Meet Federico Seneca, The Visionary of Italian Poster Art

Federico Seneca (1891–1976) emerged as one of the most influential graphic designers of the early 20th century, known for fusing avant‑garde artistry with commercial clarity. Continue reading »

Award-Winning Aerial Photos from the 2025 reFocus Photographer of the Year

Photographer of the Year: “Above the Horizon” by Marie Juliette Aziz

Viewing the world from above has a way of transforming the familiar into something astonishing, turning roads into branching networks, rivers into painted strokes, and fields into abstract patterns. Continue reading »

Josep Renau Turned Photomontage Into Anti‑Fascist Weaponry, Commissioning Guernica While Saving Prado Treasures From Franco’s Bombs

Josep Renau (1907–1982) was a Spanish artist, graphic designer, photomontage pioneer and political activist who served as Director General of Fine Arts during the Spanish Civil War, commissioning Picasso’s Guernica and rescuing Prado masterpieces from bombings. 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 »

Aleksandr Zhitomirsky Turned Photomontage Into Soviet Dynamite, Speaking Directly To Soldiers With Images That Cut Like Propaganda Knives

Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels speaks through the Voice of America in 1950 by Alexandr Zhitomirsky

Aleksandr Zhitomirsky (1907–1993) was a prominent Soviet graphic artist and photomontage master who created powerful political propaganda during World War II and the Cold War. Continue reading »

Artist Reshapes Walls And Spaces With Explosive Typographic Murals That Turn Buildings Into Giant, 3D Messages

Alex J. Fowkes is a UK‑born, Vancouver‑based graphic designer, artist, muralist and author renowned for bold, typographic‑driven work that transforms branding, packaging, installations and public spaces into immersive visual experiences. 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 »

Japanese Illustrator Creates Dreamy Digital Landscapes With Tiny Figures, Moons And Houses Suspended In Quiet, Poetic Night Skies

Akira Kusaka (日下 明) is a contemporary Japanese illustrator and graphic designer based in Osaka, known for dreamy, poetic scenes where small human figures, animals and architecture float in vast, quiet spaces. Continue reading »

Artist Creates Stunning Drawings and Street Art Murals Rooted in Mexican and Indigenous Traditions

Mazatl is a contemporary Mexican artist and printmaker known for powerful relief prints, murals, and installations that center on nature, animals, ancestry, and collective liberation. Continue reading »

Meet Karin Hosono and Her Delicate and Humorous Cat Drawings

Karin Hosono is a Japanese artist born in 1998 in Aichi Prefecture, known for her unique and delicate depictions of cats. Continue reading »

The Young Like It Hot: The Superb Retro Inspired Illustrations and Paintings of Robert Sammelin

Robert Sammelinis a self taught art director, concept artist, illustrator, graphic designer and comics creator. Continue reading »

Nostalgia and Nonconformity: Emotional Ink Sketches and Paintings of F Aartt

F Aartt is a French multidisciplinary artist, born in 1989, celebrated for dynamic ink pen drawings and abstract compositions that blend painting, illustration, and graphic design. 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 »

Surreal Fusion of Folklore and Futurism in Ink Illustrations of Ulises Mendicutty

Ulises Mendicutty is an Argentine illustrator and comic artist based in Buenos Aires, renowned for his intricate, monochromatic ink drawings that draw from Japanese woodblock prints, indigenous art, and pop culture to create surreal, narrative-driven worlds . Continue reading »

“When Creatures Roam the Suburbs”: Exploring the Haunting Mixed-Media Artworks of Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan is an Australian artist, writer, and filmmaker from Fremantle, Western Australia, best known for his award-winning graphic novel The Arrival and the Academy Award–winning animated short adaptation of his picture book The Lost Thing.​ Continue reading »

Stunning Textural Acrylic Paintings with Vintage Aesthetics by Jason Limon

Jason Limon is a painter and sculptor from San Antonio, Texas, USA, who is internationally renowned for his surreal acrylic paintings and sculptures featuring skeletons, skulls, and whimsical objects. Continue reading »

The Nostalgic Pop Cartoon Mash-up Illustrations of Aaron Craig

Australian artist Aaron Craig transforms childhood icons into bold, surreal hybrids through his distinctive Pop Mash style. Continue reading »

“We’re All Quite Mad Here. You’ll Fit Right In”: The Icredible Detailed Illustrations Of Alex Heywood

Alex Heywood is a Scottish-born digital artist and illustrator who currently lives in Perth, Australia. Continue reading »

“The Infernal Devices”: The Superb Illustration Artworks of Cassandra Jean

Cassandra Jean is a freelance illustrator and comic artist well known for her work on book and graphic novel adaptations. Continue reading »

Stunning Experimental Typography and Graphic Design by Laura Ketting

Laura Ketting is an experimental artist and graphic designer from Rotterdam, celebrated for her innovative work in typography and visual design. Continue reading »

The Superb Pencil Portraits of Kei Meguro Look Like Black-and-White Photographs

Japanese artist Kei Meguro has gained international acclaim for her hyper-detailed pencil and graphite portraits that often resemble black-and-white photographs. Continue reading »

Vibrant and Bold Illustrations by Mary Maka

Mary Maka, a lion-inspired artist, has returned with her signature surreal worlds full of bold colors, dreamy gradients, and whimsical characters. 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 »