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1 week ago
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Painter Turns Vintage Cars, Empty Highways And Neon Motels Into Lonesome Roadtrip Scenes That Feel Like Paused Frames From A Lost Movie

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3 weeks ago
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Filipino Visionary Artist Marc Salamat Creates Large, Psychedelic Oil Paintings Exploring Purpose, Awakening, And The Divine Love Of Life

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1 month ago

Artist Creates Dreamy Picturebook Worlds With Gentle Giants, Turning Everyday Scenes Into Small Pieces of poetry

Contemporary visual culture features playful, reimagined art, nostalgic photography, and provocative concept pieces responding to technology, history, and pandemic experiences.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Ejiwa Ebenebe Creates Lush, Ornamented Fantasy Portraits and Vibrant Digital Paintings With African Vibe

A collection showcases diverse visual artworks transforming everyday objects, portraits, and iconic imagery through humor, surrealism, nostalgic photography, and inventive graphic reinterpretations.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 week ago
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Painter Turns Vintage Cars, Empty Highways And Neon Motels Into Lonesome Roadtrip Scenes That Feel Like Paused Frames From A Lost Movie

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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Filipino Visionary Artist Marc Salamat Creates Large, Psychedelic Oil Paintings Exploring Purpose, Awakening, And The Divine Love Of Life

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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 days ago

Meet Aleardo Villa, The Master of Belle Epoque Elegance

Artists and AI practitioners reinterpret history, popular culture, and urban life through digital, photographic, illustrative, and street-art techniques, blending nostalgia, surrealism, and social critique.
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fromCreative Boom
1 week ago

Six surprising illustration trends for 2026

Illustration is not dying; it is evolving toward handcrafted techniques, inventive styles, and selective use of AI, with some artists thriving in 2025.
fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

Artist for top games gives 3 tips for landing illustration gigs

The name Ana Fedina may not ring a bell, but if you've played games like "Diablo IV," you've seen her work. For more than seven years, Fedina has been working as a professional artist and has contributed illustrations to games like "Raid: Shadow Legends" as well. Most recently, she was the illustrator for "The Armory of Heroes," a full-art compendium of weapons and character art released by the gaming and media company Critical Role in July.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
6 days ago
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Cassandra Jean Turns Fantasy Worlds Into Lush, Mangaleaning Illustrations, Giving Beloved Book Characters Faces Fans Can Instantly Recognise

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2 weeks ago
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Italian Surrealist Creates Toads, Beasts And Insects In Ink With Every Line Crawling, Curling And Conspiring Against The Blank Page

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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Illustrator Creates The Dead Cat Painting Series With Grim Reaper And Cat Sidekick Wandering Through A Whimsical, Softspoken Afterlife

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3 weeks ago
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This Artist Creates Stylish Popsurreal Illustrations With Pastel Rooms, Sharp Objects, And Deadpan Expressions Carrying All The Emotional Damage

fromdesignyoutrust.com
6 days ago
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Cassandra Jean Turns Fantasy Worlds Into Lush, Mangaleaning Illustrations, Giving Beloved Book Characters Faces Fans Can Instantly Recognise

fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
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Italian Surrealist Creates Toads, Beasts And Insects In Ink With Every Line Crawling, Curling And Conspiring Against The Blank Page

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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Illustrator Creates The Dead Cat Painting Series With Grim Reaper And Cat Sidekick Wandering Through A Whimsical, Softspoken Afterlife

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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This Artist Creates Stylish Popsurreal Illustrations With Pastel Rooms, Sharp Objects, And Deadpan Expressions Carrying All The Emotional Damage

#visual-art
fromdesignyoutrust.com
6 days ago
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Hyperdetailed Penandink Worlds Define Peter Van Den Ende's Style: Frozen Poles, Mangrove Mazes And Mechanical Depths

fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 week ago
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Illustrator Turns Simple Fineliners Into Forests, Rooflines And Giant Cats, Proving How Far Pure Linework Can Go Without A Drop Of Colour

fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
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Illustrator Creates Cozy Grunling Worlds With Anthropomorphic Fruits And Vegetables Turning Everyday Nature Into Pastel Storylands

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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Swedish Illustrator Einar Nerman Creates Elegant ArtDeco Portraits With Fluid Lines And Theatrical Silhouettes Defining The Look Of Early 20thcentury Illustration

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3 weeks ago
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Oil Painter Creates Contemporary Gothic Portraits With Classical Technique And Lowbrow Attitude, Recasting Fairytale Femininity As Sharp, Haunted, And Fully Present

fromdesignyoutrust.com
6 days ago
Graphic design

Hyperdetailed Penandink Worlds Define Peter Van Den Ende's Style: Frozen Poles, Mangrove Mazes And Mechanical Depths

fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 week ago
Photography

Illustrator Turns Simple Fineliners Into Forests, Rooflines And Giant Cats, Proving How Far Pure Linework Can Go Without A Drop Of Colour

fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
Graphic design

Illustrator Creates Cozy Grunling Worlds With Anthropomorphic Fruits And Vegetables Turning Everyday Nature Into Pastel Storylands

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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Swedish Illustrator Einar Nerman Creates Elegant ArtDeco Portraits With Fluid Lines And Theatrical Silhouettes Defining The Look Of Early 20thcentury Illustration

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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Oil Painter Creates Contemporary Gothic Portraits With Classical Technique And Lowbrow Attitude, Recasting Fairytale Femininity As Sharp, Haunted, And Fully Present

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fromdesignyoutrust.com
6 days ago

Painter John Sauer Spins Popsurreal Tales With Retro Tech And Quietly Absurd Scenes That Feel Like Visual Mixtapes Of Modern Anxiety

Minneapolis-based painter John Sauer creates pop-surreal oil paintings of long-eyed mecha-human figures and retro objects exploring emotional and psychological aspects of modern life.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

When a loved one dies, where do they go? A new kids' book suggests 'They Walk On'

Framing death as "walking on" allows grief to coexist with a sense that deceased loved ones continue influencing daily life through memory and ritual.
fromwww.creativebloq.com
1 week ago

See this self-taught comic artist's painterly take on Edward Scissorhands

Based in France, Roberto Ricci is a self-taught comic artist who works in publishing, video games and movies, as well as in teaching. He's particularly inspired by Metal Hurlant authors, and his latest clients include Dark Horse Comics and Activision. He works in a wide variety of mediums, but particularly likes traditional mediums like ink, watercolour, acrylic and gouache. Below he shares three examples of his work.
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fromThe Casual Optimist
2 weeks ago

Notable Book Covers of 2025

Series cover designs — illustrated, typographic, and independent projects — stood out as the most notable and inventive book-cover work this year.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
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Anna Mond Twists Everyday Archetypes Into Masklike Creatures Whose Expressions Refuse To Reveal Whether They're Joking, Judging, Or Just Lonely

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
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South Korean Artist Creates Gentle, Surreal Heartwarming Paintings Sharing Small, Wordless Moments At The Edge Of Loneliness And Comfort

fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago
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Laust Hjgaard Creates Grotesque, Postapocalyptic Giant Portraits With Dark Humour and Heavy Texture Turning Misfits Into Fragile Gods

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fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

"Cutting Deeper": The Self-Dissecting Worlds of Alex Eckman-Lawn's Paper Collages

Diverse visual artworks showcase provocative, playful, surreal, and experimental pieces across illustration, photography, painting, digital art, and street/public art.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

"Eyes Full of Landscapes": The Surreal Artworks of Naoto Hattori

A diverse set of contemporary artists and artworks ranges from surreal, dark, and humorous illustrations to experimental self-portraits, viral tattoos, and high-value art sales.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
Photography

Anna Mond Twists Everyday Archetypes Into Masklike Creatures Whose Expressions Refuse To Reveal Whether They're Joking, Judging, Or Just Lonely

fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 weeks ago
Design

South Korean Artist Creates Gentle, Surreal Heartwarming Paintings Sharing Small, Wordless Moments At The Edge Of Loneliness And Comfort

fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago
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Laust Hjgaard Creates Grotesque, Postapocalyptic Giant Portraits With Dark Humour and Heavy Texture Turning Misfits Into Fragile Gods

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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
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Illustrator Draws Monumental Treescapes On Transparent DuraLar, Braiding Roots, Rocks And Memory Into Delicate, Scifitinged Forest Architectures

fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago
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Ethereal Edges and Heroic Hues in Fantasy and Horror Illustrations of Jodie Muir

A diverse collection of visual artists and projects blends animals, pop culture, historical imagery, graffiti, illustration, and photography to produce inventive, surreal, and playful artworks.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 months ago
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The Superb Retro Futuristic Album Covers and Illustrations by Arina Kokoreva

A wide-ranging collection of provocative, inventive, and emotionally resonant visual artworks and projects spanning street art, illustration, photography, digital design, and unconventional installations.
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2 weeks ago
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Illustrator Draws Monumental Treescapes On Transparent DuraLar, Braiding Roots, Rocks And Memory Into Delicate, Scifitinged Forest Architectures

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fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

Review of the Year 2025: Top 25 Illustration

The art of illustration is thriving in 2025, in defiance of a year where generative AI imagery skyrocketed in its pervasiveness. Taking the top spot is Angelica Frey's deep dive into the enduring influence of the 2000 game The Sims, where isometric dollhouses of quirky NPCs have inspired creatives for 25 years. Likewise, Luca Bjørnsten's crayon illustrations of 90s televisions, VHS tapes and computer screens has transported you all back to earlier days of home technology.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
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Italian Duo Creates Neon, Stainedglass Pop Illustrations With Thick Black Lines And Explosive Colour Reimagining Cult Movies And Icons

fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago
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Italian Duo Creates Neon, Stainedglass Pop Illustrations With Thick Black Lines And Explosive Colour Reimagining Cult Movies And Icons

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fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 weeks ago

"Off Work Everyday" by Illustrator Handowin He

A music-and-art series blends real Japanese landscapes with dreamlike framed panels to evoke nostalgia, serenity, and small moments of happiness.
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fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

Keeping the doctor away! Clue perfumey asks 29 artists to draw an apple

Laura and Caleb commissioned 29 artists to create varied apple artworks reflecting a multilayered scent, showcasing diverse techniques, styles, and perspectives.
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

Murugiah reimagines George Orwell's 1984 with psychedelic illustration and dripping paint

For the hand-painted cover, Murugiah recreated his digital mock up drawings onto heavy stock watercolour paper with red ink. After the ink drawings were done, they were then taped to the drawing board where Murugiah dripped paint and moved the paper around, applying randomised brush strokes onto the paper. The result is a richly textured background wash, made in reaction to the natural dripping of the paint.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

The best children's books of 2025

Recent children's books offer joyous picture books, inventive nonfiction, and stories of courage, companionship, and freedom emphasizing connection, justice, and hope.
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fromKqed
1 month ago

Gather 'round the Table - It's Time for a 'Family Feast!'

A warm, bustling family feast celebrates food, love, and togetherness through earthy illustrations and joyful kitchen scenes.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How one artist landed a 6-month dream gig making art for Liam O'Brien's Critical Role fantasy book

"In autumn 2023, we started talking in emails, and it wasn't until the winter of 2024 that we started the project," Borovsky said.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Street Artist Creates Superb Urbansurreal Murals With Nature, Ruins and Machinery Tangled Together in Poetic, Dreamlike Scenes

The Incredible Psychedelic Paintings Of Yoko d'Holbachie From The Other Side Of The Rainbow This Artist Duo Uses Face As A Canvas To Recreate Famous Classic Paintings Artist Breaks The Traditional Masculinized Image Of Famous People By Taking Them To Their Pink World Artist Modernizes Disney Characters By Placing Them In All Sorts Of Interesting Scenarios Maud Madsen's 'Daisy Chain': An Intimate Exploration of the Female Body and the Sanitization of Memory
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fromColossal
1 month ago

Sebastian Foster Releases 20 New Prints for the Holidays

Sebastian Foster's 2025 Fall Print Set offers 20 hand-signed, limited-edition prints by international illustrators, printmakers, and painters celebrating the collection's 13th anniversary.
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1 month ago

This Artist Creates Preapocalyptic Popsurreal Paintings With Glossy Humour And Horror Reframing Death And Consumer Culture

A diverse visual roundup presents surreal manipulations, vintage prints, inventive posters, tattoos, photography, and playful design spanning multiple media and cultural references.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

"What Can We Do To Save Ourselves In This Difficult World?": The Obsessive Sketchbookstyle Drawings By Isamu Gakiya

Contemporary designers and artists create inventive, provocative visual works across product design, illustration, photography, murals, sculpture, and conceptual graphic experiments.
fromLondon On The Inside
1 month ago

The World's Biggest Permanent Illustration Gallery Is Coming to London

After setting up a charity for illustration in 2002 and running the House of Illustration in King's Cross from 2014 to 2020, Sir Quentin Blake is finally opening a gallery dedicated to the art form in 2026. Taking over an 18th century waterworks in Clerkenwell, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration will be the largest space of its kind, with three galleries showcasing the breadth and depth of illustration through regularly rotating exhibitions, plus a library, garden and cafe.
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fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Discover Bay Area Butterflies w/ Local Author (SF)

Following an HIV diagnosis in 2000, thespian-turned-lepidopterist Liam O'Brien leaned into his passion for butterflies as a source of wonder. After decades of observing, counting, and (responsibly) capturing these scaled winged beauties, he became an ambassador for the species. In his debut book Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond: An Illustrated Guide, O'Brien chronicles 135 varieties of butterfly with vim and vivid hand-painted illustrations to introduce readers to the breadth and beauty of butterfly biodiversity of this region.
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fromianVisits
1 month ago

London's new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration to open in May 2026

The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration will open in May 2026 in a restored 300-year-old Clerkenwell waterworks, exhibiting original illustrations and new exhibitions.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Paper, Flesh, and Urban Myth: Dissecting the Darkly Surreal Collages of John Vochatzer

Chinese Propaganda Posters From The Cultural Revolution Ages, 1960s-1970s Artist Makes These Really Useful Work Meeting Achievement Badges - Try To Collect Them All Ethereal Cut Paper Illustrations of Women In Water By Sonia Alins "Explore The Lost Land": The Superb Digital Concept Artworks By Bastien Grivet Darth Vader and the Underworld: Kevin Cassidy's Brutal and Infernal Demons Artist Friend Spent Over 500 Hours On These Paintings Capturing The Suffering
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months 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
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fromArs Technica
2 months 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.
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months 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.
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fromColossal
2 months 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
2 months 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
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fromCreative Bloq
2 months 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.
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fromPortland Monthly
2 months 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.
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fromInverse
2 months 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.
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fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

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.
New York City
fromWest Side Rag
3 months ago

Jumping for Joy on the Upper West Side

An Upper West Side illustrator and animator creates Rag on Sundays illustrations chronicling neighborhood life, New York City and the Universe, with more work at martoons.com.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 months ago

"Soul of Emancipation": Beautiful Watercolour and Gouache Painting Artworks of Serena Malyon

NASA's Future Of Space Travel Posters In A Super Gorgeous Retro Style Artist Creates Minimalist And Abstract Comic Series, Incorporate References To His Daily Life Ukiyo-e Heroes: Illustrations by Jed Henry What Makes Cats Different From Dogs Behind the Scenes Polaroid Snapshots From the Making of the 1995 Cult Classic Hackers The Superb Gundam, Cyberpunk and Science Fiction Artworks of Ken Hensly
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fromItsnicethat
3 months 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 months 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.
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fromwww.newyorker.com
3 months 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
3 months 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.
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fromCreative Boom
3 months 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.
fromThe New Yorker
3 months 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.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 months 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.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

From wood engravings to Colin Firth: new exhibition depicts the stories of Jane Austen

Bath exhibition showcases how illustrators and adapters across centuries shaped visual portrayals of Jane Austen's characters, influencing public perception alongside screen adaptations.
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