Read more about the article TRUNKLOAD OF TALENT: Elephant In Florida Zoo Creates Painting With Lessons From Local Artist
Artist, Lynn Garcia, creates an artwork with Peggy, the African elephant, using non-toxic paint, undated. Lynn Garcia collaborated with Miami Zoo to create the artwork. (Zoo Miami/CEN )

TRUNKLOAD OF TALENT: Elephant In Florida Zoo Creates Painting With Lessons From Local Artist

This is the moment a fully-grown elephant at a Florida zoo teams up with a local artist and creates a stunning painting. The two met up at the elephant's enclosure in Zoo Miami, and artist Lynn Garcia brought along some non-toxic paint. In a video filmed by zoo staff, the…

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Read more about the article Artist Found Dead After Ban On Overseas Study
Photo shows Maryam Salimian, undated. Maryam Salimian, an Iranian painter, reportedly committed suicide after learning she has a ban to leave Iran. (@mariamsalimian/Newsflash)

Artist Found Dead After Ban On Overseas Study

An Iranian artist has been found dead after being banned from travelling to Europe to study over a selfie she posted online showing her bareheaded. Photo shows Maryam Salimian, undated. Maryam Salimian, an Iranian painter, reportedly committed suicide after learning she has a ban to leave Iran. (@mariamsalimian/Newsflash) Protester Maryam…

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Read more about the article WAD THE BUCK? Artist’s Lifelike US Dollars Draw Police Interest
Shi Yunlong draws banknotes which look like real ones in Shenzhen, China, undated. His work also attracted the attention of the police. (Stone.hua/AsiaWire)

WAD THE BUCK? Artist’s Lifelike US Dollars Draw Police Interest

This is the astonishing work of a southern Chinese artist whose ultra-realistic copies of US dollar notes have drawn police attention. Shi Yunlong, 30 - from Northeast China and living in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - uses a technique that makes his hand-painted dollars appear exactly like real things. He can…

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Read more about the article INK-CREDIBLE: Bungling Tattooist Who Left Customer Blind Dodges Jail
Photo shows Aleksandra Sadowska, undated photo. Aleksandra, a girl from Wroclaw, Poland, lost her sight after she had her eyeballs unsuccessfully tattooed. (@anoxi_cime/Newsflash)

INK-CREDIBLE: Bungling Tattooist Who Left Customer Blind Dodges Jail

A court has fined a bungling tattoo artist who left a young woman blind after inking her eyeballs incorrectly. Photo shows Aleksandra Sadowska, undated photo. Aleksandra, a girl from Wroclaw, Poland, lost her sight after she had her eyeballs unsuccessfully tattooed. (@anoxi_cime/Newsflash) Aleksandra Sadowska went to get the whites of…

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Read more about the article MESSI EATER: Artist Carves Football Star’s Image In Tofu
Man carves Messi on tofu in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in China, undated. He reportedly said that he was very happy that Messi won the championship. (v15372048818/AsiaWire)

MESSI EATER: Artist Carves Football Star’s Image In Tofu

This amazing video shows a Chinese woodcarver who switched to using tofu as he creates an astonishing image of Argentina's World Cup hero Lionel Messi. Artist Wang Weiting, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, came up with the idea of creating one of his famous carvings which attracted millions of views after…

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