Illustrator Jason Levesque blesses us regularly with his whimsically sexual, clean-line illustrations. This time around he has jumped off the two dimensional plane and directly into the third via custom painted nesting dolls.  Well done Jason. I love these jawnies.

Designer, art director and hand-crafted model maker, Kyle Bean has pleasantly neutered man’s favorite tools for creating bloodshed and mayhem. Jello Grenades and Birthday Candle Ammo may not be ideal for the goodie bags at your daughters birthday party but Id prefer the dude running the Chucky Cheese ticket-counter to pack a feather-knife than the 3″ Buck knife he has stashed in his boxer lining. Just sayin’.

I haven’t been this excited about a find since Sonny Bono discovered that tree. (just a joke Sonny) Flickr user D.Shelley has blessed us with an absolutely incredible photo set detailing the custom artwork applied to the back panel of WWII bomber jackets. Hand-crafted and war-torn, these jackets set the tone for graffiti-adorned jean jackets of the 80′s. These dudes were seriously bombin‘ shit…. no, seriously.

You remember that video of that chubby Indonesian kid smoking cigarrettes that went viral a little while ago? So did Belgian photographer, Frieke Janssens. The difference between us and her is that she acted on her reaction to the video and put together an incredibly kick-ass photo project titled, “Smoking Kids”. Keep in mind that no actual cigarette product or smoke was involved in the shoot.

Being a notable scientist requires a thin line to be walked between the brilliant and the stone-crazy. This series of illustrations titled,”Science vs. Delirium” by graphic designer Simon Bent give some props to our greatest scientific figures LSD-testing style.

Yo sculptor Tony Cragg, you actin’ real dicey right now. Really though, the dude is sick with it. CEE-LOOOOOOO!

Working with hammer-formed steel and re-purposed objects Greg Brotherton brings the creepy heat! It’s like Tim Burton and Hieronymus Bosch copulated with a Goodwill donation bin. Pleasant dreams need not apply.

Sometimes doodling can get out of control. Just ask Skeme’s Mom. If Mrs. Skeme has seemingly lost her perspective Jason Sho Green has gone bat-shit crazy! From afar these amazing quilted assemblages of ball point pen marvelings appear to look like well executed portraits. Up close, you have bought yourself a ticket to Doodle World where Robocop pulls a gat on your neck and overweight naked men bask on the clouds in your head. You are killing it with these Jason. Wow.

What the bicuspid, cuzzy?!  Tattoo-able real estate is truly limited on the human body. Since you have already thrown a few Nascars on your back, some bacon and eggs on your head, a MySpace logo on your pubic region, a bong smoking dolphin on your tricep and a Hello Kitty on your tongue - what’s left to ink? Your teeth you imbecile! For a very reasonable fee you can get your crowns sent off to a very pleasant looking young couple who offer the bizarre service of custom tattooing your teeth. Now …

Go big and get small! Anja Markiewicz freaks it with her miniature origami skills. Strange, true and obscurely useful, her mini-skills are major.

Artist José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros redefines the “happy ending” we have all come to expect watching Disney films. With a smash-n-grab, ecstacy induced, fantasy-turned-reality take on our favorite animated fairy tales, José crushes it with his project entitled, “Disenchanted“. When you wish upon a star….

Humans are obsessed with flight. Ask 10 people what super power they would like to have and half of them will say “flight”. This never made any damn sense to me. After two weeks this “super-power” will turn from exhilarating to just another way to get to work in the morning. Only worse because every other schmuck will be pointing their fingers, gawking at you all day and the other half will be trying to shoot your dumb-ass out of the air. Suddenly you’ll find yourself caged up in some …

Color, line and depth are some shit to comprehend when you put your mind to it. Artists leverage these three tools to create illusions when painting or drawing. By layering and playing with color and line we are able to transform a flat surface and guide the viewer into a whole new world.Carnovsky (a Milan based artist/designer duo comprised of Francesco Rugi and Silvia Quintanilla) have created a series of wall installations that tool with our ability to perceive and interact with the RGB color model. I’m a huge fan of …

What came first? Hitler or his moustache? French artist Alexandre Nicolas tries his hand at uncovering this ancient proverb with his completely captivating series of pop culture fetuses. I’d be lying if I didn’t have my fingers crossed on my daughters born day secretly wishing that a newborn Spider-Man was crowning. Oh well.

Street artist Combo has been KILLING IT on the streets of Paris. His approach is simple. By juxtaposing cartoons with political and pop cultural imagery he makes his mark memorable. Keep up with him on his Flickr site here.

Artist and photographer Alberto Sevesto has made some buzz online with his gripping “ink and water” photography. Never being one to congeal, Alberto has upped the ante by throwing a surfing Lego dude into the mix creating an absolutely awesome photo set of ink surfing. Inkwell Breakwater Tubular.

Art crew Luzinterruptus has put together what they call an “intervention” inviting reflection regarding the forever irreversible use and abuse of nuclear energy. This installation titled “Radioactive Control” was formed at the Dockville Festival in Hamburg as a statement toward the devastation and ensuing paranoia after the escape of radioactive material in Japan.

Remember that time we got wasted in Boston and woke up naked on that pier on the Harbor and that sea monster was rooting around sniffing in your crotch? Me neither. Matthew Buchholz on the other hand may have already constructed an “Alternate History” poster based on the wild night. By slightly augmenting historical posters and redesigning the outcome you may find yourself accidentally pulling a Kent Brockman and hailing allegiance to the Krgyyx.

You’ve seen me sweat the hell out of the Levi’s campaign, “We Are All Workers” and rightfully so. Rustbelt heroes that hold the hustle paramount and leverage work ethic as currency. Levi’s has continued to scoop the authentic by teaming up with Portuguese street artist Vhils (who I have also written about here) leveraging their “Go Forth” campaign celebrating the spirit of the modern pioneer.

Graffiti was born from the voiceless demanding to be heard. Feeling small and going big. This incredible stop-motion animation flips the script a bit and shows how getting up can get real small. The unknown creator of this film who only goes by his Vimeo screen name yo man recreated a wall of fame in Munich making Mr. Rogers‘ “Neighborhood of Make-Believe” look like child’s play….. wait….

The wife of photographer Dr. Mohamed Babu accidentally spilled some milk outside their home in South India. Ants quickly gathered to sip on some of the spillage when she noticed their bellies turning white. Once Dr. Babu took a look at the buggers transparent bellies filling with milk he caught a rock solid idea. Check out these incredible photos staged in the family’s backyard. By combining food coloring with a paraffin base the drops were able to hold form while being devoured by the ant mob. Take a close look …

When the going gets rough, give the going a camera and let it take self-portraits. Photographer David Slater set his camera down while on a wildlife assignment attracting a light-fingered black macaque. Upon seeing her reflection she accidentally set off the camera taking one of my favorite pictures of the year. I love this monkey right now.

Designing dynamic duo Skrekkøgle have taken the animated cascading bliss of winning solitaire and blazed a three-dimensional version. Can you believe this jawn? They printed out each card, fused each one to foam-core and went to town. A celebration of our championing boredom throughout the 90′s! So sick.

Photographer Jonathon Kambouris gets his glossy-on by fusing nail polish designs and ice cream flavor inspired by countries and cultures around the world. I can dig it.

Greece: Pistachio ice cream, fresh chopped pistachios, honey drizzle, lemon peal

India: Mango ice cream, gold and silver sugar crystals, orange peal, cinnamon stick

South Africa: Cinnamon and chocolate ice cream, fudge caramel chocolate toffee, cookie crumble

Japan: Green tea ice cream, black sesame seeds, ginger syrup drizzle, candied ginger

Morocco: Strawberry and lavender ice cream, mixed berries berry syrup drizzle, turmeric …

German sculptor Oliver Voss has submerged an enormous nude woman into the Binnenalster lake in Hamburg, Germany. What you are seeing is art as marketing in motion. This supersized seductress is an advertisement for British beauty products company Soap & Glory to promote the “art” of bathing. She will be pruning for 10 days before she gets out of the tub allowing her frumpy 50ft husband to use the lake as a urinal.

Damn, just caught word that the King of Style Kase 2 passed away in the Bronx this weekend after a long fight with cancer. Fuck cancer man. This terrible beast has been taking down great people left and right. Cancer is an evil, nasty, ruthless monster and it scares the hell out of me.

Miami graf artist Typoe kills it on the streets both inside and outside the gallery walls. Check out this stand-out piece titled Confetti Death created from a skull and shards of plastic spray-paint caps. Absolutely incredible. I couldn’t dig up an official site for Typoe but click here for his full flickr feed. Enjoy.

Look, we’re human beings……and we are weird as fuck. What a beautiful universe that would produce a creature capable of taking a piece of toast and meticulously simulating bread mold by needlepoint. Most living creatures of this planet take action based on survival, reproduction or a titillating mix of both. We twist the top off an Oreo and carve reproductions of classic Roman portraiture. This is who we are. We’ll cross-stitch a sexy-time whip on a grid of Chex Corn mix with a cryptic war message and call it a …

When I was a rat-tail sporting, Def Leppard admiring young lad my mother offered to cross-stitch the Guns-N-Roses logo across the back of a size extra-small jean jacket. Without question I was ‘sign of the horns’ psyched about the prospective project. Unfortunately by the time my Mother was able to complete the project I had grown almost three sizes out of the diminutive denim. To her credit, she did finish it…. and it did kick cross-stitching-ass. Now that my daughters are getting bigger I need to dig up this unused …

Friendship and family are the fabric of life. So when a friend is in need I say we take that fabric and stretch a canvas.

In a few hours I will be bound for Brooklyn, USA. I am visiting a very close friend of mine who will be training me on some technical Flash projects. I am very excited to get back to the city the still pulls me in like a bad relationship. I miss New York terribly and Brooklyn in particular. In honor of this great Borough and my impending weekend I have collected some shots from a larger set by photographer Danny Lyon that detail Brooklyn during the summer of ’74. …

Paint can be explosive and paint can be contained. Artist Colin Chillag has found the path that runs right through the middle. His portfolio has a wide array of varied content but his stand-out material are his collection of portraits. Big fan, big man.

When I was growing up we would often play in the open expanse of vacant lots (in Detroit) and lush tree-filled lots that would act as “filler” between the houses in the neighborhoods (in Philly). In the cut of these unclaimed urban areas would often be the final resting place for all sorts of wild and domestic critter. As kids we would stumble upon these often half-decayed carcasses, with skin erosion exposing weathered bone yet still clinging firm to patches of fur and stench. Each kid would deal with these …

The great Lenny Bruce once said, “Miami Beach is where neon goes to die.” If this is in fact true, where do the dead neon cadavers specimens of the sea go to live? Silly question. They go to the same place pregnant pig computer hackers go to get famous. The interweb! This “New World Transparent Specimen” project has me transfixed and reinforces my belief that there is no end to what shinanigans human beings are up to across the globe. While I was out assistant coaching my daughters t-ball …

Contemporary Art is typically digested in two ways by the common populace. Either, 1. “My kid could do that. It ain’t art” or 2. “What the fuck is that? It ain’t art”.  Both expressions of the same negative, belittling attitude attempt to neuter creative expression that difficult to categorize or quantify. As the years pass I find myself more and more attracted to the odd and contemporary. I rolled through the Philadelphia Art Museum last weekend and found myself  giddy and giggly standing next to some Warhol “Brillo Boxes” and …

Yarn is out of control!! I haven’t seen such an unexpected explosion of creative material since the Oregon Highway Department decided to get into the business of detonating dead sperm whales on the beach. For realz. Check out Etsy vendor and needlework veterinarian Emily Stoneking and her lovable “aKNITomy” line of dissected crafty critters. Not only are they the most adorably eviscerated plush varmints you ever laid eyes on but they are also made to order. I gotta get mine, you gotta get yours!

Art imitates life. And your face is going to imitate a Jackson Pollock if you step to me the wrong way when I am up to my chin in Yeungling. Now I’m a peace-loving chap for the most part but there is never a time when I am not ready and willing to break out the Bud-Chucks and reprimand a party-foul!! These cement-filled 12oz cans of Bud created by Brooklyn based industrial designer Chen Chen and Kai Tsien Williams kicks ass as fast as Tango and Cash. The only thing …

If Toy Story were non-fiction I imagine the social and cultural interactions between toys would be far less like ours and much more like a warped, pseudo-society of chaos, acid-inducing violence and desperate awkwardness based on the perverted observations of our own disfunctional behavior. Enter the assemblage and photography of Diana Thorneycroft. (Awesome name for an artist for what it’s worth.) I have a sample here but you should check out her site and submerge yourself into a world where bald eagles snatch up chained moneys, lonely voyeuristic lumberjacks gaze …

Life is all about the journey, right? I talk a lot about the “path”. Finding the path, uncovering the path, looking back on the path, baby got path, pathamatics… Unfortunately the path we take is one that can only be traced back with the help from our fleeting memory. We don’t leave a tactile trail and even if we did our paths would be crissed and crossed by the millions of other paths that are left behind as people grind on making it virtually impossible to rediscover the trail. We …

Wayne White is dirt nasty with it! The artist, art director, illustrator, puppeteer was also a jaw-droppingly awesome set designer for Pee Wee’s Playhouse. Damn. The resume is gold but completely unnecessary when filing through his incredible set of word paintings. The colorful three dimensional block letter-forms that seems to playfully integrate into the conservative landscape painting is super-duper fresh. Take a few and check out his site. Legend level livelihood.