Marvel Heroes by Gabrielle Dell’Otto
Check out the artist’s site. It’s pretty unique.
(via fyeahsuperheroes)
Superhero Illustrations - by Fresh Doodle - JP Valderrama
More great work from Juan Doe, this time Marvel-related. See a selection of his DC work here.
Discovered via Geek-Art.
Artist sites: Website | DeviantArt
Most little boys grow up wishing they had the superpowers of comic book heros such as Spider-Man or Superman. But schoolboy Hibiki Kono has turned that childhood fantasy into reality after using his design technology lessons to build a suction contraption that lets him scale walls like Spider-Man.
The 13-year-old fulfilled his dream of climbing buildings like the fictional web-spinning super hero by designing a backpack-mounted gadget that harnesses the power of two cut-price Tesco 1,400 watt vacuum cleaners to pin him to the walls using wooden suction pads attached to the vacuums’ nozzles. A nozzle from each machine is then attached to each pad, creating a powerful suction effect when the vacuum is switched on and the pad is pressed tightly to the wall. The wooden pads have a rubber seal to give increased grip and the suction is strong enough for one pad to support Hibiki’s weight.
To move higher, Hibiki switches the vacuum supplying his ‘free’ hand pad off, allowing it to be released from the wall on its own, without affecting the other pad’s suction. Each pad is attached to a stirrup, to allow him to move each leg in tandem with the corresponding arm.
Hibiki then dazzled classmates by demonstrating the device’s power by climbing the school wall during morning assembly. He says, “I used to dress up as Spiderman when I was younger and I love all the films so it’s great to be able to climb walls like him. My mum thinks it’s brilliant but she won’t let me us it in my bedroom as she is worried I may pull down the ceiling. I wanted to make something a bit different and I designed most of it myself.”
Hibiki Kono, the Geyser of Awesome salutes you!
[via Dailymail.co.uk]
Don’t let your eyes deceive you, these two pieces are in fact paintings by the very talented Doug Bloodworth whose ’artistic perspective is influenced by childhood affection for American western classics and the quintessential youth of the American dream. A combination of Pop Art, photography and textural paint strokes, his work was born from inspirations that began when he was a boy, and have grown into the refined craft of photorealism.’
Check out more of Doug’s awesome paintings at Sweet Station!
