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Antique Japanese Illustrations by Takeo Takei
Takeo Takei was born in Suwa, Japan in 1894. In 1921 the young Takei got married and turned to his art in order to support his family, illustrating a children’s magazine with his stylized, attractive drawings. Throughout the course of his career, Takei produced hundreds of illustrations for magazines, posters and children’s books. This gallery [...]
Detailed Illustrations of Philipp Banken’s Imagination
Philipp Banken is an illustrator and artist from Trier, Germany. His drawings are highly detailed with quality textures that leave enough room for the viewer to imagine the scene alongside the artist. Banken’s illustrations are very imaginative, combining the artist’s own fresh ideas with existing imagery to give an impression of Philipp Banken’s opinions of [...]
Stop Motion Video gives Life to Nude Sketches
Nude art model Clelia Rinaldi poses for ten artists who sketch her from specific vantage points in the room. Combining their sketches into a stop motion animation allows viewer’s a unique vantage point of the artist’s model; we can see her from every angle in the room and yet the video’s view remains stationary. The [...]
Tim Shumate brings the Cute to Art
Tim Shumate was born in 1982 and currently lives in Chicago, USA. Shumate works in a number of different art mediums like pencil, paint and digital art programs, creating art works that are heavily influenced by cartoons, fantasy and fairy tales. Some art works are inspired by classic comic books while others appear to have [...]
Super Cute Manga Paintings by Namie-kun
Namie-kun is a digital artist from Perth, Australia, who creates bright, emotive manga paintings with digital art programs. Using a pen tablet and Photoshop software, Namie-kun creates fun action art based on both her own manga characters and characters found in famous anime cartoons like Pokemon. The wide-eyed, stylized characters are super cute, inspiring feelings [...]
The Famous Animation Characters of Peter de Sève
Peter de Sève is an American illustrator and character designer who has created many famous characters for popular animated films. His character designs have been featured in films like A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, Robots and the Ice Age trilogy. (The beloved Scrat character from Ice Age is one of de Sève’s most famous characters.) Although the majority [...]
Jobesu’s Art is Out of the Ordinary
“Jobesu” is Joel Bernt Sundberg from Stockholm, Sweden. He works in several different media including traditional painting techniques and 3D imaging software. Sundberg’s art has a twisted, humorous appeal that is influenced by dark cartoons and comic media. His art style changes from one art work to the next, adjusting to the needs of each concept. [...]
New School Tattoo Sketches by Jee Sayalero
Jee Sayalero is a new school tattoo artist whose art style is influenced by modern media such as cartoons, comic books and animated films. Many of Jee’s tattoos and sketches have Asian subject matter including deities, symbols and architecture. The majority of Sayalero’s tattoo art is brightly colored, but his sketches stand proud without the [...]
Weird and Wonderful Surrealist Art by David Ball
David Ball has his own twisted approach to surrealism, an art genre that is known for its obscure forms and alienish landscapes. That David Ball’s art works are bizarre within his genre is testament to just how “out there” his work is. Ball’s surrealist paintings bridge the gap between traditional surrealism and pop surrealism while [...]
Attractive Androids by Michael Oswald
Michael Oswald’s digital paintings are a delicious mix of feminine sensuality and technological awesomeness. His robot girls have all of the animal appeal of human women combined with the fabricated sleekness of animatronic machines. Oswald’s use of smooth airbrushing techniques in Photoshop adds to the surreal nature of his digital paintings and gives his robot [...]