Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa, also known as Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is a portrait painted by Italian artists Leonardo da Vinci. The portrait is small, about the size of an A4 page, yet it took over a decade to complete. Da Vinci worked on the image between 1503-1519. The world famous painting of The Mona Lisa now hangs in the Louvre in Paris.

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Muppet Mona Lisa

Missy Piggy from the popular kids’ TV series The Muppets has been transformed into The Mona Lisa courtesy of Photoshop. Shown below is the mysterious Mona Lisa smile that won over fellow cast member, Kermit the Frog.

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Mona Lisa Avatar

The movie Avatar inspired a wealth of fan art in which celebrities were portrayed as having blue, patterned skin like the characters from the movie. Here is the Mona Lisa as she would appear if she lived on the planet Pandora.

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Banksy’s Mona Lisa in Graffiti

Famous graffiti artist, Banksy, has created a controversial view of da Vinci’s character in this Mona Lisa graffiti art work.

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Mona Lisa in Hollywood Bollywood

If Mona Lisa were a current celebrity, she would most likely be an actress or model. Would she appear in Hollywood films or Bollywood movies?

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Dali Mona

In 1954, Salvador Dali created a self portrait with himself as the Mona Lisa. The picture shows Dali’s characteristic crazy eye expression and pointy moustache.

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Mona Winehouse

This Amy Winehouse fan art portrays the singer as the Mona Lisa. Winehouse (1983-2011) had a distinctive image, with unruly hair and extroverted make-up designs, which can be seen in the picture below.

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Lisa Diesel

Muscle actor Vin Diesel has been photoshopped into the famous painting to produce a satirical parody of Mona Lisa. The painting has gone from containing a delicate, feminine form as a subject, to showing off the bulging muscles of Diesel.

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Patrick Strogulski is a world-famous caricature artist who has produced hundreds of celebrity caricatures. These funny portraits are a combination of fan art and humor, beautifully rendered in Strogulski’s aesthetic art style.

Brad Pitt Caricature

In this celebrity fan art work, Brad Pitt’s characteristic facial expression has been kept, even while the features that create the expression have been exaggerated.

Funny Presidential Portrait of Barack Obama

In this humorous caricature of American President Barack Obama, the artist has made the president’s mouth and ears several times larger than they would naturally be.

Comedian Caricature: John Cleese

Comedy actor John Cleese deserves fan art as funny as this, in homage to his decades of funny appearances in comedy shows and movies.

Dalai Lama Caricature

As with all of Strogulski’s caricatures, this funny portrait of the Dalai Lama shows the artist’s skill. The use of light in the painting creates an almost photo realistic effect.

Jason Statham’s Funny Fan Art

Jason Statham’s films have an intensity to them that is portrayed in this painting of the action man.

Morgan Freeman Fan Portrait

Morgan Freeman has a characterful face even before being rendered by a caricature artist. His distinctive features make life easier for the artist, as this actor is highly recognizable even when severely distorted.

Quentin Tarantino’s Dark Humor Portrait

Quentin Tarantino’s films are known for their black humor, and the artist has managed to reflect this in his caricature of Tarantino.

Funny Man Robin Williams

Robin Williams is both a comedic actor and stage comedian. His stocky frame combined with his enormous gestures and facial expressions create a rich contrast that is celebrated in this funny painting of Robin Williams.

Rowan Atkinson’s Comedy Portrait

Rowan Atkinson is most famous for his role in the comedy series, Mr Bean, in which he is mostly silent. The portrait below shows the Mr Bean character that Atkinson mimed in the series.

Willem Dafoe Caricature

Willem Dafoe has an interesting face as it is, without the help of a caricature artist. In this painting, the actor’s wide mouth and prominent chin have been enlarged to emphasize the character of his facial features.

All of the art shown here was created by Patrick Strogulski, showcased at newevolutiondesigns.

Chewing Gum Pavement Art

Chewing gum is found on pavements all over the world. Once chewed, the gum is spat out and stepped on by pedestrians. This process leaves behind a flattened piece of chewing gum that provides the perfect canvas for gum artists. The photo series below shows Ben Wilson, chewing gum artist, at work. He carefully paints each piece of chewing gum with tiny brushes and bright colors, creating a miniature masterpiece that is both fun and psychedelic. This form of street art verges on reverse graffiti; the art of turning the city’s dirt into something attractive.

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Recycling Food as an Art Form

Canadian gum artist Jason Kronenwald doesn’t chew bubble gum himself unless he has to. Instead of chewing the gum himself, he has a dedicated team of chewers. Kronenwald’s art is referred to as Gum Blondes, and are portraits of celebrities rendered in chewing gum.  The soft, chewed gum hardens as it dries, and has a shiny finish to it. Kronenwald’s celebrity fan art portraits include Madonna, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Marilyn Monroe and Jessica Simpson.

Recycling bubble gum and chewing gum as art is thought of as being a “green” or “eco-friendly” practice, because the gum isn’t thrown away after being chewed.

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Most leaf carvings take weeks or even months to create. The work is incredibly delicate and requires a steady hand and attention to detail. Because of the small size of the finished art piece, mistakes are more noticeable, forcing the leaf carver to work slowly and carefully at all times.

Famous Faces in Fall

A popular subject for leaf sculptures is a portrait of a celebrity or famous personage. These beautiful celebrity portraits are then pressed, preserved and framed so that they will last for decades. Some of the most popular celebrity leaf carvings are of the famous painting The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Jesus Christ and actress Marilyn Monroe.

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Buddha’s Life in Leaf Art

Buddha is the central figure of the Buddhist religion, which practices many forms of meditation. An art form as delicate and painstaking as leaf carving can be quite meditative, as it forces the mind to focus on one thing only. It is apt that Buddha, a symbol of meditation and calm, be the subject of leaf carvings.

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Famous Places Carved into Pressed Leaves

Most leaf carving artists like to use leaves from the Chinar tree, native to the Asian countries of Pakistan, India and China,because of the organic structure of the leaf. These leaves are also considered to be lucky in some Asian cultures. Chinar leaves are very similar in appearance to the Maple leaf, the official symbol of Canada. The Maple leaf is another favorite carving medium among leaf sculptors. Shown below are leaf sculptures of The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, The Statue of Liberty in New York, America, and the skyline of the Canadian city; Vancouver.

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Leaves of Magic and Mystery

The following images show a miscellany of leaf carving designs. Some are artist’s renditions of an actual creature, such as the Japanese koi fish, and others are products of pure fantasy, such as the Chinese dragon. The two baby angels are from Michelangelo’s fresco painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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The Good

Some Bieber fan art can be quite artistic. The creators have a good eye for lighting and composition and can replicate a photograph of Justin Bieber in an aesthetic way.

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The Bad

Then there are some Justin Bieber fan art pieces that are not so great…

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The WTF?!

And then there are some fans who always have to take things to a whole new level of weird.

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