surrealism Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 31 Oct 2023 06:18:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Austin Howlett Paints Giants Living Among Us https://mobispirit.com/austin-howlett-paints-giants-living-among-us/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:44:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=26295 What makes an artist truly an artist? Is it the ability to draw skillfully, between the lines, exactly as the teacher taught? Is it practicing hours and hours on end, for years and years straight? From a technical standpoint, yes—it’s crucial for an artist to have the foundational skills to back up his or her […]

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What makes an artist truly an artist? Is it the ability to draw skillfully, between the lines, exactly as the teacher taught? Is it practicing hours and hours on end, for years and years straight? From a technical standpoint, yes—it’s crucial for an artist to have the foundational skills to back up his or her vision. But, friends, being an artist is about so much more than just that.

Austin Howlett, a man with nearly 77,000 followers on Instagram, is the perfect example of a true artist. Beyond his obvious technical skillset, the young man has a vision for what he wants his art to say. A surrealist painter by trade, his art sends messages that are warming to the soul. It’s not hard to see why so many people are falling in love with his works!

What can one gather from a work of art that depicts a giant lying down gracefully amongst mountains? Is it perhaps to say that we are all, in fact, giants in disguise? Giants in heart, giants in soul, giants in spirit? This is but one interpretation and the beauty is that it’s open for anyone to interpret it as they see fit.

If you scroll through Howlett’s page and find yourself getting inspired by his work, why not give him a follow? A little extra inspiration each day never hurts a soul!

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Humans and Animals Dissected in Surreal Illustrations By Paul Jackson https://mobispirit.com/humans-and-animals-dissected-in-surreal-illustrations-by-paul-jackson/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:36:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=22551 Did you ever wonder how living things work? Well, you can get an inaccurate, but highly entertaining answer if you take a look at works of British artist Paul Jackson. Jackson is known for his surreal illustrations in which he dissects animals and humans in a really unique way. His works show their inner parts, […]

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Did you ever wonder how living things work? Well, you can get an inaccurate, but highly entertaining answer if you take a look at works of British artist Paul Jackson.

Jackson is known for his surreal illustrations in which he dissects animals and humans in a really unique way. His works show their inner parts, which are largely different than the science taught us. He imagines sharks as complex machines run by humans, Bugs Bunny as a puppet controlled by an evil genius, and much more.

Jackson, whose works are inspired by pop culture, technology, and science fiction, predominantly works in film and music industry, but also creates art for his fans on social media. Thanks to the popularity of his illustrations, he got a chance to work with some high-profile brands including Universal Studios, SyFy channel, and bands like Pearl Jam and Blink 182.

Check out more of his works below.

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Hansruedi Ramsauer Left His Finance Job to Become a Photo Manipulation Artist https://mobispirit.com/hansruedi-ramsauer-left-his-finance-job-to-become-a-photo-manipulation-artist/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:43:28 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=20372 Unfortunately, many jobs people do are monotonous, uptight, and uncreative. But if we are brave and lucky, we might escape entering the void of dull, nine-to-five living, just like Hansruedi Ramsauer did. He turned his back on a 20-year long career in finance to start his own web design company, and this path took him on a […]

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Unfortunately, many jobs people do are monotonous, uptight, and uncreative. But if we are brave and lucky, we might escape entering the void of dull, nine-to-five living, just like Hansruedi Ramsauer did. He turned his back on a 20-year long career in finance to start his own web design company, and this path took him on a journey he never expected.  

He became a popular digital artist whose photo manipulations are taking over Instagram. From outstanding cityscapes to hypnotizing natural landscapes and beautiful portraits, this Sweedish artist is seizing all new opportunities in life. What is also important, the audience loves his work. So far, he has over 33k supportive followers on Instagram. 

Ramsauer said that sometimes he loves to look at photographs and imagine what he could do with them. That’s how he created some of his most notable and celebrated works. 

Some of his art is influenced by surrealism, and he often plays with human perception. This is probably due to his personal philosophy, according to which perspective is everything – it’s both a part of the problem and a part of the solution. 

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These Breathtaking Surreal Animal Paintings Reinvent Nature https://mobispirit.com/these-breathtaking-surreal-animal-paintings-reinvent-nature/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:52:21 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=19980 Jon Ching is an artist located in Los Angeles whose mesmerizing surreal oil paintings of birds will take your breath away. He paints mostly wildlife, and his specialty is birds. Ching’s goal is to underline the connection between birds and nature. Therefore, he uses special techniques of manipulating colors and textures to turn the traditional […]

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Jon Ching is an artist located in Los Angeles whose mesmerizing surreal oil paintings of birds will take your breath away. He paints mostly wildlife, and his specialty is birds. Ching’s goal is to underline the connection between birds and nature. Therefore, he uses special techniques of manipulating colors and textures to turn the traditional art of painting birds as subjects into something new and innovative. Every one of his paintings is rendered to every single detail, and the compositions of paintings are full of metaphors.   

Ching’s interest in birds began after he discovered a fascinating bird photography book. He became inspired by the complexity and power of birds. In his paintings of bird portraits, he replaces things that look similar to appreciate nature’s interconnectedness and adaptation.

Ching is impressed by the symbiosis found in nature as a natural phenomenon and as a metaphor.   

If you’d like to rest your eye and inspire yourself by some fine art, we strongly recommend scrolling down and checking out Ching’s paintings!  

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The Surreal Digital Creations of Philip Lück https://mobispirit.com/the-surreal-digital-creations-of-philip-luck/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 06:00:37 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=8373 Looking at the works of young German designer Philip Lück, you could never tell that he has learned the art of graphic design and 3D illustration all by himself. Philip plays masterfully with our perception of objects, space and surfaces, creating images that manipulate our reality. Lück chooses for his experiments mostly objects that populate […]

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Looking at the works of young German designer Philip Lück, you could never tell that he has learned the art of graphic design and 3D illustration all by himself. Philip plays masterfully with our perception of objects, space and surfaces, creating images that manipulate our reality.

Lück chooses for his experiments mostly objects that populate our reality, that we have under our eyes every day, like social media, or cigarettes, or home appliances, and plays freely with their look and purpose, using shapes, words and colors to achieve surrealist visual contrast.

Certainly Lück succeeds in his intent, which is to make us smile.

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Heres a Tip: Follow Celebrated Artist, Mark Ryden, on Instagram https://mobispirit.com/heres-a-tip-follow-celebrated-artist-mark-ryden-on-instagram/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:20:29 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=9414 Hate it or love it, it’s hard to stay indifferent to a Mark Ryden piece. His singular style blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art, garnering attention in the 1990s when he ushered a new genre of painting, tagged aptly as “Pop Surrealism.” Based in Portland, Oregon, his paintings have been exhibited in […]

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Hate it or love it, it’s hard to stay indifferent to a Mark Ryden piece. His singular style blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art, garnering attention in the 1990s when he ushered a new genre of painting, tagged aptly as “Pop Surrealism.”

Based in Portland, Oregon, his paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a career-spanning retrospective “Cámara de las maravillas” at The Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Málaga, as well as an earlier retrospective “Wondertoonel” at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and Pasadena Museum of California Art.

“I’ve often said that it is the diversity of my inspirations that most defines my art,” he told Plastik Magazine. “I look at many things for inspiration. I collect and hoard lots of things and lots of junk. My studio and house is overflowing with stuff. I collect old children’s books, interesting product packages, toys, photographs, medical models, and religious statues.”

“I also have an extensive collection of books on art,” he said. “I love the old masters more that contemporary art, so most of my books are on artist like Ingers, David, Bronzino, and Carpacio with just a few contemporaries like Neo Rauch and Loretta Lux.”

Be sure to check his Instagram page, if you haven’t already.

View this post on Instagram

Eye #quintessence132 #hongkongculturalcentre

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Get Inspired by Antireality’s Dream-like Architecture https://mobispirit.com/get-inspired-by-antirealitys-dream-like-architecture/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:54:21 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=8611 Antireality is a collection of conceptual architectural proposals, often abstract visions of alternative worlds, using brightly colored materials and exquisitely bold forms. If you visit their website or Instagram page, you’ll be awe-struck by delicate and brave experimental work that escapes realism and pragmatism and freely ventures into the world of ideas, visualizing a world […]

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Antireality is a collection of conceptual architectural proposals, often abstract visions of alternative worlds, using brightly colored materials and exquisitely bold forms. If you visit their website or Instagram page, you’ll be awe-struck by delicate and brave experimental work that escapes realism and pragmatism and freely ventures into the world of ideas, visualizing a world of limitless opportunities for architecture.

“The alternative world of Antireality is characterized by the absence of limitations and standards, it is an experimental space that at time borders between dream and reality. Antireality is a diary of my architectural imaginations and non-materialized ideas aiming to stimulate recipient’s imagination,” says the creator of the works.

One of the most popular designs features an innovative concept for a one-story summerhouse divided into two principal parts: a living space, and a rooftop swimming pool. Others include forest pavilions, tropical villas, futuristic restaurants and epic observatories.

“For me, nature is one of the main sources of inspiration. My design ideas are frequently stimulated not only by intriguing forms created by nature, but also by attempts to embed architectural structures into the natural context”, adds Antireality.

We can only hope that some ambitious engineers begin to take note.

Check out their mind-blowing designs below!

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> surrealism Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 31 Oct 2023 06:18:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Austin Howlett Paints Giants Living Among Us https://mobispirit.com/austin-howlett-paints-giants-living-among-us/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:44:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=26295 What makes an artist truly an artist? Is it the ability to draw skillfully, between the lines, exactly as the teacher taught? Is it practicing hours and hours on end, for years and years straight? From a technical standpoint, yes—it’s crucial for an artist to have the foundational skills to back up his or her […]

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What makes an artist truly an artist? Is it the ability to draw skillfully, between the lines, exactly as the teacher taught? Is it practicing hours and hours on end, for years and years straight? From a technical standpoint, yes—it’s crucial for an artist to have the foundational skills to back up his or her vision. But, friends, being an artist is about so much more than just that.

Austin Howlett, a man with nearly 77,000 followers on Instagram, is the perfect example of a true artist. Beyond his obvious technical skillset, the young man has a vision for what he wants his art to say. A surrealist painter by trade, his art sends messages that are warming to the soul. It’s not hard to see why so many people are falling in love with his works!

What can one gather from a work of art that depicts a giant lying down gracefully amongst mountains? Is it perhaps to say that we are all, in fact, giants in disguise? Giants in heart, giants in soul, giants in spirit? This is but one interpretation and the beauty is that it’s open for anyone to interpret it as they see fit.

If you scroll through Howlett’s page and find yourself getting inspired by his work, why not give him a follow? A little extra inspiration each day never hurts a soul!

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Humans and Animals Dissected in Surreal Illustrations By Paul Jackson https://mobispirit.com/humans-and-animals-dissected-in-surreal-illustrations-by-paul-jackson/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:36:00 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=22551 Did you ever wonder how living things work? Well, you can get an inaccurate, but highly entertaining answer if you take a look at works of British artist Paul Jackson. Jackson is known for his surreal illustrations in which he dissects animals and humans in a really unique way. His works show their inner parts, […]

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Did you ever wonder how living things work? Well, you can get an inaccurate, but highly entertaining answer if you take a look at works of British artist Paul Jackson.

Jackson is known for his surreal illustrations in which he dissects animals and humans in a really unique way. His works show their inner parts, which are largely different than the science taught us. He imagines sharks as complex machines run by humans, Bugs Bunny as a puppet controlled by an evil genius, and much more.

Jackson, whose works are inspired by pop culture, technology, and science fiction, predominantly works in film and music industry, but also creates art for his fans on social media. Thanks to the popularity of his illustrations, he got a chance to work with some high-profile brands including Universal Studios, SyFy channel, and bands like Pearl Jam and Blink 182.

Check out more of his works below.

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Hansruedi Ramsauer Left His Finance Job to Become a Photo Manipulation Artist https://mobispirit.com/hansruedi-ramsauer-left-his-finance-job-to-become-a-photo-manipulation-artist/ Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:43:28 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=20372 Unfortunately, many jobs people do are monotonous, uptight, and uncreative. But if we are brave and lucky, we might escape entering the void of dull, nine-to-five living, just like Hansruedi Ramsauer did. He turned his back on a 20-year long career in finance to start his own web design company, and this path took him on a […]

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Unfortunately, many jobs people do are monotonous, uptight, and uncreative. But if we are brave and lucky, we might escape entering the void of dull, nine-to-five living, just like Hansruedi Ramsauer did. He turned his back on a 20-year long career in finance to start his own web design company, and this path took him on a journey he never expected.  

He became a popular digital artist whose photo manipulations are taking over Instagram. From outstanding cityscapes to hypnotizing natural landscapes and beautiful portraits, this Sweedish artist is seizing all new opportunities in life. What is also important, the audience loves his work. So far, he has over 33k supportive followers on Instagram. 

Ramsauer said that sometimes he loves to look at photographs and imagine what he could do with them. That’s how he created some of his most notable and celebrated works. 

Some of his art is influenced by surrealism, and he often plays with human perception. This is probably due to his personal philosophy, according to which perspective is everything – it’s both a part of the problem and a part of the solution. 

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These Breathtaking Surreal Animal Paintings Reinvent Nature https://mobispirit.com/these-breathtaking-surreal-animal-paintings-reinvent-nature/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:52:21 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=19980 Jon Ching is an artist located in Los Angeles whose mesmerizing surreal oil paintings of birds will take your breath away. He paints mostly wildlife, and his specialty is birds. Ching’s goal is to underline the connection between birds and nature. Therefore, he uses special techniques of manipulating colors and textures to turn the traditional […]

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Jon Ching is an artist located in Los Angeles whose mesmerizing surreal oil paintings of birds will take your breath away. He paints mostly wildlife, and his specialty is birds. Ching’s goal is to underline the connection between birds and nature. Therefore, he uses special techniques of manipulating colors and textures to turn the traditional art of painting birds as subjects into something new and innovative. Every one of his paintings is rendered to every single detail, and the compositions of paintings are full of metaphors.   

Ching’s interest in birds began after he discovered a fascinating bird photography book. He became inspired by the complexity and power of birds. In his paintings of bird portraits, he replaces things that look similar to appreciate nature’s interconnectedness and adaptation.

Ching is impressed by the symbiosis found in nature as a natural phenomenon and as a metaphor.   

If you’d like to rest your eye and inspire yourself by some fine art, we strongly recommend scrolling down and checking out Ching’s paintings!  

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The Surreal Digital Creations of Philip Lück https://mobispirit.com/the-surreal-digital-creations-of-philip-luck/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 06:00:37 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=8373 Looking at the works of young German designer Philip Lück, you could never tell that he has learned the art of graphic design and 3D illustration all by himself. Philip plays masterfully with our perception of objects, space and surfaces, creating images that manipulate our reality. Lück chooses for his experiments mostly objects that populate […]

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Looking at the works of young German designer Philip Lück, you could never tell that he has learned the art of graphic design and 3D illustration all by himself. Philip plays masterfully with our perception of objects, space and surfaces, creating images that manipulate our reality.

Lück chooses for his experiments mostly objects that populate our reality, that we have under our eyes every day, like social media, or cigarettes, or home appliances, and plays freely with their look and purpose, using shapes, words and colors to achieve surrealist visual contrast.

Certainly Lück succeeds in his intent, which is to make us smile.

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Heres a Tip: Follow Celebrated Artist, Mark Ryden, on Instagram https://mobispirit.com/heres-a-tip-follow-celebrated-artist-mark-ryden-on-instagram/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:20:29 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=9414 Hate it or love it, it’s hard to stay indifferent to a Mark Ryden piece. His singular style blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art, garnering attention in the 1990s when he ushered a new genre of painting, tagged aptly as “Pop Surrealism.” Based in Portland, Oregon, his paintings have been exhibited in […]

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Hate it or love it, it’s hard to stay indifferent to a Mark Ryden piece. His singular style blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art, garnering attention in the 1990s when he ushered a new genre of painting, tagged aptly as “Pop Surrealism.”

Based in Portland, Oregon, his paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a career-spanning retrospective “Cámara de las maravillas” at The Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Málaga, as well as an earlier retrospective “Wondertoonel” at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and Pasadena Museum of California Art.

“I’ve often said that it is the diversity of my inspirations that most defines my art,” he told Plastik Magazine. “I look at many things for inspiration. I collect and hoard lots of things and lots of junk. My studio and house is overflowing with stuff. I collect old children’s books, interesting product packages, toys, photographs, medical models, and religious statues.”

“I also have an extensive collection of books on art,” he said. “I love the old masters more that contemporary art, so most of my books are on artist like Ingers, David, Bronzino, and Carpacio with just a few contemporaries like Neo Rauch and Loretta Lux.”

Be sure to check his Instagram page, if you haven’t already.

View this post on Instagram

Eye #quintessence132 #hongkongculturalcentre

A post shared by Mark Ryden (@markryden) on

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Get Inspired by Antireality’s Dream-like Architecture https://mobispirit.com/get-inspired-by-antirealitys-dream-like-architecture/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:54:21 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=8611 Antireality is a collection of conceptual architectural proposals, often abstract visions of alternative worlds, using brightly colored materials and exquisitely bold forms. If you visit their website or Instagram page, you’ll be awe-struck by delicate and brave experimental work that escapes realism and pragmatism and freely ventures into the world of ideas, visualizing a world […]

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Antireality is a collection of conceptual architectural proposals, often abstract visions of alternative worlds, using brightly colored materials and exquisitely bold forms. If you visit their website or Instagram page, you’ll be awe-struck by delicate and brave experimental work that escapes realism and pragmatism and freely ventures into the world of ideas, visualizing a world of limitless opportunities for architecture.

“The alternative world of Antireality is characterized by the absence of limitations and standards, it is an experimental space that at time borders between dream and reality. Antireality is a diary of my architectural imaginations and non-materialized ideas aiming to stimulate recipient’s imagination,” says the creator of the works.

One of the most popular designs features an innovative concept for a one-story summerhouse divided into two principal parts: a living space, and a rooftop swimming pool. Others include forest pavilions, tropical villas, futuristic restaurants and epic observatories.

“For me, nature is one of the main sources of inspiration. My design ideas are frequently stimulated not only by intriguing forms created by nature, but also by attempts to embed architectural structures into the natural context”, adds Antireality.

We can only hope that some ambitious engineers begin to take note.

Check out their mind-blowing designs below!

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