Blair Ondrla describes herself as an award-winning, all-purpose artisan and cosplayer who has been dressing up as video game characters since she was a 15-year-old girl. She is also the mind behind her business called Creature Feet, which is a line of unique footwear. Believe it or not, her...
Joongwon Jeong describes himself as a hyperrealist painter and freelance illustrator who studied Design and Visual Communication at Hongik University of Art and Design in Seoul. The South Korean-based Jeong creates remarkable portraits that look like they are photographs. The artist also made a series of images where he turned famous busts into acrylic...
Artist Terry Cook admits to being obsessed with birds since he was a child. This early obsession blossomed into a full series, where he carefully crafts balloon sculptures, shaped like his favorite birds. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvyqHrXnMvo/ "I am obsessed with animals, but especially birds and have been since I was a young lad,"...
Kursat Ceylan is a blind engineer and the mastermind behind a project called WeWalk. It's a smart cane that uses Google maps to help blind people navigate. Ceylan is also the CEO and co-founder of Young Guru Academy, a Turkish non-profit organization. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi2ipoKhihu/ “In these days, we are talking about flying cars,...
Artist Lee John Phillips launched in 2014 an illustrated series that's both touching and overwhelmingly meticulous: documenting all the items his late grandfather had amassed in his garden shed. Described as a mausoleum of sorts, the shed contains a varied collection of random objects; anything from jam jars and...
Shayda Campbell teaches art and all things creative on YouTube. Working from her home in Prince Edward Island she makes art tutorials - two every week - with the hope of encouraging the artist in all of us. A worthy goal, if any. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3uwlDD2Pk/?utm_source=ig_embed "At the heart of my YouTube channel is the idea that...
Brooklyn-based artist Dan Perkins is known for his geometric paintings that remind of an Escher optical illusion, but with added color. Minimal, colorful, and graphic, his work pulls you in. Though at first, his work may seem digital, his art is made, in fact, with oil paints that are...
77-year-old contemporary artist, Katherine Bradford, is known for her luminous paintings which merge abstraction with representational motifs. Born in 1942 in New York, NY, she divides her time between Brooklyn, NY and Brunswick, ME. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1OmDclh0EF/ "The art world is relatively speaking a very tiny world and success within it doesn’t...
Japanese artist Yumi Kitagishi is known for her overwhelmingly cute illustrations, which she shares on her Instagram page. Based in Tokyo, she studied graphic design at Nihon Designer Gakuin Kyushu College and worked at a design studio in Fukuoka, before transitioning to illustration. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1xTn9upVYg/ A self-taught illustrator, Kitagishi made an illustration...
Print Peppermint is a company that creates high-end custom business cards, printed on premium paper. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeTRD0THIXx/ “Our customers are mostly graphic designers, ad agencies, small business owners, and non-profit organizations who have an affinity for good design and a passion for print,” they shared on their YouTube channel. The company’s main goal...