For many artists with a sense of humor, comics are a no-brainer when it comes to visually expressing their ideas and feelings. Taking the form of sequential images with overlaid captions and speech bubbles, the narrative art form first became popular in America and Japan during the mid-20th century.
Philadelphia-based artist Lindsay Rapp creates ethereal mixed media art featuring mythical sea goddesses.
At first glance, these portraits of Japanese women look like a series of stunning photographs.
For fans of manga art, you might look at this image of two racing cars and think it’s an illustration from the famous Initial D series by Shuichi Shigeno—a story about illegal Japanese street racing, created in the ‘90s. However, take a closer look and you’ll see that it’s actually a photograph of a diorama, created using model toy cars, hand-painted in the series’ characteristic, graphic style.
Multi-award-winning illustrator and artist Tran Nguyen creates ethereal paintings and colored pencil drawings that look like they’re straight out of...
Venezuelan urban sketcher Juan Carlos Figuera documents the streets of Paris with expressive watercolor paintings.
British contemporary sculptor Martin Debenham creates stainless steel wire sculptures inspired by fantasy and nature. Working with a malleable material that has endless potential, the self-taught artist’s growing collection of wire art features impressive structures rendered from intricate twists, bends, and expert welding. Appearing as though they’re three-dimensional line drawings, most of Debenham’s metal masterpieces are made for outdoor display.
National Geographic photographer, speaker, author, and conservationist Joel Sartore is the founder of the Photo Ark, an inspiring project that...
If you were asked to name the most beautiful species of bird in the world, it’s unlikely that “chicken” would...
London-based self-taught artist Carl Lavia aka “Sketch” creates large-scale, architectural pen drawings of cityscapes from an aerial viewpoint. For his most recent, ongoing series, the talented artist has teamed up with photographer Lorna Le Bredonchel. Together, known as Sketch in the City, the pair formed the ambitious 69 cities of the UK project—an epic road trip across Britain, where they plan to create large-scale sketches of all 69 cities in the UK.
There’s nothing better than curling up with a good book and being transported into another world—especially for those who want...
British artist and illustrator Natasha Newton uses found beach pebbles, sea glass, and fragments of pottery as her canvas.
