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 [...]
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 [...]
Ariel the mermaid takes on a cheeky statue of a little boy who piddles in her pond. Summoning her father, the king, and Sebastian the crab, Arial goes to extreme lengths to stop the widdling work of art from polluting the water. (This is a GIF animation and may take a few moments to load.)
A collection of inspirational picture quotes and beautiful pictures for March 2013.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lebensader is German animation that was written, designed, directed and animated by Angela Steffen. The video tells the story of a little girl with a vivid imagination finding a whole world hidden within a single tree leaf. Steffen’s bold, clear illustration style comes to life in this beautiful animation. Characters morph into one another, racing [...]
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” 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. [...]
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 [...]