I don't know art, but I know what I like...

Have you ever wondered just where artists get their ideas for their pictures from?

I'm not an artist, I can't even draw a straight line without the help of a ruler, so I've never really thought about it before.

Do they just come up with stuff off the top of their head?  Do they copy from pictures?  How much artistic licence to they use?

But when I stumbled across these pictures, it made me realise the difference between someone making a copy of something, and someone taking something and making it their own.

I just love the details, looking at the pictures and seeing what the artist decided to keep, what they chose to alter, and what they made completely different.

I guess that's what they mean by art.

Needless to say, these pictures have made me realise a few things.  

• I'll never be an artist.  I have no idea how they can take a bunch of lines and make it look like a person.
• I absolutely love the art of this era!  
• Women in the 50's must have been awfully chilly.  They never seem to be wearing enough clothes!

Oh Barbie, what have you done...

*Barbie's friend Midge enters the bathroom*

Midge:  Oh my god ... Barbie ... what have you done!

Barbie:  What ... oh shit ... I can't believe I did that...

Midge:  That's just ... I think I'm going to throw up...

Barbie:  Oh god, oh god ... you have to promise, Midge!  Promise you won't tell anyone!

Midge:  I don't know...

Barbie:  Please, Midge!  You're my best friend!  You have to keep this secret for me!  If you don't, I'll tell everyone about that time last Summer when you and that Carnie disappeared behind the Tilt-A-Whirl and ...

Midge:  ... OKAY!  Okay, I won't tell anyone.  But you owe me!

Barbie:  Thanks Midge, you're a star!  

Midge:  But seriously, why did you do it?  

Barbie:  I don't know ... I wasn't paying attention I suppose and it just happened.

Midge:  But it's so ... disgusting!  I mean really, wine on the toilet seat rim?  Haven't you ever heard of E Coli before?


Sorry guys, I saw this picture and I just couldn't resist.  The first thing I thought wasn't "Holy crap, Barbie decapitated Ken and bathed in his blood!", it was "Holy crap, putting that wine glass there can't be hygenic!".

The picture is one of a series by the artist Mariel Clayton, and if you like the weird, freaky and morbid that you should definitely head over and check out her stuff.  Some of them are a bit risque though, considering they're of Barbie dolls, so use your own discretion.