“From The Outside To Nowhere”: Surreal, Depressive And Outstanding Digital Artworks By Dmitry Bogolyubov
Dmitry Bogolyubov is a self-taught artist and digital matte painting illustrator from Ekaterinburg. His main sources of inspiration are the space and Russia. According to him, cosmos fascinates and frightens him at the same time. To him, the space seems cold and incredibly beautiful. Well, the same can be said about Russia as well. In Bogolyubov’s work Russia is a dull and hopeless place, with a cookie-cutter houses, gray backyards and vehicles that go to nowhere. However, Dmitry sees the beauty and warmth in this. Continue reading »
Bodies Of Strange Creatures Were Found In The Basement Of An Old House In London
In 1960 in London at the time of clearing the site for construction of a new residential neighborhood, the old long-abandoned mansion belonged to Thomas Theodore Merlin was sent for demolition. In the basement of the home builders have discovered several thousand small wooden boxes tightly sealed. Imagine their surprise when they began to find inside the bodies of strange mythical creatures, which seemed to have been living only in fairy tales. Continue reading »
‘Rainbow Food’ Trend Turns Sushi Into Vibrant, Colorful Rice Rolls
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The ‘rainbow food’ trend that previously hit bagels, pancakes, milkshakes, pizza, latte and grilled cheese has now reached sushi. Colorful plates of this beloved Japanese cuisine are being uploaded to Instagram under hashtag ‘#rainbowsushi’. Continue reading »
Old Toys Receive Donated Limbs To Educate Kids About Organ Transplants
Second Life Toys is an organisation in Japan that’s hoping to raise awareness about organ donation. And as you can see, their smart-thinking campaign is sure to catch people’s attention. The organisation is giving new limbs to old broken plushies in order to make them complete again. And the best part is that you can join the campaign by donating your own unwanted toys. You’ll even receive a letter from the “recipient” plushie telling you how your donation has helped to improve their lives. Continue reading »
Tales Of The Otherworld: Discover Nikolai Lockertsen And His Amazingly Painted Artworks
Nikolai Lockertsen is from Moss, a city close to Oslo, Norway. The works presented in this column are part of his portfolio, and besides being a very excellent artist, Nikko is also lead Art Director at Storm Studios, a big Oslo-based VFX (Visual effects) post production firm. Continue reading »
Exploring The Dark: Spectacular World By Alexander Joseba
Alexander Joseba is a concept artist from Barcelona, Spain. Alexander is a self-taught artist who works with both traditional and digital media: He is a digital artist, character designer, illustrator, but also incredibly talented with traditional drawing. Continue reading »
Afros Turned Into Flowery Galaxies To Make Black Women Proud Of Their African Heritage
Pierre Jean-Louis, a visual artist from US, creates mesmerizing portraits of black women by transforming their hair into flowery galaxies. By turning their Afros into works of art in his series, “Black Girl Magic,” Jean-Louis wants to inspire black women to embrace their African heritage. Continue reading »
Stunning Oil Paintings Of NYC Subway Riders Reading Magazines… And All The Males Are Animals!
Matthew Grabelsky’s ‘Underground‘ looks fantastic! His surreal/realistic oil paintings of NYC subway riders reading magazines (and kid’s books) are stunning with a twist… all males are animals! If only they had prints of some of these paintings, the whole show is too stunning to pick from, though Canal Street (tiger reading Car and Driver) is my current favorite. Continue reading »
Murals Of Faceless Figures By Seth Appear To Witness The Unseen
French muralist Julien Malland (aka Seth – previously) has been extremely prolific over the last year, traveling to far flung locations around the world including China, Tahiti, New Zealand, Italy, Canada, and even the Reunion Islands in just the last few months alone. Seth paints large-scale human figures—mostly children—that appear faceless, cut off by the edges of buildings or turned completely away from the viewer, as if looking out into the world or witnessing something we cannot see. Continue reading »
Enchanting Illustrations And Animated GIFs By Sparrows
These enchanting artworks are created by professional illustrator Sparrow. Sparrow is a username that she use on Tumblr, as she explained “It’s from A Ubiquity Of Sparrows by Craig Arnold, who has written all my favourite poems about birds that aren’t really about birds.” Continue reading »
Wonderfully Weird Paintings By Piotr Jabłoński
Piotr Jabłoński (aka Nicponim) is a digital painter and concept artist from Bialystok, Poland. Enjoy his brutally detailed paintings so wonderfully weird. Continue reading »
Miniature Ink Drawings By Christian Watson
These tiny illustrations are by Christian Watson, illustrator and owner of 1924. Christian posts his own miniature ink drawings (that are often less than a half an inch tall) on his Instagram. Continue reading »
The Creepy Girl From ‘The Grudge’ Has A Hilarious Instagram Account
Sadako vs. Kayako is a new horror film that features the main horror characters from the movies The Grudge and The Ring. Sort of like when Hollywood gave us Alien vs. Predator, except this is from Japan. Anyway, the distributor gave the ghost character Kayako Saeki from The Grudge her own Instagram account to promote the new flick. See her in everyday activities with her sidekick Toshio in all their creepy glory. Continue reading »
This Girl Made A Yummy Apple Turnovers Shaped Like Jabba The Hutt
According to Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin: “May the 4th be with you! Have a peek at how I made these yummy apple turnovers shaped like Jabba the Hutt – easy and fun. These were a blast to make (and eat) and took about 45 min to create.” Continue reading »
“The Voice Of The Night”: The Terrifying And Dark Fantasy Art Of Michael MacRae
Gritty, dark fantasy, dystopian, and at times, creepy art is the crime today. The culprit is Michael MacRae, a talented artist from DeviantArt who has created a whole world on his own. By world, we mean that he has created art with a certain flow of continuity and with a story attached to each piece. Thus Michael is also a great storyteller. Continue reading »
An Alien Planet Of Candy-Like Rocks And Plants By David Brodeur
‘Celestial Series’ is a project by Chicago-based digital artist David Brodeur. In this series Brodeur created an alien world with glowing crystals, berry-like plants, and candy shaped orbs that sprout from the ground. Continue reading »
“The Last Of Us” Concept Art By John Sweeney
John Sweeney is a very talented Illustrator and concept artist. He currently works at Naughty Dog and created many concept art for the amazing videogame ‘The Last of Us’ on PlayStation 3. His environments are full of details and post-apocalypse atmosphere. Continue reading »
By The Danger In Her Eyes: The Hauntingly Beautiful Portraits By Elena Sai
Elena Sai (Elena Zaitseva) is a talented digital artist from Kiev, Ukraine. In each portrait Elena combines realism with creepy features and makes a breathtaking disturbing masterpiece. Continue reading »
Why Are Robots Still So Far Behind Humans: Robots With a Human Touch By João Paulo Bragato
João Paulo Bragato visualizes robots with a wonderful sense of personality. Continue reading »
Of Sunrise And Sunset: Morbid Skies By Alena Aenami
“Hello, my name is Alena, i’m illustrator from Ukraine. I have education in graphic design, traditional art and interior design. I am experienced illustrator with good comprehension of anatomy, colours and composition rules. I am good in graphic or painting, digital or traditional art, vector images.” Continue reading »
Slavik’s Fashion: The Most Stylish Hobo in The Ukraine
For Slavik’s Fashion, Ukrainian photographer Yurko Dyachyshyn chronicles the daily stylings of a 55-year-old homeless man living in an undisclosed hiding place in the city of Lviv. Slavik changes his clothes at least once every day, pulling together outfits from items collected in city trash bins and homeless aid centers. Continue reading »
Artist’s Gorgeous Watercolor Paintings Align Perfectly With Surroundings
Russian watercolor artist Elena Efremova (previously) travels the world but documents her travels in a stunning way – she paints her surroundings, and then aligns her painting with the backdrop to make a picture perfect moment. Continue reading »
Police Sketches Of 15 Literary Characters Based On Their Book Descriptions
It’s a complaint you hear time and time again from readers when beloved books are adapted into films: The actors don’t match the mental image conjured up by the book’s description. So illustrator Brian Joseph Davis decided to see exactly what kind of faces those descriptions would create by using a law enforcement composite sketch software called FACES ID. Continue reading »
Beautiful Otherworldly Artwork Of Cyril Rolando
Cyril Rolando is a hobbyist digital painter from France and loves the universe of Tim Burton and Hayoa Miyazaki. Beginning using only an art website called Oekaki and his computer mouse, he spent two months experimenting with and learning digital painting techniques. He then realized that if he wanted to continue to develop as an artist he must upgrade his instruments and began creating his artwork using Photoshop and a Wacom tablet. Still pursuing his studies by day, Cyril worked to recreate photos and how to create his own surreal worlds where any fantasy or story was possible. His work has continued to evolve, growing into the beautiful unique style you see today. The elements of his paintings contain just the right detail and texturing to bring the viewer into his bizarre surreal worlds. Continue reading »
With Fire On Their Blades: The Dark Fantasy Character Art Of Eve Ventrue
Superb fantasy character art from German concept artist and illustrator Eve Ventrue. Eve Ventrue has been a professional digital artist since 2009 and works in the video game and movie industry. Eve’s clients include Aaron Sims Company, MOOD, LiK Studios, Mackevision, Applibot, CROOZ and PIPER Press. Her incredible fantasy and sci-fi themed creations have also featured in art publications 2d Artist and ImagineFX Magazine. Continue reading »
