Mexican illustrator Erick Gonzaga is known as The Freak. “I’m a monster guy and drawing is the way I express myself. All these creatures and illustrations are a part of me and my twisted dreams.” [1] Using thin permanent markers he makes a unique rendition of the Ouroboros (above) and a delightfully sinister image of […]
Category: Skulls
The Digital Skull Pulses with Life
Chemical Rawness is the latest project from Hamburg-based art director, designer and artist Antoni Tudisco. He envisions a series of abstract portraits done in highly stylised 3D. The colours that he creates, the final look is akin to the tint and hue of the veins which pulse through our bodies, are marvellous. Images © Antoni Tudisco […]
Anamorphic Illusions by Truly Design
Turin-based street art collective Truly Design have done it again. One of their new projects is a collaboration with the Polytechnic Federal School of Lausanne, as part of an “Art on Science” public exhibition, focused primarily on optical illusions. The works by Truly Design are intelligent pieces which quietly subvert the cliches of traditional optical […]
The Rhino and the Skull by Ivan Kamargio
Ivan Kamargio is a graphic designer, photographer and illustrator from Mexico. The style of imagery in his art is defined by the macabre and the surreal. We’ve got an array of skulls and metamorphosis of women into exotic birds. When you look closely at the way he manipulates his pencil you can see a great level of skill, particularly, in his shading […]
Foreign Tattooers Working in a Portuguese Studio
Last February, Piranha Tattoo Studios won second place for “Best Color” at the 19th Milano Tattoo Convention. It is no wonder they did so well because they have a good group of artists in their shop like Robert Zyla, Sergey Gas… plus guest artist Pavel Krim. If you have something to cover-up or looking for […]
Beautifully Illustrating Life and Death
Canadian visual artist and tattooer Kit King (killer name by the way) does a great line in finely detailed and beautifully rendered black and white drawings. The imagery she creates is rooted in darkness, with symbols of death like skulls reappearing frequently, and the level of realism she achieves is stunning. Artwork © Kit King
Sliced Bones: Tattoos from Russia
If you gather all the knives, axes, bugs, animal skulls and traps, you will likely have enough props for a horror movie. Some of Roman Boyko’s tattoos look like they came out of a slasher film, or just a sinister edition of an anatomy book. He uses black ink to illustrate the vertebral column and […]
Dali’s Skull Illusion Still Inspires
Note: Contains nudity. A skull formed by seven nude women is an optical illusion by Salvador Dali, who first made a gouache painting of it titled “In Voluptas Mors” which translates to a desirable death. In 1951, he adapted the work to a live photo shoot with Latvia photographer Philippe Halsman, as shown in the […]