Alja Horvat's illustrations are hard to miss. Bold, colorful women with textured dresses and flourishing backgrounds jump up from the screen, inducing a feeling of joyfulness but also nostalgia.
“I think the vibrant, colorful palette stems from me," she told Māgoa Magazine. "I’m really energetic and lively, and that’s exactly how I feel, when I look at these shapes, figures, and...
Toronto’s Shanna Van Maurik is an artist on a mission to capture the real essence of being a teen girl. While mainstream media often idealizes our teenage years as a time of youth, beauty and freedom, Van Maurik’s paintings tell the naked awkward truth — and there’s still plenty of beauty in it.
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“To me, each piece tells a story...
You know those days when everything seems more interesting than the thing you should be doing? Procrastination is a real problem but that doesn’t mean we can’t laugh at it. Illustrator Nas Alhusain came up with five types of procrastinators and created a fun animation showing what they are.
Apparently, he drew inspiration from his own life. “The making of...
Sanny van Loon's illustrations might be simple but they're far from being simplistic. Using gouache, watercolor, and ink her illustrations have a handmade feel to them - something she actively strives for. Her process is fairly straight forward: sketching, coloring, and a touch of improvisation.
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“Usually I start painting right away but sometimes I have no idea where to start,”...
Brandon Stewart has many descriptions to his name: he is a father, artist, tattooer, pyrographer, lover of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Indiana Jones. However, he explains that he has been sufferin from anxiety and panic attacks for years now.
“I’ve spent most of my life
scared of something,” the artist wrote on Bored Panda. “Anxiety is my monster.
Incessant, often scary....
Artist Yuval Robichek based in Tel Aviv, Israel creates relaxed, heart-warming and funny illustrations. He graduated ‘Humor in Arts’ at the School of Visual Arts, New York and has been creating illustrations for magazines, books, murals, fashion, and TV projects. Robichek’s work is often being called ‘thought-provoking’, as well.
“I do my work from my intuition,
I like dealing with relationships,...
It's an amazing ability, you know. Not everyone has it. Not everyone can find what's entertaining in some of the most mundane things and illustrate them in such a way that nearly everyone would find absolutely hilarious.
Japanese artist Keigo is a master of these things.
Boasting a following that's more than 850,000++ strong on Instagram, Keigo knows his way...
Have you ever heard about the "Coon Tales"? No? Well, we can't exactly blame you. Most people haven't. Or, rather, they probably don't know that it was part of the "Coon Tales" that they were looking at, but they've probably seen adorable illustrations of two raccoons who are up to random things before.
After all, the Coon Tales has...
French artist Johanna Olk is known for her fine line illustrations of women. Formerly a student of industrial design, Olk has always been attracted to objects and composition with timeless beauty. Whether it's her fine line drawings or her large scaled canvases, Olk represents women who seem to dream, enveloped in a certain melancholy. She also tattoos some...
Do you know what it feels like to be good at something and to see other people keep messing things up even when they shouldn't? Mustafa Ömerli knows.
Possessing a master's degree in design, as well as 15 years of hard-earned experience in the industry, Mustafa Ömerli knows a thing or two about creative design, specifically logos. He doesn't...
