Emma Hack, the very talented skin painter/illustrator from this post, has used painted people to form a car! If you enjoyed this story about human bodies painted and shaped into motorcycles, you will love this.

Painted Human Sculpture

She used 17 men and women to create this image. She painted them and laid them into the perfect form of a vehicle. The campaign was created in support of the Motor Accident Commission of South Australia. The image is meant to highlight the dangers of low-level speeding.

Make sure you check out the video above to get a Behind-The-Scenes look at “Body Crash”.

Photos © Emma Hack via Artlog

Liu Bolin likes to blend in.  In fact, he blends in so much you won’t even know he’s there!

Bolin’s attention to detail is quite amazing.  What’s even more amazing is Bolin is often the subject of his own work!

Liu directs a team of artists and photographers to help transform himself flawlessly into detailed backgrounds.  It can take over 10 hours just to have one scene prepped.  It starts with a suit that has been pre-painted to match the background.  Next his team paints his entire head to blend in as well.

Finally comes the photography.  The angle of the image as to be just perfect in order for the merge to appear seamless.

Check out the gallery of his work.  Can you spot the invisible man?

Let’s take a look back at 12 of the favorite posts from 2012! Starting with Last January and working our way to December, this year we had a number of amazing stories on our blog. Did your favorite make the list?

A NEW WAY TO LOSE YOUR WEDDING RING

After searching for her diamond wedding ring Swedish couple Lena and Ola Paahlsson gave up hope. It wash’t until 16 years later that she notice a carrot that had an unusual bit of luster sprouting from within its top. When she pulled the carrot out of the ground she found her white-gold band with seven small diamonds, it was her lost wedding ring! Read more Here

IT’S A BIRD… IT’S A PLANE… IT’S A SKYDIVING DOG!

Meet Otis, the ultimate skydiving dog. This 10 year old pug has joined his master on dozens of skydiving expeditions, of course they go tandem. Otis has been skydiving for 9 years and he, with his owner Will DeSilva, have had over 60 jumps together. Check out the video!

UNBELIEVABLE BACKFLIPS ON A WHEELCHAIR!

Aaron Fotheringham is a world-renowned extreme wheelchair athlete. Fortheringham has Spina Bifida and has used a wheelchair since he was three years old. But Aaron never let anything stop him. He has performed on a fifty-foot ramp-to-ramp jump, doing double backflips. In New Zealand he performed the world’s first wheelchair frontflip! We find his talents and passion pretty unbelievable! See More Here!

WORLD’S BIGGEST BUNNY

Darius is the world’s largest bunny. At only 2 years old he is 49 lbs and stretching to a length of 4 feet, 3 inches from nose to puffy tail! His owner, Annette Edwards, plans to bulk the bunny up another lbs! He has a pretty good diet with 12 carrots a day, and hay, cabbage, apples, and of course rabbit mix. Darius is now on tour all over the world, he is even bringing out a book for children! Check out more cute pictures.

VACCUUM-SEALED LOVE

“Flesh Love”. Tokyo artist Haruhiko Kawaguchi vacuum packs couples in a 100x150x74 cm plastic bag! The idea is to keep love fresh forever…. how, um… romantic? Kawaguchi has the couples get into the bag and after the air is sucked out of the bag by a vacuum cleaner, he has 10-20 seconds to take his pictures. Anything longer could be dangerous. So far 80 couples have participated and the photographs are quite amazing. Here are more unbelievable pictures!

FORE!

How’s your golf game? If you are anything like me, your ball manages to find it’s water to the water every time. This is normally fine, but at the Carbrook Golf Club in Brisbane, Australia it takes on a new meaning to the term “water hazard”. The water on their 15th hole is full of sharks! There are currently six 10-foot bull sharks that call this course home. You better master your land game before you play this course! But first, watch the video

KABANG, THE HERO DOG

Arguably the most heroic story from this year was about Kabang the dog who saved the lives of two girls. Dina, age 9, and Princess, age 3, were crossing a busy street in Zamboanga City, Phillipines their family dog saw a motorcycle barreling down toward them. Kabang leaped in front of the motorcycle and saved the girls! Kabang knocked the motorist off the bike, but her upper snout got caught in the wheel. Thankfully she survived and is currently being treated at UC Davis in California. If you would like to donate to Kabang you can here www.careforkabang.com, and follow her progress at the UC Davis Veterinary Hospital. You can also read more on our blog! Click Here.

FEARLESS SPACE JUMP

Felix Baumgartner successful completed what many would consider the most unbelievable stunt ever. Baumgartner AKA “Fearless Felix” became the world’s first super sonic skydiver. That’s right, He jumped from space! He had a 24 mile free fall, broke the sound barrier, reached 833.9 mph, was the first person to go faster than the speed of sound without the assistant of an aircraft, and had over 8 million people watch live on YouTube! Watch the clip now!

BODY BAKERY

Kittiwat Unarrom creates some pretty gruesome pieces. But don’t worry – these severed body parts are made out of bread! Unarrom is a Thai artist whose family runs a bakers. Even though they look scary, they are pretty tasty to eat! Think of the dinner talk if you served some of these at your next party. More pictures here.

FLOWER POWER

The first Sunday of September in Zundert, Netherlands is the annual Bloemencorso Flower Parade. This spectacular parade has been held every year since 1936. But these aren’t normal floats, these are amazing works of art! Only dahlia flowers are allowed in the parade, which decorate each giant float. It takes hundreds of workers and thousands of flowers to complete each one. More amazing floats here.

HUMAN MOTORCYCLES

Look closely, because this is not your average motorcycle picture. The woman on the motorcycle is body painted head to toe. But that bike she is sitting on, isn’t a bike, it is more people body painted! They used professional yoga instructors to contort into the motorcycles and with the help of Tina Merry, professional Bodypaint Artist, they created some spectacular pieces! Check out the video and more pictures!

THE AMAZING AMBIDEXTROUS SIYUAN

Talk about right brain, left brain! 24-year-old Siyuan Checn from China is not only able to write with both hands simultaneously, she cane write in TWO SEPARATE LANGUAGES AT THE SAME TIME! Wow! When Chen was learning English she found the only was to finish all of her homework in time was to double her efforts! Watch the video to see for yourself!

For over a decade Lee Gardner, age 40 from the UK, has had a plastic fork stuck in his stomach. When he originally swallowed it he was told the disposable piece would pass through his system naturally. Unfortunately, it did not. In fact, it had been so many years since he accidentally swallowed the fork that he forgot it was in there!

ouch! what is that?

The doctor found something strange and asked Gardner if he remembers swallowing anything – Gardener said no. When the doctor added “I can see prongs of what appears to be a fork.” That was when Gardner remembered swallowing the utensil 10 year earlier!

Under the knife, for a fork

Gardner underwent a 45-minute long operation where the surgeon successfully removed the fork along with a portion of his stomach. Ouch! Apart from the fork turning black, there was no damage. That is oddly impressive actually.

Gardner is expected to make a full recovery!

Here is the fork, in all its glory, after the operation.

Tired of traditional advertising?  Billboards and commercials not doing it for you?  Try Bald Logo! 

Bald Broadcasts

Brandon Chicotsky is the brains behind the head ads. His company is based in Austin, Texas, but I’m sure for the right price he can have is bald buddies come to a town near you!

I’m not sure where Brandon gets his baldies from.  I just hope that no bald men were harmed during the making of their walking ads.

There’s Video Too?!?!

Yup!  Check out the video at the top of the post.  Sometimes words just aren’t enough!

Any woman who has slipped on a pair of sexy slingbacks personally knows the pain involved in looking good.  High heel shoes have been medically proven to be bad for your feet, legs, body, and posture.  However, that hasn’t stopped millions of trend setting women from enduring the pain for the glamorous look.

Quick! Call a Doctor!

Instead of listening to medical reason and relinquishing this season’s hottest heels, some women have opted for dramatic Stiletto Surgery.

Stiletto Surgery comes in a variety of forms, but it basically involves major surgery on your feet to make those high heels a bit more comfortable and fit better, or to make your feet look better in sandals.

Pick Your Pedi

So, what do you need altered?  Are the soles are your feet in constant pain?  Have trouble cramming your toes into tight heels?  Do you have fugly toes that you are embarrassed to display during the summer?  Chances are, there is a surgery for you!

• Toe Shortening- Removes bone to shorten the toe.  This surgery is for women that have trouble fitting their toes into tight shoes.
• Toe Lengthening- The toe bone is stretched or fused with an implant to make short toes appear more even with the rest of the foot.
• Toe Straightening- Corrects the angle of the toe bone to straighten the digit.
• Foot Narrowing- Shaves off bunions, or removes the pinky toe to make the foot more slender.
• Hyperhidrosis- Injects botox to curb excess sweating
• Foot Padding- Injects fat into the foot pad to provide more cushioning

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We just needed to get your attention.  However, the story I am about to share with you is VERY ugly!

Jian Feng and his beautiful wife appeared to have it all.  A good-looking young couple with a baby on the way.  It wasn’t until Mrs. Feng had the baby that things went wrong.

Mr. Feng thought the BABY WAS TOO UGLY to belong to him.  He thought it looked nothing like him or his wife, so he ACCUSED HIS WIFE OF HAVING AN AFFAIR!

“I married my wife out of love, but as soon as we had our first daughter, we began having marital issues,” he told the Irish Times. “Our daughter was incredibly ugly, to the point where it horrified me.”

A paternity test proved the baby was Feng’s, but Mrs. Feng did have one secret.  Before getting married she had over $100,000 worth of PLASTIC SURGERY!

Mrs. Feng, Before & After

They say divorce can get ugly!

Mr. Feng took the next logical step and SUED his wife for DIVORCE and WON!!!

Mr. Feng won a $120,000 settlement because the judge agreed he entered into a contract (his marriage) under false pretenses!

Now, I look at the picture and the before and after of Mrs. Feng, the there is quite a different, but I didn’t know we entered into marriage for better or until you lose your looks.  I think Mrs. Feng should sue her husband for hiding how ugly he is on the inside!

I just feel bad for the baby.  Imagine growing up and learning your father divorced your mother because you were TOO UGLY!  But hey, maybe the baby will get the last laugh.  Take a look at these stars who were less than cute as kids and grew up to be hotties!

Ryan Secrest

Rashida Jones

George Clooney

When Emily Jordan was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2010 and had an operation that made her unable to have children, she never thought she be able to have a biological child.  So when her mom, Cindy Reutzel, 53, offered to carry her baby, they decided to embark on an unbelievable parenting journey together. 

“The thought of Emily and Mike not being able to have children and share that piece of their lives with someone just broke my heart,” Reutzel said. “I want Emily to have that connection with another human being like I had with her.”

Unconditional Love

Both mother and daughter went through psychological and physical tests before Emily’s egg and her husband’s sperm were implanted in Cindy.  The child is 100% the biological offspring of Emily and her husband. The baby, Elle Cynthia Jordan, was deliverd by cesarean section earlier this month.  Mother, grandmother, and child are all doing well.

Photo Credit: Sitthixay Ditthavong/AP

The sun shunning doesn’t
stop with the face.  Women
on the beaches of Qingdao,
China can be seen in full
wetsuits that cover their
arms and legs. More
coverage = less sun exposure.

I want one!

So, thinking of picking up a facekini for yourself? Online retailers sell the fad item for the affordable price of 15-25 yuan (or $2-$4, US).  Hey, it’s cheaper than sunblock, but I’m not sure I would want to look like the ghosts from Pac-Man to save some cash.

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Marina Tuktamysheva took home the prize, but that is not surprising because according to All-Athletics.com, Marina is the 4,153rd fastest woman in the world!

*Black & White Stiletto Photo by Bruce Gray at www.brucegray.com