Inspirations

Purr of Sorrow: The Surreal and Psychedelic Pastel Art of Irem Kurban

[0

Irem Kurban, a Turkish artist now living in Berlin, creates mesmerizing surreal portraits with pastel pencils.

Her work brings together human figures and whimsical animal companions—cats, dogs, fish, and birds—that carry symbolic meaning and emotional depth. Through vivid metaphors and intricate details, she invites us into a beautifully strange world where the complexity of our thoughts, memories, and emotions unfolds.

More: Instagram

[image] 296929
[image] 459121
[image] 1175454
[image] 1192658
[image] 2352064
[image] 3253268
[image] 3348076
[image] 4034994
[image] 4224571
[image] 5107756
[image] 5255331
[image] 5688692
[image] 5856312
[image] 6088686
[image] 6118375
[image] 6198817
[image] 6343351
[image] 6670387
[image] 6803286
[image] 6837666
[image] 6859081
[image] 6949497
[image] 7234287
[image] 8283965
[image] 8355214
[image] 8787766
[image] 9261028
[image] 9755480

If you want more awesome content, subscribe to Design You Trust Facebook page.

More Inspiring Stories

12 Zombie Style Family Portraits Render Any Family Photos You Have So Alive And Well Boring

An Illustrated Guide To Our Deepest Desires

NASA's Mars Recruitment Posters Will Convince You To Go Die In Space!

"Chapters Of Downfall": The Superb Digital Concept Art By Richard Anderson

"The Book Of Bunny Suicides": Hilariously Dark Cartoon Series By Andy Riley

A Plague Of Dragons: The Superb Fantasy Artworks By Justin Gerard

A Japanese Artist Created a Minimalist Campaign for Sony PlayStation

Underwater Portraits Of People Diving Into A Freezing 4°C Dunking Pool

Japanese Artist Paints Adorable Watercolours Of Pet Hamster Doing Human Things

At the Edge of the World: A Look at Life in Greenland

Amazing Vintage Photos of Rock Stars Posing With Their Cool Cars in the Late 1970s

Fun Animal Facts You May Never Knew Existed Or Cared About

Giant Artwork By Calligraphy Artist Pokras Lampas Destroyed In Yekaterinburg, Russia

"I Wouldn't Want to Have Dozens of Themes to Illustrate Every Day Like This": War in Ukraine in Illustrations by Ukrainian and International Artists

Spectacular Winning Photos from the 2025 Shark Photographer of the Year

This Artist Is Using Technology To Draw Watercolor Animal Illustrations

Javier Mayoral’s Oddly Seductive Cartoons

Filippa K by BVD

The World's Best Jokes for Kids by Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar

Some Of Hollywood’s Most Beautiful Women Have Been Given A Shocking Bloody Make-Over To Highlight Domestic Violence

Mariusz Lewandowski Painted Apocalyptic Monoliths And Lone Witnesses To Cosmic Horror, Turning Personal Nightmares Into Surreal Oil Masterpieces

Striking Hyperrealistic Paintings by François Chartier

Absolutely Amazing Dark Artworks That Transport Us To Creepy Yet Familiar Realms

Artist Sameer Bundela Brings Hollow Knight’s Hornet to Life in a Hauntingly Melancholic Cosplay

Tales of the Ruins: An Epic Cinematic Concept Artworks of Arthur Yuan

Artist Takes 20 Different Drugs And Creates 20 Illustrations To Show Drug Effects

A Russian Artist has been Busy Stitching a Teddy Bear out of Meat

Human Builds A Dragon-Shaped Cardboard House For His Cat In Order To Please His Master

Assisted Living Facility Creates Mock Town To Help Residents With Alzheimer’s

A Year of Al Moore Pin-Up Girls From Esquire Magazine, 1950