By: Alexis Guerra

Like of the Week: Surpr-eye-zing Disney Art

I’m always amazed when I see those people who can scrawl an entire poem on a grain of rice or construct miniature ships in bottles and this week’s “Like” sort of falls under that category.

Twenty-one year old artist, Katy Alvestakes, takes on our most beloved Disney classics and turns them into a visual feast for the eyes – literally! Not only is she able to capture scenes from these classic children’s films with incredible precision and minute detail, but she does it all on a very limited canvas.  How limited, you ask? Well, as limited as one’s eyelids.

Her artwork includes scenes from such favorites as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Aladdin and The Lion King, just to name a few. There’s no denying that Katy’s skills are impressive to say the least and these talents aren’t only expressed through the glorifying of Disney classics. You can see more of her awe-inspiring work on Deviant.Art.com.

If this is any indication of how talented Katy, it will be exciting to see what she comes out with next!

Dislike of the Week: Acne-Inspired Accessories

I think the only words to describe this alarming piece of jewelry fall somewhere along the lines of, “ Ewwwwwwww!”, “Gross!”, and last but certainly not least, “WTF!.”

Jeweler Wynona Johnson is responsible for creating this ring that resembles a ruptured whitehead that’s…how shall we say, emerging from its skin-like cocoon. All I have to say is…That. Is. Diiiiisgusting! The designer herself admits to being one of those people who just can’t resist a good skin picking and blames the unsightly habit on anxiety until it finally inspired her to create a line of “skin related jewelry,”  ash she put it. Okay, one thing to do it and admit to it then move on, quite another to create a visually disturbing jewelry homage to it. Juuuuust saying.

However, if picking black heads, zits and pimples is a passion of yours, then this “exotic” accessory, titled the Pimple Popper- Raw,(Gah, the name alone invokes terror!) can be yours for $163 on Etsy.com.  Created from such materials as copper, sterling silver and a freshwater pearl (as the classiest white head you’ve ever laid eyes on!) you can delight and disgust all those you come in contact with simply by waving your hand!

Okay, I honestly think I’ve stared at this thing long enough to reach the point of nausea. Pimple Popper ring, you FAIL!