Colorful, Playful And Dreamlike Photo Manipulations By Jose Navarro
Awesome creations by Jose Navarro, instagrammer, graphic designer and visual artist based in northern Spain. Jose works as creative and art director at A&B. Navarro creates playful and surreal manipulations by combining photos, blending them, and adding a warm color effect. Continue reading »
“The Chronicle Of Unregistered Processes”: Contemporary Social Art By Mila Arbuzova
Mila Arbuzova spent her childhood in the downtown of Saint Petersburg. Her family lived in a block of flats in Grazhdanskaya Street where, according to Dostoevsky’s famous novel “Crime and Punishment”, the old female moneylender killed by Rodion Raskolnikov used to live. Continue reading »
“Fragments Of The Past”: The Superb Contemporary Industrial Paintings By Pavel Otdelnov
Pavel Otdelnov was born in 1979 in Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia). Member of Moscow Union of artists since 2006. Continue reading »
Artist Isabella Montan Creates Pantone-Inspired Pop Culture Graphics
For her series Pantop, Isabella Montan presents a combination of ideas, colours, images and captions in a Pantone swatch presentation. Inspired by a myriad of ideas — from pop-culture, brands, trends, a news story, a personality or an event — Montan puts together an graphic that is a harmonious interplay of colours, pictures and words. Continue reading »
Artist George Pfau Makes Impressionist Paintings Of The Zombie Apocalypse
San Francisco-based artist George Pfau is more obsessed with zombies than you are. He is so enamored with them, that they are his muse for Impressionist paintings. What lily gardens were to Monet, iconic undead apocalypse scenes are to Pfau in a series titled “Zombiescapes.” Continue reading »
The Dark, Cyberpunk And Fantasy Paintings Of Jakub Rebelka
Jakub Rebelka’s work is like a cross between a stained-glass window and a colorful manga — it’s timeless, in a way, with a flat, intricately detailed style, but it also blurs the line between science fiction and fantasy in a way that’s absolutely gorgeous. Drawing is about the only thing he ever imagined doing; Rebelka’s illustrations have been featured in comic books and video games, but he says his favorite piece is whatever he’s working on at the moment. Continue reading »
Unusually Scented Candles
Steering clear of conventional scents like jasmine or lavender, Whiskey River Soap Co. invites you to lather up with refreshing scents like Introverts, Hipsters, Midlife Crisis, Awkward Moments, Online Dating, and many more. Continue reading »
Fictional Self-Help Books By Johan Deckmann
Copenhagen-based artist Johan Deckmann examines the complications of life through clever titles painted on the covers of fictional self-help books that appear to tackle life’s biggest questions, fears, and absurdities. Continue reading »
Digital Artist Explores The Hidden Darkness In The World Through Her Revealing Illustrations
Art can be an excellent way of letting go of all the pain.
After all, there is such a thing called therapeutic art. The following illustrations fall into that category. A digital artist based in Spain by the name of Sara Ruiz is the one behind these compelling works of art. Continue reading »
“Truth Facts”: The Truthiest Truths And Factiest Facts Of Everyday Life
In an age of “alternative facts,” we all need a little more truth in our lives. And humor.
Welcome to Truth Facts, a collection of information graphics that poke fun at societal quirks and everyday absurdities through charts and graphs. Danish writer Mikael Wulff and cartoon artist Anders Morgenthaler have taken the internet by storm with their humorous and perceptive infographics that turn commonplace phenomena into clever commentary. Continue reading »
Malaysian Artist Perfectly Creates Fluffy Cats Using Just Ink
Artist Kamwei Fong painstakingly creates these textured, fluffy black cats, using only fine-line pen. The illustrations, a series called The Furry Thing, are the gorgeous end product of a technique that requires a great deal of skill and patience. Continue reading »
Orthodox Priests Will Bless Anything!
The Second Vatican Council Document Orientalium Ecclesiarum, The Decree on the Catholic Churches of the East, says:
“All members of the Eastern Rite should know and be convinced that they can and should always preserve their legitimate liturgical rite and their established way of life…” (no. 6) Continue reading »
There’s An Online Community About Stapling Bread To Trees
Turns out there’s an online community on Reddit with almost 68,000 active members that spend their days stapling bread to trees and sharing their experience online. We truly live in an amazing time! Continue reading »
18-Year-Old Painter Stuns The Art World With Her Vibrant Paintings, Sells Them For $10k
Young entrepreneur and classically trained painter Dimitra Milan, is challenging traditional ideas of how artists reach and engage with collectors and audiences. How does an eighteen year old know anything about the art establishment and marketing art? Dimitra has been painting and selling original canvases for the past five years through the standard system of galleries and artist reps. “I am still in galleries and plan to continue working with a few fantastic gallery owners, but I am taking the initiative to market directly and take ownership of my brand.” She has a vision for a better way to get her art out to viewers and do it on her own terms, and without compromising her artistic vision. Continue reading »
Artist Jim ‘ll Paint It Makes Crazy Pictures On Request Using Microsoft Paint
Jim’ll Paint It is a single topic blog where a man named jim solicits suggestions from readers of humorous or strange situations to paint in MS Paint. The resulting pictures are prized and often shared on social media. Continue reading »
This 87-Year-Old Grandmother Creates Her Beautiful Artworks Using Microsoft Paint
Here are the creations of Concha Garcia Zaera, an 87-year-old grandmother who creates her artworks using Microsoft Paint! In line with the illustrations of artist Patrick Hines, who also uses the famous drawing software from Microsoft, this grandmother decided to spend time drawing colorful creations pixel by pixel, using her mouse! Continue reading »
“Dinotopia”: The Fantastical Art Of James Gurney
Inspired by archaeology, lost civilizations, and the art of illustration, James Gurney’s children book Dinotopia creates an extraordinary place where humans and dinosaurs live in harmony. Continue reading »
Artist David Szilagyi Reimagined Pokemon Characters With Nightmarish Results
Although Pokemon has made something of a comeback recently thanks to the hugely popular Pokemon Go app, for many of us the card and video game remains a fond childhood memory, making these creations from David Szilagyi even more unsettling. Continue reading »
This Artist Offers Piles Of Burgers To The Masterpieces Of Painting
With The Burger Friday, the artist Gabriel Nardelli Araujo (previously featured) offers a very offbeat spin-off to his excellent series The Canvas Project. Accustomed to inserting Renaissance paintings into our reality, he now enjoys offering piles of burgers and fries to the characters of classical painting, bringing a large dose of saturated fats and junk food to the masterpieces of the art history. Continue reading »
How A Heart Attack Changed Artist Alex Garant’s Life
Internationally renown as the Queen of Double Eyes, Alex Garant studied visual arts at Notre-Dame–De-Foy College just outside Quebec City. After graduating in 2001, she ultimately settled in Toronto, Canada. She decided to truly commit to her passion for Arts after suffering from a heart attack in 2012, changing forever how she would see the world. Continue reading »
Arresting Illustrations With Pleasing Textures And Details By Eva Bee
Producing conceptual works using ink brush pens to create line-work detail and then adding a whole dollop of texture and colour via Photoshop, British illustrator Eva Bee loves to bring arresting concepts to life. Continue reading »
An Illustrator Imagined What Would Things Say If They Could Talk
According to Teo Zirinis: “More than often, I find inspiration in food and objects that surround us in our everyday lives. I wonder what it would be like if they had a voice of their own. What would they say and how would they interact with each other? I brought these silly thoughts to life through my illustrations and here are the results!” Continue reading »
Ukrainian Illustrator Daria Skrybchenko’s Magical Artworks That Tell Intriguing Stories
Before Daria Skrybchenko had even realised that her real passion was illustration, she had obtained an MA in International Relations, a BA in Fine Arts and worked as a graphic designer and a game artist for award-winning Leo Burnett Ukraine and Havas WorldWide Kiev. Continue reading »
Sara Gironi Carnevale’s Challenging Illustrations Tackle The Wrongs Of Modern Society
“Made in Naples” but based in Turin, Sara Gironi Carnevale is an Italian graphic designer and editorial illustrator who is developing quite the reputation for challenging contemporary issues through her ironic and satirical artworks. Continue reading »
Amazing Cyberpunk And Post-Apocalyptic Urban Landscapes By Justin Leduc
Justin Leduc is a multi-talented photographer, web developper and digital artist currently based in Toronto, Canada. Justin received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Interactive Media) from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He shoots fantastic urban, abandoned and dystopian urban landscapes. Continue reading »
