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Nutty Chocolate Skulls

Sparganum chocolate skulls with walnut or candy brains

Sparganum chocolate skulls with walnut or candy brains

Sparganum chocolate skulls with walnut or candy brains

5 x 3.5 x 3cm (2″ x 1.38″ x 1.18″)

These chocolate skulls with walnut/candy brains are genius and so well executed for such a small piece of chocolate!  They are hand-crafted by twin sisters from Spain, Ruth and Sira García Trigueros who also happen to run their own little design and illustration shop, Sparganum.

Ruth and Sira sell their chocolate skulls through Etsy for €6,00 each and will ship just about anywhere.

And check out their bio on Etsy:

We love the smell of damp earth, the mountains, the woods, walking around barefoot and eating directly from the saucepan.
We listen to black metal. We are quiet. We smile a lot, sometimes people freak out.
We play drums and bass in a band that doesn’t exist.
This is us. Who are you?

Don’t they sound slightly creepy in a cool way?  I want to meet them.

View more work in their Etsy shop and on their site, sparganumart.tk

 

[spotted by Manuel Kolb]

 

The Lego Kidney

Maya Shoemaker Lego Kidney

Strangely inspired by her Halloween kidney costume, medical illustrator Maya Shoemaker created this Lego kidney cross section as her “first anatomical Lego study.”  I hope that there are more to come!

[via WIRED Science]

 

Visible Tom Waits

Tom Waits poster by Jim Lockey

This brilliant depiction of the inner workings of actor/musician Tom Waits was created by UK artist Jim Lockey. According to Lockey:

This picture is inspired by both the many varying and unique descriptions of Tom’s even more unique voice; and the content of his songs.

You can purchase this and Lockey’s other work at a totally reasonable price (available as prints, T-shirts, skins, etc.) via society6.com.

 

Muscled Skin

Pedro Sousa Muscled Skin (1)

Pedro Sousa Muscled Skin (3)

Portugal-based graphic designer and digital artist Pedro Sousa, created this series of photographs with what looks like projection of the muscles onto the model.

View more of Pedro’s work via his Behance.

 

 

Troels Carlsen’s Paperworks

Yesterdays Troels Carlsen

Fetus Troels Carlsen

Seasonal Loss Troels Carlsen

Danish artist Troels Carlsen is inspired by the human condition, specifically how art has captured human life over the last few centuries.  I love that he uses old anatomical texts and illustrations as a base and inspiration for some of his pieces.  He doesn’t just cut them out and use them as a collage, but rather uses them as his canvas.  I suggest watching the above video on him to truly get a sense of his style.

View more of Troels’ fabulous work on his site, troelscarlsen.com.

 

[spotted by Manuel Kolb]