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Incredible Hand-Drawn Works (With a Digital Twist)


  

Within the creative community there seems to be an ongoing divide between the realms of digital art, and traditional (non-digital) art. Often traditional art is viewed as somewhat archaic, conjuring images of the Mona Lisa or a Monet landscape. Whilst these masterpieces, and much of traditional art is of course pivotal to our conceptions of art and creativity, there still exists this divide in relation to the digital medium.

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February 3, 2012 at 9:00 am Comments (0)

30 Examples of Impressive Concept Art

For both video games and comic books, concept artists are necessary to create the aesthetically-pleasing visuals that enhance the storyline’s action and drama. From simple …

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January 30, 2012 at 8:00 am Comments (0)

A Tribute to The Dreamer – Martin Luther King Jr. Art

The 1963 TIME Magazine Man of the Year and youngest ever awardee of the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. will forever be remembered …

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January 10, 2012 at 4:00 pm Comments (0)

Stunning Digital Art Inspired by Video Games


  

Since their inception, video games have provided great inspiration for offline artists and digital artists alike. Video games generally adhere to a fantasy theme, which is perhaps what makes them so intriguing visually. Often characters are exaggerated human forms, with bulging bodies, enormous power, or great speed and agility. Many games include characters of another species, possessing magical powers and skills.

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January 3, 2012 at 9:00 am Comments (0)

40 Cool Vector Characters To Inspire You

Vectors can be very inspirational. These require good skills and great imagination to stand out. Here’s a collection we’ve made of some cool characters that we think stand out. Here you’ll find many different styles and subjects.
We hope these can inspire you for your own art or design work. Just click on the titles of [...]

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December 15, 2011 at 6:24 am Comments (0)

FYI Monday: Asylum Exhibit by The Luminarium

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. The Luminarium is a modern international art group with talented+ Continue Reading

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December 12, 2011 at 6:41 am Comments (0)

40 Extraordinary Renditions of The Avengers

Reading and collecting The Avengers comic book series has long been a pastime for action and sci-fi lovers alike. Because of the godly superpowers the …

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November 30, 2011 at 4:00 pm Comments (0)

A Showcase of Still Life Digital Paintings


  

As our technology evolves, so do the industries and professionals driven by it. Painters, once only using brushes and canvas have seen so many amazing new strides in digital painting software over the years, have taken to these new applications like a fish to water. And so many brilliant and inspiring digital paintings have poured from the galleries since. Which is what brings us to this post today.

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November 23, 2011 at 11:00 am Comments (0)

30 Impressive Samples of Cubism in Digital Art

Cubism is the concept of objects being broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled into abstracted forms. Instead of depicting subjects from only one viewpoint, this kind …

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November 21, 2011 at 4:00 pm Comments (0)

Funny Celebrity Caricatures – 44 Awesome Examples

Caricatures take peoples features and blow them out of proportions. This often results in some funny results, and that’s what we’re going to have a closer look at today. These celebrity caricatures have been made by artists with great creativity and talent. Here you’ll see a mix of many different celebrities, and we’re guessing that [...]

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November 4, 2011 at 5:34 am Comments (0)

Surreal Fantasy Photomanipulation

Intro: Photo manipulation is always a fun to work on and also has the scope to explore more interesting techniques to get and interesting and unique output. In this tutorial we are going to cover important topics like: Creating advanced and realistic shadow effect. Digital painting. Discussing Depth of Field (DOF), how to add and [...]

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October 29, 2011 at 11:40 am Comments (0)

Face Projection Creates Digital and Artistic Representation of Human Facial Expressions

With facial recognition growing as a consumer technology in itself, using expressions and gestures to interact with robots and machines has increased dramatically.

What once was a solely human domain has now begun to be understood by computers and mac…

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October 27, 2011 at 4:45 pm Comments (0)

Digital Painting Masterpieces that will Make You Dream

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Some paintings can be worth even more. Every day, hundreds of digitally made artworks are uploaded …

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October 10, 2011 at 3:00 pm Comments (0)

A Tribute to Apple’s Steve Jobs

  Steve Jobs is probably one of the best innovators of our time and the news of his death has saddened the world. He may …

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October 8, 2011 at 12:36 am Comments (0)

FYI Monday: Beautifully Vibrant Designs by Jeroen van Eerden

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. Jeroen van Eerden is a 25-year old freelance graphic designer based+ Continue Reading

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September 26, 2011 at 7:37 am Comments (0)

FYI Monday: Episodes by Designers Against Child Slavery

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. DACS (Designers Against Child Slavery) is a design collective that+ Continue Reading

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September 19, 2011 at 6:01 am Comments (0)

FYI Monday: Episodes by Designers Against Child Slavery

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. DACS (Designers Against Child Slavery) is a design collective that+ Continue Reading

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September 19, 2011 at 6:01 am Comments (0)

FYI Monday: Fantastic Digital Art by Nicolas Monin-Baroille

This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday Series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. Nicolas Monin-Baroille, better know as “The Unknown Being”, is a designer+ Continue Reading

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August 29, 2011 at 8:14 am Comments (0)

Get Inspired: Vampires in Digital Art

Today we’re going to look at some digital art that can inspire us with their colors, styles and techniques used. Vampires are at the moment extremely popular, from Twilight to Vampire Diaries. Here are some great and inspiring pieces of digital art that all involve vampires. Click on any image to see the full sized [...]

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August 28, 2011 at 12:55 pm Comments (0)

Get Inspired: 25 Beautiful Butterflies

  Today we’ve put together a nice collection of some digital artworks that feature butterflies. These show us great skills and creativity, and are a great spring and summer topic. Maybe these will bring you that summer spirit and some creativity. Click on the images if you want to take a closer look at the [...]

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August 22, 2011 at 12:55 pm Comments (0)

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