A Portrait of Tobias Wong Using 13,138 Dice

Canadian artist and designer Tobias Wong died last year at the young age of 35, or more specifically, 13,138 days. In tribute, his friend Frederick McSwain created this immense portrait of Wong entitled Die using 13,138 dice as part of the BrokenOff BrokenOff exhibition at Gallery R’Pure in NYC in memoriam to the artist during NY Design Week. McSwain via Core77:

The idea of a die itself was appropriate—the randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] was a very street-level force, I thought it was appropriate [to install] the portrait on the floor. Its not something I wanted to suspend on the wall; I wanted it to be right there on the floor where you almost interact with it.

The idea of every decision you make and everything you’ve done in your life, defines who you are. All of those days symbolically makes up the image of Tobi.

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Portraits of Authors Made Using Their Own Words

Ohio-based artist John Sokol creates incredibly interesting portraits of famous authors using their own words! The artist invites us to go back in time to find the writers who've contributed a great deal to our society with their incredible works of literary art.

You'll find everyone from Walt Whitman for his classic poetry collection Leaves of Grass to Barack Obama for his rousing speech A More Perfect Union.

Walt Whitman as "Leaves of Grass"


Ibsen as "Hedda Gabler"


Borges as "The Secret Miracle"


G. B. Shaw as "Arms and the Man"


R.P. Warren as "Audubon/A Vision"


Robert Lowell as "History"


John Keats as "Lamia"


James Joyce as "Ulysses"


Dante as "The Inferno"


Wm. Faulkner as "The Sound and the Fury"


James Tate as "Riven Doggeries"


Longfellow as "Psalm of Life"


Eudora Welty as "Powerhouse"


Barack Obama as "A More Perfect Union"

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Celebrity Caricatures by Jason Seiler

A caricature is a portrait that exaggerates the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. A caricature artist can usually be found at amusement parks, parties and famous tourist attractions.

Jason Seiler is an award winning artist from Chicago, Illinois. He specializes in portraits, character design, and humorous illustration. Some of Jason's clients include TIME magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, GOLF magazine, Business Week and MAD magazine. He also teaches how to draw and paint high-end caricature illustrations at Schoolism.com.

Below you will find my showcase of 50 caricatures by Jason Seiler. Enjoy!

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