11 Motivational Posters By Busy Building Things
Busy Building Things is an inspiration shop for community of doers, go getters, and sleepless dreamers. They make beautiful motivational prints like the ones you’ll see below! Continue reading »
“Star Wars” Characters Brilliantly Reimagined As “Calvin And Hobbes”
Story artist Brian Kesinger is back with even more adorable images of characters from The Force Awakens depicted as characters from ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. Continue reading »
This Artist Combines Human And Animal Features Into A Single Self-Portrait
Forming a likeness between the animal kingdom and the human form, hungarian artist Flora Borsi has formed the series ‘animeyed’, which creates curious hybrid beings from two different species. The collection of self-portraits sees Borsi situated side-by-side six separate creatures: a cat, dove, blowfish, goldfish, snake and hare. The effect forms hybrid entities that play with the perception of the viewer and cleverly display the physical similarities between the human and animal features. Continue reading »
These Humorous Illustrations Perfectly Sum Up The Reality Of Living With Anxiety And Depression
British illustrator Gemma Correll has created comical illustrations to help her cope with the everyday struggles of living with clinical anxiety and depression. Correll — a graduate of the Norwich School of Art and Design — penned the comic-book style illustrations to raise awareness of the condition and to encourage people to speak more freely about the condition. Continue reading »
Riikka Hyvönen Captures The Beauty Of Bruises In Giant Artworks
“Fresh Meat in Fishnets!,” 2015
Finland born, Helsinki based artist Riikka Hyvönen sees an inspiring myriad of colors that tell a story. Her art combines hyperrealism painting with sculptural elements, pop and kitsch styles, taking the pain that we have all experienced at some point and making it strangely alluring. She calls bruises “kisses”, specifically worn by roller derby girls, of which she collects photographs and then reinterprets into large-scale artworks. In roller derby, players wear their bruises like a badge of honor, which are then posted and shared online. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Inspiring Typography On Landscapes
Don’t you just love quotes that still the mind? If so, you’ll enjoy this series by Julian Bialowas. This is a collection of inspiring snippets (that will make you think about life) set on beautiful photos of landscapes and mountains taken by Julian himself. Julian Bialowas is a Canadian freelance Designer & Photographer currently living in Calgary, Alberta. Creator of 365q and a co-creator of 16HOURS Magazine. Continue reading »
Our Deepest Darkest Fears Turned Into Terrifying Cartoons
Irrational fears, dark thoughts, and ghost stories from around the world. Deep Dark Fears tells stories about the creepy things that pop into people’s heads and won’t let them be. Animator Fran Krause has a webcomic where he draws his fears and those that people submit. It’s utterly horrifying. Continue reading »
Use These Honest Oscar-Nominated Movie Posters to Prepare For Oscar Season Without Watching Any Movies
Who has time to watch all the movies nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars just to keep up with pop culture? For the record, that’s 17 hours and 29 minutes that could be spent aimlessly surfing the internet. If you want to stay relevant with your cinephile friends that badly, these honest posters are all you need. Continue reading »
The Trick Copy On These Clever Ads Shows Another Side To Homelessness
Here’s a clever outdoor campaign from Publicis London for the homelessness charity Depaul that manages to tell two different stories with the same copy. The ads are being placed on corners, with text on each side. If you read only the left side, the copy is all about the negative ideas people have about giving up a spare room to a homeless youth. But reading them in full, the ads actually argue for the benefits of volunteering.
“There’s another side to the story,” says the tagline. Continue reading »
Feeling Sad? The ‘Emergency Compliments’ Will Cheer You Up
Feeling grouchy? The Emergency Compliment website gives you exactly that, an emergency compliment. Its thoughtful entries will certainly make you smile. Don’t take things seriously. Here, have some more compliments below! Continue reading »
“Super Best Friends”: Friendships Are Everywhere We Look!
Actually, it is not necessary to have a lot of friends especially if they’re not real and instantly disappear when you desperately need someone to lean on. In fact, one is enough, one whom you can call your best friend who will be there for you no matter what. Italian illustrator and designer Mauro Gatti celebrates friendship through his adorable book entitled “Super Best Friends”. The artist believes that smile is the cheapest way to be happy. Continue reading »
“The Life of Art” Cartoon Quotes Inspired By Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, is a 20th-century American writer known for his humanist beliefs. Reading motivating quotes like his really makes someone’s day brighter and more positive. Fortunately, an exceptional artist named Gavin Aung Than thought of a website inspired by quotes from famous people that are adapted to cartoons. Continue reading »
Inspiring Photo Quotes By Alander Wong
‘Photo Quote‘, a self-project by Hong Kong based Designer Alander Wong, which aims to make a Photo Quote a day in one year. Continue reading »
Beautiful Tilt-shift Reimaginations Of Van Gogh Masterpieces
Artcyclopedia features a showcase of some of Vincent Van Gogh’s most memorable pieces with a new twist. In this stunning collection of images, we see a new take on Van Gogh’s work through tilt-shift photography. Tilt-shift is a technique where a photographer make use of a high camera angle and short depth of field to make a scene look miniature. The effect can also be simulated in Photoshop. This tilt-shift technique has been used here to reimagine some of Van Gogh’s most beloved works, and the gorgeous results will blow you away! Continue reading »
The Story Of The Tiniest Jedi
According to an author, Aly Flock: “So Caza and I watched the Jedi training academy over at Disneyland and had a conversation that inspired this. Incidentally the most common criticism I’ve received from publishers of childrens’ books is that my writing is not age appropriate.” Continue reading »
“Unminding Sky”: Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings Looking Through Rainy Windshields
“Revisited”. (Painting by Gregory Thielker)
When he’s driving, New York-based painter Gregory Thielker takes in the views that change from moment to moment: the road, the sky, other cars. “Inside the car it’s easy to forget the outside temperature, humidity, the noise of the road”, he says. “But something happens when rain interrupts the view: the lens through which we are seeing is revealed. Water both obscures and highlights the landscape”. Gregory Thielker’s exhibition “Between here and now” will be at Castor Gallery in lower Manhattan from early March 2016. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Dazzling Realistic Portraits Of Pictures In Pictures
Modern art sensation Tigran Tsitoghdzyan began painting at five years old and by ten years old, he already had an international exhibit that traveled to Spain, Russia, America, and Japan. After beginning his sensational career as a child prodigy in the art world, he has formed his own individual style that he dubs “hyperrealism”. He completed a degree in Fine Arts at ECAV in Switzerland and currently lives in New York City. Take a look at this list of paintings that showcase the world through the artistic gaze of this amazing artist on the rise! Continue reading »
15 Exquisite Illustrations Which Sum Up Perfectly How Much We Love Our Pets
Pets always fill our home with a carefree, cheerful, and joyful atmosphere, and they don’t expect anything in return. They’re quite simply devoted to us, every day, all day. If you’ve ever been luck enough to own one, then you understand what unconditional love means. You know this feeling from all those times when you waited the whole day to come back home and stroke your cat or pet your dog.
So, we collected the 15 sweetest illustrations we could find which we think really show the incredible depth of love we have for our feline and canine friends. Go and hug your cat or dog right now! They deserve it. Continue reading »
Whatever You Are, Be A Good One: Inspiring Quotes Illustrated By Lisa Congdon
Totally inspiring quotes illustrated by Lisa Congdon in her latest book called ‘Whatever You Are, Be A Good One’. The title is a pretty good advice in itself. Continue reading »
12 Reasons Why I Love Her
Love is in the air! We want to tell our loved ones that we care and want to do everything just to keep them happy! Because they are so important for us. Because they’re different. Because of the way they laugh. Because they’re so funny that you want to talk to them forever. Because for some inexplicable reason they stay with us and aren’t planning to leave. Continue reading »
’25 Things I’ve Learned’ – Artist Writes 25 Inspiring Advices
A few time ago, artist Sean Wes shares 25 things he learned when he turned 25 through the beautiful typography of old-fashioned handwriting. All are very good advice, not just personally but professionally. Here they are in no particular order. Hope you’ll get inspired too! Continue reading »
30 Surprising Facts You Might Not Know About
This series called Learn Something Every Day is a self initiated project by UK based design studioYoung. The project contains surprising facts drawn in cute copic doodles. Find out something you might not know about below. Continue reading »
Harry Potter Fans Created A Fitting Tribute To Alan Rickman On Platform 9 3/4
Alan Rickman’s untimely passing devastated his peers and fans alike, spurring an onslaught of social media tributes. Not to be outdone, Harry Potter fans found the perfect way to honor the memory of Rickman and Snape, turning Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross into a shrine to the late actor. Letters and flowers (especially lilies… sob) piled up by the wall that we wish we could run through to catch the Hogwarts express. Continue reading »
Cute And Clever Illustrations By Jaco Haasbroek
If you are looking for something that could lighten up your somewhat heavy day, here is a treat for you – cute and clever illustrations by Cape Town-based artist and designer Jaco Haasbroek. Check them out and for sure you would end up having bright smiles on your faces. Continue reading »
Fantastical Paintings Of Animals Within Post-Apocalyptic Environments By Martin Wittfooth
Martin Wittfooth transposes the temperament we typically associate with large animals to those much smaller, painting foxes and birds as the heroic victors of this works while making larger animals much more passive and calm. Each of his paintings feature these creatures in environments that deviate from the peaceful surrounding we would expect—trash and decay littering the the ground while smog fills the sky. Continue reading »
