Art

January 19, 2020

Interview: Artist Spends 5 Years Drawing Giant Colored Pencil Map of North America

Artist and cartographer Anton Thomas is making waves for his enormous, hand-drawn map of North America. Executed in pen and colored pencil over the course of nearly 5 years, he spent almost 4,000 hours creating this incredibly detailed view of the continent. It's an ambitious project that required Thomas' dedication and a lot of sacrifice; but in the end, he was rewarded both personally and professionally for his trouble.

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January 14, 2020

Interview: Artist Walks in Snow All Day to Create Giant Geometric Patterns by Foot

Outdoor enthusiast and cartographer Simon Beck has carved his own path in the art world—literally. For over a decade, he has been a snow artist who walks soccer ball-sized fields and creates striking geometric designs in the untouched powder. The mandala-esque circles and tumbling triangles unfold slowly with each step—his version of a brushstroke on a white canvas.

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January 12, 2020

Artist Fills Her Sketchbooks With Fantasy Worlds You’ll Want to Live In

It's easy to fall into the world of a beautifully crafted illustration. Sometimes, the longer you look, the more detail you notice. Such is the specialty of Polish artist Renata Krawczyk, whose talent shines in the dreamy detailed worlds she draws in her sketchbooks with her pens and pencils. Based in Lódź, Krawczyk graduated from the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Art before pursuing her own creative practice.

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January 8, 2020

Surreal Paintings Reimagine NYC Subway Passengers as Half-Human, Half-Animal Hybrids

Most of us know that riding public transportation is like entering an entirely different world. Whether it's subways or buses, we're surrounded by interesting strangers going about their usual lives like ourselves. Nowadays, we typically occupy ourselves with our phones to block out the crowds. Artist Matthew Grabelsky explores this phenomenon in his series of uncanny paintings entitled Passengers.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.