Eight Pancake Portraits From Snooki To The GOS and A Video Of The Artist At Work.

above: Snooki, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattison pancakes

Artist Katherine Kalnes of La Grange, Illinois has been frying up celebrity pancake portraits with Batter Blaster (pancake batter in a can) for awhile now. The 26 year old Kalnes adds frosting for hair and blueberries, raisins and chocolate chips for the eyes.


above: Katherine Kalnes at work with Batter Blaster.

You may have seen the Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling. Kelly Ripa, Stephen Colbert and Ellen Degeneres pancake portraits on HuffPo or Oddity Central, but Snooki and the heart throbs from the Twilight movies, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattison, are two of her latest delicious additions.

Ryan Gosling:

Justin Bieber:

Kelly Ripa:

Ellen Degeneres:

Stephen Colbert:


Video of an interview with the artist for NBC Chicago:


all images courtesy of and ©katherine Kalnes

A Self Promotional Print Campaign for Digital Retouching By Dare for The Orange Apple.

Dare of Vancouver has created this visually compelling print campaign for - as one might guess - digitial retouching by Canada's The Orange Apple. Creatives take note... The Orange Apple was approached by Andrew Ablas and Rob Sweetman of Dare to create the three ads below (as opposed to the client soliciting the campaign) which show two dimensional drawings springing to life as three dimension worlds.

Mountains:


Sci-Fi:


Buildings:


Credits:
Advertising Agency: Dare, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Directors: Bryan Collins, Rob Sweetman
Art Directors: Andrew Alblas, Rachel Harrison
Copywriter: Darien Campbell
Photographer: Paul Lang
Retoucher: The Orange Apple
Published: April 2012


Courtesy of Ads of The World.

Fabulous Fendi iPad Cases Combine Luxury and Accessibility in Tapestry, Fur and Leather.

above: one of Fendi's new luxury tapestry iPad cases

Tufted and textured leathers, tapestry, furs and skins in hard frames with handles were carried down the Milan runway in Fendi's 2012/13 Autumn Winter collection.


above image composite by laura sweet for if it's hip, it's here

At first glance they appeared as handbags, but the fabulous accessories are actually new iPad cases from the Italian brand that blend convenience with style and luxury.

Fur:



Leather:



Skin:

Tapestry:





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