Illustrator Reimagines European Medieval and Folklore Spirits As A Single, Relentlessly Grim Visual Mythology
Averjan M. is a dark‑art illustrator, known for “tartaric engravings” – ultra‑detailed black‑and‑white drawings that look like medieval etchings crossed with black‑ and death‑metal aesthetics. Continue reading »
With Elegant Penwork And Calm, Fashion‑forward Characters, This Artist Reimagines Classic Japanese Ghost Stories As Contemporary Iconography
Kotaro Chiba (チバコウタロウ) is a freelance illustrator, designer and artist based in Niigata, Japan, known for intricate line‑art scenes that fuse ukiyo‑e influences, street fashion, skulls and surreal, anime‑adjacent character design. Continue reading »
Illustrator Paul Blow Creates Simple‑looking but Idea‑rich Artworks, With Restrained Palettes and Clean Lines
Paul Blow is a Scottish‑born, Dorset‑based illustrator known for witty, concept‑driven images that strip ideas down to bold shapes, limited colour and dry humour. Continue reading »
“Six Feet Deep”: Horror Nostalgia and Bizarre Beauty in the Art Works of Tyler Pennington
Tyler Pennington is an American horror, fantasy, and sci-fi artist based in Richmond, VA, recognized for intricate black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings rich in macabre details. Continue reading »
“Cutting Deeper”: The Self-Dissecting Worlds of Alex Eckman-Lawn’s Paper Collages
Alex Eckman-Lawn is a Philadelphia-born artist and illustrator celebrated for his intricate, multi-layered paper collages and dynamic illustration work. 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 »
Amazing Photos of Teenage Beatles Fans in Their Bedrooms From the 1960s
In the 1960s, Beatles fans decorated their bedrooms with band posters, themed furnishings, and memorabilia. This home décor often featured vibrant colors inspired by “Yellow Submarine” and hand-painted lyrics or album covers. Continue reading »
The Intricate Intersection of Gore and Kawaii in Shintaro Kago’s Iconic Artistic Vision
Shintaro Kago’s artwork, known for its ero-guro manga style, captivates audiences worldwide with its unique blend of grotesque imagery and social commentary. Continue reading »
60775: The Bizarre Artistic Journey of Jarek Kubicki
Jarek Kubicki is a name that has become synonymous with digital art in Poland. Born in 1976 in Gdańsk, he has made a name for himself as an artist, photographer, and creative director. With a background in fine arts and a talent for web design, Jarek has become one of the most sought-after digital artists in the country. Continue reading »
Meet FULALEO, The Colombian Graphic Artist Who Revived the ’80s in His ‘2080s, The Past is the Future’ Series
Fulvio Alejandro Obregon, also known as Fulaleo, is a Colombian graphic artist and illustrator who has gained recognition for his imaginative and humorous series of images entitled “The 2080s, The past is the future”. Through his artwork, Obregon brings the vibrant spirit of the ’80s back to life by envisioning contemporary pop stars in an ’80s style and creating retro-wave album covers for them. Continue reading »
Exploring Fantastical Worlds with German Designer and Illustrator Sandro Rybak
When it comes to creating rich, otherworldly illustrations, German designer Sandro Rybak knows how to set the scene. With a trusty Wacom tablet and an eye for texture, contrast, and pattern, Sandro builds intricate flat worlds that belong firmly in the fantasy genre. Continue reading »
Meet Jeff Drew, the Award-Winning Illustrator Behind America’s Witty and Sarcastic Artwork
Jeff Drew, an Albuquerque-based illustrator, has gained national recognition for his exceptional and sharp-witted artwork. He has created cover illustrations for various publications across America, showcasing his stunning visual style. Continue reading »
The Superb Fantasy & Sci-Fi Artworks by Michael Whelan
Connecticut-based illustrator Michael Whelan is one of the world’s most renowned fantasy artists. His pieces can be seen in hundreds of books and album covers, as well as in galleries and private collections around the world. Continue reading »
Modern Logos in Chromatic Style by Martin Naumann
Designer Martin Naumann imagined what the logos of world-famous brands would look like in a futuristic-neon style. Martin Naumann is a multidisciplinary artist, and graphic designer, currently based in Dessau, Germany. Continue reading »
Expiremental Digital Artworks of Matt Mills
Matt Mills is an artist from Austin, Texas that creates uniquely abstract visual art for the fashion and entertainment industries. He is also a founder of ArtGrab.com, an artist-owned platform that gives artists a place to license their creations to a world-wide audience for use on album covers, posters, clothing. Continue reading »
Ozzy Ironing a Baby, 1983
Ozzy Osbourne ironing a baby in 1983 as photographed by Mark Weiss. Weiss was a photographer for Circus Magazine beginning in the late 1970s where he began photographing Rock music’s legends. He has photographed many popular album covers including several for Bon Jovi. Continue reading »
“Your Soul Is the Whole World”: Beautiful Surreal Retro Collages of Hugo Bastos
According to Hugo: “I’m a Brazilian digital artist who creates artworks in Photoshop using techniques of collage and photo manipulation. I also make collage animations in After Effects. Continue reading »
“Omniverse”: The Supercool Digital Concept Artworks of Ksti Hu
The Berlin-based multimedia artist Ksti Hu’s portfolio includes music videos, techno rave icons, and electronic album covers. And her visual language is based on the deconstruction of graphic design principles. Continue reading »
Awkward 1970s Male Fashion
1970s was a weird time. Music album covers were ridiculous, haircuts were weird, and rockstars loved really tight pants. Featured below are the finest examples of male fashion from that era. Warning: you may need some eyebleach after seeing this. Continue reading »
A Mixture Of Innocence, Beauty, Violence, Decadence, Japanese And Russian Folklore – In Bizarre Works By Vania Zhuravlev
Characters from Russian fairy tales and Japanese folklore, demons, dead bodies and beautiful women from brothels – these are the main subjects and themes in the works by Vania Zhuravlev, a Russian artist who emigrated to London and who creates graphic art in a style very reminiscent of Russian engravings of the early 20th century. Except that there is a lot more sex and death in them. Continue reading »
Artist Discusses Gun Violence With Stunning Artworks Of ‘Anatomy Guns’
Artist Noah Scalin has created an amazing series of artworks entitled Anatomy of War that consists of human, ‘anatomically correct’ guns. Scalin’s creations come of a mixture of polymer clay, acrylic and enamel and aim to humanize guns in order to discuss gun violence in a more sensitized and complex way. Anatomy of War provokes the viewer and motivates people to think of all the lives lost by guns, replacing the bullets with human organs. Continue reading »
“Float Around”: Photos From Nirvana’s Underwater “Nevermind” Shoot
The baby-floating-in-water cover for Nirvana’s Nevermind album is one of contemporary rock’s most iconic. It was shot by Austin-based photographer Kirk Weddle. Continue reading »
The LSD Archive At The Institute Of Illegal Images
On October 6, 1966 (aka ‘The Day of the Beast’ in psychedelic circles) California banned the possession of LSD. Two years later the law went nationwide. Mark McCloud did as anyone of vision might: he began buying loads of blotters, sheets of paper infused with LSD, for consumption. Continue reading »
The ‘Oooo Face’: That Puckered Look Every Woman Was Making Mid-Century
If you’ve seen old advertisements from the 1950s, then you know exactly what the “Oooo Face” is (not to be confused with the “O Face”). Seemingly every woman in these ads wore the expression; the lips positioned to form the long /oo/ sound. Generally, she’s wearing red lipstick and her eyes give the impression of being dumbfounded.
And it wasn’t just advertisements that had women pursing their lips – it was everywhere: album covers, pin-ups, magazine covers. Wherever an image of a woman was found, there you found the “Oooo Face”.
Let’s have a look at some of the endless examples from midcentury… Continue reading »
Beautiful Black And White Portraits Of Celebrities Taken By Kate Barry
Kate Barry (1967-2013) was a photographer born into the bohemian royal family of Parisian society. She is the first daughter of actress, singer and muse Jane Birkin and James Bond composer John Barry and was raised by singer Serge Gainsbourg. You may not necessarily recognize her name or be able to pick out her photographs as one would a Helmut Newton or Irving Penn, but Kate Barry is no less adored within the world of fashion, music and film. Continue reading »