The other day, I mentioned how we developers are artists in every right - well, below is artistry of another kind, one you just have to tip you hat to..
This was done on the streets of Buenos Aires and Baden by an amazingly talented artist named Blu. In the video above, titled Muto, each frame was drawn and photographed sequentially with with some added animation. For me the character-art is mind-blowing, the scale staggering, but what impresses the most is the patience and vision exuded by its creator.
On a related note, here is a little food-for-though I picked up from Robby Ingebretsen's blog post:
[Design] involves creativity in the way doing a crossword puzzle involves creativity. You need some imagination and knowledge. I think of artists as creative because they have to invent something out of nothing. I think designers design because they can't invent something out of nothing.