These well-thought-up porcelain goodies are from the wacky imagination of Sao Paulo artist Buia, who made these when he went to spend time in Japan (he’s Japanese-Brazilian) and reflect his approach to art through organic and geometric forms. One is an ashtray that looks like a dog’s head and the other is a pencil holder designed to resemble a fish. They come with gaping mouths and are also drawn on in the insides, which renders them absolutely and convincingly adorable. Buia is a mid-twentysomething Paulistano who studied advertising and marketing but soon went the way of the artist’s life, a move that was worth it because he scored a coveted solo exhibition at street art gallery Choque Cultural early in his career. You can find his porcelain works through Tamarindo Concepts, a wholesaler of art lifestyle products like shot glasses and ashtrays by hot Brazilian street artists. Buia, coincidentally enough, will be one of the 12 artists to be featured in the Japan Pop Show starting this Saturday at Choque Cultural.

It’s been a little over a year since we mentioned Jeremiah Palecek and his unique brand of pop surrealism or nerd art. The Czech painter with a fondness for Nintendo and Google has his name on the tip of our tongues yet again, embracing his inner nerd with two new youtube-centric projects. For the first project, Palecek utilizes his fancy brushwork to capture the essence of some of our favorite viral video moments from over the years. Everything from the Mentos-Diet Coke fountain to the now infamous Tom Cruise Scientology video gets the canvas treatment and is available for your art-owning enjoyment.

Palecek’s other youtube-centric undertaking asks viewers of his Youtube channel one simple question, ‘What should I paint?,’ Mr. Palecek will then paint whatever people write in the comment section. So, if readers ask him to paint something along the lines of say a Manatee mating with a Panda, well then he might just be inclined to draw it. What? You’re not in the least bit curious what that might look like? Don’t judge us!

Every time an ingenious Web app comes out, one (or in this case two) of the millions of users has to go along and make it faster and less annoying. Just like crgslst which we blogged about last week, two guys (Ryan & Bryan) have introduced compfight, a search application that jiggers Flickr’s open API for your speedy photo-finding pleasure. Type in a search term and watch the aggregate fun begin. Hundreds of tagged thumbnails with resolution info all on your desktop at once? Yes, please.