Weird figures

Fixated on a mythological depiction of nature, Japanese artist Ishibashi Yui sculpts feral children that appear to belong to another realm of reality. Pallid, hairless human bodies become fused with roots and vines, brought to life through a mixture of wood, resin, clay, wire and paint. Oftentimes, the figures appear imprisoned by the flora. In Then, It Returns Slowly, a pregnant woman's face erupts with flesh-colored growths that form a tree trunk. The character in Dream of 10 Billion Years…

It's insanely easy to photoshop aliens and ghosts into pictures these days. Here are some creepy pictures that I actually think are still bizarre despite the photoshop.

"Bad Dream" Denise Bledsoe Art Figures

By Susanne K. Arnold Medardo Rosso As an organic medium beeswax has the unique ability to simulate the look, touch, and feel of human flesh. From earliest times, artists and craftspeople took advantage of these qualities to create lifelike reproductions of the human head and body as objects for devotion, commemoration, scientific study, entertainment, and art. After the Renaissance wax was considered too fragile a medium for finished sculpture and was ignored by the history books. By the…

The grotesque miniatures of Korean sculptor Dongwook Lee are not for everyone, and yet his work stems from what he describes as a basic concern for all human beings. Previously featured here on our blog, the Seoul, Korea based artist's figures are small-scale sculptural works, most measuring no more than 12" inches high made of Polymer clay, that typically depict contorted human forms. He embodies the idea of physical "likeness" in his most recent sculptures, featuring humanoids with growths…

Holy smokes... this is an epic release! The folks over at Strangecat Toys have teamed up with Grape Brain to produce one rad looking figure - introducing DAINIGIRUJIN (God of Big Onigiri)! Measuring a whopping 13" tall, this is one massive chunk of vinyl, and how detailed does this look?!?! Sheeeeshhhh... so cool! This will be limited to just 100 pieces and will be up for pre-order HERE this coming Sunday, May 15th at 9am PST for $300 a pop (ships September 2022)! I can't get over how…