“Upcycling”: The New Way of Going Vintage [Pics]

We’re all familiar with the phrase, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” Well, Buttoned Up Girls took the adage to heart by creating vintage and antique-inspired jewelry using old buttons and pins, specifically for ladies. They call their process “upcycling”, because they are taking discarded accessories and trinkets and giving them new “life” by […]

Can you believe these are done in pencil?! [Pics]

These incredible drawings of cats by Paul Lung on first glance (and second, and third) look like photographs. But this talented artist actually laboured 40-60 hours on each of these masterpieces with only a mechanical pencil. Achieving such incredibly realistic texture and depth just stuns me. Especially since my drawings of cats regularly amount to […]

Stunning Collection of Daenerys art

To publicize and honor her feminist fantasy novel launching on Kickstarter, The Girl Who Would be King, Kelly Thompson has been collecting images of kickass heroines for 30 days – the duration of her Kickstarter. On July 8th, day 14 of her 30-day heroine binge, she featured our favourite khaleesi. And she’s gathered some pretty […]