Monica Lee has been a digital artist for 12 years, and she has finally decided to pursue her dream job as an illustrator. She effortlessly pencils complex portraits of freckled girls and guys, many of these art pieces taking 3 to 4 weeks to finish. Some of her drawings are based on pictures by other […]
Category: Drawing
Beware the Weeping Devil
American illustrator and artist Jon MacNair has a unique style that is grounded in surrealism and Gothic whimsy. Sticking with a mostly black and white palette, his creations are crammed with so many ghoulish delights: woodland spirits resurrecting the dead, battles with mythical monsters, and trees growing out of the back of mysterious animals. Here […]
Portraits of Famous Actors
Dutch artist Rik Reimert explains to me how he loves to see his drawings come to life as soon as the eyes are completed. His expressive portraits are shaded in linear and cross-hatching techniques; inked with Rotring Rapidograph pens. Reimert has focused on black and white art, most of his illustrations taking 6 to 10 […]
The Girl with Violet Eyes
Warning: Contains nudity. During my online chat with Philippine artist Mek Yambao she mentioned exploring random ideas and stories in her art. Although this sounds rather spontaneous, she still bases her work on main interests like nature, eroticism, spirituality, and existence. “I’ve always been intrigued by altered states and the multiverse so I explore them […]
Stars Captured by Photorealist Artist
At the tender age of 20 years old, college student Heather Rooney is making quite the name for herself online with her hyperrealist sketches. Her favourite subjects are the well-known faces of today’s celebrities. Everyone from Ellen Degeneres to Christiano Ronaldo has been portrayed by her impressive pencil. Definitely check out her Youtube page to see […]
10 Celebrity Caricatures by Various Illustrators
Although Robert Pattinson has been included in this list, most illustrators tend to choose celebrities who have more wrinkles, or a big nose, or just facial personality that isn’t too symmetric and pretty. An example of this is literary Noble Prize winner Jose Saramago (who I met once at a book signing) whose face works wonders […]
Samarina’s Bright Colored Drawings and Tattoos
You may see artists using saturated colors in a tacky manner, but when it comes to Nika Samarina her wildlife drawings and assorted theme tattoos are vibrant and selective. There is clearly a European aesthetic to the way she controls the use of bright yellow and green, not going overboard like some Latin American painters. […]
The Swiss Doodler
Artist Jared Muralt has drawn a lot of cool things from WWII comic book art to images for gig posters, but what stands out for me is his Moleskine doodles that indeed look natural, without any preparation and beautifully show imperfections. Selected here are nine drawings made with Faber-Castell fiber-tip pens from various sketchbooks. 1. Muralt, Jared. […]
Bizarre Pencil Drawings
From the streets of Macerata, Italy graphic designer and illustrator Nicola Alessandrini concocts all manner of surreal and bizarre delights. In his latest series, the imagery that he has fashioned is an eccentric mix of weeping, grotesque babies combined with visions of animal carcasses and misshapen human forms. Disturbingly good. Images © Nicola Alessandrini Via Proteus […]
Floating Above the Buildings
We are returning to the finely detailed and subtly surreal art of the Vietnamese-born, US-based Tran Nguyen. You can see our earlier post of her work here. Her new set of paintings depict delicate young women resting on top of old buildings, sleeping or sometimes posing in the middle of the street as giant figures. […]