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 »
Swedish Illustrator Einar Nerman Creates Elegant Art‑Deco Portraits With Fluid Lines And Theatrical Silhouettes Defining The Look Of Early 20th‑century Illustration
Einar Nerman (1888–1983) was a Swedish artist, illustrator, caricaturist and designer celebrated for his elegant, highly stylized Art Deco drawings of people and performers. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Stylish Pop‑surreal Illustrations With Pastel Rooms, Sharp Objects, And Deadpan Expressions Carrying All The Emotional Damage
Cong Ming is a contemporary digital artist and illustrator who builds cinematic, character‑driven scenes that mix cute, gothic and quietly brutal elements into single‑frame stories. Continue reading »
Illustrator Creates Tiny Pencil Drawings With Everyday Bees In Boots And Hats Bringing Minimal Art And Warm Humour Together
Beekeepersklub (also signed as Relm) is an illustrator and designer who creates clean, minimal, character‑driven drawings—mostly bees and bee‑people living everyday, slightly whimsical lives. Continue reading »
South Korean Artist Creates Gentle, Surreal Heartwarming Paintings Sharing Small, Wordless Moments At The Edge Of Loneliness And Comfort
Jeon Pil‑hwa (Pil Hwa) is a contemporary South Korean artist and illustrator known for quiet, surreal digital paintings where humans and animals—especially cats—share small, intimate moments in soft, muted worlds. Continue reading »
Caroline Gaudreault Creates Enigmatic Oil Paintings With Anthropomorphic Cats, Birds, And Girls Draped In Rococo Detail And Quiet Symbolism
Caroline Gaudreault is a Canadian magical‑realist figurative painter from Alma, Québec, known for strange, classical‑looking portraits of animals and humans that sit somewhere between fairy tale, allegory, and fine art. Continue reading »
Oil Painter Creates Contemporary Gothic Portraits With Classical Technique And Lowbrow Attitude, Recasting Fairy‑tale Femininity As Sharp, Haunted, And Fully Present
risten Margiotta is a Delaware‑based contemporary oil painter, illustrator, and art instructor whose work blends classical portrait skills with lowbrow / pop‑surreal influences Continue reading »
Beautiful Winners from the 2024 Canadian Photos of the Year Competition
Canadian Photographer of the Year 2024: Shane Turgeon
The 2024 Canadian Photos of the Year Competition honored 14 outstanding winners who captured Canada’s breathtaking landscapes and wildlife. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos from the 2025 International Landscape Photography Awards
“Storm Over Fields” by J. Fritz Rumpf
The 12th International Landscape Photography Awards has unveiled its 2025 winners, and the collection is nothing short of breathtaking. Continue reading »
Stunning Award-Winning Silhouette Photos from the Mobile Photography Awards 2025
1st Place Winner: “Drift” by G. Govil
Silhouette photography has a unique power to transform ordinary moments into striking visual poetry. Continue reading »
“Smile… But Not Too Much”: The Fashion and Posing of ’90s Family Photos
Studio family portraits from the 1990s carry a timeless nostalgia, defined by their carefully staged aesthetics. Continue reading »
Spectacular Wildlife Winning Photos from the Monochrome Photography Awards 2025
1st Place Winner: “Between 2 worlds” by Merche Llobera, Spain
Wildlife photography already carries immense power, but in monochrome it transforms into something raw and dramatic. Continue reading »
“Hundai Second Star”: Artist Duo Create Superb Futuristic Concept of the Hundai Car
Created by designers Chris Min and Hyunbeen Kye for Hyundai’s 2025 Stellar Restomod Competition, the Hyundai Second Star transforms the iconic Stellar into a contemporary vision. Instead of simply reviving retro charm, the project is anchored in storytelling—imagining the journey of a family leader who once depended on the original model and is now stepping into a new chapter of life. Continue reading »
“People from Above”: Amazing Award-Winning Drone Photos from the 35 Photography Awards 2025
“The geometry of nature” by Mikhail Kharitonychev
Seeing the world from above has its own kind of magic, transforming ordinary shapes into breathtaking works of art. Continue reading »
Spectacular Street Photography Winners from the 2025 AAP Magazine Awards
First Place Winner: “MahaKumbh: World’s Largest Gathering” by Savadmon Avalachamveettil, Ireland
Street photography carries a unique magic, raw and unfiltered, that captures real life in its purest form. Continue reading »
Street Artist Creates Superb Urban‑surreal Murals With Nature, Ruins and Machinery Tangled Together in Poetic, Dreamlike Scenes
Maye (Victorien Liria) is a French painter and street artist from Sète known for tall, elastic characters and highly detailed surreal scenes that stretch between mural and canvas work. Continue reading »
Laust Højgaard Creates Grotesque, Post‑apocalyptic Giant Portraits With Dark Humour and Heavy Texture Turning Misfits Into Fragile Gods
Laust Højgaard is a Danish painter (born 1989) whose large acrylic works depict “grotesque and quirky” giant figures—misfits, outsiders and fragile titans—set in a surreal, almost post‑apocalyptic universe. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Landscape and Wildlife Photos from the Mobile Photography Awards
1st Place Winner: “Encounter with a Fox” by Krasimir Matarov
The 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards unveiled breathtaking winners, proving that phone cameras can rival pro gear. Continue reading »
Beautiful Entry Images of The Royal Photographic Society Awards 2025
The RPS Centenary Medal and RPS Honorary Fellowship – Susan Derges HonFRPS
The Royal Photographic Society has announced its 2025 award recipients, and the lineup is nothing short of extraordinary. With these honorees, the RPS Awards spotlight creators who are shaping visual culture through both still and moving imagery. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images from the London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year 2025
Overall and Portrait Winner: “Sunkissed Boy” Capri McPherson-Noel
The London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year 2025 has unveiled its winners, and the collection is stunning. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Pre‑apocalyptic Pop‑surreal Paintings With Glossy Humour And Horror Reframing Death And Consumer Culture
Tyler Tilley is a Canadian‑born surreal pop artist currently based in Thailand, known for “cute & weird” oil paintings that mash up pop‑culture icons, horror, kitsch and dark humour. Continue reading »
“What Can We Do To Save Ourselves In This Difficult World?”: The Obsessive Sketchbook‑style Drawings By Isamu Gakiya
Isamu Gakiya aka Guinea Mate is a Japanese illustrator and draughtsman known for dense, surreal pencil and pen drawings that sit between portrait, creature design, and psychological vignette. Continue reading »
