Art is always one of the best sources of inspiration for designers.
UK-based photographer Alberto Seveso did an amazing job taking dramatic photos of dark ink dropped into liquid. The dark orange background gives the scenes an added intensity that reveals the beauty of the movement and textures even better.
You don’t know whether you prefer books or art? You don’t need to choose anymore, you can have both with this art made with books. 1. Kenjio Kenjio is the artist name of Daniel Lai, a designer and artist based in Tennessee. He sells his work on his Etsy shop. 2. Akayo Sakanishi An intricate piece of art […]
US-based artist Jeff Nishinaka creates amazing paper sculptures. He gives depth to his artworks by using many layers of paper and build unbelievable scenes inspired by nature or mythology. For the anecdote, one of Nishinaka’s good friends, who happens to also collect his sculptures, is Jacky Chan.
Philip Jackson’s sculptures are somewhat intimidating, yet amazingly poetic. Disover the artist’s work on his website.
HustMitNavn is the pseudo of a creative Danish illustrator. He became Internet famous for his impressive illustrations where he adds an extra layer of creativity with paper manipulations that interact with his drawings.
Floriane Touitou has a passion for origami. With her passion, she did what talented people do, she created some cool foldings of animals. She also added an extra layer of coolness with glass jars that protect the animals and make it look even more real. You can find all of her creations on her Etsy […]
YASH is a street artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. He creates delicate portraits of people and animal in gigantic formats.
If the medium is the message, I’m not sure what we should be thinking of the art of Stephan Brusche. The Dutch artist uses bananas as a support for creating clever art, and the least you could say is that he is creative.
Otis is a Spanish-speaking artist that creates experiment with linocut printing. It’s hard to find anything about him on the Internet, so all we’ll share will be these awesome linocuts that display strange circus animals.
Adam Bird is a talented young photographer from UK who enjoys create surrealistic pictures that could only happen in your dreams. Using cold colors, his photos have a melancholic look-and-feel that is balanced by the playful aspect of many compositions. You can see more of his work on his portfolio website.
José Galant is a Spanish artist. In his series Imaginary Destinations, he took people from the 19th century and let them meet futuristic installations and surroundings.
British artist Shaun Hughes uses coins as a starting point for his spectacular engravings. He creates spectacular floral patterns in a tiny space, showing a real talent for miniature art.
No, creating 3D typography doesn’t always involve using 3D software of extruding your letters in real life. Cyril Vouilloz, who goes by the name Ryslee, brought the third dimension by distorting his letters, and while he was at it, everything that was surrounding it.
Ugoita is a collective of Japanese artists who create cool and absurd artworks. This project is a take on Sharaku‘s kabuki actor portraits, using some mechanical wooden frames to animate it. The result can be seen in this cool video.
If you are feeling a bit down today, you shouldn’t look at the images in this post. Kirill Semeonov creates monsters that are a mix of zombies, skulls, and all kinds of things with strange add-ons. Add some weird situations, and you have yourself some dark art with extraordinary technical mastery.