Late last year, I discovered the magic of illustrated products on wood. I find them so delightful! In particular, I’m interested in original paintings on thin pieces of cut wood. Australian illustrator Sandra Eterovic has a whole series of work (for…
When I was reading about illustrator Noa Snir on her website, she mentioned that she enjoys all things illustrated. “Just about anything that can serve as an excuse to sit down and draw long into the night,” is how she put…
Tin Can Forest a moniker for the collaborative work of Canadian artists Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek. Together, they create sequential art, film, and books that are inspired by the forests of Canada, Slavic art, and occult folklore. When I first…
People, often long and dark haired women, occupy the strange spaces in Daniela Tieni’s work. The surreal images feature them wading through vines, standing on cubed structures in the middle of nowhere, and talking to larger-than-life birds. It’s intriguing if not…
Monica Ramos (previously) is a favorite illustrator of mine, and her talents were recently highlighted in the Rachel Antonoff Fall 2015 fashion show. Patterns featuring frogs in various stages of dissection as well as a high school love triangle adorn a dress,…
Vintage books, magazines, and postcards inspire Brazilian artist and illustrator Laurindo Feliciano. Using these elements, he creates images that are both surreal and nostalgic. The combination (and often collision) of people, flora, and fauna result in pictures that we’ve never…
So, when I featured illustrator Nancy Liang’s nighttime collage scenes last year, I didn’t realize that she was on the cusp of transforming them into something that’s even more awesome! Nancy has since animated her landscapes and added glittering lights, subtle puffs of smoke, and your…
See that raging fire? It’s all constructed out of paper (although you could probably tell that). Polly Lindsay is a London-based illustrator that uses bright hues in her 3D constructions. “Most recently I have become fascinated with paper craft,” she…
Illustrator Sonia Alins Miguel created these surreal and eerie works titled Dones D’Aigua (translation: Water Women), and it makes sense given the subject matter. Naked ladies swim in a gray-blue void. This liquid, liminal space could signify dreams or feelings of unknown. And, by…
If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I love chocolate. LOVE. I can’t seem to turn down sweets, especially in the form of a cupcake or bar. So, when I found a chocolate brand that featured awesome…