Illustrator Draws Monumental Tree‑scapes On Transparent Dura‑Lar, Braiding Roots, Rocks And Memory Into Delicate, Sci‑fi‑tinged Forest Architectures
Rachael Pease is a Chicago‑based artist known for meticulous ink drawings on translucent Dura‑Lar that weave real landscapes and trees together with threads of memory, fantasy and speculative futures. Continue reading »
Anna Mond Twists Everyday Archetypes Into Mask‑like Creatures Whose Expressions Refuse To Reveal Whether They’re Joking, Judging, Or Just Lonely
Anna Mond is a German artist best known for her ongoing series Fantastical Beings – oil and acrylic portraits of cigarette‑smoking, beer‑drinking, priest‑cosmonauts, cowboys and other strange humanoids who stare back at the viewer with unsettling, magnetic eyes. Continue reading »
With Elegant Penwork And Calm, Fashion‑forward Characters, This Artist Reimagines Classic Japanese Ghost Stories As Contemporary Iconography
Kotaro Chiba (チバコウタロウ) is a freelance illustrator, designer and artist based in Niigata, Japan, known for intricate line‑art scenes that fuse ukiyo‑e influences, street fashion, skulls and surreal, anime‑adjacent character design. Continue reading »
Beautiful Photos of the 1935 Bugatti Type 57 ‘Grand Raid’ Roadster
The 1935 Bugatti Type 57 ‘Grand Raid’ Roadster is a stunning showcase of pre-war automotive design and performance. Continue reading »
Italian Duo Creates Neon, Stained‑glass Pop Illustrations With Thick Black Lines And Explosive Colour Reimagining Cult Movies And Icons
Van Orton Design is an Italian creative duo of twin brothers Marco and Stefano from Turin, known for ultra‑colourful pop‑culture illustrations that look like stained‑glass windows crossed with 1980s poster art. Continue reading »
French Ceramicist Creates Adorable Blobby “Specimens” With Stone‑like Bodies And Tiny Faces Turning Alien Life Into Pocket‑sized Companions
Monsieur Cailloux is a Paris‑based ceramic artist and self‑styled explorer who has invented an imaginary planet, MRCX, populated by the “Cailloux Tribe” – small, blobby, stone‑like beings he sculpts in clay. Continue reading »
Lipstick for Your Fingers: Inside the Lofree Lipstick Mechanical Keyboard
Lofree Lipstick mechanical keyboard turns your desk into a curated beauty-inspired setup, blending fashion and function in one compact 75% layout. Continue reading »
Beautiful Winning Photos from the 2025 Exposure One Awards: Black & White Photographers of the Year
International Photographer of the Year: “Lux” by Arturo Gómez Sierra
Black and white photography has a unique way of amplifying emotion, where shadows and highlights take center stage. Continue reading »
Illustrator Creates Pop‑surreal Paintings Turning Everyday Life Into Bright, Storybook‑style Adventures
Nathan Durfee is an American painter and illustrator based in Charleston, South Carolina, known for whimsical pop‑surreal narratives packed with quirky animals, kids, and oddball objects in bright, storybook colour. Continue reading »
Finnish Illustrator Creates Dream‑like Forest Worlds With Watercolour, Ink And Starlight Turning Nordic Folklore Into Soft, Escapist Magic
Ulla Thynell is a Finnish artist, illustrator, designer and photographer based near Helsinki, best known for dreamy fantasy and fairy‑tale imagery rooted in forests, folklore and Nordic myth. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos from the LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2025
Series Winner – 1st Place: “Buzkashi” by Todd Antony
Black and white photography carries a raw, emotional power that color simply can’t replicate, and the 2025 LensCulture Awards prove it once again. Continue reading »
Portrait of High-Class Yomut Women From Krasnovodsk, Turkmenistan Wearing Kasaba, 1883
In 1883, Yomut women from Krasnovodsk—today called Türkmenbaşy in Turkmenistan—were photographed wearing the Kasaba, a remarkable cylindrical headpiece. Tall and ornate, the Kasaba immediately stood out with its intricate craftsmanship, serving not only as adornment but as a marker of social standing, wealth, and marital status. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos from the 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest
Grand Prize: Kathleen Borshanian
A powerful set of images can stop you in your tracks, reminding you of the planet’s untamed beauty. Continue reading »
Hilarious Winning Photos from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Overall Winner: “High Five” by Mark Meth Cohn, UK
Sometimes the universe delivers perfectly timed, hilarious moments that make you laugh uncontrollably. Continue reading »
Beautiful Winning Images from the 2025 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year
“Lights & Ice” by Tori Harp
Photographing the Northern Lights is one of those unforgettable bucket-list moments that feels deeply soul-stirring. Continue reading »
Italian Surrealist Creates Toads, Beasts And Insects In Ink With Every Line Crawling, Curling And Conspiring Against The Blank Page
Gaia Perissutti is an Italian surreal illustrator who calls herself the “Surrealist Great Archduchess of Tiny Details,” known for dense black‑and‑white ink drawings filled with eyes, tentacles, teeth, bugs and strange hybrid creatures. Continue reading »
Illustrator Creates Cozy Grunling Worlds With Anthropomorphic Fruits And Vegetables Turning Everyday Nature Into Pastel Storylands
Johanna Forster is a German illustrator and character designer best known for her “Grunlings” (Grünlinge) – a cast of cute, anthropomorphic fruits, vegetables and plant spirits that live in a bright, cozy fantasy world. Continue reading »
Stunning Water, Snow & Ice Winners from the Mobile Photography Awards 2025
1st Place Winner: “Wave Hug” by Chenyu Zhang
The 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards unveiled their Water, Snow & Ice winners, and the images are breathtaking. Continue reading »
Illustrator Creates The “Dead Cat” Painting Series With Grim Reaper And Cat Sidekick Wandering Through A Whimsical, Soft‑spoken Afterlife
Brandon James Scott is an award‑winning Canadian artist who splits his time between animation and picture‑book illustration, best known as the creator of the Netflix preschool series “Justin Time.” Continue reading »
Filipino Visionary Artist Marc Salamat Creates Large, Psychedelic Oil Paintings Exploring Purpose, Awakening, And The Divine Love Of Life
Marc Salamat is a Filipino visionary painter and digital artist from Hagonoy, Bulacan, whose work fuses figurative realism with psychedelic, spiritual and cosmic symbolism. Continue reading »
Spectacular Black and White Winners from the Mobile Photography Awards 2025
1st Place Winner: “Freedom” by Roy Pan
The 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards unveiled their Black and White winners, and the images are breathtaking. Continue reading »
Gérard DuBois Creates Thought‑provoking Images With Slight Surreal Twists Asking Viewers To Reread The Story Through The Picture
Gérard DuBois is a French‑born, Canada‑based visual artist and illustrator known for quietly surreal, narrative images that blend classical painting sensibility with contemporary editorial bite. Continue reading »
Japanese Illustrator Creates Dreamy Digital Landscapes With Tiny Figures, Moons And Houses Suspended In Quiet, Poetic Night Skies
Akira Kusaka (日下 明) is a contemporary Japanese illustrator and graphic designer based in Osaka, known for dreamy, poetic scenes where small human figures, animals and architecture float in vast, quiet spaces. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025
Competition winner: “Mesmerizing spider threads” by Dr Martín J. Ramírez. Sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff
he 2025 Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition brought science to life through breathtaking images from around the world. Scientists submitted photos across categories like Astronomy, Behaviour, Earth Science, Ecology, and Microimaging, resulting in stunning visual storytelling. Continue reading »
Beautiful Entries from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 Open Competition
Lifestyle: Photo by Aggelos Barai, Albania
The Sony World Photography Awards consistently showcase breathtaking talent, and the 2026 Open Competition is no exception. Continue reading »
