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fromItsnicethat
1 day ago
Graphic design

Miggie Bacungan's graphic design challenges the artificial flavouring of pop culture imagery

Miggie Bacungan uses design to tell stories, blending nostalgia with social commentary through vibrant, chaotic visuals inspired by Filipino culture.
fromItsnicethat
5 days ago
Graphic design

Nao Lee's posters are digital terrains that hide small and unruly treasures for you to find

Nao Lee's design philosophy embraces juxtaposition, using everyday vernacular influences to create layered, interpretive compositions that inspire debate and curiosity.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 day ago

Miggie Bacungan's graphic design challenges the artificial flavouring of pop culture imagery

Miggie Bacungan uses design to tell stories, blending nostalgia with social commentary through vibrant, chaotic visuals inspired by Filipino culture.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
5 days ago

Nao Lee's posters are digital terrains that hide small and unruly treasures for you to find

Nao Lee's design philosophy embraces juxtaposition, using everyday vernacular influences to create layered, interpretive compositions that inspire debate and curiosity.
Arts
fromColossal
1 day ago

Amid Urban Spaces, Alex Senna's Bold Murals Embrace Connection and Belonging

Alex Senna's murals emphasize community, emotional bonds, and togetherness through bold black-and-white compositions set against colorful urban backgrounds.
fromKotaku
1 day ago

WonderCon's Cosplay Raises The Game With Stunning Fits

This year's collection from our roving photographers at Minerablu features some of the most impressive fits we've seen in a long while, both extravagant and super-subtle.
DC food
#public-art
Mission District
fromMission Local
2 days ago

Doug Rhodes, Clarion Alley's only open studio artist

Public art thrives in the Mission, with Clarion Alley showcasing diverse murals and Doug Rhodes' unique artistic contributions.
Mission District
fromMission Local
2 days ago

Doug Rhodes, Clarion Alley's only open studio artist

Public art thrives in the Mission, with Clarion Alley showcasing diverse murals and Doug Rhodes' unique artistic contributions.
Typography
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Meet Kyoto: the typeface that bleeds (on purpose)

Kyoto blends Japanese calligraphy with classic Latin forms, reflecting a handmade, human feel in design.
Berlin
fromabc7.com
6 days ago

teamLab Borderless in Tokyo is a feast for the eyes

Visitors describe teamLab Borderless in Tokyo as an ever-changing, immersive art experience that transcends traditional boundaries.
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
6 days ago

Illustrator Spotlight: Nicholas Moegly

Nicholas Moegly creates moody, dark, and nostalgic imagery reflecting his experiences in small-town America.
Bicycling
fromBikerumor
6 days ago

Ornot Collabs with Pro Skater & Local Artist to Launch The City Collection

The City Collection merges cycling, skateboarding, and local art, inspired by San Francisco's unique terrain and urban experience.
Independent films
fromianVisits
6 days ago

Akira is returning to the big screen in a 4K restoration

Akira's immersive experience is best appreciated on the big screen, highlighting the importance of scale in cinema.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

R. Kikuo Johnson's "Meet-Cute"

I was childless into my early forties. By then, my partner and I noticed that a lot of our peers were at a similar crossroads: dog, cat, or kid?
Parenting
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 days ago

Tom Prochaska: Through the Open Door * Oregon ArtsWatch

Tom Prochaska distinguished himself in many mediums: He was a masterful printmaker, an intuitive painter, a builder of papier-mâché figures, a creator of fused glass panels, and graphite-on-paper drawings.
Arts
#cartooning
Mission District
fromFuncheap
5 days ago

"Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco" Collaborative Drawing Jam

The San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy meets monthly for collaborative drawing and socializing.
Mission District
fromFuncheap
5 days ago

"Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco" Collaborative Drawing Jam

The San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy meets monthly for collaborative drawing and socializing.
Mission District
fromFuncheap
5 days ago

"Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco" Collaborative Drawing Jam

The San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy meets monthly for collaborative drawing and socializing.
Mission District
fromFuncheap
5 days ago

"Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco" Collaborative Drawing Jam

The San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy meets monthly for collaborative drawing and socializing.
Video games
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 week ago

Let's Play: Genki Kawamura and Jiro Nagae on a New Kind of Video Game Cinema

Genki Kawamura adapts the indie video game into a film, merging artistry with box office potential in a unique horror narrative.
fromColossal
4 days ago

Anarchic Cats Are Ensnared in Chaos in Leo Forest's Dynamic Drawings

The cat is, above all things, a dramatist. Sacred to ancient Egyptians, domestic cats share more than 95% of their genetic makeup with tigers, and they can leap five times their height.
Arts
fromHi-Fructose Magazine - The New Contemporary Art Magazine
2 weeks ago

Kyle Cobban Draws From The Unknown - Hi-Fructose Magazine

"It's an amalgamation of the Chicago neighborhood aesthetic with a Bulls fan, quite literally. It's kind of on the nose, but that's how I juxtapose the elements of my work, with the structure of a home and then a figure who is around or in the home."
Chicago Bulls
fromColossal
2 weeks ago

Misato Sano's Charming Wooden Dogs Are Carved With Personality

Visualizing my inner self through expressions and gestures full of charm and humor has also become an opportunity to deepen my self-love.
Pets
#illustration
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 week ago

"Nothing is new" to Dave Bowers, so he illustrates the familiar in his own style

Dave Bowers creates simple, whimsical illustrations inspired by his daughter, focusing on spontaneity and personal enjoyment rather than a specific message.
Graphic design
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 month ago

Illustrator Spotlight: Starrenco

Italian illustrator Starrenco creates distorted, imaginative worlds grounded in reality, using drawing as a method of personal investigation to explore inner landscapes and reveal hidden meanings through intuitive creative processes.
Arts
fromColossal
5 days ago

Marvel at Manabu Kosaka's Hyperrealistic Paper Sculptures of Retro Objects

Manabu Kosaka creates intricate paper replicas of everyday objects, showcasing remarkable detail and flexibility in his artistic process.
Television
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Watch the trailer for Science Saru's Ghost in the Shell anime series

The upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime features a nostalgic art style reminiscent of the original manga.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Your article about AI doesn't need AI art

The New Yorker uses AI-generated art, raising questions about artistic integrity and the role of human creativity in the process.
Fashion & style
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

Now Is the Perfect Time to Dive Into the Wacky World of 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure features flamboyant characters and unique fashion, making it a distinct and influential anime series.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Steve DiBenedetto's Cosmic Sense of the Absurd

Steve DiBenedetto's paintings serve as a functional structure to help viewers navigate collective trauma.
Graphic design
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Brian McDonald's waggish works key into an overstimulated world - 48 hills

Brian McDonald is a San Francisco collage artist known for his layered typography and themes of consumerism and absurdity.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - An Interview with Surreal Salon 18 Winner, River Reishi

River Reishi's winning piece, Surface Tension, explores the threshold between two realms through a figure emerging from dark water.
DC food
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

Conor Kehelly puts a silly face on just about everything in these lively animations

Conor Kehelly creates vibrant, lawless visual worlds blending nostalgia, melancholy, and humor in his unique 2D and 3D animations.
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Friends and Loved Ones Remember Joe Kukura, a Singular Soul

Joe and I met in the 7th grade and attended junior high together. I'll always remember him for his Hawaiian shirts, his love for Weird Al Yankovic, and his accordion playing.
SF music
SOMA, SF
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

reflective lights and moire pattern adorn hajime sorayama and matt copson's AFEELA art cars

Sony Honda Mobility collaborates with artists Hajime Sorayama and Matt Copson to transform the AFEELA 1 electric car into unique art vehicles, with installations in Los Angeles and Tokyo.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
1 month ago

Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow - Smashing Magazine

Design quality depends on emotional pacing and flow management, not just visual elements. Successful products guide users through emotional states coherently, while poor design creates emotional conflicts through misplaced elements.
Arts
fromColossal
2 weeks ago

Yamamoto Masao's Otherworldly Portraits Introduce Us to Expressive Owls

Yamamoto Masao's photographs evoke emotional connections between image and memory, focusing on owls and their diminishing habitats.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Prince laughed like a kid as I painted Free on his stomach': Steve Parke's best photograph

Around the Sign o' the Times album he called to say he was joining Prince's band, and said: I'm gonna take you with me. He showed Prince some of my artwork, which he apparently liked. I was asked to paint a stage for him that was the first job I did, and one day he asked: Have you ever taken photos? I was in the right place at the right time.
Photography
Typography
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The way the world is, something daft is appealing' why everything from pizzas to podcasts has a cartoon character on it

A distinctive visual style combining 1920s rubber hose animation, 1950s Americana, and contemporary graffiti aesthetics has become the dominant branding approach for independent food and beverage businesses since the late 2010s.
Mission District
fromMission Local
1 month ago

People We Meet: Nory Sasaki, 'The life of a flower is short'

Nory Sasaki transforms root vegetables into art, showcasing his culinary skills and dedication to beauty in his garage workshop.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Pokemon Pokopia Fan Artists, Are Y'all Okay?

Humans have disappeared and their Pokémon have been left behind, trying to make the remains of the old civilization into one that they can live in and sustain by themselves. Throughout this process, these Pokémon talk about how much they miss their human partners, and the information we can glean from the notes and letters we find lying around is that a climate crisis forced them to evacuate the planet and leave the Pokémon in a massive PC server for their safety.
Games
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Roz Chast's "City Beasts"

"I looked at many water towers to get an idea of their variety," Chast said, about her cover for the March 30, 2026, issue.
Graphic design
#photography
Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

As soon as I saw it, I knew the image': Robby Ogilvie's best phone picture

Edinburgh photographer Robby Ogilvie won the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 Object category for an image of a Ford Cortina in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap neighborhood, capturing the area's vibrant community and complex history through color and composition.
Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

As soon as I saw it, I knew the image': Robby Ogilvie's best phone picture

Edinburgh photographer Robby Ogilvie won the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 Object category for an image of a Ford Cortina in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap neighborhood, capturing the area's vibrant community and complex history through color and composition.
#takashi-murakami
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago
Arts

Juxtapoz Magazine - Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme's Genesis @ Perrotin, Los Angeles

fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago
Arts

Juxtapoz Magazine - Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme's Genesis @ Perrotin, Los Angeles

Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

These emotionally charged illustrations are here to make your imagination wander

Xiao Hua Yang creates illustrations that blend digital and analogue techniques to suggest emotions through subtle imagery rather than explicit statements, prioritizing implication over explanation.
fromColossal
1 month ago

Restrained Emotions Simmer in Shinsuke Inoue's Tender Wood Sculptures

I have virtually no idea what the finished piece will look like until I actually begin working with the wood. As a result, the form often emerges as I carve, and I frequently change my plans midway through the process. Naturally, I keep the many failures a secret.
Arts
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

5 Sushi-Inspired Designs For Japanese Product Fans That Look So Realistic You'll Want to Eat Them - Yanko Design

Sushi exemplifies minimalist design—clarity, precision, and restraint guide creators to prioritize essential elements and function for lasting, purposeful aesthetics.
Film
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Painting the worlds of Studio Ghibli with art director and background artist, Yoji Takeshige

Studio Ghibli builds atmosphere through painted depictions of light, humidity, and grounded detail while preserving traditional background painting techniques.
#comics
Higher education
from48 hills
2 months ago

'Pride in Panels' fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance - 48 hills

Vanderbilt purchased California College of the Arts, creating uncertainty about which arts programs—especially the queer-rooted Comics program—will be preserved and how students will proceed.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

This Artist Creates Superhero and Comic Watercolors With Traditional Japanese Motifs

Justin Bieber for Calvin Klein Spring 2015 Ad Campaign In A Parallel Universe: Artist Exposes Sexism By Switching Up Gender Roles In Old-School Ads Russian Blogger Makes Parodies Out Of Celebrity Photos, And More Than 20,000 Followers On Instagram Approve 10 Famous Movie Titles Written Using Negative Space The World of Modern Graphic Design & Typography by Kyle Kemink Chinese Tech Companies Hiring 'Pretty' Girls to Motivate Male Employees by Chatting, Playing Ping Pong and Buying them Breakfast
Typography
Games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Persona Artist Kazuma Kaneko Reveals New AI Art Card Game

Kazuma Kaneko's new Switch card game, Kazuma Kaneko's Tsukuyomi, launches April 23 with AI-generated art and includes 3,600 curated AI-produced cards.
Independent films
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Pixar filmmakers really gave a dam about making Hoppers' authentic

Pixar's Hoppers prioritizes comedy and entertainment through a collaborative creative process where a teenage activist's consciousness transfers into a robotic beaver fighting to save a pond habitat.
#contemporary-art
Photography
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Ronin Roc on Why He Sees Black Art as "More Than February"

More Than February gallery elevates Black creativity year-round through Ronin Roc's digital portraits and a community-centered, accessible platform in Portland's Old Town/Chinatown.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

How a prize-winning cartoonist brings hand-drawn comics to the web

American journalist Danny Fenster, imprisoned during Myanmar's 2021 coup, collaborated with cartoonist cousin Amy Kurzweil on an interactive comic documenting his six-month incarceration and psychological survival.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Alex Ram's blocky characters are an ode to spending quality time with yourself and others

Alex created five interconnected Wordle illustrations featuring everyday activities like foraging, gardening, and dining, with Wordle numbers incorporated into the designs to reflect how the game integrates into daily life.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Naoto Nakagawa 2026 Is on View at KAPOW

Naoto Nakagawa's current show at KAPOW brings together a significant group of new acrylic paintings and intimate watercolors, situating his recent practice within both the Japanese shunga tradition of erotic art and his own six-decade exploration of perception, material culture, and the natural world. On view at KAPOW in Manhattan's Lower East Side through February 22, works across the exhibition resonate with themes that have defined Nakagawa's career since the 1960s - most notably his persistent pairing of man-made objects with organic life.
Arts
Arts
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Ayelet Gal-On's layered textured paintings of white dresses capture wind and light; her solo exhibition runs March 3–29 at Gallery 9 in Los Altos.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path

Squeak Carnwath rejects the idea that painting is exhausted and continues to produce expansive, vital work within the oil painting tradition.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Christian Rex van Minnen "Metanoia" @ Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo

Christian Rex van Minnen presents 15 new paintings blending Baroque technique, Surrealism, grotesque black humor, and a new sincere still-life series reflecting personal metanoia.
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