Ukraine-Born American Artist Boris Artzybasheff’s Anti-Nazi Illustrations
Boris Artzybasheff (25 May 1899 – 16 July 1965) created many of these abstract anti-Axis illustrations for America’s Wickwire Spencer Steel Company (1901 – 1963) in World War II. Continue reading »
Colombian Makeup Artist Creates Mind-Boggling Optical Illusions
Esther Aular, a talented makeup artist from Bogota, Colombia, has been attracting a lot of attention on social media because of her impressive optical illusions. Continue reading »
Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again
There are few photo editors on the internet who have made as big of a splash with their witty antics as British graphic designer James Fridman, Photoshop troll and wizard extraordinaire. Odds are that you’ve scrolled past one of his hilarious photo edits on social media without realizing that it’s him working his magic behind the screen. Continue reading »
Artist Decided To Use Lego Figures In Order To Recreate Popular Movie, TV Show And Game Scenes
Let’s be real, playing with Lego doesn’t stop at the end of childhood. The possibilities those little bricks and figures offer are endless: from constructing an object according to a manual to creating something unique and capturing it with a camera. The latter is what a digital creator called Brick Panda does! Continue reading »
Mildly Uplifting Drawings by Worry Lines
Worry Lines has captured hearts around the world with sweetly funny, deceptively simple, and instantly relatable daily drawings shared on Instagram at @worry__lines. The drawings have been described as ‘tender’, ‘wobbly’ and ‘oddly comforting’. Continue reading »
The Synthwave Dreams: Cool 3D Concept Art Works by Space Meerkat
“Hi! I’m a 3D artist from Croatia, working primarily in Blender! I create everything that comes to my mind, so expect to see a variety of styles, colors and topics!” Continue reading »
Not that Way: The Superb Concept Art Works of Oliver Ryan
Oliver Ryan is a UK based concept artist and illustrator working in games and animation. Continue reading »
Cute and Warm Sketches of Japanese Life by Naoyuki Hayashi
Discover the Art of Naoyuki Hayashi, a freelance concept artist working in Tokyo, Japan. Continue reading »
Looney Tunes: The Original Model Sheets
Enjoy a Collection of 50+ Original Model Sheets from the classics Looney Tunes ! Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969. Continue reading »
The Beauty of Japanese Suburbs in Watercolors of Hideaki Kita
Hideaki Kita was born in Kanagawa in 1972 and graduated from Multimedia Art Academy Background Department. After working for a game company and an animation production company, he became a freelance artist. He is active in a wide range of activities, including solo exhibitions and watercolour classes, while painting local landscapes of Shonan. Continue reading »
Documenting America: Scenes of Early-Century New York City Life in Paintings of John French Sloan
Sunday Women, Drying Their Hair, 1912
John French Sloan (August 2, 1871 – September 7, 1951) was an American painter and etcher. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. Continue reading »
Artist Draws Video Game Characters With Their Full Inventory
Minecraft
According to Linda Bouderbala: “There is one thing I think about every time I play an RPG, and I felt like I had to paint it! I was playing Pokemon Sword lately, and while I have over a thousand items in my backpack, everything seems normal, I can run and go anywhere. But, in real life, it would be extraordinarily different, especially with a bike and a cooking pot on my back. Continue reading »
Artist Dad Draws Funny Characters on Sandwich Bags for His Daughters
It started out as a simple shape carved into his daughter’s sandwich to make her smile at school lunchtime. Today, it has evolved into a collection of thousands of sandwich bag cartoon drawings, a social media following spanning the globe and a dedicated exhibition at Australia’s National Cartoon Gallery. Continue reading »
A Covenant: The Gothic Ladies of Tom Bagshaw
Tom Bagshaw is a British illustrator who draws charming girls in a gothic setting. His ladies are so charming in their decadent essence that they win over even the most conservative stumps at first sight. And no wonder – sometimes you can’t command your heart. Continue reading »
Beneath the Veil: The Psychedelic Art Works of Richard Ingersoll
You can find a lot in Richard Ingersoll’s drawings – and it’s not just in their crazy, psychedelic subjects, but in how different the perception of the pictures is from how the mood of the viewer changes. In moments of sadness they add to despondency, in moments of joy they add to cheerfulness. If this is not a sign of the artist’s skill, we wash our hands of it. Continue reading »
Art Nouveau Iconostasis: Paintings by Mitch Griffiths
Mitch Griffiths is a British artist who paints hyper-realistic paintings. His work impresses not only with fantastic detail, but also with its resemblance to the masterpieces of Caravaggio and Titian: Griffiths’ paintings are as epic and powerful in their mythological spirit as the works of the masters of the past, although they tell a slightly different story. Continue reading »
Chinese Army Girls: The Superb Oil Paintings of Hu Ming
Hu Ming was born in 1955 into the family of an officer in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. She herself also followed in her father’s footsteps and rose to the rank of major, but her main passion has always been painting. Continue reading »
Stunning Paper Folding Miniatures by Ben Avlis
Folding paper and drawing on it might not be a new concept, however, artist Ben Avlis has managed to breathe a new life into it by creating these funny and creepy transforming illustrations. Continue reading »
This Polish Artist Would Consume Peyote, Cocaine, and Other Intoxicants Before Creating Stunning Pastel Portraits
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Self-Portrait, 1938
In pursuit of Pure Form, the Polish artist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz known as “Witkacy” would consume peyote, cocaine, and other intoxicants before creating pastel portraits. Continue reading »
Self-Taught Artist Turns Dead Cockroaches Into Painted Works of Art
Brenda Delgado, a self-taught artist from Manila, in the Philippines, paints dead cockroaches into miniature artworks inspired by classics like Starry Night or Girl With a Pearl Earring. Continue reading »
Artist Uses Right Hand to Turn Her Left hand Into Optical Illusions
Israeli artist Vika Bren paints her left hand to create various optical illusions that capture the viewer’s imagination when placed against a dark background. Continue reading »
Love, Pop Art, and Robots: Amusing Illustrations by Kristian Hammerstad
Kristian Hammerstad is a Norwegian illustrator who draws funny and slightly psychedelic pop art pictures with robots, zombies, aliens and other mutants. He designs book covers, records and does illustrations for publications such as the New York Times, the New Yorker and MIT Technology Review. Continue reading »
Suspicious Aliens in the Wild West: Superb Drawings by Mark Rogers
Why is the United States one of the most influential countries in the world today? According to artist Mark Rogers, aliens are likely to be involved. Continue reading »
Gustave Doré’s Stunning Illustrations of François Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais, the great Renaissance writer, is best known for Gargantua and Pantagruel, a satirical novel about two gluttonous giants who get into trouble. Continue reading »
Stoned Mutants in Grotesque and Surreal Paintings by Fabrizio Riccardi
Fabrizio Riccardi (Italian, b.1942,) one of the last few living “traditional” surrealist painters, was born in Rome, Italy, but grew up in Turin, where he completed his studies and began to develop his artistic skills. Continue reading »
