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Orkhan Isayev’s Utopia Brings Cities to Life with Art Deco, Cyberpunk and Illustration

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Orkhan Isayev, a visionary Azerbaijani artist, has embarked on a journey of creative expression with his unique project, “Utopia.” Combining his passions for art deco, cyberpunk, and illustration, Isayev transports us to a retrofuturistic world where cities from across the globe are reimagined in breathtaking detail. Continue reading »

Digital Artist Shows You How Much Time She Takes To ‘Perfect’ Each Illustration

Practice makes perfect. For Netherlands-based digital artist Floortje, she not only shares her creative artworks such as her ‘Realism Challenge’ on Instagram @floortjesart, but also a plethora of design tips and tutorials to help others in the creative field. Continue reading »

Ghanaians Have A Lot Of Feelings About This Simple Illustration By Poka Arts

So when Ghanaian illustrator, Poka decided to illustrate one of the goals, it was certain that opinions will be all over the illustration. Continue reading »

Honest Illustration Of The Contradictory Nature Of People And Society By Sako Asko

Great artists are always messengers of truth. They may not speak through verbal language, or even the written word. But through their personal creativity, they are able to communicate deeper thoughts, and feelings, that conventional language often times cannot. And they do this in such a way that their chosen form of expression comes to be known invariably as art.

Colombian illustrator Sako Asko creates surreal images imbued with hidden meaning. At first glance, the illustrations look innocent enough, until you look a little closer. Continue reading »

Extremely Detailed Illustration Created With 7 Million Ink Dots!

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Xavier Casalta, the France-based artist has made career out of creating highly-detailed illustrations of everything from food to calligraphic letters. Casalta’s latest piece, called Autumn, is a throwback to the bygone/upcoming season. Using a technique called stippling, the artist places several ink dots in various patterns to create lines, and textures until an exquisite illustration is formed. This one took 370 hours to create, with roughly seven million dots in all. Continue reading »

Heartwrenching Illustration Series Follows An Elderly Man In His Pursuit Of Happiness

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It’s been said that happiness is a journey and not a destination. Glimmers of happiness can often be found in the smallest of things, and in the tiniest of life’s details. This series of illustrations by Josef Lee follows the journey of an elderly man in his pursuit of happiness. Entitled Wake Me Up At Happy Land, it’s a short, almost wordless picture-story about a man travelling the world in search of the ‘Happy Land’. Continue reading »

Artist Turns Himself Into A Living Digital Illustration By Using A Body Painting

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According to artist Gigi Rodgers: “What you are looking at is not a painting or digital illustration! My name is Gigi Rodgers and I spent 2 hours painting on myself with acrylic and specialized body paints, directly, to produce the illusion of being a part of whatever background I stood in front of.” Continue reading »

Music + Illustration: “Traços Musicais” By Martokos

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Featuring Martokos, a 31 years-old illustrator and graffiti artist from Brazil. He has a weekly project called “Traços Musicais”, which he creates an illustration of an artist and arrange a playlist with some sounds. Martokos thinks this is a great opportunity to share the power of the music with my job and to honor many artists in the world. The works are posted every friday morning on his fanpage on Facebook. We hope you enjoy it! Continue reading »

Photo Illustration Of A Yogi In A Spring Mood

“As spring is just around the corner I thought of joining yoga, photography and illustrations in a single project. Enjoy it!” Photography by Cecilia Cristolovean. Illustrations by Evelyn Lynn. Model: Katia Mazharova.

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Tadasana Paschima Namaskar – Reverse Prayer Pose – Virasana Yoga – Pose de héroe con oración inversa
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Do you want to believe? By Dmitry Maksimov. +24 more! Continue reading »