Amazing Psychedelic Digital Artworks By Argentinian Artist Juan Brufal
Juan Carlos Brufal aka “Mono Azul,” is a self‑taught Argentinian digital artist (b. 1973, Buenos Aires), whose wildly saturated, psychedelic digital artworks fuse influences from Picasso, Dalí, Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Warhol, Man Ray and Basquiat. Rooted in earlier explorations of music and poetry, he builds dense, surreal narrative scenes—blue houses, cosmic faces, trippy urban and nature hybrids. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images From The Ecology Photo Contest 2025
Overall Winner: “Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly” by Zeke Rowe
Nature’s indifference is exactly what gives these photographs their power, and the 2025 Capturing Ecology Photo Contest from the British Ecological Society puts that truth on full display. Continue reading »
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 »
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 »
This Artist Layers Traditional Ink With Digital Glows To Quest Unconscious Realms Of Surreal Meaning
Ben Bauchau, Brussels-based Belgian illustrator and concept artist, quests for meaning in unconscious realms via traditional ink on paper layered with digital colors, crafting dreamlike surreal worlds inspired by ukiyo-e, engravings, comics, past cultures, war, nature, movement. 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 »
Ukrainian Artist Builds Dotwork Worlds Where Kings, Queens And Skeletons Act Out Quiet, Psychological Dramas In Pure Black Ink
Rostislaw Tsarenko is a Ukrainian self‑taught artist from Poltava who specializes in highly detailed black‑and‑white ink drawings using dotwork and stippling to build realistic yet surreal, symbol‑heavy images. Continue reading »
Stunning Wildlife Winners of the 2025 Refocus Photographer of the Year Awards
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: “The Perfect Heist” by Baiju Patil
Wildlife photography is as much about timing and patience as it is about the animals themselves, and the 2025 Refocus Photographer of the Year Awards proved it. Continue reading »
Hyper‑detailed Pen‑and‑ink Worlds Define Peter Van Den Ende’s Style: Frozen Poles, Mangrove Mazes And Mechanical Depths
Peter van den Ende is a Belgian illustrator and author born in Antwerp in 1985, best known for his debut wordless picture book The Wanderer (Zwerveling), a hand-drawn epic following a paper boat’s fantastical ocean journey through ink-black seas, mechanical sea monsters, icy poles and alien depths. Continue reading »
Illustrator Turns Simple Fineliners Into Forests, Rooflines And Giant Cats, Proving How Far Pure Linework Can Go Without A Drop Of Colour
Shahobiddin Rustamov is a Tashkent‑based illustrator and drawing teacher known for highly controlled pen‑and‑ink work where entire scenes are built from dense, even linework and hatching. Continue reading »
Spectacular Monochrome Award-Winning Wildlife Photos That Capture Nature in Its Rawest Form
1st Place Winner: “King of the Forest” by Radosław Dybała, Poland
Black and white strips wildlife photography down to its essence, revealing raw instinct and emotion without distraction. 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 »
Hilarious Winning Photos from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Overall Winner: “High Five” by Mark Meth Cohn, UK
Sometimes the universe delivers perfectly timed, hilarious moments that make you laugh uncontrollably. Continue reading »
Illustrator Creates Cozy Grunling Worlds With Anthropomorphic Fruits And Vegetables Turning Everyday Nature Into Pastel Storylands
Johanna Forster is a German illustrator and character designer best known for her “Grunlings” (Grünlinge) – a cast of cute, anthropomorphic fruits, vegetables and plant spirits that live in a bright, cozy fantasy world. Continue reading »
Filipino Visionary Artist Marc Salamat Creates Large, Psychedelic Oil Paintings Exploring Purpose, Awakening, And The Divine Love Of Life
Marc Salamat is a Filipino visionary painter and digital artist from Hagonoy, Bulacan, whose work fuses figurative realism with psychedelic, spiritual and cosmic symbolism. Continue reading »
Beautiful Winners from the 2024 Canadian Photos of the Year Competition
Canadian Photographer of the Year 2024: Shane Turgeon
The 2024 Canadian Photos of the Year Competition honored 14 outstanding winners who captured Canada’s breathtaking landscapes and wildlife. Continue reading »
Street Artist Creates Superb Urban‑surreal Murals With Nature, Ruins and Machinery Tangled Together in Poetic, Dreamlike Scenes
Maye (Victorien Liria) is a French painter and street artist from Sète known for tall, elastic characters and highly detailed surreal scenes that stretch between mural and canvas work. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images from the London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year 2025
Overall and Portrait Winner: “Sunkissed Boy” Capri McPherson-Noel
The London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year 2025 has unveiled its winners, and the collection is stunning. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Paintings Where Plants, Animals and Space Collide, With Dreamlike Compositions Exploring Time, Mystery and Quiet Transformation
Scott Mills is a Detroit‑born, Asheville‑based painter and illustrator whose work sits between surrealism and pop‑surrealism, often featuring animals, plants, space motifs and glowing, otherworldly atmospheres. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images from the 2025 Nature Conservancy Oceania Photo Contest
Grand Prize Winner: “Tauhi” by Miesa Grobbelaar, Australia
The 2025 Nature Conservancy Oceania Photo Contest just dropped its winners, and wow—they’re stunning. 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 »
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 »
The Enchanting and Bizarre Animal Worlds in Drawings of Rustlehare
Giulia Ferla is an Italian illustrator and artist recognized for her witchy, whimsical style that blends sophisticated techniques with a fascination for the animal kingdom. Continue reading »
Spectacular Award-Winning Wildlife Photos from the Nature’s Best Photography Awards 2025
Winner: “Grey Crowned Cranes” by Steve Mattheis, USA
The Nature’s Best Photography Awards 2025 once again showcase breathtaking moments from the wild, captured across the globe. Continue reading »
The Wild and Spiritual: The Feminine Illustrations of Valeria Hipocampo
Valeria Hipocampo is a full-time independent illustrator and also an art historian. Continue reading »
