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fromdesignyoutrust.com
22 hours ago

"What Wasn't Said": Stunning Surreal Paintings by Nikolina Petolas

When Pin-Ups Meet Harry Potter Cosplay Woman Hilariously Recreates More Ridiculous Instagram Photos Posted By Celebs The Double Standards Of Our Society Revealed In 47 Comics The Prophet: Superb Digital Concept Art Works of Craig Mullins Finally, 2022 Texts From My Cat Calendar Is Here! "See The Extraordinary And Make It Still More Extraordinary": Contemporary Art Paintings By Stanislav Plutenko Artist Yung Jake Turns 20,000 Emojis Into Amazing Lifelike Celeb Portraits Artist Created 30 Truthful Cartoons About Working From Home
Photography
#digital-art
Digital life
fromCreative Bloq
2 months ago

How to compose a fluent painting in Photoshop and improve your digital workflow

A large robot illustration was developed through a sketch, focusing on composition, contrast, and functional design using digital art techniques.
Toronto
fromItsnicethat
3 months ago

Madeleine LeBrun's uncanny clay illustrations are inspired by insects, folk art and 90s kids TV

Madeleine LeBrun combines bas-relief sculpture and digital collage, transforming sketches into colorful, textured 3D artworks.
Books
fromArs Technica
2 days ago

Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids

Dead Ends! presents historical medical failures and flukes that led to medical advances, in an illustrated children's book by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal.
#street-art
fromBOOOOOOOM!
3 days ago

13 Incredible Illustrator Portfolios to Inspire Your Next Idea

Format is a specialized online portfolio platform for creatives. With more than 50,000 industry leading illustrators, artists and designers having chosen Format as the place for their work, it's easy to find inspiration looking through their international roster. As part of our partnership for the 2025 Illustration Awards, Booooooom worked with our friends at Format to choose some of the best, most renowned illustrators we feel are leading the industry.
Graphic design
#drew-struzan
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
4 days ago

Where Celtic Folklore Meets Surrealist Science In Watercolor Artworks of Nenad Pantic

A diverse showcase of contemporary visual creativity spanning cartoons, photography, surreal and fantasy illustrations, street art, comics, and pandemic-era work.
Film
fromKotaku
5 days ago

The King Of Movie Posters Has Died At The Age Of 78

Drew Struzan revolutionized movie poster art with photorealistic, airbrushed compositions and left an immense influence across film, album, and video game cover art.
#contemporary-art
#visual-art
Arts
fromColossal
5 days ago

Charming Flights of Fancy Fill Vanessa Gillings' Imaginative Illustrations

Vanessa Gillings' illustrations evoke cozy, fairy-tale atmospheres of misty woodlands with witch-like protagonists and animal companions on mysterious journeys.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 week ago

"Beneath the Desert Moon": The Dark, Surreal and Fantasy Artworks of Xavier Ortiz

"Into A Dark Millenium": The Superb 3D Concept Artworks Of Dylan Kowalski Model Born Without Legs: Kanya Sesser Won't Let Her Disability Stop Her What Happens When Two Designers Communicate With Only Infographics Simple Sheets Of Paper Get Transformed Into Amusing 3D Scenes Funny Comics That Capture The Experience Of Living With Your Partner Thought-Provoking Illustrations by Andrey Kasay David Oku Creates Stunning Colorful Psychedelic Illustrations With a Vibe of 70s
Graphic design
Arts
fromCreative Bloq
1 week ago

How I turned a boring office into an inspiring art studio

A homey, flexible art studio combines digital and traditional workspaces, multiple seating options, extensive art books, and displayed works to accommodate ADHD-driven workflow.
Books
fromPortland Monthly
1 week ago

The Ursula K. Le Guin Cat Book You've Been Waiting For

A posthumous collection gathers whimsical, observational, and elegiac poems, sketches, children's stories, and illustrations celebrating cats' immediacy, ephemerality, and shared moments.
Film
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

Renato Casaro's Amazing Sci-Fi Movie Poster Artwork Will Live Forever

Renato Casaro was a leading Italian poster artist whose lush, painterly science fiction and fantasy film posters defined a bygone era of cinematic illustration.
#design
fromDesign Milk
2 weeks ago
Graphic design

Rich Tu Talks Physical Media, Reading Room, Toy Tokyo + More

Rich Tu is a multidisciplinary creative director and educator who blends illustration, communication, branding, and directing ambitions while maintaining consistent personal and professional routines.
fromItsnicethat
4 months ago
Graphic design

For a rural arts festival, Untitled Macao takes the pastoral from pastel to kaleidoscopic

The design embraces locality while transforming rural elements into modern symbols.
It balances tradition and modernity to challenge perceptions of rural life.
#animation
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago
Humor

"An outlet for the weird part of my brain": Dale Crosby Close's daily animations are hilarious hallucinations

fromItsnicethat
2 months ago
Humor

"An outlet for the weird part of my brain": Dale Crosby Close's daily animations are hilarious hallucinations

#graphic-design
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
4 months ago

Skate culture and street art steers graphic designer and illustrator Antoine Laurent

Antoine Laurent blends precision and creativity in graphic design, influenced by his carpentry background and passion for skate culture.
Books
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

A new book on art features David Shrigley's on-the-nose illustrations and Kate Bryan's tongue-in-cheek words

An accessible, down-to-earth approach demystifies art, emphasizing joy, inclusivity, and practical pathways from working-class roots to creative careers.
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

Remembering Nathaniel Russell's charming and economical illustrated columns for The Smudge

The Smudge is a pretty cool magazine - run by interviewers, writers, comic book creators and advice columnists, their description stresses that they are 'not activists, not editors, but we have a printer and we know how to use it'. It sounds like a threat, but in the spirit of underground and alternative presses of the 60s, The Smudge has a unique, charming voice.
Arts
Books
fromwww.newyorker.com
1 month ago

The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children's Books

Children's books inspired Liana Finck's art, influenced her work including Mixed Feelings, and led her to celebrate favorites by Maira Kalman, William Steig, Lore Segal.
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

"Your art is special": An Chen on how to stay true to your unconventional art style

An Chen - an illustrator who works in sculptures, textiles, and animations - delivered a talk beaming with optimism and sincerity at September's Nicer Tuesdays in London, walking us through her angular illustrations and how she makes organic shapes interact with each other.
Arts
Arts
fromCreative Boom
1 month ago

World Illustration Awards 2025 winners unveiled, celebrating the power of visual storytelling across the globe

The World Illustration Awards 2025 celebrate global illustration talent across categories, highlighting themes of human connection, diversity and inclusion, and AI’s impact on art.
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

Surreal Narratives Unfurl Between Animals in Laura Catherwood's Dreamy Paintings

Dreamlike graphite and oil illustrations place woodland animals in surreal, emotionally evocative scenarios that evoke curiosity, grief, and wonder.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Maira Kalman's "Stephane Mallarme with Shawl"

The artist Maira Kalman has always had an idiosyncratic approach to defining elegance, having co-authored a book titled "(un)Fashion," and illustrated E. B. White's " The Elements of Style." For the cover of the September 22, 2025, Fall Style & Design Issue, she chose to portray the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé. "I spent a year reading French poets with my poetry group," Kalman said.
Fashion & style
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

A tiny dog takes a big walk in 'Hello, Tobi!'

Venezuelan engineer-turned-artist used daily dog illustrations to build a creative career, commission work, and reunite her dog with her in New York.
#jane-austen
Arts
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Plantopia is the french illustration and animation duo shifting perspectives on everyday scenes

Maryka Laudet and Quentin Camus create playful, minimalist illustrations blending animation techniques and 3D effects to build dreamlike, theatrical scenes.
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Edie Medley illustrates the conversations she overhears while working in a pub

It's a situation many will know well. You're at your local pub with your pals and you're a few pints in - your tongue is getting looser, and the conversation sillier. The cocoon of alcohol, chairs pulled in close proximity and low lighting can make it feel like you're in your own little world. But, as it turns out, your chats might not be as private as you think...
Humor
Arts
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

G is for Gorey who's ghastly and great - Harvard Gazette

Houghton Library displays unpublished and printed works by Edward Gorey, showcasing his offbeat, macabre, and whimsical imagination for his 100th birthday.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

John Howe, illustrator of Tolkien's works: The most difficult are the elves; they should give the impression of being beyond all beauty'

That's what Canadian artist John Howe has done, following in the footsteps of Bilbo, Frodo, and other characters from J. R. R. Tolkien's works from Bag End, the two hobbits' home in the Shire, to Mordor, Sauron's dark realm, visiting along the way places as famous (and some as ominous) to Tolkien fans as Rivendell, Isengard, Khazad-dum, Minas Tirith, Edoras, and Helm's Deep.
Books
fromCreative Bloq
1 month ago

Urban Revivo faces accusations of copying independent artist's illustrations

Her vibrant 2D illustrations appear daily alongside the The New York Times' Strands Sidekick feature and have also featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Anorak Magazine. Celine made a post on Instagram showing items of clothing sold by Urban Revivo that appear to feature images heavily inspired by her own illustrations. Specifically, designers appeared to have taken liberal inspiration from the artist's illustrations of a heart and a bird with skeletons way back in 2021.
Intellectual property law
Arts
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 month ago

2025 Booooooom Illustration Awards: Call to Submit

Booooooom Illustration Awards open for submissions with five categories, cash prizes, partner giveaways, notable judges, Format partnership, free single submissions, and member benefits.
fromCreative Bloq
1 month ago

Explore over 500 epic sketches and doodles in issue 257 of ImagineFX

In this month's ImagineFX we bring back our much loved Sketchbook special, with a huge range of sketches, doodles and work in progress art from pro artists. We have over 500 epic sketches from around the world, covering everything from cute creatures, to mechs and vehicles to fantasy landscapes. Read on below to see all the major articles waiting for you this month. Get yours now!
Arts
#art
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Futuristic, detached and intensely human: Ard Su's editorial illustrations are simple yet unique

fromItsnicethat
3 months ago
Graphic design

Sergey Isakov's illustrations create a "quiet tension" between clean constructivism and spontaneity

fromItsnicethat
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Futuristic, detached and intensely human: Ard Su's editorial illustrations are simple yet unique

fromItsnicethat
3 months ago
Graphic design

Sergey Isakov's illustrations create a "quiet tension" between clean constructivism and spontaneity

Mindfulness
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Yo Li's illustrated notes from nature are an invitation to step outside and explore

Yo Li observes and illustrates nature's changes through the seasons in Jeju Island.
fromCreative Bloq
2 months ago

This artist's stunning character illustrations blend personal influences with utopian fantasy

Faith is a powerful symbol of strict justice and revenge who once was a human that was betrayed by all of her loved ones.
Digital life
#childrens-literature
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months ago

Call to Submit: Array 4 - Art & Photo Zine

Array 4 is accepting both series and single-image submissions from artists, illustrators, and photographers.
Books
fromCreative Bloq
2 months ago

Want to illustrate picture books? This advice is invaluable

The profile of picture books has significantly improved, with contemporary creators showcasing their potential across ages.
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Hanneke Rozemuller's editorial illustrations delve into daydreams and everyday anxieties

"Each of Hanneke's illustrations features the detachment of selves, allowing her figures to float through a metaphysical world that only the cartoon logic can allow; a ballooned, ghost-like ego floating above someone at a computer; or heads lined up in the form of a train's body, their thought bubbles becoming smoke stacks."
Philosophy
fromCreative Bloq
3 months ago

The 8 creative podcasts you need to listen to

The Good Ship Illustration is a friendly and insightful podcast hosted by three ladies with many years of combined experience as designers, illustrators, and educators.
Podcast
fromBOOOOOOOM!
3 months ago

The No Bulls**t Guide To Drawing Tablets

One of the most consistent questions I get asked by novice and professional artists alike is a thousand variations of 'what drawing tablet works best with True Grit tools?'. The honest answer is there's no best device for our specific tools, but there is a best device for how you like to work and your budget.
Digital life
London music
fromItsnicethat
3 months ago

Sana Bansal's introspective illustrations absorb you into her wistful world

Sana Bansal illustrates characters using tactile tools, embracing imperfections to explore nostalgia and cultural memory.
fromCreative Bloq
3 months ago

One of my favourite Judge Dredd artists let us inside his studio - here's what we discovered

Lee Carter has spent 14 years freelancing from home after 13 years with Bizarre Creations, where his dog has been a constant studio companion.
Artificial intelligence
fromCreative Bloq
3 months ago

I created this anime-inspired cyberpunk concept art on an iPad - here's how I did it

"The background mech was an unusual decision for me, but I feel as though it gives a nice sense of scale compared to the main characters."
Digital life
fromCreative Bloq
3 months ago

I painted a samurai geisha using unusual art techniques - here's how you can too

Watercolour is a stunning medium that allows for delicate art, merging traditional figures like geishas with powerful elements like samurai symbolism, creating unique character interpretations.
Arts
fromSoapcentral
3 months ago

Who is Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji? All about the Syrian artist married to New York Mayor

Rama Duwaji's work explores themes of sisterhood and shared community experience, collaborating with notable media outlets and luxury brands.
NYC politics
fromColossal
3 months ago

Wandering Minds Reach the Bounds of Post-Its in Aron Wiesenfeld's 'Playtime'

Wiesenfeld's small drawings act as short stories, capturing daily life's inspiration within three-inch canvases, revealing a narrative depth beyond their size.
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 months ago

Sketched Out: An Illustrator Confronts His Fears About A.I. Art

A.I. algorithms are fed huge amounts of existing art to create new concepts, but struggle with making truly original leaps, relying on prevalent patterns in training data.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Oh no! It's a Gruffalo!' Julia Donaldson's 15 best books ranked!

They were Ticky and Tacky and Jackie the Backie and Jim with two noses and Jo with the bow.
Books
History
fromOpen Culture
4 months ago

The History of the World in One Beautiful, 5Foot-Long Chart (1931)

The 'histomap' represents early trends in simplifying history for lay audiences, valuing accessibility over complexity.
Graphic design
fromCreative Bloq
4 months ago

Style comes from within, not from outside": Yuko Shimizu on curating your artistic identity

Yuko Shimizu advocates for pursuing art education later in life for greater clarity and preparedness for the industry.
Artificial intelligence
fromNature
4 months ago

Illustrators call out journals and news sites for using AI art

AI-generated images are increasingly used in scientific publications, raising ethical and quality concerns.
Professional artists are facing economic challenges due to the rise of AI in art production.
NYC LGBT
fromsilive
4 months ago

How a special workshop helped Staten Island seniors bring their stories to life

Medar de la Cruz leads a workshop on illustration for older adults, emphasizing accessibility and creativity.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
4 months ago

Polytechnic's whimsy designs for Anywhere Book Club reshape the reading experience

Anywhere Book Club emphasizes mutual appreciation through design, connecting children and carers effectively.
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