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This Artist Creates Hyperrealistic Pet Sculptures That Will Make You Want One Of Your Own

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Helen Violet, a hyperrealism artist from Canada, creates astonishingly lifelike pet sculptures and pencil drawings that capture the essence of each animal with breathtaking accuracy. Her intricate handmade sculptures look so real that you’d have to look twice to be sure it’s not a living pet. Continue reading »

Alison Friend’s Cute And Funny Animal Drawings Will Completely Melt Your Heart

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According to scientific study, we appreciate art because it releases dopamine, a hormone responsible for feelings of pleasure and motivation in our brains. But what if we combined art with another thing that makes people happy—pets? So we end up with a design that is sure to make people pleased. Continue reading »

Meet Luigi Lineri, The Wealthy Collector Of River Stones Who Has Amassed An Enormous Collection Over The Course Of The Past Half-Century

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For over 50 years, Luigi Lineri has collected and categorized stones from the Adige River in Northern Italy by shape—human profiles, animal heads, tools, and more. Continue reading »

Superb Impressive Animal Sculptures by Zhao Kai

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Chinese artist Zhao Kai creates incredibly lifelike animal sculptures by fusing modern artistry with traditional realism. Continue reading »

Artist Martin Bullock Creates Funny Animal Mashups With Photoshop

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Artist Martin Bullock found a unique pastime during the pandemic lockdown: creating hybrid animals. This hobby, partly inspired by Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx and Crake” and the classic film “The Island of Doctor Moreau,” led to the birth of what he calls Pixelmated Animals. Continue reading »

Sculptor Josh Gluckstein Creates Stunning Lifelike Animal Sculptures

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London-based Sculptor and Painter Josh Gluckstein creates stunning lifelike animal sculptures. Animals have always been a central theme Josh’s artwork. He recycles cardboard and other discarded materials into striking lifelike animal sculptures. Continue reading »

Fun Animal Facts You May Never Knew Existed Or Cared About

Illustrator Z. Gosck provides exciting and interesting facts about the amazing world of nature… which are completely false. Continue reading »

Leah Yellowbird Pattern Cardboard Animal Heads

Check out our deer, moose, and bear animal heads in the intriguing Native American art print.

The intricate patterns of these designs were created by Leah Yellowbird ([email protected]), a native American artist based in Minnesota. We’ve had the pleasure of providing Leah with the birch plywood base forms of our product for her to embellish with her detailed paint work. We then scanned her original patterns and printed them onto corrugated cardboard and birch plywood to make a more affordable product to share with a broad audience. Continue reading »

The Internet’s Most Favorite Animal Captured In Beautiful Portrait Photographs By Felicity Berkleef

If you enjoy browsing the internet a lot then you’re probably already familiar with the fact that there are literally millions of cat photos on it, to the point that the cat has to be the internets un official mascot and most beloved animal, but these photos by photographer Felicity Berkleef aren’t like the rest. Continue reading »

Beautiful Watercolor Animal Illustrations By Luqman Reza Mulyono

Indonesian artist & illustrator Luqman Reza Mulyono, better known as ‘Jongkie’, uses watercolors to create colorful animal illustrations with a whimsical touch. Continue reading »

These Animal Illustrations Accurately Express Our Monday Blues And Friday Feels

These delightful animal illustrations by Northern Ireland-based illustrator and designer Martina Scott capture the essence of how many of us are feeling today starting back at work in the New Year – or how many of us feel on a normal Monday – and how differently we feel on a Friday. Continue reading »

Incredible Upholstery Animal Head Wall Mounts By Kelly Jelinek

These are some of the upholstered faux taxidermy animal mounts created by artist Kelly Jelinek. Prices range from $800 – $3,500 depending on the animal chosen and materials used. Continue reading »

Russian Artist Sinks To New Low By Making Animal Sculptures Out Of Manure

Mikhail Bopposov, who is farmer, gets his inspiration to create his poo sculptures from the Chinese calendar. Continue reading »

“Into The Wildlands Of Finland”: Dreamlike Animal Portraits By Joachim Munter

Joachim Munter is a multi-talented photographer, retoucher, adventurer and forest explorer currently based in Helsinki, Finland. Joachim captures spectacular scenic landscapes of his native Finland with the wild animals that call it home. Continue reading »

Ride Like An Animal While Wearing Ultra-Realistic Animal Ski Mask

If you are looking for something different and fun to wear at the slopes this year, with a unique design, these cool new Beardo HD Animal Ski Masks, might just be what you are looking for. Continue reading »

Realistic Animal Socks Will Make You Look Like You Have Animal Paws

Ever wanted to take a walk on the wild side? Well now you can thanks to these funky socks that’ll turn your feet into animal paws! Continue reading »

Former Cartoonist Creates Cute Animal Tattoos To Show You A Life On The Wild Side

Ahmet Cambaz lives and works in Galata, Istanbul. He creates some of the most awesome and unique animal tattoos I’ve seen so far. He shows a great example how tattoos can be done in different styles and techniques. Majority of his tattoo art incorporates geometric shapes and stands out in a crowd. Continue reading »

Striking Animal Pictures Selected As Finalists Of 2017 Comedy Pet Photography Awards

Brace yourself for a giggling fit because the finalists of the inaugural Comedy Pet Photography Awards have been revealed. For the first time, the founders of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have launched a photography award show giving proud pet owners a chance to show off their quirky pets. Photographers Tom Sullam and Paul Johnson-Hicks MBE have collected over 2500 entries and, after some careful consideration, they have narrowed down the hilarious photos to their favourites.

Here: Anne Lise Gramstad caught her windswept dog on film in “Beach Please!” in Ogna Beach, Norway, Date Unknown. (Photo by Anne Lise Gramstad/Barcroft Images/Comedy Pet Photography Awards) Continue reading »

George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ Illustrated By Ralph Steadman

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first American publication of George Orwell’s masterpiece, which by that point had sold millions of copies around the world in more than seventy languages, British cartoonist Ralph Steadman illustrated a special edition titled ‘Animal Farm: A Fairy Story’, featuring 100 of his unmistakable full-color and halftone illustrations. Continue reading »

Animal Butt Phone Cases Are A Thing Now And We Can’t Decide If It’s Stupid Or Amazing

Corgi butts are one of those bizarre things that drives the internet crazy. Luckily for their fans, Chinese artist Miko Ho is creating adorable phone cases that focus on just that – round and fluffy Corgi butts. Her silicone soft cases are available on Etsy and each one is decorated with handmade felted rear-ends of animals. Miko uses 100% Australian wool felt for her designs, however she also warns that they’re not washable. Continue reading »

This Artist Transforms The Animal World Into One Of Puzzling Beauty And Surreal Interrelationship

Creating stunning, realistic depictions of animals and objects, Canadian artist Jacub Gagnon includes surreal elements within his compositions, taking us out of the hyperreal into a seemingly other dimension, where the reality of dreams are the norm. Whilst viewing, one might become aware that they are remnants of something long past and only exist through the history of the objects that remain. Continue reading »

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2017 – Unforgettable Animal Behaviour

From basking gharial to stampeding muskoxen, these images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been selected for a Natural History Museum book, Unforgettable Behaviour, and offer a unique glimpse into hidden worlds of animal survival and joy

Respect, Kronotsky nature reserve, Russia.

The photographer’s cat, Ryska – her name means little lynx in Russian – stands outside their cabin and with aggressive posturing warns off a fox. In winter, foxes would regularly visit the cabin searching for food. If one peered in at the window, possible when the snow was deep, Ryska would sit on the other side, fur raised, and growl. When outside, she would hold her ground. The foxes were not always frightened and so encounters could be a sort of dance. (Photo by Igor Shpilenok/Unforgettable Behaviour/NHM) Continue reading »

Here’s A 3D Animal Print Underwear With Ears!

Boing Boing just hipped me to these unusual women’s animal-themed underwear with ears! They’re adorable in an odd sort of way. I’m not sure they’d be everyday underwear. They come in a variety of different animals such as cats, foxes, pigs, raccoons and squirrels. Continue reading »

Creative Animal Hair Style Collections By Nagi Noda

Nagi Noda was a Japanese pop artist and director born in Tokyo. She worked as a freelance art director and as an artist and fashion designer. She created camapigns for Nike and Laforet and a short film for Panasonic. Noda’s works are defined by artificiality and seriality, balancing between visual art and commercial relations with a high degree of creativity and non-conformity in their aesthetic and narration. Continue reading »

These Animal Constellation Cookies Are Out Of This World

Pastry chef and author Heather Baird is responsible for these Instagram-famous cookies which integrate art, animals, and baking. After Baird was inspired to read about constellations and the mythology of the galaxy, she took to the kitchen to recreate the sky. She takes animal constellations in particular and turns them into cookies with a decorative Aurora Borealis, marble fondant. Continue reading »