Beyond the Black: Emotional Macabre Storytelling at the Edge of Fantasy by Sarah Breen
Sarah Breen is a Las Vegas-based artist specializing in pen and ink drawings with a distinctly dark, surreal edge. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Street and Travel Photographs from the Chromatic Photography Awards
1st Place winner: “Tokyo Revengers” by Riccardo Roan, Italy

The Chromatic Photography Awards spotlight the transformative power of a skilled photographer’s eye, turning everyday scenes into visual masterpieces. Continue reading »
Pop Culture Redux: Vivid and Humorous Illustrations of Niclas M.
Niclas M., (aka Monkeymouthart), is a Guatemalan-born artist specializing in kitsch and lowbrow art, illustration, and graphic design. Continue reading »
Classic Tattoo Art Collides with Pop Culture in Stunning Illustrations of Dave Quiggle
Dave Quiggle is an American artist, illustrator, and tattooer known for his unique blend of midcentury-inspired flash art infused with modern graphic sensibilities. Raised in a small town, Quiggle was influenced by monster magazines, cartoons, and punk music, which shaped his creative vision and distinctive style that combines whimsy with intellectual depth. Continue reading »
Paper, Flesh, and Urban Myth: Dissecting the Darkly Surreal Collages of John Vochatzer
John Vochatzer, (aka Calamity Fair), is a San Francisco-based collage and mixed-media artist whose surreal, corporeal imagery explores the contradictions of contemporary life. Continue reading »
“The Great Drying of the Laundr”: The Mythical Worlds In Paintings of Taegan Treichel
Taegan Treichel is a Danish visual artist and storyteller whose enchanting paintings merge myth, memory, and humor. He began painting at 22, soon earning commissions and becoming an in-house artist at the Imagineimagine Foundation in Holland in 2017. Continue reading »
Hilarious Finalist Images from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
“Now which direction is my nest?” by Alison Tuck, UK

The Nikon 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have unveiled their finalists, and the results are hilariously delightful. Continue reading »
“Another America”: The Fictional History of United States by Phillip Toledano
In his project ‘Another America’, artist and photographer Phillip Toledano uses artificial intelligence to construct a fictional, yet hauntingly familiar, history of the United States. Continue reading »
“Guardian At The Heavenly Gate”: Macabre and Hauntingly Detailed Illustrations of Brendon Flynn
Brendon Flynn is a Syracuse-based illustrator and musician who creates under the handle B. Flynn Art. Continue reading »
Stunning Vintage Covers of ‘La Science et Vie Magazine’, France’s Vision of Modern Progress
Science et Vie, which translates to Science and Life, is a renowned French monthly magazine that has been captivating readers with science and technology content for over a century. First published in 1913 under the original title La Science et la Vie, it stands among Europe’s oldest and most widely circulated science periodicals. Continue reading »
“Inspire”: Beautiful Winning Images Of The Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2025
Grand Prize: “Jonas” by Tiina Itkonen, Finland

The 2024–2025 Nikon Film and Photo Contest has announced its winners, spotlighting global creativity under the theme “Inspire.” Continue reading »
“When Rembrandt Meets Pollock”: Colorful Classical-Meets-Contemporary Portraits of Cesar Santos
Cesar Santos is a Cuban-American artist and portrait painter best known for his “Syncretism” series, which merges different artistic styles into a single, balanced composition. Continue reading »
Fascinating Photos of 1955 Ghia Streamline X “Gilda”, The Jet Age Masterpiece
The 1955 Ghia Streamline X ‘Gilda’ Concept, designed by Giovanni Savonuzzi, epitomizes the Jet Age’s influence on automotive styling. Continue reading »
“What Wasn’t Said”: Stunning Surreal Paintings by Nikolina Petolas
Nikolina Petolas is a Croatian visual artist and photographer known for dreamlike, surreal-inspired imagery that blends photography, collage, and digital techniques. Continue reading »
Dark, Fantasy, Cinematic Artworks and Character Design by Alexandre Chaudret
Alexandre Chaudret, is a Paris-based art director and concept artist known for dark fantasy, creature design, and cinematic illustration. Continue reading »
“Surfboards and Skeletons”: The Beachside Whimsy and Existential Humor in Illustrations of Kentaro Yoshida
Kentaro Yoshida is a Japanese-born illustrator and visual artist based in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, celebrated for his quirky, pastel-toned designs that fuse surf culture, humor, and a distinctly Japanese sensibility. Continue reading »
Artist Rutger Paulusse Turns Geometry into Living, Breathing Sculptures
Rutger Paulusse is a Dutch visual artist, art director, and designer from Eindhoven currently based in Amsterdam, known for his masterful fusion of geometry, color, light, and materiality across digital and physical mediums. Continue reading »
“The Art of Breathing Life into Lace”: Organic Embroidery by Meredith Woolnough
Meredith Woolnough is an internationally acclaimed Australian visual artist from Newcastle, celebrated for her stunning sculptural embroideries that capture the delicate beauty of nature through intricate thread work. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Photos from the Sublime Photo Awards 2025
1st Place: “Leaving San Francisco” by Ari Jaaksi

The Sublime Photo Awards 2025 honors photography that stirs emotion and captures moments with profound impact. Continue reading »
Ethereal Edges and Heroic Hues in Fantasy and Horror Illustrations of Jodie Muir
Jodie Muir is a freelance illustrator based in Manchester, United Kingdom, renowned for her fantasy and portrait artwork that blends intricate details with imaginative, otherworldly themes inspired by gaming, literature, and pop culture. Continue reading »
“Disney Dreams Gone Dark”: Stunning Pop Culture Illustrations and Comics of Brecht Vandenbroucke
Brecht Vandenbroucke is a Belgian illustrator, painter, comic author, and filmmaker born in 1986 in Veurne, who studied illustration at Sint-Lukas University College of Art and Design in Brussels and now lives in Antwerp, where his satirical works critique modern society through vibrant, pop culture-infused visuals. Continue reading »
Amazing Winners of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition
1st Place: “Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) on a grain of rice” by Zhang You

The 2025 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has unveiled its winners, revealing astonishing images of life at the microscopic level. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
Winner – Wildlife Photographer of the Year: “Ghost Town Visitor” by Wim van den Heever

Nature enthusiasts and photography fans eagerly anticipate the annual reveal of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners, and the 2025 collection from London’s Natural History Museum doesn’t disappoint. Continue reading »
In the Middle Ages, the Italian City of Bologna Had Over 100 Skyscraper-Like Towers
Between the 12th and 13th centuries, Bologna was densely packed with tall, defensive stone towers, some reaching up to 97 meters. Continue reading »
Smilin’ Jack, an Enormous Jack-o’-Lantern Painted on the Side of an 80,000-Barrel Storage Tank Each Year Since 1952
“Smilin’ Jack” is a massive jack-o’-lantern face painted on a squat, ellipsoidal storage tank at the Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington, originally built by Union Oil in 1952. Continue reading »




















