…Under the skirt of a school girl. Another classic WTF moment brought to you by the Japanese.
– via Gizmodo.
Category: Weirdness
Mulheres Barbadas are a pair of self-taught designers from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Their black and white artwork is both cutesy and grotesque; the attention to detail is amazing.
Check out the small gallery below and head to Mulheres Barbadas for much more.
– via PICDIT.
Khoda is an amazing student project by Reza Dolatabadi. Using over 6000 paintings and taking over 2 years to complete, Khoda is a 5-minute thriller with an equally eerie soundtrack. Every time you click the pause button you are facing an individual work of art.
Click play or go to Vimeo.
– via Andy’s Blog.
McAllen, Texas – In an odd case of Hispanic-on-Pomeranian violence, a 35-year old man is being charged with arson after he doused a small puppy with fuel and ignited the dog inside his girlfriend’s house. The flaming Pomeranian ran about the apartment, and set alight some fuel that the man had spilt on the floor. That fire then burnt the man, his girlfriend, and part of the house’s interior.
The man is being treated for severe burns over much of his body, and once an arrest warrant has been issued, could face attempted murder, aggravated assault, and animal cruelty charges. The Pomeranian also survived the attack, coming away with little or no injury.
Full article at TheMonitor – via Plime.
It’s all fun and games til someone loses an eye…and uses their own intestines to strangle you.
Watch what has to be the most ridiculous Kung Fu fight scene ever.
Jeff Jordan is an American painter whose favorite “ism” is surrealism.
I think that once artists learned to paint the world around them – call it ‘realism’– it was a short step to paint imaginary realities. Maybe the Greeks were the first surrealists, with all those stories about centaurs, mermaids, satyrs, and so on. Mythical creatures, visions of heaven and hell, dreams and nightmares – artists have always painted realistic images of worlds which never were. Surrealism has existed in various forms nearly as long as realism, and I consider it to be the second “ism.”
See more of his work at The Art of Jeff Jordan [NSFW].
You’ve seen them in countless movies, heck you’ve even witnessed Michael Scoefield use them to escape in Prison Break. Prison-made tattoos are a form of communication for inmates, and telling each other about gang affiliations, prison status, family bonds, and spiritual beliefs.
Here are some shots from a collection by Peter Wollheim.
With tattoos dating back to age 13, this inmate was working toward a “full shirt” of tattoos — chest, back and arms fully tattooed. The Harley-Davidson Evolution motorcycle commemorates the beloved, customized bike his ex-wife sold in their divorce.
This 24-year-old inmate got his small teardrop tattoo at age 15 and says it means “somebody’s mother doesn’t have a son anymore.” The dragon and demon emerging from slits rendered in his chest (left and right) are common prison tattoos and generally represent the wearer’s evil nature breaking out and causing harm.
By combining illustration and photography, Russian artist Dmitry Maximov places his cute whimsical monsters into different landscapes of a human-like world. These bulbous characters often look lonely as if the landscapes seems unwilling or unable to take notice of them.
More of Maximov’s micro worlds after the jump.
I can safely say the only reason I don’t use torture devices today is because I’m not the all-conquering, merciless king I was in my past life. But if I were to get my lofty stature back, I’d stock my playroom with the most horrifying torture devices, you know, for parties or for storing the occasional uninvited guest.
Heretic’s Fork
One end of this forked device was pushed under the chin of the victim, the other into the sternum; the strap secured the torture tool to the neck. In somewhat of a pained state, the victim would have to say the Latin word “Abiuro” (I recant), lest they were hanged or burned at the stake.
Thumbscrew
This vice was used to crush fingers, toes, knees, and elbows. Simple and efficient – two words that should always be in a torturer’s vocabulary.
Lead Sprinkler
We have ways of making you talk. This device was filled with either molten lead, tar, boiling oil, or boiling water. The said contents were then dripped onto the stomach, back, and other body parts of the unfortunate victim.
More of my favourite terrifying torture devices lay in wait after the jump.
Californian-based Elizabeth McGrath lives on the darker side of life. I think it has to do with her fascination for the grotesque and general detritus, which comes through in her sculptures of creatures from the darker corners of the streets, the city, the imagination. She’s also called Bloodbath McGrath.
Hit the jump for more images.