Arcano XV Stitches Saints, Skulls And Sinners Into Digital Collages That Look Like Catholic Altarpieces Rewritten As Grindhouse Horror Posters
Arcano XV is the dark‑art persona of Brazilian digital collage artist Felipe Froeder, based in Curitiba, who splices vintage photos, religious iconography and anatomical fragments into nightmare‑like occult images. Continue reading »
Illustrator Turns Simple Fineliners Into Forests, Rooflines And Giant Cats, Proving How Far Pure Linework Can Go Without A Drop Of Colour
Shahobiddin Rustamov is a Tashkent‑based illustrator and drawing teacher known for highly controlled pen‑and‑ink work where entire scenes are built from dense, even linework and hatching. Continue reading »
Artist Paints Dreamy Guardians, Monkeys And Plant‑spirits In Soft Acrylics, Turning Canvases Into Little Safe Zones For Anxious Hearts
Ella May is a contemporary artist and illustrator who builds soft, surreal worlds with big‑eyed girls, monkeys, spirits and plants painted in acrylic, oil pastel and mixed media on canvas. Continue reading »
This Artist Paints Surreal Female Portraits Where Tropical Leaves, Veils And Shadows Slip Across Faces, Turning Identity Into A Lush, Private Jungle
Marie‑Eve Proteau is a Canadian painter based in Austria, known for dreamy, surreal portraits of women whose faces and bodies are partially hidden by plants, hair, veils or patterned shadows. Continue reading »
Italian Artist Maps Chaotic Harbours, City Squares And Inner Storms In Copic‑and‑Ink Drawings
Thomas Pondrelli is an Italian illustrator and painter based in Bologna whose work ranges from densely detailed ink‑and‑Copic drawings to bold, simplified acrylic paintings and children’s books. Continue reading »
Meet Jean-Jacques Grandville, The Master of Anthropomorphic Satire
Jean‑Jacques Grandville (born Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, 1803–1847) was a major French illustrator and caricaturist whose intricate, often fantastical drawings left a strong mark on the Romantic era. Continue reading »
Hilarious Photos from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography People’s Choice Awards
“Now which direction is my nest?” by Alison Tuck, UK
Wildlife photography is usually all about intensity and beauty, but once a year it turns delightfully ridiculous thanks to the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Continue reading »
Painter Turns Vintage Cars, Empty Highways And Neon Motels Into Lonesome Road‑trip Scenes That Feel Like Paused Frames From A Lost Movie
Greg Mount is a painter and visual storyteller based in Melbourne, Australia, whose work mixes mid‑century nostalgia, road‑movie solitude and a touch of surreal humour. Continue reading »
Best Photos of 2025 from The Independent Photographer Awards
“Leap of faith” by Subhran Karmakar, India
In 2025, The Independent Photographer Awards drew an unprecedented wave of submissions, and ten images rose above thousands with fearless creativity. Continue reading »
Stunning Street Photos from the Chromatic Awards That Capture the Poetry of Everyday Streets
1st Place winner: “Sunset Flight” by Dmytro Geshengorin, Germany
City streets can feel chaotic, but sometimes everything aligns—light, color, and timing—to create magic. Continue reading »
Spectacular Monochrome Award-Winning Wildlife Photos That Capture Nature in Its Rawest Form
1st Place Winner: “King of the Forest” by Radosław Dybała, Poland
Black and white strips wildlife photography down to its essence, revealing raw instinct and emotion without distraction. Continue reading »
Artist Duo Paint Fairy‑tale‑like Scenes Suspended Between Sweetness And Menace, As If A Bedtime Story Had Started To Go Wrong
Aleksey and Anton Tvorogov (Tvorogov Brothers) are Moscow‑born twin artists (both 1988) who work as a duo, known for painterly, slightly uncanny scenes that feel like fragments of a fairy tale caught between childhood and adulthood. Continue reading »
With Ink Splatters and Watercolour, This Artist Paints Dead Romans Like A War Film Shot On Handmade Paper
Nick Marinkovich is a Canadian illustrator, comic artist and “reclusive dandy” best known as the co‑creator and artist of the historical series Dead Romans (Image Comics) and the medieval horror comic The Pale Knight (Mad Cave Studios). Continue reading »
Illustrator Reimagines European Medieval and Folklore Spirits As A Single, Relentlessly Grim Visual Mythology
Averjan M. is a dark‑art illustrator, known for “tartaric engravings” – ultra‑detailed black‑and‑white drawings that look like medieval etchings crossed with black‑ and death‑metal aesthetics. Continue reading »
Artist Kjell Daniel Francisco Drags Viewers To The Edge Of The Abyss With His Unconscious Encounter Series
Kjell Daniel Francisco is a dark‑surreal painter and digital artist whose work dives into desolate atmospheres, faceless figures and abyssal architectures. Continue reading »
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 »
