Art & Literature

Interesting project by photographer François Brunelle. A collection of photographic portraits of North American and European look-alikes. Each photo features two look-alikes, who are not related, side by side. (Pictues from haha.nu) François Brunelle's site

Jason Brooks was born in London on February 23 1969. He grew up by the sea in Brighton, England, and began drawing and painting at an unusually young age receiving his first freelance commissions in his early teens. Brooks studied Graphic Design at St Martin's College, where he began working regularly for British Vogue after winning the Vogue Sotheby's Cecil Beaton Award for Fashion Illustration. While at St Martin's, he began travelling widely, drawing and painting colourful travel journals. Travel has been a recurrent theme in his work and his adventures continue to inspire and inform his visual repertoire. After a Master of Arts Degree in Illustration at the Royal Coll…

I was wondering if I should start my own business online Here's how it would work... I am pretty good at drawing portraits, if you haven't seen them already I can post them here to show you... anyway, I was thinking about selling some of my protraits online. I have been thinking about doing this for a few months, and I have worked out a lot of the details, but not all of them. I will need all of your help for that part. I have been paid to do portraits in the past and I enjoyed it. But I never was able to work out a price for the potraits... I have been paid anywhere from $10-$50 for a 8 1/2" x 11" portrait... and I was thinking about opening it up to possibly drawing…

hey .. im Going to Bangkok in 7 hours flight !! so any one can recommend some books to read ?! but i want novels like Count of Monte Cristo , Little Women , Under the Tuscan Sun !! like that !! anyone .. can help me ?!

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Flame, piss on it, hate it, love it, i welcome any and all comments on these two pics. They were a little too large to scan so i had to take crappy pics of them. These monster one is just something i've been having fun messing with, nothing serious. The other guy is a pic of an old guy. Anyway, constructive criticism is all welcome.

The Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen: Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. Who else has read it? Anyone? I can hardly wait until the third novel comes out! (The model for the second book cover is Taylor Warren!)

Freedom of the Seas and her two sister ships will keep the title of the largest passenger ships ever built until construction of the Oasis Class ships in 2009. The Freedom of the Seas was built at the Aker Yards drydock in Turku, Finland which also is building the other ships of the Freedom Class. Upon its completion it became the largest passenger ship ever built, taking that honor from Cunard's Queen Mary 2.

This is how I think The Punisher should have been presented on film using Tom Jane. Forget the 89 and 04 ever happened and forget about Spiderman 3. Here is my version of SM3.

The book's called Contemporary Fashion. It was published in 1995. It says John Galliano's address is Passage du Cheval Blanc, 2 Rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris, France. Is this obsolete? If not, I have tons of others for anyone else looking. Some of the other designers listed are: Christian Lacroix Karl Lagerfeld Lanvin Helmut Lang Ralph Lauren Bob Mackie Max Mara Missoni Badgley Mischka Issey Miyake Isaac Mizrahi Vivienne Westwood Mulberry Ferragamo The Gap Jean-Paul Gaultier Givenchy Madame Gres Gucci Guess Inc. Hermes Carolina Herrera Tommy Hilfiger Marc Jacobs Betsey Johnson Stephen Jones Donna Karan Calvin Klein Michael Kors Lacoste Moschino Jean Patou Pringle o…

Well, Obviously.. I like Tekken and My most favorite gaming character is LEI WULONG Here he is in Tekken 5: and in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection: Who's your favorite? tell us!

So I have only read Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch the Devil, and Blood Canticles! I have to say my favorite was Memnoch as well as Interview. Nicolas, is purdy cur-azy in my flippin opinion...whoo! But I understand his cynical views. Anywho, what is your guys' favorite book of the Vampire Chronicles? I would really like to know.

my favorite comic books are The Witching Painkiller Jane Jungle Girl there is alot more & will be posted later on!

here are a couple of mine Shriek & Poison Ivy

These are one of my favorite books! I really love them, I've been reading them ever since I was in the 7th grade. I was wondering if anyone else here read them too? Btw, I'm on book number 8 right now. You can find more information more information: Here

What are some of your favorite book covers? I'll start out with one of mine.

I couldn't find a thread for him...and I love him so I am making one (I hope I was not wrong) Luis Royo (born in 1954 in Olalla, Spain) is a Spanish artist, known for his darkly sensual paintings of women and mechanical life forms. He has also recently started doing sculptures of some of his earlier art. He was born in Olalla, a small town near Teruel, Spain. He has produced many paintings for his own books/exhibitions, and has also produced art for various other media: videogames, CD album covers, comic book covers, and Tarot cards. He is most famous for his work doing illustrations of Julie Strain for the animated movie Heavy Metal. Biography Education & earl…

There are only two books out so far but I was wondering if anyone has read them. A friend of mine said they are really good but I was wondering if anyone else thought so. I am currently on a waiting list at the library with 19 people in front of me and I was wondering if they are really worth the wait.

i hope you like it

Crop circles are geometrical formations of flattened crops found in England and elsewhere. They have been found in wheat, barley, canola, rye, corn, linseed and soy. The phenomenon itself was observed in its current form after notable appearances in England in the late 1970s. Various explanations were offered for the phenomenon, which soon spread around the world. In 1991, two men named Doug Bower and Dave Chorley revealed that they had been making crop circles in England since 1978 using planks, rope, hats, and wire as their only tools.Circlemakers.org, a UK-based arts collective founded by John Lundberg have been creating complex crop circles since the early 1990s. HQ…

This is a thread where you introduce your favorite art pieces to BZ. I'd like to limit it to non-performing arts. So paintings, sculptures, architecture, an conceptual art are all acceptable. To get us started: Resurrezione di Lazzaro by Caravaggio Before I start explaining why I like this painting, I should probably mention that I am a great admirer of abstract art. There is very little in the Baroque era that I really love, yet this painting finds itself easily in my top ten. Why is hard to explain without access to the piece itself. Just believe me when I tell you that the picture I included above does not even capture 1/100th of the power of seeing this piece in…

Was shocked to see neither of them had a mention, two of the most incredible writers in modern history. Hunter S Thompson is god In my eyes, and Irvine Welsh is the master of Modern Novels. Any fans?