Dot to Dot to Divine. Incredible Portraits by Thomas Pravitte.

Melbourne, Australia based illustrator, graphic designer, artist and typographer Thomas Pravitte dabbles in many unusual forms of art. One of his most impressive and unique projects is that of labor-intensive line drawings connected by thousands of dots.



Take a look at his dot-to dot Mona Lisa, which consisted of 6,239 dots and took over 9 hours to complete.




He sells limited edition prints of his Mona Lisa:

A time lapse video of the creation of his dot-to-dot Mona Lisa:


Do It Yourself Dot to Dot Portrait Templates
But here's what I really find fascinating. He has created and sells dot-to-dot templates that combine two related images in one. The dot to dot templates are color-coded in sets of 100 making them easier to follow and YOU actually complete the drawings yourself, seeing them unfold in first one portrait, and then two, topped off with your own signature.

Let me explain visually. We'll start with his Michael Jackson dot-to-dot portrait which combines the young Michael Jackson and the mature Michael Jackson so you can of what I am speaking.

Here is what the image looks like prior to any connecting of the dots:

Beginning to connect the dots:

and voila! First you get young Michael Jackson...

and then as you continue to draw,

a more mature Michael Jackson appears:

The sequence of the drawings:

The final portrait:


Monkey Jesus:
As you start, a monkey appears. Continue to draw and another image surfaces:

The sequence of the drawing:

And finally, Monkey Jesus!


Yes, You Can - Obama:

And the final portrait:


Buy these limited edition Do It yourself Dot to Dot portraits.

Don't Panic features an interview with Thomas Pravitte that you should check out here.

See all of Thomas' interesting work here on Behance.

Franck Muller's "Sparkling Models" iPhone Jackets with Swarovski Crystals for $2,134 each.

above: two of the six Swarovski Crystal- embellished Frank Muller iPhone 4 cases costing $2,143 USD each

When Swiss watchmaker and jeweler Franck Muller created an exclusive case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s as part of their 20th anniversary celebration in early 2011, blogs like TechCrunch and Trendhunter reported on the very expensive ($1,340.) limited edition titanium iPhone cases inspired by the ornate Byzantine numerals symbolic of Franck Muller's watches.


above: the Crazy Family Watches by Franck Muller sport the same ornate arabic numerals as on the iPhone jackets

The 6 original models were designed to not only protect the iPhone from the shocks but also offer the special stateliness and playful spirit of Franck Muller watches and jewellery.


above: the first round of Franck Muller Jackets for the iPhone 4

Limited to 500 units each with a total of 3,000 units sold worldwide and sold through Japan's Softbank, the original models which run $1,339.58 USD. (105,000 Japanese yen), can be bought here.

As if those weren't special or expensive enough, add some Swarovski crystals and you've got "Sparkling Models" of the Franck Muller Jackets for the iPhone 4 and 4S with an even heftier price tag of $2,143.14 USD (168,000.00 JPY).



Below are all the jacket models in the collection with the front of the case shown on the left and the back of the case, on the right:








Buy the Sparkling models here

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Twenty Limited Edition Snow Globes by Ligorano/Reese Celebrate the History of Art.

Designer and limited edition snow globes certainly have their appeal to the art world in addition to collectors of the shakeable snow-laden water-filled round glass objects.



I've previously featured the limited edition snow globes and c-prints by artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz, the 14 Architect-designed snow globes for the Dansk Architectural center and a series of Seven Deadly Sin Snow Globes by Ligorano/Reese - shown below.





Just this week Artware Editions announced the latest limited edition snow globes (also referred to as water globes, snowdomes and shakies) by art duo Ligorano/Reese. Twenty new signed, numbered and dated snow globes limited to 50 editions each call out specific influential art movements.

The 7.5" tall by 6" diameter glass globes are set on black wooden bases and feature the names of 20 different art movements, beginning with Fauvism and continuing through YBA (which stands for Young British Artists), designed to stylistically represent the genres. In my personal opinion, some do it successfully (Bauhaus, Minimalism, Surrealism, Superflat, Video Art) and others, not so much.

The full selection of globes includes the following:

Abstract Expressionism:

Bauhaus:

Conceptual Art:

Cubism:

Dada:

De Stijl:

Expressionism:

Fauvism:

Fluxus:

Futurism:

Minimalism:

New Media:

Op Art:

Performance Art:

Photo Realism:

Pop Art:

Superflat:

Surrealism:

Video Art:

YBA:


The individual globes are available to purchase for $400 each and ten complete sets of the twenty can be bought for $7,200.

Every snow globe is hand-made through a laser-cutting and laminating technique developed by the artists. Please allow 6 - 8 weeks for fabrication.

Buy the History of Art Snow Globes here