May 11, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Contributions

Berlin-based tattooist Peter Aurisch creates these fantastic works of art directly onto the skin of his clients. Surreal worlds appear to be penciled on. A self-confessed tattoo-snob, I have to say that these images have changed my perspective on sketch work art, as well as effectivity in splendour and brilliance, of which is here evinced through the medium of skin. Read more

May 11, 2012 | New Trends | by Casper Johansson

Is this taking the whole concept of shocking cover images too far? This Time Magazine image shows 26 year old mum, Jamie Lynne Grume, breastfeeding her 3 year old son with the headline: ‘Are you mom enough?’. The story tackles the complex issue of child attachment, in the most blunt of ways. Anything for free publicity, I guess. And yes, we feel into the trap as well. Well, you know what they say about a sucker …

May 11, 2012 | New Illustration | by Meryl Pataky

San Francisco illustrator and fine artist Lisa Congdon was raised in both upstate New York and Northern California, where she grew to love the trees and animals that surrounded her. That love is now expressed through her paintings and drawings.  Read more

May 12, 2012 | New Art | by Low Lai Chow

Berlin-based artist EVOL takes tattered cardboard canvasses off garbage-ridden streets, then draws and spray-paint stencils them to look like intricate urban cityscapes that look good enough to live in. Read more

May 11, 2012 | New Art | by Samantha Dalrymple

These series of images by Lauren Redburn are collages that may look like something we see in our dreams. Her creative use of images from old magazines to books makes her works stand out. Read more

May 12, 2012 | New Photography | by Low Lai Chow

Showing that there are indeed two sides to a coin, Dutch photographer Herlinde Koelbl’s double portraits of people in and out of uniform holding the same gaze to the camera are deliberately framed against drab walls for that simple, understated coolness to them. Priest and chimney sweep included. Read more

May 12, 2012 | New Photography | by Low Lai Chow

Hamburg-based Patrick Runte fuses gaming with reality in his photography series Jump N’ Run, with video game icons like Pac-Man and tetris blocks invading life as we know it. Very fun stuff. Now, where can we buy that tetris costume? Read more