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Girl with Gold Hair I was born and grew up in the beautiful county of North Yorkshire. My interest in portraiture developed at an early age, during the seventies, when I used to draw my favorite pop idols such as David Bowie. My love of art led me to study Art and Design at the […]
Pin It William Wegman is a photographer best known for his series of compositions involving dogs (usually his own). William keeps quite a few Weimaraners and has gleefully photographed the in every pose imaginable, complete with costumes and props. He originally wanted to be a painter. His career in photography took off after pictures of […]
Pin It Cynthia Decker began drawing on a computer when she was just 13 years old. She studied drawing and design all throughout high school. When the technology became available to her, she started digital painting while continuing to work on more traditional media like acrylics, oils, and pastels. In 1998, Cynthia began using 3D […]
Pin It J. Leigh is a 29-year-old American artist who draws fantastic portraits in pencil. According to her deviantART account, she likes interesting or moving music, hates wallpaper (she prefers paint, but this option usually leads to problems seeing the screen), and is NOT a resident of this dimension. Her personal quote is: “Rocking the […]
Pin It Brenoch Adams, if his description of himself is to be believed, is inhumanly tall, a baseball player, a gifted musician, and a numerically-gifted-dog owner (his dog Toby happens to have a furry, white number ‘5’ over his right eye) whose right shoulder is an eighth of an inch lower than the left. His […]
Pin It Eiko Ojala is a graphic designer, art director, and illustrator. His work has been featured in art blogs like Trendland, iGnant, Fubiz, It’s Nice That,, and Etapes. Eiko has also been nominated for the “Young iIllustrators Award” at www.illustrative.de. One of his more recent series feature realistically rendered digital paper collages. At first […]
Pin It Manon Wethly is a Belgium-based designer and photographer who keeps an updated Instagram account filled with traditional shots of European landscapes as well as airborne drinks. At first, Manon used her iPhone to take pictures of the flying drinks, but she has recently started using a DSLR to get better images. She has […]
Pin It Krystal Camprubi got into the arts at at early age. She had a bit of difficulty deciding which particular branch of the creative arts she would focus on. She had dabbled in music, literature, and painting. In college, she learned piano while studying Celtic mythology and medieval literature. Her literary background heavily manifests […]
Pin It Anne Patzke is a talented German illustrator who specializes in creating adorable characters for children’s books. One of her first and most enduring cartoon character is a bunny girl named ‘Kulla’. Kulla gets to have all sorts of adventures in Anne’s very own comic strip. All of her characters (kittens, a penguin, an […]
Pin It The lobby of the Virginia Museum of Natural History sports a rather adorable meat-eating dinosaur. Said dinosaur is a balloon replica of an Acrocanthosaurus. It’s a study in contrast to the actual skeleton of the dinosaur standing right next to it. The sculpture was put together by Airigami, a New York based art […]
Pin It Antoni Tudisco was born and raised in Germany. He is of Filipino-Italian descent. As a child, he would barely pay attention during lessons, preferring to scribble instead. Antoni taught himself how to use Adobe Palette. Having mastered the intricacies of image manipulation, he proceeded to develop his skills in 3D design and videos. […]
Pin It A hundred years ago in Italy, artists roamed the land. For a coin or two, they would scratch a quick chalk portrait of the Madonna for you. These artist were thus called Madonnaris. Francois Pelletier is a modern-day Madonnari of sorts. He does incredibly accurate sidewalk reproductions of famous Renaissance paintings using layers […]
Pin It Yang Yongliang was born in 1980 in Shanghai, China. He is well-known for his black and white photographic collages depicting the devastating effects of uninhibited industrialization and urbanization. At first glance, his work looks like a peaceful traditional Chinese painting, a closer look would reveal mountains chock-full of factories, buildings, and machinery. Three […]
Pin It Ken To made his first bonsai wire tree as a Christmas present for his wife. Poor material and craftsmanship notwithstanding, his loving wife was thoroughly impressed with the concept. He spent the next three years improving his wire-bending skills. In 2010, he made his wife a second bonsai wire tree for Valentine’s which […]
Pin It Mark Bridger describes himself as an “enthusiastic amateur photographer”. Judging by the quality of his work, he could definitely be right up there with the pros. His wife started him on photography when she bought him his first camera as a birthday present. His main interest is nature photography and, lucky for him, […]
Pin It Mikko Lagerstedt may be self-taught, but the quality of his work is that of a professional. He started getting serious with his photography in December 2008. He loves the way it gives him a different perspective on the world. For him, the most important thing in his photos is the feeling it gives […]
Pin It Anamorphic sculpture itself resembles abstract art, but when reflected against a cylindrical surface, it reveals a remarkably detailed image. Creating this effect is by no means a mean feat. Jonty first scans the object, distorts it using 3d software, and created a mold out of steel, copper, resin, or perspex. But even with […]
Pin It Gracie Padron is currently majoring in Fine Arts with an emphasis on Traditional Painting and Graphic Design at the Florida International University. She was born in Cuba and describes herself as “an artist by day, writer by night”. On the internet, she is known for her Romanesqua Shadow fine art photography as well […]
Pin It Have you ever said ‘hi’ to a person on the street and realized to your horror that they only look like someone you know? Canadian photographer François Brunelle is fascinated by this worldwide phenomena of look-alike that he created an entire series of portraits featuring strangers with uncanny resemblance to each other. He […]
Pin It Looking at the trees above, one might think that the trees are simply part of an outdoor art installation, but it’s not. On October 5, 2010, a toxic flood of sludge tore wreaked havoc in western Hungary, leaving nine people dead and more than 200 injured. Two years after the devastation, Spanish photographer […]
Pin It Max Kostenko is a character designer from Moscow. He has worked with some of the biggest brand names in the world including VISA, Wallstreet Journal, Mercedes, Volkswagen, and Chanel. Looking at his work, you can certainly see why they’d hire him. His art is fanciful and yet, goes straight to the point. It […]
Pin It At four millimeters in length, the Peacock Spider is hard to find. Once found, dedicated searchers will be rewarded with what is perhaps one of the most colorful, if not, the most colorful of all the arachnids.It is not just the brilliant coloration that earned the spiders their name. The male’s elaborate mating […]
Pin It Dave Morrow is a photographer first, and a teacher second. He travels the world looking for that perfect shot. His impressive portfolio includes landscapes, cityscapes, and nightscapes. His shots of the night sky in particular, are quite impressive. He has even published a tutorial for the aspiring enthusiast. A hefty bit of the […]
Pin It Hans Findling got into photography in 2010. His started taking pictures with his first camera, a Canon EOS 450D. He has quite an impressive collection of landscapes. Hans puts dramatic angles, mist, and natural lighting to good use. The quality of his shots is that of a professional’s. We can expect more great […]
Pin It Treehouses are something you and your kid brother built in your backyard with little help from Dad, maybe. It’s usually made with a few discarded pieces of lumber and plywood. Pete Nelson’s tree houses on the other hand, are neither shoddily built, nor are they made with scraps of wood. These are first-class […]
