Who pleases the world with his unusual creativity. Unusual types of creativity

Julia Pyatnitsa

The most unusual hobbies. Choosing a new hobby

Unfortunately, not every person can call their job their favorite. In this case, a hobby comes to the rescue - an activity during which you can unwind and relax after a hard day at work.

Most people prefer standard hobbies like reading books, knitting or cycling. What do you know about unusual hobbies?

Leisure

The need for new activities appeared when people began to realize that they could not choose a hobby from those they already knew. Some active and unusual hobbies appeared due to a mixture of different activities, some - out of pure curiosity.

One thing is clear: rappelers are addicted to conquering high-rise buildings with the help of their arms and legs without any kind of insurance. The hobby may also appeal to fans of parkour - extreme overcoming of urban obstacles (fences, high steps and fences, distances between buildings, sheer walls).

Kiting

If you are a fan of surfing or windsurfing, be sure to try a new type of water sport - kiting. This hobby rightfully fits into unusual hobbies as a mixed style of activity.

Kiting is the ability to control a light board on the water with the help of a huge kite. The challenge is to lift the kite into the air and stay on your feet in the strong winds while balancing on the waves. Kiting is difficult to learn. But those who master it forever forget about other unusual hobbies.

Types of creativity

Unusual hobbies include quiet hobbies such as creating sculptures and paintings. But what materials are used?

Microminiatures

Microminiature is a type of three-dimensional fine art that is based on the creation of sculptures and compositions of tiny sizes. The direction was formed at the end of the twentieth century, as denoting miniature works in any branch of art. The process uses magnifying glasses, microscopes and magnifying glasses.

For example, craftsmen carve unusual pictures on rice and poppy grains, prepare horseshoes for fleas and dress flies.

Despite the difficulty of execution, anyone can learn how to make small figures. Start with larger pieces - for example, try creating clothes and household items for dried grasshoppers and chafers. Be patient - the work will be long and painstaking, but the result is worth it.

An interesting type of miniature work is pencil lead carving. Craftsmen cut intertwining patterns and unusual chains in mini format from the body and core of a pencil, striking in their precision and accuracy.

Alternatively, miniature figures are cut out on the top of the pencil.

To learn this skill, start by simply carving the body of the pencil, gradually going deeper and moving to the shaft.

Paintings made from nails

From the name it is clear that nails are the main material for working in this hobby. The base can be boards of different sizes and shapes, furniture walls and even apartments.

Just draw a sketch with a washable pencil and start hammering nails around the perimeter. Where the thickness of the lines is wider, drive several nails side by side, creating light and shadow effects.

One of the varieties of this hobby is threading nails.

Just drive them in around the perimeter of the image at a short distance from each other, thus preparing the base. Now cover their legs with threads, moving from one nail to another or in a chaotic manner, depending on your creative idea.

Paper creativity

An easy way to keep yourself busy in your free time. First, a sketch of the work is created on a sheet of paper. Using scissors, cutters, needles, knives and tweezers, details of a complex image are cut out and attached to each other on a hanging base sheet, creating a three-dimensional figure.

The height of art is considered to be unusual figures that have been cut out and designed, but not separated from the base sheet.

A three-dimensional painting acquires a unique charm if you place lighting next to it at the right angle. Try creating sculptures using only white paper - they will seem light and airy.

Scotch tape paintings

This unusual hobby is complemented by such an art form as creating paintings from adhesive tape. This hobby is very economical - all you need is white translucent rectangular glass and colored adhesive tape.

Work on the drawing proceeds according to the following algorithm:

measure the adhesive tape to the required length;

glue it onto the picture at the right angle and in the right place;

Trim or tear off any excess tape.

This technique makes it easier to create paintings that depict close-up objects or portraits of people. Despite the fact that many works are made with tape of the same color, each time the result is an original, unique mood of the characters.

Tire sculptures

This hobby can rightfully be included in unusual hobbies. Using tires as a working material, experienced craftsmen create realistic figures of animals, plants and fairy-tale characters.

The Korean sculptor Yong Ho Ji was very successful in this art. He prepares the wire frame of the future figure, after which he covers it with solid or cut tires. The complexity of his work lies in the fact that the master must create the most realistic sculpture: lay out the facial features, indicate the hairs of the fur, the bends of the paws.

This activity is a bit like working with the carving technique: a tire can be cut in such a way as to make a flower, a star, or a snowflake out of it. Or you can cut several strips, triangles or squares from it, and then connect them in the desired order.

First, try creating simple figures from old tires. They can decorate a flowerbed in the yard or a summer cottage. Gradually, you will hone your skills to the point where you can form complex, realistic sculptures.

Freezelight

An interesting art that appeared relatively recently - with the introduction of professional cameras. The literal translation of the word is painting with light.

Take a camera with a shutter speed function and a light marker - it can be any luminous object. Place your camera on a tripod and set it up to shoot in the dark for a while. Stand a short distance in front of the lens and start drawing an image in the air with a marker. The camera will capture it as a finished bright drawing on a dark, slightly blurred background.

This type of creativity is very useful - preparation for the work process helps a person learn how to photograph, since to shoot in the dark you need to be able to choose the right mode.

A list of unusual hobbies will help you decide on your favorite activity. It is quite possible that in the future such a hobby may develop into your main occupation.

Take it for yourself and tell your friends!

1. Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis is a technique for creating images that can only be fully seen and understood by looking at them from a certain angle, or from a certain place. In some cases, the correct image can only be seen by looking at a mirror image of the painting. One of the earliest examples of anamorphosis was demonstrated by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century. Other historical examples of this art form appeared during the Renaissance.

Over the centuries this technique has evolved. It all started with three-dimensional images obtained on ordinary paper, and gradually reached street art, when artists imitate various holes in the walls or cracks in the ground.

And the most interesting modern example is anamorphic printing. One day, graphic design students Joseph Egan and Hunter Thompson painted distorted texts on the walls in the hallways of their college that could only be read if looked at from a certain point.

2. Photorealism

Beginning in the 1960s, the photorealist movement sought to create extremely realistic images that were almost indistinguishable from real photographs. By copying the smallest details captured by the camera, photorealist artists sought to create a “picture of the picture of life.”

Another movement, known as super-realism (or hyper-realism), covers not only painting but also sculpture. This movement is also heavily influenced by modern pop art culture. But while in pop art they try to remove everyday images from their context, photorealism, on the contrary, concentrates on images of ordinary, everyday life, recreated with the greatest possible accuracy.

Some of the most famous photorealist artists include Richard Estes, Audrey Flack, Chuck Close and sculptor Dway Hanson. The movement is very controversially perceived by critics, who believe that in it mechanical skill clearly prevails over stele and ideas.

3. Drawing on dirty cars

Drawing on the dirt that has accumulated on a car that has not been washed for a long time is also considered an art, the best representatives of which strive to depict somewhat more banal inscriptions like “wash me.”

A 52-year-old graphic designer named Scott Wade became very famous because of his amazing drawings that he created using dirt on car windows.

And the artist began by using a thick layer of dust on the roads of Texas as a canvas; he painted various caricatures on the roads, and he created them with the help of his own fingers, nails and small twigs.

Currently, he uses special brushes for painting, with which he creates amazingly spectacular and complex paintings. Gradually, Wade began to be shown at various art exhibitions, and advertisers began to hire him to demonstrate his skills at their events.

4. Use of body fluids in art

This may seem strange, but there are many artists who use body fluids in their work. You may have already read about this somewhere, but most likely this was just the tip of this disgusting iceberg.

Hermann Nitsch / © maldoror-is-dead.blogspot.com

For example, the artist from Austria Hermann Nitsch uses his own urine and large amounts of animal blood in his work. Similar addictions arose in him as a child, which occurred during the Second World War, and these addictions caused controversy over the years, and there were even several lawsuits.

Another artist from Brazil named Vinicius Quesada works with his own blood and does not use animal blood. His paintings, with sickly shades of red, yellow and green, convey a very dark, surreal atmosphere.

5. Drawing with parts of your own body

It's not just artists who use bodily fluids who are on the rise. Using parts of your own body as brushes is also gaining popularity. Take Tim Patch, for example. He is better known by his pseudonym "Pricasso", which he took in honor of the great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. He is also known for using his own penis as a paintbrush. This 65-year-old Australian generally does not like to limit himself in anything, so in addition to the penis, he also uses the buttocks and scrotum for drawing. Patch has been doing this unusual business for more than 10 years. And its popularity is growing year by year.

And Kira Ain Varseji uses her own breasts to paint abstract portraits. Although she is often criticized, she nevertheless remains a full-fledged artist who works daily (she also paints without using her breasts).

Kira Ain Varseji / © en.geourdu.co

Other artists in this strange art form include Ani K, who paints with her tongue, and Stephen Marmer, a school teacher who paints with her own buttocks.

Stephen Marmer / © www.styleweekly.com

6. Reverse 3D images

While anamorphosis tries to make 2D objects look like 3D ones, 3D reverse tries to make a 3D object look like a 2D drawing.

The most notable artist in this area is Alexa Mead from Los Angeles. In her work, Mead uses non-toxic acrylic paint, with which she makes her assistants look like inanimate two-dimensional paintings.

Mead began developing this technique back in 2008, and it was presented to the public in 2009.

Mead's work is usually a man sitting against a wall, painted in such a way that the viewer has the illusion that in front of him is an ordinary canvas with an ordinary portrait. It may take several hours to create such a piece.

Another significant figure in this field is Cynthia Greig, an artist and photographer from Detroit. Unlike Mead, Greig does not use people in his work, but ordinary household objects. She covers them with charcoal and white paint to make them look flat from the outside.

7. Shadows in art

Shadows are fleeting in nature, so it's hard to say when people first started using them to create works of art. But modern “shadow artists” have reached unprecedented heights in the use of shadows. Artists use careful positioning of various objects to create beautiful shadow images of people, objects or words.

The most notable artists in this area are Kumi Yamashita and Fred Eerdecens.

Of course, shadows have a somewhat creepy reputation, and many “shadow artists” use themes of horror, devastation and urban decay in their work. Tim Noble and Sue Webster are famous for this. Their most famous work is called "Dirty White Trash", in which a trash heap casts a shadow over two people who are drinking and smoking. Another work shows the shadow of a bird, perhaps the shadow of a raven, pecking at a pair of severed heads impaled on stakes.

8. "Reverse Graffiti"

Like painting on dirty cars, "reverse graffiti" involves creating a painting by removing excess dirt rather than adding paint. Artists often use powerful cleaning units to remove dirt from walls and create beautiful images in the process. It all started with artist Paul "Muse" Curtis, who painted his first painting on the nicotine-blackened wall of the restaurant where he was washing dishes.

Another notable artist is Ben Long from the UK, who practices a somewhat simplified version of "reverse graffiti", using his own finger to remove dirt from the walls that has accumulated there due to car exhaust. His drawings last a surprisingly long time, up to six months, provided they are not washed away by rain or destroyed by vandals.

It should be noted that “reverse graffiti” is a rather controversial art. The same Curtis, for example, has already had several clashes with the police, which he compares to “arresting a man picking in the sand with a stick.”

9. Illusion body art

Literally everyone has been involved in drawing for many centuries. Even the ancient Egyptians and Mayans tried their hand at this. However, illusion body art takes this ancient practice to a whole new level. As the name suggests, illusion body art involves using the human body as a canvas, but creating something on that canvas that can deceive the observer. Illusions on the body can range from people painted as animals or machines to images of holes or wounds gaping in the body.

The most prominent representative of this type of art is considered to be the artist from Japan Hikaru Cho, who is known for his unusual, “cartoonish” illusions.

10. Painting with light

Oddly enough, the very first practitioners of light painting did not perceive it as art. Frank and Lillian Gilbreth were working on the problem of increasing the efficiency of industrial workers. In 1914, the couple began using light and a camera to record some of the movements of people. By studying the resulting light images, they hoped to find ways to make the staff's work easier and simpler.

And in art, this method began to be used in 1935, when the surrealist artist Man Ray used a camera with the shutter open to film himself standing in streams of light. For a very long time, no one knew what kind of light curls were shown in the photo. And only in 2009 it became clear that this was not a set of random light curls, but a mirror image of the artist’s signature.

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1. Drawings using rollers

For those who find it difficult to paint a picture with a regular brush, just imagine how difficult it is to create landscapes using roller skates. That's exactly what Haisu Tian, a talented young artist from Fremont, California, is doing. She even came up with a name for her technique – “landskating”. Haisu attaches ink containers to the toes of modified roller skates. As you move, ink drips from the front wheels onto the rice paper canvas. The result is huge traditional Chinese ink paintings, which in this case are black and white landscapes. Haisu started drawing at the age of three, but she has been using videos only recently. According to the artist, with the help of simple forms she manages to convey the entire spectrum of emotions.

2. Jet Art

Princess Tarinan von Anhalt creates abstract art by throwing plastic containers of paint into the air between a canvas and a running jet engine (the Princess usually uses Challenger, Citation, Gulfstream and Lear aircraft). Von Anhalt called her unusual art Jet Art or “jet art.” The preparation for creating such a picture alone takes several months: you need to obtain permission from the airport, prepare an area with platforms covered with a plastic tarp, negotiate with the pilot and invite from 50 to 300 guests to the show. People pay the princess up to $50,000 just to see what she can do. And the finished painting will cost from $25,000 to more than $1 million.

3. Painting with fabric paint

John Bramblitt was not an artist until he became blind due to complications from epilepsy. The artist's vision began to decline when he was only 11 years old, and by the age of 30, John was completely blind. Initially, he suffered greatly from depression, but then decided to bring color back into his life with the help of granular relief paint. Initially, Bramblitt imagines the image he wants to create, and then touches it onto the canvas. At the same time, the blind artist produces surprisingly realistic, accurate portraits.

4. Basketball art

Malaysian-born Hong Yee is better known by her nickname "Red". In 2012, she created a portrait of famous basketball player Yao Ming using a basketball and a bucket of red paint. Instead of brushes, the artist uses the tools that helped the people she paints become famous. In Yao Ming's case, it was a basketball. She created a portrait of Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei using sunflower seeds (a nod to the Tate Modern exhibition entitled Sunflower Seeds). Portraits of soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Lionel Messi were painted using a soccer ball.

5. Auto-draw

British artist Ian Cook, who goes by the pseudonym "PopBangColor", creates his paintings using remote-controlled cars. Sometimes he simply uses car tires to create a background in the painting. From an early age, Ian was interested in cars, and then tried to combine his two hobbies (cars and painting), discovering that car tires leave unique strokes on the canvas. Soon the Briton began to be able to create complex paintings in a style he called “popbang”.

6. Painting with fireworks

Rosemary Fiore creates abstract art using colored fireworks smoke instead of paint. "She throws various fireworks at empty sheets of thick paper, which explode and leave traces. At the same time, Rosemary uses various devices (such as a lawn mower, floor polisher and windshield wiper) to move the fireworks gushing sparks across the future painting. Her works are quite large, sometimes up to 2 meters wide.

7. Portraits made from vinyl records

Thierry Guetta, also known as "Mr. Brainwashing", is a controversial French director and street artist from Los Angeles. Some even consider him a famous graffiti artist who paints under the pseudonym Banksy. Thierry Guetta believes that everything in modern life is - This is the result of brainwashing. In addition, he has become known for his concern for the environment - the artist transforms garbage such as old tires and televisions into his art. One of the most unique and popular forms of Mr. Brainwashing's art is portraits made from vinyl records. He breaks records into thousands of small pieces, from which he then assembles portraits of famous musicians.

8. Lip paintings

Natalie Irish became famous for her "artistic kisses." She uses her lips instead of a brush and lipstick instead of paint. Natalie literally “kisses” portraits on canvas. She first tried this painting method 10 years ago, and since then her paintings have become a huge success. Unfortunately, the unusual art was not in vain for the artist - she constantly has chapped lips and sore eyes.

9. Eggshell paintings

Patterns on egg shells began to be made back in the Stone Age, and the Vietnamese Ben Tre decided to revive the ancient art. He uses a drill to carve amazingly detailed inscriptions, landscapes and celebrity portraits into eggshells. Ben has already managed to carve portraits of Albert Einstein, Karl Marx and Queen Elizabeth II. What is most surprising is that Ben does not treat the shell with anything, despite its fragility. It takes him about three hours to create a landscape, and a couple of days to create a portrait.

10. Hitofude Ryu

Dragon Art Kousyuuya is a shop in the Japanese religious center of Nikko that specializes in creating dragon art with just the stroke of a brush. The unusual art was called "Hitofude Ryu". The dragon's head is drawn separately with a few strokes of a small brush, and its multi-colored curved body is drawn with one long stroke of a special tool called a sumie brush. According to the Japanese, images of dragons are supposed to bring good luck.

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Thinking outside the box means creating outside the box. And here are examples of this.

Scotch tape paintings

Dutch street artist Max Zorn is known for his paintings made from ordinary duct tape. His tools are tape and a knife. Works on plexiglass. Popular paintings by Max are placed on lighting fixtures and lanterns. Aren't they divine! They create a special atmosphere, immersing us in the past. Looking at them is like watching a movie. The color scheme, play of light and shadow give a special realistic tone to the paintings.

Umbrella compositions

Unusual installations made from ordinary umbrellas appear in street exhibitions around the world. The most famous are umbrellas of all colors of the rainbow in Portugal and pink ones in Bulgaria. When you look at such beauty, you don’t even want to think or reflect, you just contemplate and feel calm.

Installations made from ice bulbs

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Such creativity is also known for the works of masters Li Hu and Makoto Tojiki. Lee's famous work of ice light bulbs evokes rather strange feelings - from admiration to horror. Makoto works with light bulbs on strings to create light sculptures of people and animals. This type of creativity is best experienced at night or in dark rooms.

Compositions made from threads

The works are usually placed on top of photographs of the past or sculptures. Masters such as Perskipere and Gabriel Dov create stunning compositions by fastening a huge number of threads together.

Life story of Lilliputians

Christopher Bofoli creates compositions of Lilliputians and food. Designer Slinkachu shows how little people live on huge streets. The creations also remind “big” people of life’s values. Art allows you to feel your place in a huge world.

Pumpkin carving

School teacher Ray Willafen's hobby is pumpkin carving. He carves incredibly beautiful figures from a simple vegetable. As they say, a talented master will never be lost. This also applies to Ray, who is invited to various exhibitions and events. For example, he even carved a Halloween pumpkin for the American White House.

Drawings on dirty cars

American artist Scott Wade prefers to paint it instead of washing a dirty car. From a layer of dust he creates unique canvases. These include portraits, landscapes and even still lifes.

Tire sculptures

Korean master Yong Ho Ji makes unusual sculptures from ordinary car tires, which are mounted on a prepared frame. Most of his works are animals. The author tries to convey the anatomy of each of his models.

Pictures from old jeans

Of course, not necessarily from old ones, but also from new ones. Indeed, recently art has become so popular that such works are well appreciated and paid for by connoisseurs. The founder of such paintings is the British artist Ian Berry. Under the pseudonym Denimu, he creates stunning paintings of various themes in blue shades.

Sculptures and installations from books

From the incredible book sculptures of From Brian Dettmer and Guy Laramee to the crumbling wall sculpture by Anouk Kruithof and the intricate igloo by Miller Lagos. Never before have books been so popular in the arts. With more and more people switching to e-books, these works of art are doubly valuable. They are a welcome reminder that even though we live in the Internet age, books will always have a special place.

Interactive street art

Street art is created not only for social or political purposes, but also simply to please passersby. From children riding Ernest Zacharevic's bicycles to Panya Clark's subway stairs, these installations are designed for interactivity. On purpose or even without knowing it, passers-by become part of the art, adding a new dimension to an already interesting work.

Creativity made from thousands of things

Creativity created from a thousand things is always interesting. A flowing river from the books of Luzinterruptus, a bright red bird created from buttons and pins by Ran Hwang - these installations show us what thousands of things can look like in the hands of patient creators. Who knew that a pixelated portrait could be made with pointillism pencils if it weren't for Christian Faur? This is a good example of ingenuity in art.

Epic Lego sculptures

While Lego's classic product is plastic bricks for children, some designers are using them to create epic sculptures. These amazing sculptures were built very carefully, brick by brick - a Victorian scary house, an underground Batman cave, a Roman Colosseum, a Star Wars house - they are all amazing.

Not every person can understand true works of art. But, there are truly amazing and strange works of masters that the public loves.

We have prepared for you a list of the 10 strangest works of art that you can check out below.

Our selection opens with the painting “Onememt Vi”, the price of which is $43.8 million. Created by New York abstract artist Barnett Newman, the work was sold in 2013 at Sotheby's. The painting, measuring 2.6 by 3 meters, was painted in 1953, depicting a dark blue background with a vertical blue stripe right in the middle. This is the last painting of 6 created by the artist

Zhu Cheng is considered a talented sculptor who helped Chinese students create a sculpture of the Venus de Milo. Everything can be understood, but the creation itself consists entirely of excrement. One Swiss collector decided to purchase the work for 45 thousand dollars. To prevent visitors from smelling an unpleasant odor, the statue is in a glass box.

Andreas Gursky had no idea when he took the photograph of Rein in 1999 that the photograph could fetch $4.3 million. This is the most expensive photograph sold at auction in New York. Maybe the buyer was attracted by the perfectly straight lines and dull, boring weather? Only the buyer himself knows the answer to this question.

Have you ever seen leaves made from human hair? Shereos Janine creates these items by using human hair, stitching, twisting and joining it together. To tie the hairs, you need to use water-soluble materials.

Look at the sculptures that are made from a bunch of trash. If you shine light on them, clear images of people emerge. Masters Webster Sue and Nobel Tim use various materials in the creation process: wood, metal. As a result, recognizable images are obtained from garbage.

Talented artist Jane Perkins creates real masterpieces from plastic. She selects shades using the smallest details, creating works in 3D format. She managed to create a reproduction of the Girl with a Pearl Earring, a portrait of the Mona Lisa, Queen Elizabeth II and US President Barack Obama.

Funny figures are created by a talented sculptor from Japan Sayaki Hans. The material used is plastic. The master claims that each creation has its own soul, which he breathes into the created works. The dynamics of movement are clearly expressed in all works.

Erica Simmons creates celebrity portraits from cassette film. The material used is a cassette tape with recordings of the singers themselves. Externally, the creations look more than convincing and deserve attention.

Brian Detmer came up with an original purpose for the books. He creates sculptures from them, sealing the edges and creating monolithic structures. Then, using tweezers and surgical knives, the images are cut out.

Jim Reynders decided to recreate the famous Stonehenge located in the UK. An American sculptor built a full-scale replica using cars. He needed exactly 38 machines to create Carhenge. Maybe future descendants will consider this an observatory?

Amazing works of art are created all over the world, but only a few of them attract the attention of the public and become popular. Maybe you, too, create some unusual and original sculptures and paintings, remaining in the shadows. In an instant, your life can turn upside down, and your hobby will bring fame and money. You just need to believe in what you are doing, and success will definitely come. If you do unusual creativity, share it in the comments.