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The Unique Fairy Tales and Mythological Art Works by Victor Sukhochev

Gorgeous drawings of characters from Russian fairy tales in a mix of H.R. Giger and Cyberpunk style. Just the thing! Continue reading »

The World of Fairy Tales: Dreamy Illustrations by David Listón

David Sierra Listón is an artist from Madrid who mainly specializes in book illustrations. His work includes artwork for Vitor Hugo’s Les Misérables, Little Red Riding Hood, and many other books, including contemporary ones. Continue reading »

The Superb Mythological and Alternate History Paintings of Vsevolod Ivanov

he artist Vsevolod Ivanov presents us the Ancient Rus’ as he imagined it. He is deeply convinced that the history of ancient Russia is distorted or fabricated. Ivanov collects old tales and legends and creates his own vision of ancestors daily life. Continue reading »

Russian Artist Artem Biziaev Published a LEGO Set Concept Based on Slavic Fairy Tales

According to an artist: “Hey, Lego fans! Let me introduce you the most famous, most charismatic, most adored character of Slavic fairy tales! Baba Yaga! Continue reading »

The Story Of The Wind And The Sea: Latvia-Based Vietnamese Artist Perfectly Illustrates Baltic Tales And Legends

Cao Viet Nguyen is a vietnamese artist living in Latvia for more 10 years. He is specialized in comics book, illustration, traditional painting and concept art for movies. Continue reading »

“Butcher Billy’s Tales Of The Unexpected Black Mirrors”: The Episodes Of Season 4 Turned Into Vintage Comics

The Brazilian illustrator Butcher Billy (previously) is back to complete this amazing series, illustrating this time the six episodes of the season 4 of Black Mirror. A project entitled “Tales of the Unexpected Black Mirrors”, which retranscribes the universe of the series with the retro aesthetics of old American comics. Continue reading »

“Tales From The Woods”: Beauty And Surreal Fine Art Portraits By Grace Almera

Grace Almera is a talented self-taught photographer and filmmaker currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Grace focuses on portraiture, she shoots gorgeous beauty, fashion and fine art portrait photography. Her photography style is best described as “emotional” and “atmospheric”. She loves creating dreamy images that appear to resemble paintings and spice it up with alternative fashion clothing and accessories. Continue reading »

Fox Tales: Charming Portrait Series By Darja Bilyk

Darja Bilyk is a gifted freelance photographer and artist from Moscow who currently lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland. Darja focuses on portraiture, she shoots incredible fairytales, fine art and beauty portrait photography. Continue reading »

These Illuminated Cylinders Display Fairy Tales When People Get Inside To Power Them

A group of designers have created an interactive light art installation called Loop, that’s currently on display as part of Luminothérapie, a display of temporary public art installations, in Montreal, Canada. Continue reading »

Tales From The Thousand Lakes: Stockholm’s Colourful Metro Stations

Beneath the Swedish capital lies an intricate web of underground train lines. More than 90 of the 100 stations in the 110km tunnel system, sometimes referred to as “the world’s longest art gallery”, have been decorated with paintings, installations, mosaics and sculptures by 150 artists since the 1950s. After spending a couple of weeks exploring arctic Norway and Sweden, London-based travel photographer Conor MacNeill headed underground to capture images of the metro stations.

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Painted blue vines climbing up a white cave in the T-Centralen station. (Photo by Conor MacNeill/The Observer) Continue reading »

Tales Of The Otherworld: Discover Nikolai Lockertsen And His Amazingly Painted Artworks

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Nikolai Lockertsen is from Moss, a city close to Oslo, Norway. The works presented in this column are part of his portfolio, and besides being a very excellent artist, Nikko is also lead Art Director at Storm Studios, a big Oslo-based VFX (Visual effects) post production firm. Continue reading »