A building named Krzywy Domek (translates to 'The Crooked Little House') is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city of Sopot, Poland. It was built in 2004 by the architecture firm Szotynski & Zaleski and it looks like something that belongs in a fairy tale.
It’s giving us a headache just to look at the pictures of it...
Freelance motion designer Albert Oriol recently took up the popular 36 Days of Type challenge – a yearly open call for various artists to bring letters and numbers to life. Oriol contacted 36 fellow creatives to design alphabet and numbers 1-9 based on their own style.
“I contacted 36 designers and illustrators with the idea of animating a unique letter/number...
When you see Alessandro Paglia’s work for
the first time, you’ll be hard-pressed to determine whether the image in front
of you is an especially grainy photograph or a fantastic 3D drawing. But a
closer look will reveal the thousands layers of inked pen that Paglia uses to
compose a perfect play between light and shadow. The Milanese artist, mostly
known for his hyper-realistic...
We all love coffee, but there are few of us
that take their relationship with the stimulating drink to a whole new level by
using it as a raw material for their art. Coffee painting has been around for a
while now, but these days it seems to be gaining a new exciting momentum, and
Indonesian artist Ghidaq al-Nizar is one of its...
Since 2012, Ewa Juszkiewicz has been working on a series in
which she turns historical portraits inside-out, challenging the stereotypical
perception of a woman's beauty in classical, European painting. Instead of a
beautiful face, she transformed the subject’s head into an elaborate hairstyle,
or filled the face with flowers and ribbons.
“Through the deconstruction of historical portraits, she
undermines their constant, indisputable character and...
Can you imagine spending more than a week to work on a single drawing? This is how long Alessandro Paglia takes to complete one of a kind drawing. Each piece is so incredibly hyper realistic and unique that is looks like a black and white photograph rather than a pen sketch on a large cotton paper canvas.
With an elegant...
Scrolling through Jimmy Simpson's Instagram page, the word "diverse" pops to mind. The illustrator and animation director works in a wide range of styles and techniques often pulling from '90s nostalgia and art history.
Born in Philadephia and currently based in Brooklyn, Simpson has always been fascinated with animation. "I have been playing with animation in some way or...
Have you ever seen painting on glass? This artist’s work
will intrigue you.
The images and videos displayed below are those of a Colombia-based artist, Yosman Botero Gómez. The 36-year-old artist lives in Cucuta-Norte de Santander and has a special way of painting.
Gómez carries out his 3D painting in a different way
and at the end still achieves the concept of...
Meet Russian artist Anna Mayorova who creates sensitive watercolors to review the mystery of a woman’s soul.
The 24 years old has been painting for five years now. She learned to paint by herself and with time she realized she can use her talent to express what women go through. It is quite remarkable how she is able to portray...
Artist Kelly Bell created this series of illustrations showing Game of Thrones characters in the style of famous writer and artist Edward Gorey. Kelly’s work is a tribute to Gorey’s morbid alphabet book The Gashlycrumb Tinies.
For every letter of the alphabet, there’s an illustrated character from popular HBO’s show. A is for Arya, B is for Bran, and so...
