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This Artist Illustrates His Sweet Childhood Memories So Well The Results May Move You To Tears

Childhood… Although everyone has very different memories about this significant period of their lives, there‘s no doubt it‘s full of magic. Magic of discoveries, your first friends, pets, first family trips, the smell of a fresh pie baked by Grandma… And so much more! Continue reading »

An Architect Who Illustrates The Secret Life Of Giants In The Streets Of Turkish Cities

According to an artist Hakan Keleş: “I am an architect, academician and illustrator living in Turkey. I started to draw big characters on street photos I took with my smartphone, named “Lilliputs series”. The name comes from the novel “Gulliver’s Travels”, the city of dwarfs. Here, we, real people, become dwarfs. Some of them are kind of monsters, some of them are influenced from real people and the others are a bit humorous. They are from different urban areas I visited in Turkey.” Continue reading »

Artist Illustrates Everyday Life To Compare Chinese And Western Culture

“Tiny Eyes” is a comic series, created by the Chinese artist Siyu, that shares slices of everyday life from a Chinese perspective. Continue reading »

Artist Avner Geller Perfectly Illustrates Things He Has Accidentally Overheard

People say the funniest things when they think no one is listening. Avner Geller is an artist who works at Dreamworks Animation and often overhears funny and weird things people say to each other. Continue reading »

Artist Illustrates What Would Happen If Movies And TV Shows Were Made In Real Life

If you have ever watched a movie or a TV series then you have come to the right place. Have you ever wondered what would it be like, if the characters and scenes from your favorite TV shows and movies were based in real life? Continue reading »

Audi Campaign Illustrates How Using Your Phone Warps Your Perception Of The Road

Saatchi & Saatchi Bulgaria has launched a powerful print campaign for Audi to encourage people to “leave your phone while you drive.” The advertisements aim to pinpoint how using your phone can warp your perception of distances while you’re on the road. Continue reading »

Artist Illustrates Everyday Life With His Wife In Funny Comics

Yehuda Adi Devir is a Tel-Aviv-based illustrator, comic artist and character designer who creates adorable comics about his daily domestic adventures with his wife, Maya. Whether she’s ridding the house of roaches, using him as her personal radiator (or pillow), motivating him to work out, or destroying the kitchen while preparing complex meals (like cereal), Yehuda’s wife provides him with all the inspiration he needs to create his cute and often relatable comics. Continue reading »

Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark And Surreal Paintings

Depression is not easy thing to deal with, but sometimes you can take your weakness and turn it into something beautiful.

That’s exactly what polish artist Dawid Planeta did – to help himself he created an imaginary world where a small man is traveling through long forgotten jungle meeting his weaknesses and fears presented as giant animals with glowing eyes. The vision created by the artist is dark, mysterious, and very beautiful. Continue reading »

An Artist Beautifully Illustrates The Bright Moments In Our Life

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Set of colorful illustrations by Nguyen Bao Tin, an artist from Vietnam. Continue reading »

“Our Street”: Artist Beautifully Illustrates Everyday Life In Small Russian Town

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Vladimir Lubarov is a famous book graphic artist who has illustrated more that one hundred books among them there are Voltaire, Rabelais, Gogol, Strugatskie, and main artist of “Chemistry and life” journal and “Text” publishing house. Continue reading »

Artist Illustrates What It’s Really Like To Be In A Long Distance Relationship

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Viola Wang has been in a long distance relationship with her boyfriend for three years. Having experienced all there is to experience when dating someone who lives thousands of miles away, she decided to capture what it’s really like via these sweet illustrations. Continue reading »

Artist Beautifully Illustrates What Happiness Is

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According to artists: “These are images from our Happy Page on Facebook which currently has 2.5m fans. We’ve asked people around the world what makes them happy and illustrated over 7,000 submissions so far (and still going strong). So let us know what makes YOU happy and we’ll illustrate it and add it to the page.” Continue reading »

It’s Not Just Art. It’s Sm(art): Sebastian Pytka Illustrates The Important Problems Of The Modern World

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Sebastian Pytka, polish artist and graphic designer. Take up topic of everyday reality, that affects each of us, but often portrayed by sophisticated wordplay and metaphors. He does not avoid drawing attention to the important problems of the modern world and reveals to observers of their own personal way of thinking. Subsequent attempts to interpret his works bring out to viewers the next hidden meanings and each detail of his paintings carries deep symbolism. Continue reading »

Mom Illustrates Her Everyday Motherhood Problems

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Natalia Sabransky is a freelance illustrator from Argentina who became a mom two and a half years ago. Since then, she’s taken to drawing humorous comics based on those everyday adventures that are routine for new moms. Continue reading »

Artist Humorously Illustrates the Events of His Flight That Every Traveler Can Relate To

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Renowned New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann recently took a transatlantic flight from New York City to Berlin (with a layover in London), and documented the journey in his sketchbook. The trek itself was typical for your average flight of this distance, but this is precisely what makes his work so enjoyable and humorous to read. Niemann perfectly captures the frustration, boredom, and routine that comes from sitting on a plane for over 12 hours. Continue reading »

Mom Illustrates Her Everyday Pregnancy Problems

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Line Severinsen, an illustrator animator and mother of two in Bergen, has a funny series of simple webcomics that share some of the challenges and everyday realities of being an expectant mom. We all know motherhood can be tough, but her comic – Kos og Kaos, or “Cuddles and Chaos” in English – illustrates these struggles in a fun and approachable way. Severinsen started her comic when she was pregnant in 2012, and continued it after a brief hiatus when she was pregnant with her second child (who was born in May of this year). Continue reading »

Federico Babina Illustrates The Imaginary Architecture Of Movie Director-Designed Homes

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Federico Babina draws a comparison between the makers of architecture and the creators of film in his latest series of illustrations titled ‘archidirector’. “Directors are like the architects of cinema” – said Babina. Continue reading »

Artist Illustrates 12 Astrological Symbols Using Human Bodies As Her Canvas

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According to artist Trina Merry: “From November 2014 to May 2015 I sculpted, body painted and photographed 60 models–including myself– into the 12 symbols of the zodiac.I view this work as my way to examine the impact of astrology in a current world in a modern aesthetic, while maintaining the sensibilities, skills and stories of crucial works of art from thousands of years before me. Continue reading »

An Artist Brilliantly Illustrates The Truth Behind Creative Jobs

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The internet’s favourite illustrator, Chris (Simpsons Artist) has joined forces with ScreenSkills – a professional network for the creative industries to reveal what it’s actually like to work in a number of different creative industries. Continue reading »

Artist Cain Motter Illustrates Impact of Credit on Modern Society

Los Angeles-based artist, Cain Motter, like many others, has tried to share his opinion about the impact of using credit cards on the modern society. However, his mode of expression is quite different because unlike others who use words or letters for expression, Motter melts his credit cards to create stunning pieces of modern art.

In his official Facebook page, Motter explains how he fell for the vicious cycle of using credit cards.

“I started getting these credit card applications in the mail. One of them said it would be good to have a card in case of emergencies. That’s what got me,” the artist stated. After applying and receiving his first credit card, he got a cheque for $50 which he thought was a gift for becoming a new customer.

It was only after he received his first statement with a bill for that $50 gift plus cash advance fees that he understood the trick.

To “take revenge” and give vent to his anger, Motter first started craft pendants and necklaces using the cards. Continue reading »