I’ve been a fan of Allyson Mellberg Taylor’s drawings for several years now, but only recently realized that she creates illustrative ceramics, too! Her slightly grotesque portraits have made their way onto vintage dinner plates where the subjects have pimples, two heads, and…
Sabine Timm is the master of personifying the inanimate object. I’ve followed her work for years (she’s one of the first people I followed on Flickr), and she has never ceased to amaze me with her delightful scenes and arrangements.…
Ever since I made a repeating pattern this week, I’ve been jonesing to make some more! So, here are 10 of ’em as inspiration. You can see that there are all different subject matters, illustrative styles, and color combinations possible; but clearly, florals are…
Ya’ll. Ever since Lisa sent me the link to Mirdinara Kitchen, I’ve been admiring the entire line of tea towels. They are designed by illustrator Dinara Mirtalipova and are inspired by her ethnic background and folklore (she’s originally from Tashkent, Uzbekistan).…
The Spanish collective Barruntando creates adorable, hand-painted characters out of clay. Sleepy foxes, baby sloths, miniature crocodiles, and more are all available in their Etsy shop. Some, like the piece above, serve a dual purpose aside from just looking cute; they…
In honor of the newly-launched Collage Scrap Exchange (have you signed up yet??), I wanted to devote today’s post to collage artists! Specifically, those that use photographs to create their imaginative works. You see that the crazy combination you can…
Laura Bird is an illustrator and maker based in London. One of the things that she makes are stoneware sculptures, a lot of which feature figures and cats. The ladies on rocks are my personal favorite, but I enjoy all…
Happy Friday! Hopefully you have some fun things planned for your weekend — I know I do! In the meantime, check out these 10 illustrations I’ve seen lately and liked! Some are from my favorite illustrators while others are new…
Paper sculpture has always wowed me. How do artists form such intricate works?! It’s incredible. These small, sculpted birds by Diana Beltran Herrera are gorgeous and eerily life-like; you might not even know they were made of paper. The fowl feature…
Animated GIFS are wonderful, and so many illustrators have created colorful, beautiful works that are like watching a tiny film. I love the subtly that some of these animations use, and how you really must study them to see the…