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I really like the aesthetic in this piece. Fish appeal to me for some reason and I like the way the black and red koi contrast.

This frog is just a baller. I also really like the Japenese characters around him. Obviously a lot of work went into this.

I've always been interested in Japanese mythology, so this picture of Izanami and Izanagi being cool dudes is really awesome.

This is a really sick set of paintings. The branches and different colors really create a cool atmosphere. Nature is awesome, too.

This is a fat man. I relate to this scroll painting. It speaks to me. I like it.

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This piece stands out to me for reasons I can't really understand. The heart over the eye is a really nice detail that pops out of the rest of the piece.

What were your thoughts as you were creating this artwork?

MY HOOD PICS WEEK !

canopy
nice little grassy grove
palate
sign
cool little alleyway

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Something you can sit on, made completely from trash! This assortment of recycled furniture is made from cans, malleable metal framing, and a large assortment of other interesting garbage. The art is created by a group of people called MotoArt, dedicated to creating futuristic-looking furniture made completely out of trash.

Jason Mecier uses a ton of diverse types of trash to create portraits of celebrities. While not inherently interesting, I think his creative use of personal information about said celebrities to create accurate pieces is very creative. For example, in this portrait of Ryan Adams, Mecier uses cigarettes around the eyes to bring out Adams' cigarette habit. He uses pencils as hair to illustrate Adams' prolific writing. Portraits are hard to breathe life into, but Mecier does a great job of doing something new.

Vik Muniz really has a lot of time on his hands. Fortunately, he uses it to create masterful art pieces out of dirt and hole punch remnants. This piece not only strikes me for its realism and color choice, but also for the amount of materials he had to gather just to make this one piece. He must have put a lot of holes in paper!
This piece, by HA Schnult, is incredible. I can't even imagine finding enough trash, let alone enough time, to create this many trash people. The amount of dedication to his craft is just mind-blowing. He used all forms of garbage to create 1,000 6-foot people. They have been to many major cities.

This artist, Michael Correll, uses metal tanks to make bells for a community garden. He paints them varying colors and puts symbols on them. I think it's really creative to essentially make musical instruments out of what others would call garbage. Metal tanks have the potential to be incredibly resonant and musical, and I'm impressed with his creativity.