London-based fashion designer Louise Körner remembers admiring her mother's wardrobe at a very young age, but it took her some time to pursue her initial passion. "My mother’s wardrobe was a favorite spot to put something on and play a character," she recalled in an interview with The Smoke...

With degrees in both Strategic Communications and Architecture, Pearada Cheepsatayakorn considers herself a visual storyteller. "I tell stories through my illustrations," she explained in an interview with The Smoke Detector. Using lines and colors, she captures the joyful moments in life. Her happy, relaxed, and mood-lifting illustration are mostly...

José Naranja is an artist and author who wanted to archive his traveling adventures in a unique way. The former aeronautic engineer creates hand-crafted journals where he puts items like collected stamps, illustrations of maps and the periodic table. His second work titled The Nautilus Manuscript is a 208-page...

Growing up, Dina Brodsky was convinced she was going to be a veterinarian or a professional hitchhiker. "My mother was a musician, and a lot of her friends were artists, but I was always more interested in animals and adventuring," she admitted in an interview with Whitehot Magazine. All that...

Lauren Elyse's paintings and illustrations are undeniably cool. Based in San Diego, California, she took to art at a very young age and began painting surfboards and skateboards as a teenager, independently at first, and later moving on to collaborate with companies within the industry. Soon, surfboards turned into...

We're sure that you've all tried making origami figurines, however, one Vietnamese artist brings this art to another level. He began folding paper at a young age, and with time, the passion only expanded. As he got older, he joined the Vietnam Origami forum where he got inspired by...

Sometimes, all you need to create a piece of art is a felt-tip pen and a word. That's all Seb Lester needs, anyway. Seb is a designer and calligrapher from Lewes in East Sussex, England. He's also a social media darling and a leader of an online arts community, thanks to...

Storyboard artist and illustrator Alex Chiu has worked with the biggest names in the industry. Those include Marvel Animation, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., and Cartoon Network. Currently working as a storyboard artist for Netflix, Chiu's style is very much inspired by manga. "I always doodled as a kid according to my...

Succulents Comic is the creation of two artists: Kotopopi, who writes the story, and Mocopink, the illustrator. It first began as Kotopopi's solo project, however, soon he realized he wasn’t going to be able to fully realize the vision he had in mind. “Although I’m a cartoonist myself, my style is...

French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux uses colors as three-dimensional elements, like layers, in order to create spaces, rather than a finishing touch applied on surfaces. She calls this unique concept "shikiri" - a made-up word that literally means "to divide space using colors." Based in Tokyo, Moureaux's work...