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Hyper-Realistic Drawings by Ivan Hoo

I don’t know if his parents intended it or not, but Ivan Hoo’s name may just be a clever play on the iconic hero’s name Ivan Hoe. Puns aside, Ivan is an uber-talented illustrator/painter/all-around artist whose work has slowly been gaining the interest of art bloggers all over the internet. He creates awesome hyper-realistic artwork […]

Small Adventures – Photography by Kouichi Chiba

Pin It Using hand-drawn paper cut-outs and his imagination, Japanese artist Kouichi Chiba has managed to create fragile worlds teeming with adventure. His tiny paper people are doing all sorts of daring stunts, from hanging out in hammocks to nearly being blown away by the wind, to hanging off a skyscraper. Kouichi’s whimsical photo series […]

Fiction Brought to Life – Paper Sculptures by Jodi Harvey-Brown

Pin It Jodi Harvey-Brown is the talented artist behind these awesome pop-up paper sculptures. It all started when she bought a box of used books at a second-hand shop, after experimentally folding a page to create one of the characters in the stories, she was hooked. She said: “The books that we love to read […]

Emptying Gestures – Kinetic Illustrations by Heather Hansen

Pin It “Emptying Gestures” is a performance by artist and dancer Heather Hansen. Based in New Orleans, Heather invites her audience to watch her as she draws beautiful symmetrical images on paper using her body. Heather belongs to a new breed of performance artists who produce kinetic illustrations. Heather also has a series of videos […]

Resurrected Trees – Paper Bag Tree Sculptures by Yuken Teruya

Pin It Yuken Teruya is a Japanese artist who has taken it upon himself to resurrect the trees from which each paper bags come from. His cuts out delicate and perfectly proportioned trees from common brown paper bags, used shopping bags, and even McDonald’s take-out paper bags. The trees themselves are still connected to the […]

Celebrity Hedcuts by Noli Novak

Pin It Hedcuts are a style of drawing associated with The Wall Street Journal. The stipple and hatching methods of drawing are used to create a portrait similar to that of medieval woodcuts and currency engravings. Noli Novak, an illustrator for The Wall Street Journal with over 26 years of experience under his belt, is […]

Paper Cuts – Handmade Paper Sculptures by Charles Clary

Pin It Charles Clary is a Tennessee-based artist who expresses his creative abilities through meticulously hand-cut paper sculptures. The sculptures resemble detailed topographical graphs or close-ups of microscopic organisms.The centerpiece of one of his exhibits is a 30-foot long sculpture dedicated to his mother, Kirsten Clary who recently passed away from cancer. Charles spends up […]

Rough Times – Mandy Smith

Pin It Mandy Smith is an artist whose favorite medium is paper. Any and all kinds of paper. Even sandpaper. In one of her more recent series, she used just that. Mandy fashioned a pair of bikinis, a bicycle, a double bed, a slide, a pair of shoes, and toilet paper out of a material […]

Awesome Hand Drawn Designs by Si Scott

Pin It Si Scott is a talented artist who creates unique, hand-drawn designs. A lot of his work is in minimalistic black and white which only serves to heighten the flowing lines and calculated precision of his work. His studio, Si Scott Studio, has a solid reputaion for creating one-of-a-kind concepts and imagery. Because of […]

Fashionable Foliage by Tang Chiew Ling

Pin It  Tang Chiew Ling is a graphic designer and illustrator from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her series “Fashion in Leaf” has captured the interest of fashion aficionados the world over with its minimalistic approach and ecological theme. Tang intentionally used inconspicuous and unattractive leaves to create something fun and fashionable. Most of the leaves she […]

Rouleaux by Anastassia Ellias

Pin It  Anastassia Ellias is a Paris-based illustrator and sculptor who unleashed her creativity on helpless toilet paper rolls. Recently, she assembles 67 pf her finest works and turned the whole collection into a book entitled “Rouleaux”. Anastassia created the earth-friendly dioramas by carefully cutting-out the scenes from brown paper and sticking them inside the […]

Hard Copy – Porcelain Creations by Clare Conway

Pin It Clare Conway created these realistic typewritten ‘paper’ using porcelain. Her sculptures are incredibly detailed with pieces of porcelain ‘paper’ creatively crumpled, shredded, and thrown into the wastebasket. In the readable documents, Clare gives out details of her personal life in the typewritten documents. The trick is that she intentionally censors a word here […]

Paper Scenes by People Too

Pin It These miniature office scenes are creations of People Too. Every little detail is painstakingly cut-out from sheets of colored paper. Even the people in the scenes are made of paper. While one might reasonably expect them to be two-dimensional, the artists took great pains to give them substance and volume. I love the […]

House of Keys – Portraits by Work By Knight

Pin It Work by Knight is the artist behind these cleverly put-together portraits of famous celebrities. A large part of his work is influenced by the transition from analogue to digital. He said: “My youth was spent without computers or mobile phones yet the transition to them being such a vital part of my life […]

Dare to Dream – A Touching Series by Matej Peljhan

Pin It Matej Peljhan is a Slovenian photographer and triathlete. An odd combination, certainly, but what’s odder still is that he’s missing an eye and his right arm. When he was ten years old, he was involved in an accident with some explosives left over from World War II.the incident made a huge impact in […]

Home Sweet Home – Paintings by Kim Jacobs

Pin It Kim Jacobs has been a professional illustrator for over 30 years. Her art is featured prominently in numerous greeting cards, calendars, toys, fine art prints, and stationary products. The comfortingly homey themes of her art makes the viewer want to step right into the illustration. Kim lives and works in the far coast […]

Squiggles – Portraits by Vince Low

Pin It Portraits are difficult, but Malaysian artist Vince Low has not only mastered the art of portraiture, he draws them using nothing but a bunch of squiggles. At a glance, they look like rough sketches but they’re actually perfect portraits just as they are. He has drawn, with great accuracy, the portraits of Rowan […]

LOLcats of Yore – Animal Photography by Harry Whittier Frees

Pin It Harry Whittier Frees is an American photographer who may arguably be the father of the modern LOLcat. Harry began his career in photography when, at a birthday party, a paper hat fell on a cat’s head and Harry took a quick picture. He sold his photo to a postcard printer who asked for […]

Avian Papercraft by Johan Scherft

Pin It Johan Scherft is a very talented artist whose extaordinary talent in sculpture and drawing gained him admittance to the Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague. There, he perfected his technique in both disciplines. He’s now a master of his mediums and has created numerous life-like paper sculptures of boats, animals, dinosaurs, and […]

Paperless Paper Cutouts by Eiko Ojala

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 […]

Creative Collages by Laura Collins

Pin It Laura Collins utilizes nostalgic imagery and combines them with feminine themes to come up with provocative collages. It takes a moment for the playfully ironic message of her work to sink in, plus, the incongruity of her collages make viewers do a double-take. Laura was originally a painter but most of the accolades […]

Currency Collage by Philippe Pétremant

Pin It Philippe Pétremant is a French photographer who creates interesting collages using different kinds of paper bills from all over the world. He calls this fascinating series “Les Sept Mercenaires” (The Magnificent Seven). The series is equal parts origami, collage, and photography. He begins with paper currencies from different countries, folds them is such […]

House Targaryen – Illustrations by Kirsi Salonen

Pin It Kirsi Salonen is a 26-year old Finnish artist who creates fictional characters and creatures in a dark fantasy style. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from South-Carelia Polytechnic Art School. Kirsi was drawn into art from a young age. Even before her graduation, she has worked with  illustrations, comics, graphic design, and […]

Colors All Around – Advertising Images by Mahmoud Hassan

Pin It Mahmoud Hassan lives and works in Nasr City, Egypt. One of his more recent projects is a series of images for Faber-Castell’s line of coloring pencils where various objects and animals are seamlessly fused with colored-pencil tips. All of the images are rather amusing but the one where the Dachshund’s rear end is […]