Art is always one of the best sources of inspiration for designers.
Nicolas Delort is a Canadian and French illustrator and artist who works in Paris, France. I don’t know if he takes inspiration from him, but Delort’s work on scratchboard immediatly made me think of Gustave Doré‘s work.
Turkish artist Can Pekdemir has created a series of truly creepy creatures portraits. The digital artworks, that look like photos of sculptures, look very organic and straight out of a David Lynch movie. Artist’s website: http://www.can-pekdemir.com
Big colorful words on traditional landscapes, Wayne White’s work is immediately recognizable. Make sure to also check out his portfolio to see more twisted letters, but also his other work, like sculptures. Artist’s website: http://waynewhiteart.com
Handiedan is an Amsterdam-based artist who creates spectacular intricate collages that look like a mix of Art Nouveau prints and astronomical illustrations. He is currently on show at the Roq La Rue gallery in Seattle. Artist’s website: http://www.handiedan.com
French artist Matthieu Bourel takes classic actors photos and turn it into surrealistic collages. The resulting artworks are quite funny.
A few examples of the stunning artworks of Jakub Rozalski, a concept artist based in Hamburg, Germany.
Using several layers of laser-cut wood drawings, Britain-based artist Martin Tomsky creates spectacular pieces of art. Forest landscapes meet ghosts and fantastic creatures in a beautiful world.
The Internet has made me an hard-to-impress kind of person, but the level of precision required for the making of such paintings is just amazing. Mesut Kul is a Turkish artist who choses the smallest possible surfaces to create landscapes.
For these 3D sculptures/paintings, Paul Louise-Julie was inspired by recent trips to West Africa. He mixed several techniques to create artworks that pop to your face.
Some clever photo manipulation by illustrator and photographer Hossein Zare. In these pieces, the artist combines both of his arts to add some surreal elements.
Loui Jover, a self-represented full time artist from Queensland, Australia says, “I paint, I draw, and I do it every day.” Apart from arts and cartoons, Jover wanted to do something creative and he finally came up with making ink drawings on adhered together sheets of vintage book paper. It’s the field of his interest […]
Spanish artist Pejac is back with a new playful project. In this series he took his drawings to the windows and made it interact with the elements outside.
Amsterdam-based French illustrator David Troquier released a series of drawings that interact with each other or with their environment. Titled “Cartoonbombing”, this series of doodles does a great job convincing us that there is some action going on.
A splendid piece that took almost two years to create. The result of the hard work of Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth, aka Tugboat, an artistic duo based in Pittsburgh.
Spectacular landscapes created by sculpting into layered antique plates. Probably the best thing I’ve seen done with old ceramics. A project by Caroline Slotte.