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(Gizmodo) Spiffy The best reproductions of famous art masterpieces using coffee instead of paint you'll see, well... let's be honest, ever   (gizmodo.com) divider line 34
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loserkid182lr [TotalFark] 2009-11-08 01:24:12 AM  
Got to get me one of these coffee paintings and hang it up in my room.

 
gopher321 [TotalFark] 2009-11-08 01:51:41 AM  
Better than fecal matter.

 
GranoblasticMan 2009-11-08 04:09:04 AM  
gopher321: Better than fecal matter.

i16.photobucket.com

Agrees.

 
Neuticle 2009-11-08 04:30:10 AM  
Usually when I hear about someone working at a job like this claim they are an "artist", I expect the art to either suck or involve some combination of bodily fluids and repulsive nudity. I'm pleasantly surprised that this one actually has talent.

Her web site makes it sound like she paints in the store, but I couldn't tell if she is still working as a barista, painting on breaks or if she just paints there for fun.

If the coffee shop is a chain with enough advertising budget, they ought to hire her as an artist and have her paint in various stores. I imagine the added sales from the crowds it would draw would cover a good chunk of her wage, and the advertising effect would be great.

 
Freeside 2009-11-08 04:38:45 AM  
good job! you can copy someone else's work!

 
GranoblasticMan 2009-11-08 04:46:35 AM  
good job! you can copy someone else's work!

 
KajakPro 2009-11-08 04:54:07 AM  
GranoblasticMan: good job! you can copy someone else's work!

Win.

 
God-is-a-Taco 2009-11-08 05:23:15 AM  
Sure this reproduction of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam is a lil' bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee

Ah yes, on closer inspection it's clear that the color brown is unique to coffee. Brown dwarf stars are fueled by chemical reactions between various species of alien coffee plants more massive than the Earth.

 
Psycat [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-11-08 06:47:14 AM  
www.lunatim.com
www.lunatim.com

J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and Mona Lisa both approve...


/last post on Fark
//too busy with thriving art career and new girlfriend
///Whoo, hoo!

 
Muddy1 2009-11-08 06:59:11 AM  
Finally, a use for coffee, wonder how much the pictures stink of bean drippings.

/hate coffee
//even its rich, vile aroma
///coffee is just a plot of the evil Colombian bean lords

 
Forbidden Doughnut 2009-11-08 07:42:37 AM  
Muddy1: Finally, a use for coffee, wonder how much the pictures stink of bean drippings.

/hate coffee
//even its rich, vile aroma
///coffee is just a plot of the evil Colombian bean lords


Heresy!

/ brewing myself a cup now....
// ...it is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion.

 
maxx2112 2009-11-08 07:48:53 AM  
Doing art in coffee, and they didn't do Hopper's The Nighthawks?

upload.wikimedia.org

FAIL.



/ j/k, it's cool

 
hitlersbrain 2009-11-08 07:56:06 AM  
Coffee, is there anything it CAN'T do?

Art 101:

Art
cache.gawker.com

NOT Art
scienceblogs.com

 
cptjeff [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-11-08 07:57:51 AM  
hitlersbrain: Coffee, is there anything it CAN'T do?

Art 101:

Art


NOT Art


A farking men.

 
Muddy1 2009-11-08 08:56:09 AM  
Forbidden Doughnut: Muddy1: Finally, a use for coffee, wonder how much the pictures stink of bean drippings.

/hate coffee
//even its rich, vile aroma
///coffee is just a plot of the evil Colombian bean lords

Heresy!

/ brewing myself a cup now....
// ...it is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion.


Caffeine is fine, although I gave it up for sleep issues. Just the disgusting bean drippings I can't stand.

Family thinks I'm a heretic too :)

 
dkny [TotalFark] 2009-11-08 09:03:40 AM  
They may be the best I'll ever see, but do I really want to see them, will it be a waste of my time, and would I rather see the original masterpieces than someone with a cheap gimmick?

 
farkingnotworking [TotalFark] 2009-11-08 09:18:45 AM  
Big deal... Vik Muniz can remix Gericault using only chocolate Yoohoo:

www.ignezferraz.com.br

 
Fear the Clam 2009-11-08 10:38:23 AM  
I like her work, but the perspective on the coffee cups she adds is pretty bad.

/ Too many mechanical drawing classes
// Bad perspective ruins paintings for me

 
Molavian 2009-11-08 10:38:53 AM  
I'm surprised by this. The "art" I usually see posted on Fark involves something anyone can do. I rather doubt that the majority of us could reproduce this.

 
triptik 2009-11-08 11:00:49 AM  
Fear the Clam: I like her work, but the perspective on the coffee cups she adds is pretty bad.

THIS

It shows that she can painstakingly copy another image but when it comes to adding anything by her own hand she falls flat.

/bitter as a cheap cup of coffee
//I have sold three paintings in the last month

 
hogans 2009-11-08 11:01:28 AM  
maxx2112: Doing art in coffee, and they didn't do Hopper's The Nighthawks?

I didn't see the Absinthe Drinkers, either.

 
triptik 2009-11-08 11:06:31 AM  
My most recent, on impulse painting.
i135.photobucket.com

 
sneathbean 2009-11-08 11:47:05 AM  
triptik: My most recent, on impulse painting.

This is lovely, triptik

 
Larry Mahnken 2009-11-08 12:06:10 PM  
maxx2112: Doing art in coffee, and they didn't do Hopper's The Nighthawks?



FAIL.



/ j/k, it's cool


img687.imageshack.us

 
violator6 2009-11-08 12:15:43 PM  
I live in Tulsa and got to see these in a coffee shop a few years ago and they're really great to see up close. She has very good detail. I agree on the coffee cup perspective though...not so great.

 
rburp 2009-11-08 01:09:12 PM  
triptik: My most recent, on impulse painting.

I'm no art aficionado but that is very pretty.

 
Craptastic 2009-11-08 01:38:17 PM  
gopher321: Better than fecal matter.

Sez YOU.

 
ItHurtsWhenIDoThis [TotalFark] 2009-11-08 01:45:16 PM  
triptik: My most recent, on impulse painting.

Oh joy, I see you're a follower of Bob Ross. Wonderful.

 
Dead-Guy 2009-11-08 02:51:43 PM  
-1 subby, that's the point of the cliche.. you likely WONT see a better one ever, but you're supposed to suggest there a better one coming later, so you say "best one today".. that's the whole POINT.

I hate you guys ruining the cliches like that.. kinda' like the "ugly assed babies" cliche getting ruined with "oh who's kidding, they're adorable".. Well no shiat they're adorable that's the point of the cliche.

if ya' wanna use the cliche (and no one's making you) don't wreck 'em please.

 
FunkOut [TotalFark] 2009-11-08 04:12:49 PM  
Larry Mahnken: maxx2112: Doing art in coffee, and they didn't do Hopper's The Nighthawks?

FAIL.

/ j/k, it's cool


I'd hang that over the mantel. Nothing like an anteater going "Hey, you wanna fight me, bishes? *hic* C'mon, I can take all of youse."

 
GranoblasticMan 2009-11-08 07:24:50 PM  
Dead-Guy: I hate you guys ruining the cliches like that.. kinda' like the "ugly assed babies" cliche getting ruined with "oh who's kidding, they're adorable".. Well no shiat they're adorable that's the point of the cliche.

The FArQ disagrees with you. The "ugly-ass baby" cliché, when used appropriately, should link to a seriously ugly baby.

 
red5ish 2009-11-08 08:27:31 PM  
ItHurtsWhenIDoThis: triptik: My most recent, on impulse painting.

Oh joy, I see you're a follower of Bob Ross. Wonderful.


Sand in your vagina much?

 
GranoblasticMan 2009-11-09 03:43:16 AM  
ItHurtsWhenIDoThis: triptik: My most recent, on impulse painting.

Oh joy, I see you're a follower of Bob Ross. Wonderful.


Wrong, wrong, wrong!

I don't see a single happy little tree. Those are most obviously mangroves of angst.

 
flaming99 2009-11-09 08:02:36 AM  
Forbidden Doughnut: Muddy1: Finally, a use for coffee, wonder how much the pictures stink of bean drippings.

/hate coffee
//even its rich, vile aroma
///coffee is just a plot of the evil Colombian bean lords

Heresy!

/ brewing myself a cup now....
// ...it is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion.


the lips acquire the stain, the stain becomes a sign.....or some such thing

\had the urge to google Mentat for some reason yesterday so is getting a kick out of this post.

 
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