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 with Entrepreneur....
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 family, he managed to turn that...
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 sewing with no prior experience outside...
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. She now...
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/ Honing her craft by practicing first on her friends,...
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 finds that...
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 dream and...
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 of that comes...
Here at PlayJunkie, we've written about many ceramic artists as well as miniature artists, but this is the first time we've encountered an actual miniature ceramic artist. Based in Oahu, Hawaii, Jon Almeda's motto is "size does matter," as his art clearly demonstrates. A self-taught artist, for many years Almeda...
Menw Hurkens will inspire you to send handwritten letters to your loved ones (when was the last time you did that?) An avid collector of all things paper, her studio is filled to the brim in anything from stamps and postcards to washi tape and string. But it's her...