be destroyed

piecemeal 1

piecemeal 1
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

One in a series of three.

cubiclouds

cubiclouds
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

More fun with ArtRage and Photoshoppsz.

slumber

Wake me up in the spring...

slumber
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

weerd ghosts

weerd ghosts
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

Playing with fake paint.

At work

At work
Originally uploaded by Egui_.

Mural painters in Tanzania.

ghostpaint

ghostpaint
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

Made with ArtRage 2.5 and a Wacom pen on a Mac Mini... a great combination.
Too fun.

Streamline

My latest painting, named Streamline, is acrylic and oil on canvas. It has a light layer of irridescent blue gloss that makes it almost impossible to photograph. But it looks great in person, trust me :P

Color Patchwork

No, it's not another fractal image or abstract painting. This is a photo of the Sao Simao Reservoir in Brazil, taken from the International Space Station.

More info here.

Less Tacky Fractals

Somewhere along the line fractals got lumped in with potheads, tie dye and the Grateful Dead, but some of these entries to the 2007 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest are unique and aesthetically pleasing.

These are nice:

Playground by Klaus-Peter Kubik (pictured to the right)
Past Present Future by Joseph Priestly
The Draftsman by Paul DeCelle

Coolest Thing I've Seen All Year

These nano-explosions are like little bite-sized mushroom clouds.

See more lovely images from the Science as Art Competition.

abstrakkt

abstrakkt
Originally uploaded by johnsadowskiii.

Some new art for the new year. 2008's pretty cool so far. I have high hopes for this year.

Educational Charts from the '50s.

There's something surreal and wonderful about these educational posters from Germany that were produced in the 1950s and '60s. Click here to see a gallery of some of the most interesting ones. Reproductions of these posters are available for sale on eBay, here.

via 7 Deadly Sinners

Pretty lil' things

Once again science meets art in the realm of little bitty things; it's the Nikon Small World Photomicrography 2007 contest winners. Check out the giant unilamellar and multilamellar vesicles. Put the who in the what now?

Art... In... Spaaaaace!

Here's another beautiful image. It's a Hubble view of the Great Nebula in Carina. 6500 - 10000 light years from Earth, this composite image is 50 light years across and contains at least a dozen stars that are 50 to 100 times the size of our sun.

More info at Wikipedia, of course.

Grey Abstraction

Here's a great abstract artwork.... mostly pufferfish and coffee beans. OK, actually it's a high resolution scan of pollen.

New painting, "Yellow Grime"

Finished a painting that has lots of yellow paint. This painting is designed to drag your eyes along to different areas. Click here for a larger view... and here's a really close detail. Daughter thinks it looks like her blankie, I can't argue.

Fine Art.

This is a very nice abstract artwork. Lots of great textures and lush colors, with some interesting things going on.

You can click here if you want more info.

Evolution of Evolution

From blublu, a giant mural picturing evolution from cell to dinosaur, to man and beyond. I like how the bronotsaurus' head goes over the wall to the overpass above. Cool!

More great stuff here.
via reddit

Another Bear Head

Guess what this bear head is made out of? No, not gummi bears.

Click here to find out!

3-D Creepy Paintings

Check out this series of sculptures made of paintings suspended in layers of glass by Chinese artist Xia Xiaowan.

via kottke.

Pac-Man's Skeleton

Le Gentil Garçon, in collaboration with François Escuilié, palaeontologist, created this representation of Pac Man's skeleton.

via kanardo

Scenes From Ultrareality

I'm not sure how much these ultraviolet photos have been manipulated in Photoshop, but they are very creepy and beautiful. I want to get lost in this deep blue forest…

Stop Action Arcade Obesiance

Pes at eatpes.com created this great little movie that recreates popular 80's arcade games with plastic bugs and other objects, using the original sound effects and music.

Some other interesting stuff on that site too,

New Painting: The Thrombocyte

Here's a pic of my latest painting, "The Thrombocyte," 19 x 29".

Yummi

A bearskin rug made of gummi bears. This sculpture would last about ten minutes in my household.

But are they the yummy Haribo Gold Bear gummi bears?

Visualizations

Chris Jordan creates very large images which display a certain quantity of an item.

This is a detail of Shipping Containers, a 6 x 10 foot digital artwork which "depicts 75,000 shipping containers, the number of containers processed through American ports every day." See the full image and others here.

via the presurfer.

Fun with paint

A blank wall and lots of paint... Wetpaint is an online art toy. The brushes are great. The spraypaint is nice and drippy. The roller sucks!

via serenade in green.