Artist Sara Szewczyk Paints Whimsical Watercolor Worlds Where Cats, Mushrooms And Magic Turn Everyday Life Cozy
Sara Szewczyk is a full‑time illustration artist based in Kraków, Poland, creating whimsical, magical watercolor‑and‑ink illustrations inspired by nature, animals and the visual language of children’s books. Continue reading »
A Lone Figure, A Huge Horizon: This Artist Uses Characters For Scale And Nostalgia Like A Film Still
Jocelin Carmes is a French visual artist and concept artist born in 1995, known for vibrant digital paintings blending fantasy environments, character portraits, animals and fan art using Photoshop with vivid colors, dynamic lighting and storytelling. Continue reading »
Spectacular Black & White Nature Photos from the 2025 One Exposure Awards
1st Place Winner: “Začudno” by Lidija Novković
In 2025, the One Exposure Awards shifted to pure black‑and‑white, creating a nature photography showcase that feels strikingly different. Continue reading »
Mike Mitchell Captures Pop Icons In Wholesome Absurdity and Colour‑pop Minimalism
Mike Mitchell is an American pop surrealist artist and co‑owner of Poor Example gallery and Boxo Card Co. in Escalon, California, celebrated for his vibrant, minimalist portraits of pop‑culture icons, animals and original characters in everyday situations. Continue reading »
Artist Paints Chain‑smoking Cats And Lanky Whimsies In Gouache, Capturing The Surreal Stretch Between Everyday And Emotional Warp
Smallwhitemonster is a Manchester‑based artist known for surreal gouache and acrylic paintings featuring lanky, chain‑smoking animals, elongated figures and dreamlike scenes that explore the “quiet tension between the ordinary and the surreal.” Continue reading »
Artist Tony Sandoval Treats Watercolour As Weather — Rain, Mist And Stains That Roll Across The Page
Tony Sandoval is a Mexican illustrator and comic‑book artist based in Europe, known for dreamy, slightly macabre watercolours where big‑headed kids, ghosts, monsters and fish riders drift through melancholic landscapes. Continue reading »
Meet Jean-Jacques Grandville, The Master of Anthropomorphic Satire
Jean‑Jacques Grandville (born Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, 1803–1847) was a major French illustrator and caricaturist whose intricate, often fantastical drawings left a strong mark on the Romantic era. Continue reading »
Artist Duo Paint Fairy‑tale‑like Scenes Suspended Between Sweetness And Menace, As If A Bedtime Story Had Started To Go Wrong
Aleksey and Anton Tvorogov (Tvorogov Brothers) are Moscow‑born twin artists (both 1988) who work as a duo, known for painterly, slightly uncanny scenes that feel like fragments of a fairy tale caught between childhood and adulthood. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos from the 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest
Grand Prize: Kathleen Borshanian
A powerful set of images can stop you in your tracks, reminding you of the planet’s untamed beauty. Continue reading »
Italian Surrealist Creates Toads, Beasts And Insects In Ink With Every Line Crawling, Curling And Conspiring Against The Blank Page
Gaia Perissutti is an Italian surreal illustrator who calls herself the “Surrealist Great Archduchess of Tiny Details,” known for dense black‑and‑white ink drawings filled with eyes, tentacles, teeth, bugs and strange hybrid creatures. Continue reading »
South Korean Artist Creates Gentle, Surreal Heartwarming Paintings Sharing Small, Wordless Moments At The Edge Of Loneliness And Comfort
Jeon Pil‑hwa (Pil Hwa) is a contemporary South Korean artist and illustrator known for quiet, surreal digital paintings where humans and animals—especially cats—share small, intimate moments in soft, muted worlds. Continue reading »
Caroline Gaudreault Creates Enigmatic Oil Paintings With Anthropomorphic Cats, Birds, And Girls Draped In Rococo Detail And Quiet Symbolism
Caroline Gaudreault is a Canadian magical‑realist figurative painter from Alma, Québec, known for strange, classical‑looking portraits of animals and humans that sit somewhere between fairy tale, allegory, and fine art. Continue reading »
Dan May Creates Surreal Gentle‑creature Worlds With Soft, Furry Giants and Wistful Atmospheres at the Edge of Dreams and Memory
Dan May is a modern narrative painter and illustrator from the United States known for surreal, emotionally rich worlds filled with “gentle creatures,” dreamlike landscapes, and quiet, story‑like scenes. Continue reading »
Renegade Hardware: The Near Future Ilustrated By Daniel Isles
Daniel Isles, also known online as DirtyRobot, envisions a near-future world teeming with masked gangs, telekinetic teens, and towering robots battling across neon-lit cyberpunk cities. Continue reading »
Remarkable and Intricate Illustrations of Gaspar Costa
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Portuguese illustrator Gaspar Costa blends old-world charm with modern branding through his exquisite engraving-style drawings. Continue reading »
Textile Artist Rachel Austin Creatse Beautiful Tiny Felt Animals
Rachel Austin, a textile artist based in Gloucestershire, has created a simple and accessible sewing pattern for Beanz, an adorable frog doll. With endless possibilities for outfits and accessories, she enjoys hearing new costume ideas—even though some can be challenging to perfect for such a tiny frog. Continue reading »
Artist Turns Everyday Phrases Into Clever Visual Puns That Might Make You Smile Or Groan
If you love a clever pun or a joke that’s so bad it’s good, The Punny Man is a must-see. With bright and clean illustrations, each cartoon turns a well-known phrase into a witty visual gag. Whether it’s animals in ridiculous situations or food with personality, the humor is snappy, light, and perfect for a quick laugh! Continue reading »
Amazing Award-Winning Photos from the 2025 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Overall Winner: “Dipper flying through waterfall” by Konrad Wothe
The German Society of Nature Photographers (GDT) has announced the 15 award-winning images from its prestigious 2025 Nature Photographer of the Year competition, celebrating artistic and technical excellence. Continue reading »
Beautiful Winning Photos from the 2025 Remembering Wildlife Winners
“Clash of the Titans” by Alessandro Marena (Italy)
The 2025 Remembering Wildlife competition features 15 stunning winning photographs in its special 10th-anniversary edition, highlighting a diverse range of endangered species. Continue reading »
Heartful Nature-Inspired Peaceful Artworks By Mulgil Kim
Mulgil Kim’s work is a refined and evocative homage to nature, transporting viewers into tranquil, dreamlike landscapes that inspire contemplation. She has expressed a profound affinity for the emotional language of nature, using her art to examine the intricate relationship between humans and the natural world. Continue reading »
The Fantastic Surreal Oil Paintings by Tyson Grumm
Tyson Grumm, an American artist born in Newcastle, Wyoming, in 1972, makes surreal paintings that capture the essence of a peculiar dream. Continue reading »
Spontaneous New York Moments Through the Eyes of Eric Kogan
Eric Kogan (previously featured), a New York-based photographer, is celebrated for his knack for capturing fleeting, extraordinary moments that elevate the ordinary. Continue reading »
Beautiful Illustrations By María Jesús Contreras That Might Brighten Your Day
Fun, vibrant, relatable, and hilarious—these are just a few words that come to mind when exploring María Jesús Contreras’s illustrations. Her distinct style often features animals in human-like scenarios or dives into the completely absurd and unexpected. Continue reading »
Jennifer Dunn’s Hilarious Heartwarming Watercolor Paintings Of Sassy Animals With Pop Culture References
Jennifer Dunn, the artist behind the Instagram account Mossy Hollow, characterizes her work as “Watercolor meme art,” a distinctive blend of pop culture references and whimsical animal portrayals. Continue reading »
Whimsical Wildlife and Animal Paintings Rachel Favelle
Rachel Favelle’s art feels like stepping into a dream where animals blend seamlessly with both the real and the fantastical, each piece inviting you to linger and imagine. Continue reading »
