Jelly Bean Portraits

Self-proclaimed King of Jelly Bean Art, Peter Rocha and his talented nephew Roger create impressive mosaics using thousands of colored jelly-beans.

The two Rochas spend up to six months creating the sweet masterpieces, understandable since they use around 10,000 different types of jelly beans. Throughout their artistic careers, the artistic duo have created over 75 jelly-bean mosaics, commissioned by the Jelly Belly Candy Company.

Recently, Roger Rocha showcased a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at the time of her coronation, in 1952, made from 10,000 jellybeans. The 4-foot-high artwork is now on display at Fizziwig’s Sweet Emporium in Brighton, UK.

Check out a selection of the finest jelly-bean mosaics, by Peter and Roger Rocha, after the jump.

How to Suck at Facebook

Cartoonist Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal describes nine people that are unfortunately on Facebook. He’s been on a roll lately, adding new content to his archive of cartoons about every four days.

iPad Funny Pictures

After the introduction of the most anticipated gadget of the year, iPad, a lot of people were disappointed. Some of them created funny and smart pictures illustrating their thoughts about the iPad. So here they are. All I could find :)

Them Thangs Site Returns

Hallelujah!!i got an email from the man himself, Justin Blyth to let me know that the site, Them Thangs was back up & running. Thanks to REVOK for originally posting abt this amazing pictorial blog last year.



I became hooked instantly and was gutted when it had to close down due to bandwidth issues 2 months ago. However, JBlyth managed to get some serious funding and is now able to do what he does best; Re-mix other people's work into one massive psychedelic, dark , sexual collage!

LTR HDS Show Australia

LTR HDS Melbourne/Sydney
The exhibition of the English alphabet
Letterheads 2010 brings together twenty-six contemporary artists to each re-envisioned a single letter of the English alphabet, creating a collection that explores the influence of the ubiquitous letterform in all aspects of contemporary art. The lineup of high profile and emerging artist, represent the fields of illustration, cartooning, fine art, graffiti, street art and graphic design from around the globe. Featuring 26 artists (incl. Lister, Usugrow, Mr Jago, She-One, Meggs) who you can see HERE

Melbourne Exhibition
from 26th February until 26th March at 1000 £ Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St Melbourne.
Opening Reception
26th February, 6pm until 10pm

Sydney Exhibition
from 16th April until 17th May at Red Bull Gallery, Huntly St and Burke Rd Alexandria.
Opening Reception
16th April, 6pm until 10pm


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Nick Gentry Floppy Disc Art

"Throughout history, information has always been recorded on physical objects. Important documents, favourite songs, videos and more were stored on mountains of tapes, polaroids, cassettes and disks. As media is rapidly absorbed into the World Wide Web the rich variety of formats of the past are becoming obsolete."

This represents a big shift away from physical, real world objects, driving towards a human existence that is ultimately governed by billions of intangible data files. This release of information from the physical form allows personal data and identities to now be revealed and infinitely shared online. At the same time many of us consider individuality and privacy to be more precious than ever. Will humans be forever compatible with our own technology?

Each floppy disk used in the paintings has a history and story of its own. It represents the increasing pace of the modern life cycle, where objects are created, used and disposed of quicker than ever.

To challenge this notion, as these personal artefacts of life are cast aside, the obsolete are now given new life and a renewed purpose by using them as a medium for art." - Text from his website...

See more of Nick's disc art HERE.