If I could sum up Kimberlie Wong’s illustration in an image, it would be the tranquil monkey sitting on a surfboard amidst a pink abyss (below). “I was born and raised on the island of Oahu,” the recent Art Center grad…
If I could sum up Kimberlie Wong’s illustration in an image, it would be the tranquil monkey sitting on a surfboard amidst a pink abyss (below). “I was born and raised on the island of Oahu,” the recent Art Center grad…
Trained as graphic designer, Freda Cheung has gone analog and sculpts leather creatures by hand. “I’ve always been interested in the ocean,” she tells Frankie Magazine. “Some of my digital artwork shares the ocean theme. Then I saw other artists making animals…
If you feel comforted by tiny animal companions, then RamaLama Creatures is going to make you real happy. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the adorable polymer sculptures are hand painted with a ton of intricate detail…
I have a well-documented love of face planters on Brown Paper Bag. My years-long admiration is because of the playful nature they inherently contain. These delightful objects dress up your plants while creating wild, ever-changing hairstyles for the stoneware characters. Design…
Calgary-based embroiderer Maria Arseniuk adorns geometric-style portraits of animals with stitched bouquets and floral wreaths. Using pre-designed stencils, she heat transfers them onto cotton fabric and then hand-embroiders them with floss. The result is simultaneously graphic and tactile—her blooms have a sculptural effect,…
If you enjoy the imagery in folk tales, then you’re going to love the work of Yeji Yun. The Korean illustrator has created many compositions that revolve around the beloved genre, and they’re these colorful, textural pieces with a whole bunch of imaginative…
Ashley Percival is a UK-based illustrator whose adorable works grace clothing, home decor, stationary, and more. His subjects are animals, and he dresses them in human clothing (glasses, hats, and all) and has them do things like surfboard and ride bikes. They’re…
Ever wanted to own a giant sperm whale? What about a plesiosaur? Well, thanks to Lorien Stern’s Etsy shop, these are achievable goals. The ceramic artist crafts large-scale creatures to hang on your wall, and they evoke the giant game trophies…
In some works of art, you can tell that the illustrator has really attacked the image. Not in a bad or destructive way, of course, but there’s a palpable energy left on the page. That’s how I feel when I look at the…