Stella Im Hultberg works in mixed media; combining ink, watercolor and acrylic to create masterful works of art. Her paintings often depict a peaceful, dreamy woman surrounded by flowers, as though every thought and feeling of the girl is made of the soft petals of these flowers. Hultberg’s use of pale skin tones offset by […]
In this speed painting video, Swedish artist Maria Björnbom Öberg shows us her exceptional skill with drawing. The stationery she’s using are copic markers, Holbein colour pencils and Faber Castell Polychromos to add color to the design, and a white gel pen to add sparkles and highlights. This incredible hand drawn illustration features a beautiful […]
Oneq Nao is a Japanese artist who combines American and Japanese visual styles to create luscious ladies with full lips, curvy hips and an exaggeratedly feminine appeal. There is an element of art nouveau in Oneq’s art works. It reminds one of the popular posters that were created to advertise absinthe in the early 20th […]
Cinemagraphs is a New York based company compromising of Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg. This artistic duo combine photography and animation to create images that are more than simply a photograph. Each GIF animation brings the scene shown in the image to life through the movement of one or more elements. In some images, it […]
“Alma” is a short and spooky animation directed by Rodrigo Blaas. The character designs, animation and overall rendering of the film are beautiful, adding to the surprising story line. The film uses no verbal cues to tell the story, instead utilizing the quiet intent of an ambitious child to tell the tale. You can learn […]
David Walker is a London-based artist who creates explosively colorful portraits of people he’s never met. Each of his art works features a face that the artist found in a book, magazine or photograph. Walker says that the anonymity of his subjects allows the viewer to create their own background story for the person in […]
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 […]
Barbara Swingaling is an artist living in the Netherlands. Working from the body art shop Classic Ink and Mods in Amsterdam, Swingaling creates tattoos with an intriguing twist; although the tattoo is permanent, the designs are based on those traditionally used in henna tattoos, a non-permanent form of body art. Many of Swingaling’s paisley tattoo […]
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Camilla d’Errico’s art is a combination of comic book characters and fantasy elements. The majority of her subjects are female manga characters who pose with an assortment of birds, fish, animals and butterflies. Each of the animals has a different symbolic meaning in art. Birds are often used as a symbol of freedom, travel and […]