“I was frustrated by the demise in work ethic I’ve noticed in recent years,” he shared with The Crafty Gentleman. “People (and pupils) have less patience. They want things instantly. Very few people realize the time that needs to be spent on creating something of value. I thought, foolishly, ‘I’ll show them!‘.”

It was at that moment that an incredible drawing challenge was born: to document every single item in his late grandfather’s shed, as a way of showing the virtue of hard work and dedication. “I made the decision to catalogue everything, even multiples, and have not regretted it since,” Phillips recalls.

According to Phillips, using his late grandfather’s shed as a resource for inspiration was a way for him to pursue the act of illustrating, aiming first to draw every single day.

“I began drawing items from the shed in 2014 and realized that the items in jars and tins were actually more interesting than the tools themselves,” he recounted.

“It also became clear that the format of my sketchbook was unsustainable for the project—I wanted to draw more than just one ‘thing’ per day. That initial sketchbook developed into pages of random objects and I began to enjoy the pattern and repetition that emerged.”

His project soon gained viral attention, not only for its sheer volume (to date, Phillips has illustrated well over 6,500 items and estimates the total over 100,000) but for the story behind it—a story of memory and loss but also of celebration and dedication.

“My job as an art teacher truly helped sculpt the project into what it is today,” he admits.

Scroll to see some recent highlights.

The post Lee John Phillips Teaches Patience with this Emotional Shed Project appeared first on MobiSpirit.

On his social media accounts, he posts sped-up videos where he draws with one color per hand to illuminate his incredibly rare talent.

“The positive support has really inspired me to create more — and the more I create, the more I want to create. Creativity truly breeds creativity,” the artist shared on Bored Panda and added that people’s reaction made him realize how unique his talent is.

Along with being an artist, Darke is also a successful attorney, father, and writer. During his career, he has written for a Brooklyn-based art blog Hyperallergic and was a cultural critic for The Huffington Post.

If you are interested to see his art, check out the gallery below and support his work by following him on Instagram.

The post Colin Darke Posts Sped-Up Videos Drawing With Both Hands appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Tom Booth is an illustrator who creates beautiful storytelling series of images that will captivate anyone’s heart. Booth works with various types of media to create these emotionally driven images, but most often he uses digital drawing and painting. The illustration we love the most is the one that is about a woodworker who lost the love of his life, and it’s showing his process of grieving.

Nevertheless, all of his images are fueled with raw emotion, and we doubt that they will leave you indifferent. Since the illustrations are still in development, the artist doesn’t want to reveal any details except that it’s a story about loss. 

Booth says that what inspired him the most are illustrations that tell stories through smart and witty design. For him, illustrating is a tool for communicating ideas and emotions and a mean of self-expression.   

Scroll down to dive into some pieces of Booth’s poignant and emotional story about the woodworker, but only if you feel ready to experience some intense and deep emotions on that journey.  

The post Heart-Wrenching Visual Stories By Tom Booth appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“And over here we have something completely different, we have a frog, I’m assuming since the shape screams frog to me you know. It’s not happy not sad just sort of indifferent, an indifferent frog with a turtleneck thing,” he says in one of his videos. Try watching them, we promise it’s very entertaining!

Below are several Coffee Doodles we picked for you and you can watch the rest on Jardine’s YouTube channel. Enjoy!

The post David Jardine Draws on Coffee Stains, Improvising Along the Way appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Powell first started drawing on such alternative surfaces after losing the space where he used to work. “After we were evicted from the warehouse in London, at which point I was painting large scale paintings, I had to work smaller,” he tells It’s Nice That. “I had found an envelope that was sent from the trenches in World War One […] and so it started.”

Though he draws many different subjects, the animals may be our favorites. His tools may be simple but the result is always complex and impressive. You can see his work below.

The post Talented Artist Proves You Don’t Need Expensive Tools to Make Great Art appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Ganev’s illustrations are mostly created with a regular pencil, but he adds details using metallic markers that make his art “glow” and gives it a moody vibe. Each illustration transfers a different mood which he expresses using different colors to make his art glow.

“Hi! My name is Angel and I’ve been doing digital art for over 6 years, I’ve never been to art school and I’ve been trying to teach myself how to paint,” he shares on his Patreon profile. Ganev’s Instagram page is quickly approaching half a million followers and we totally get why so many people are loving his simple, yet unique art. 

Check out his profile to see more of his illustrations in various styles. We love it that he’s still finding himself and all of his different work looks equally great. Imagine what he can evolve to as he keeps practicing!

The post Bulgarian Artist Makes Incredible Illustrations That look like they’re Glowing appeared first on MobiSpirit.

His interest in art began after he became interests in animal and nature. Dusan has been able to collect books and gets inspiration for his work from there. Currently, he can be able to draw a large number of animals from his mind. Thanks to encyclopedias, he has learned a lot about the world of animals.

He loves to share his knowledge with his family and friends as well as those interested in his work. He has successfully held six solo exhibitions attracting many people from around the world.

Dusan wrote and illustrated an encyclopedia about prehistoric animals which can be found in bookstores around Serbia. As a young artist, he has a lot of ideas and desires to offer the world.

Enjoy some of his works below. 

The post Teen Creates Impressive Animal Drawings from Memory appeared first on MobiSpirit.

He draws the skyline of cities from memory after one brief helicopter ride over the city and they are beautiful. He was able to draw a detailed picture of four square miles of London and nineteen-foot-long drawing of 305 square miles of New York City after a short helicopter ride over the city that lasted for less than twenty minutes.

Wiltshire made his longest ever panoramic memory drawing of Tokyo on a 32.8-foot-long (10.0 m) canvas in seven days after a helicopter ride over the city.

This tremendous feat ushered him to a new a level and he has since drawn Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem and London on giant canvasses. When Wiltshire drew Rome; it was so detailed that he drew the exact number of columns in the pantheon.

Wiltshire has also published books with one of his books made it to the Sunday Times best-seller list.

The post This Artist Can Draw Any Landscape After Seeing it Just Once appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Thanks to his work of painting on the old photos, the new characters that are created look vintage. Batman and Robin, for example, no longer wear their usual shiny costumes but masks and retro capes. The artist goes even further by imagining unusual scenes such as Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader reconciled, on vacation by the sea.

Alex Gross has published several books grouping his paintings. You can check out some of his most original creations below.

The post This Artist Transforms the Portraits of Our Ancestors into Pop Culture Heroes appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I was frustrated by the demise in work ethic I’ve noticed in recent years,” he shared with The Crafty Gentleman. “People (and pupils) have less patience. They want things instantly. Very few people realize the time that needs to be spent on creating something of value. I thought, foolishly, ‘I’ll show them!‘.”

It was at that moment that an incredible drawing challenge was born: to document every single item in his late grandfather’s shed, as a way of showing the virtue of hard work and dedication. “I made the decision to catalogue everything, even multiples, and have not regretted it since,” Phillips recalls.

According to Phillips, using his late grandfather’s shed as a resource for inspiration was a way for him to pursue the act of illustrating, aiming first to draw every single day.

“I began drawing items from the shed in 2014 and realized that the items in jars and tins were actually more interesting than the tools themselves,” he recounted.

“It also became clear that the format of my sketchbook was unsustainable for the project—I wanted to draw more than just one ‘thing’ per day. That initial sketchbook developed into pages of random objects and I began to enjoy the pattern and repetition that emerged.”

His project soon gained viral attention, not only for its sheer volume (to date, Phillips has illustrated well over 6,500 items and estimates the total over 100,000) but for the story behind it—a story of memory and loss but also of celebration and dedication.

“My job as an art teacher truly helped sculpt the project into what it is today,” he admits.

Scroll to see some recent highlights.

The post Lee John Phillips Teaches Patience with this Emotional Shed Project appeared first on MobiSpirit.

On his social media accounts, he posts sped-up videos where he draws with one color per hand to illuminate his incredibly rare talent.

“The positive support has really inspired me to create more — and the more I create, the more I want to create. Creativity truly breeds creativity,” the artist shared on Bored Panda and added that people’s reaction made him realize how unique his talent is.

Along with being an artist, Darke is also a successful attorney, father, and writer. During his career, he has written for a Brooklyn-based art blog Hyperallergic and was a cultural critic for The Huffington Post.

If you are interested to see his art, check out the gallery below and support his work by following him on Instagram.

The post Colin Darke Posts Sped-Up Videos Drawing With Both Hands appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Tom Booth is an illustrator who creates beautiful storytelling series of images that will captivate anyone’s heart. Booth works with various types of media to create these emotionally driven images, but most often he uses digital drawing and painting. The illustration we love the most is the one that is about a woodworker who lost the love of his life, and it’s showing his process of grieving.

Nevertheless, all of his images are fueled with raw emotion, and we doubt that they will leave you indifferent. Since the illustrations are still in development, the artist doesn’t want to reveal any details except that it’s a story about loss. 

Booth says that what inspired him the most are illustrations that tell stories through smart and witty design. For him, illustrating is a tool for communicating ideas and emotions and a mean of self-expression.   

Scroll down to dive into some pieces of Booth’s poignant and emotional story about the woodworker, but only if you feel ready to experience some intense and deep emotions on that journey.  

The post Heart-Wrenching Visual Stories By Tom Booth appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“And over here we have something completely different, we have a frog, I’m assuming since the shape screams frog to me you know. It’s not happy not sad just sort of indifferent, an indifferent frog with a turtleneck thing,” he says in one of his videos. Try watching them, we promise it’s very entertaining!

Below are several Coffee Doodles we picked for you and you can watch the rest on Jardine’s YouTube channel. Enjoy!

The post David Jardine Draws on Coffee Stains, Improvising Along the Way appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Powell first started drawing on such alternative surfaces after losing the space where he used to work. “After we were evicted from the warehouse in London, at which point I was painting large scale paintings, I had to work smaller,” he tells It’s Nice That. “I had found an envelope that was sent from the trenches in World War One […] and so it started.”

Though he draws many different subjects, the animals may be our favorites. His tools may be simple but the result is always complex and impressive. You can see his work below.

The post Talented Artist Proves You Don’t Need Expensive Tools to Make Great Art appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Ganev’s illustrations are mostly created with a regular pencil, but he adds details using metallic markers that make his art “glow” and gives it a moody vibe. Each illustration transfers a different mood which he expresses using different colors to make his art glow.

“Hi! My name is Angel and I’ve been doing digital art for over 6 years, I’ve never been to art school and I’ve been trying to teach myself how to paint,” he shares on his Patreon profile. Ganev’s Instagram page is quickly approaching half a million followers and we totally get why so many people are loving his simple, yet unique art. 

Check out his profile to see more of his illustrations in various styles. We love it that he’s still finding himself and all of his different work looks equally great. Imagine what he can evolve to as he keeps practicing!

The post Bulgarian Artist Makes Incredible Illustrations That look like they’re Glowing appeared first on MobiSpirit.

His interest in art began after he became interests in animal and nature. Dusan has been able to collect books and gets inspiration for his work from there. Currently, he can be able to draw a large number of animals from his mind. Thanks to encyclopedias, he has learned a lot about the world of animals.

He loves to share his knowledge with his family and friends as well as those interested in his work. He has successfully held six solo exhibitions attracting many people from around the world.

Dusan wrote and illustrated an encyclopedia about prehistoric animals which can be found in bookstores around Serbia. As a young artist, he has a lot of ideas and desires to offer the world.

Enjoy some of his works below. 

The post Teen Creates Impressive Animal Drawings from Memory appeared first on MobiSpirit.

He draws the skyline of cities from memory after one brief helicopter ride over the city and they are beautiful. He was able to draw a detailed picture of four square miles of London and nineteen-foot-long drawing of 305 square miles of New York City after a short helicopter ride over the city that lasted for less than twenty minutes.

Wiltshire made his longest ever panoramic memory drawing of Tokyo on a 32.8-foot-long (10.0 m) canvas in seven days after a helicopter ride over the city.

This tremendous feat ushered him to a new a level and he has since drawn Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem and London on giant canvasses. When Wiltshire drew Rome; it was so detailed that he drew the exact number of columns in the pantheon.

Wiltshire has also published books with one of his books made it to the Sunday Times best-seller list.

The post This Artist Can Draw Any Landscape After Seeing it Just Once appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Thanks to his work of painting on the old photos, the new characters that are created look vintage. Batman and Robin, for example, no longer wear their usual shiny costumes but masks and retro capes. The artist goes even further by imagining unusual scenes such as Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader reconciled, on vacation by the sea.

Alex Gross has published several books grouping his paintings. You can check out some of his most original creations below.

The post This Artist Transforms the Portraits of Our Ancestors into Pop Culture Heroes appeared first on MobiSpirit.