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The next time you try to play Leonardo Da Vinci and spark an artistic renaissance you should consult the archives of 33 Classic Art Remixes. This artistic cluster will help inspire you to do great things! Or maybe it will inspire you to make over a famous painting.

Artist Sagaki Keita was born in 1984 and lives and works in Tokyo. His densely composited pen and ink illustrations contain thousands of whimsical characters that are drawn almost completely improvised. I am dumbstruck looking at these and love the wacky juxtaposition of fine art and notebook doodles.

When advertising is as creative as this, one can't help but be impressed by it. When Faber Castell, one of the world's largest manufacturers of pens, pencils,…

Rainer Elstermann series "Old Masters", recreates classic art stapples, but replacing the originals models with children, giving the end results a strange kind of gravitas.

Bear with me, I'm on a roll here, so I'm just flooding the gates with all these art to life related posts! I suppose I could have broken this down into 2 separate posts, but I guess there's strength in numbers and neither is a full fledged editorial so this pairing seems sorta of ok!

Tying all sorts of loose ends dangling here and there, all those random pics and editorial bits I found in my meanderings that I can tell are inspired by art. Mostly like all those other art to life posts but in a messier more diverse format! Enjoy!

Another case of art seriously inspiring fashion. A somewhat old campaign, from 1999 for Yves Saint Laurent, shot by Mario Sorrenti, it sticks closely to some great classical paintings to deliver a thrillingly unique set. The original paintings are included alongside the shots for your delight.