Steampunk Da Vinci Cupcake

Hold on to your monocle and top hat, Steampunk lovers! Mike's Amazing Cakes baked up this idea of bringing Leonardo da Vinci's drawings into cupcake form, sprinkled with a little steampunk magic. Between the Pages blog has more pics:
Link - Via; Nerdcore and Nerdalicious, Via: Neatorama

Ciudad Nazca - english documentation video

http://ciudadnazca.net/ "Nazca City" is a land art project, the drawing of a true scale map of an imaginary city onto the surface of the Peruvian desert. To do this we built a robot which moves autonomously, plowing the ground to uncover its underlying color. Because of its scale, the map can only be appreciated as a whole from certain a height by means of airplains or satellite imaging. The project is inspired by the gigantic figures drawn onto the desert by the ancient Nazca culture (200 BC - 600 AD), which can still be seen today. It invites to reflect upon the explosive urbanization of the deserts of the Peruvian coast, taking place since the middle of the last century, and its consequences on environmental sustainability and the quality of living. LINK: Youtube

Fantasmagorie

Fantasmagorie is an 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl (born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet). It is one of the earliest examples of traditional animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon. To make this film, Cohl placed each drawing on an illuminated glass plate and then traced the next drawing-with variations-on top of it until he had some 700 drawings.

In 1908, chalkboard caricaturists were common vaudeville attractions and the characters in the film look as though they've been drawn on a chalkboard, but it's an illusion. By filming black lines on paper and then printing in negative Cohl makes his animations appear to be chalk drawings. LINK: The Presurfer, Via: Youtube

William Kentridge's Stereoscope

South African artist William Kentridge creates beautiful animated films with simple charcoal drawings.
LINK, Via: clusterflock, Via: Youtube

Incurable Optimism: 100 Portraits

www.patricktheoptimist.org

"QUOTE" This video of me, my family and my quest to paint 100 portraits of incurable optimists before I die. Visit my website to find out more about the portraits. LINK: Youtube

This Guy is Super

Wish I knew more information on this video but there was none. If anyone has any info please let me know. LINK: Youtube

Mark McDonnell's sketchbook

Animator Mark McDonnell flips through his sketchbook filled with incredibly good drawings. LINK, Via: Youtube

Outstanding art in Ballpoint pen drawing

Check out these awesome drawings. LINK

Astonishingly Intricate Ballpoint Pen Art Creations

"Polo Pony 1 [James Mylne, 2008]"
Image: muchachoborracho

In his drawings, London-based Mylne has developed a crisp realist style, as shown in this portrait of a polo pony. LINK

Great pencil drawings by Randy Hann

You could swear that some of those pics are photos but no, they’re not!
This guy has a gift, so before saying it’s fake, take a look at his site…

LINK, [Via: Randy Hann]

Very Cool Pencil Art

"Andy Buck Pencil Art"
Andy lives here in the UK.

Andy has been drawing since he was 3 and gradually progressed over the years until he reached A Levels at school. It was at this time he was forced into drawing the human form and so the love of drawing portraits came about.

Andy's techniques involve shading with mechanical pencils of varying grade and size, smoothing with a q-tip or cotton wool, and erasing fine lines for hairs etc using either a solid rubber or putty rubber. LINK

Visit Andy Buck pencil art on Deviantart.com.

Pencil drawings

It is hard to believe that these drawings were made by a simple pencil.
Really cool pics! Drawings by Paul Lung. LINK

Sexy Ballpoint Pen Art (NSFW)

Juan Francisco Casas' Bic pen drawings. It doesn't matter what material you use, it's what you do with it."

Recreating sexy photos with the blue pens that we all use in our daily lives, the Spanish-born artist creates large scale murals that measure up to 10ft high. Casas can use up four 14p ballpoints on one picture, and his award winning pieces fetch over $6000. LINK

Ten Drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci

Go to this LINK to see the rest of the drawings and to see where the exhibition will be shown.

Invisibilia - When Photographs and Drawings Collide

This is a really simple idea, but the effect is really interesting. The artist has just taken pictures - some are his personal pictures and some have been found on the Internet - and replaced a real person with a drawing. He also gives a tutorial on how to create your own, if you’re interested.

Link, Via: Neatorama

Notebook of drug-influenced drawings

Illustrator Jeremy W. Eaton has kindly scanned and uploaded some of his notebook sketches drawn under the influence of drugs such as marijuana, psilocybin, LSD, and Diet Pepsi. (Above: Hashish, 1996.)

Drawing on drugs. LINK

"Sand Drawings"

A lot of talent and creativity. A must watch. Interesting how they go from one Sand Drawing right into another without ever really clearing the screen totally.