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Hikari Shimoda’s paintings might look sweet at first glance, but upon further inspection what seems enchanting turns out to be quite alarming - a disarming landscape where cuteness and horror coexist. Based in Nagano, Japan, Shimoda first studied illustration at Kyoto Saga University...

Award-winning author and illustrator Christopher Silas Neal deserves the hype. His picture books are both playful and observant, his style - retro and naive. Aside from writing, he also designs book jackets and posters, and regularly makes editorial art for magazines and newspapers including The New York Times and The...

Named by Vogue as one of the fashion industry's most in-demand illustrators, Jeanette Getrost is an internationally recognized artist. But starting out, she didn't even know fashion illustration was a thing. “I assumed that you could either be a designer or a model,” Getrost admitted in an interview...

Fernando Nunes is a talented artist from Brazil who draws colorful illustrations in a unique style. His works are usually inspired by pop culture motifs and the world that surrounds him. Nunes started drawing since a young age, and thanks to the support of his artistic...

For San Francisco-based textile artist, Lauren DiCioccio, fibers, textiles, and embroideries are connected to memories and nostalgia. Using hand-sewing and hand-embroidery, her art explores the tactility of its materials - how an objects form and disintegrates. Having studied painting, she began embroidering and...

Lauren Fitzmaurice is a full-time elementary teacher, a wife, and a mom to two little boys. But as it turns out, she's also a master of pointed pen calligraphy. Having come to lettering only in 2015, she's managed to hone her craft in a relatively short time....

Jenna Bouma (aka Slower Black) is a master in hand-poke tattooing. Using the shamisen-bori method - meaning she doesn't use a machine - she sticks to a black and grey palette, with her style blending together the traditional and the modern. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3F4DYSADix/

Judi Tavill's ceramic sculptures are much more than that - they're forms that blossom, breathe in and out, and twist and turn, reminding of a living organism or a coral reef. Inspired by textures and shapes found in nature, she enjoys frequent travels with her family and...

When we were growing up we all wanted to be Disney princesses; they're so glamours and their makeup and outfits were always on point. Many of us are still waiting for our prince charming to sweep us off our feet. Makeup artist Laís Cordeiro Rosa took this...

Volkswagen Beetle is one of the most iconic cars ever made. Known for its distinctive oval shape, the car started being manufactured in 1938 and enjoys massive popularity even today, with people constantly coming up with great ways to modify Beetle and give it a new life. The latest example...