Secrets of Lyric Creation: Create the Unique Soul of Songs
Creating unique lyrics is challenging, quite difficult to be honest. You have to use your hidden inner talents to write well. But it’s not as difficult as magic. You can develop this craft and gradually become a master of lyric…
Lifelike Sculptures by Diana Beltrán Herrera Recreate Flora and Fauna in Intricately Cut Paper
Colombian artist Diana Beltrán Herrera (previously) adds to her growing collection of intricate paper sculptures with new plant and animal life. From her studio in Bristol, the artist and designer recreates lifelike reproductions of turacos, monarchs, and various species with nearly perfect…
A Pop-Up Homage to Caspar Henderson’s Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Maria Chernakova
Russian designer Maria Chernakova, who uses Mary Komary as her professional name, created a unique pop-up interpretation of one of her favorite books. The original beloved tome by Caspar Henderson, titled The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, is a comprehensive guide to…
Swelling With Sugary Pastels, Pip & Pop’s Psychedelic Installations Revel in Food Utopias
“I’m fascinated by fictional geographies and paradise mythologies, places where we can escape our earthly realities,” says artist Tanya Schultz, also known as Pip & Pop, whose large-scale candied cacophonies explode with sugary pastels and delicious textures (previously). “These places may…
Kelly O’Dell Brings Extinct Creatures Back to Life through Vibrant Colored Glass
Before going extinct more than 65 million years ago, ammonites were cephalopods that roamed marine landscapes donning coiled shell exteriors. Now, they serve as index fossils that provide a valuable look into a geologic period far before our existence. Captivated…
A Mammoth Book Catalogs a Vibrant Spectrum of Color Charts Spanning 600 Years
From chemists’ plant-derived dyes to consumer paint swatches displayed at the hardware store, the history of color charts reflects a varied relationship between pigments, science, culture, and commerce. Anne Varichon in her forthcoming book explores the entwined evolution of this…
Jean Mallard Hides Enchanting Mysteries Under the Dreamy Shroud of Dusk
Awash in blues and greens, Jean Mallard’s watercolor illustrations plunge us into enchanting worlds of knights, castles, and dark forests. The Paris-based artist gravitates toward mystery and magic, rendering tiny characters amid vast landscapes of rolling hills and pastel skies. Many…
Maria A. Guzmán Capron’s Entwined Figures Emerge from Boldly Patterned Patchworks
In many ways, Maria A. Guzmán Capron’s practice is about embracing circularity. Using textiles gathered from discount stores, resale shops, and friends, Capron stitches stylized figures whose bodies emerge from entangled clusters of limbs or coquettishly pose against the gallery wall,…
Fashion Illustrations with Embroidered Accents and Accessories by Izziyana Suhaimi
Singapore-based artist Izziyana Suhaimi introduces embroidered accents to her carefully rendered pencil and watercolor illustrations. Patterns of flowers unfold much like a tapestry across the paper canvas creating pieces she refers to as “evidence of the hand and of time.” For her…
Illustrations Transform Nike Air Maxes Into Concepts That Pay Homage to Their History
London-based creative agency Rosie Lee took the original design inspirations for iconic sneakers and turned them into conceptual sculptures that architects and sneakerheads will especially appreciate. Paying homage to the Centre Pompidou, the museum in Paris that inspired legendary Nike designer Tinker Hatfield to…