In the digital world we live in today, we no longer need an actual artist to paint a portrait of us. There are so many apps now that can be downloaded to have that Instagram-worthy photo. But if you’re one of the people wondering how your portrait would look...

Amy Blackwell's illustrations focus on powerful women and role models. Based in the Midlands, she has a small studio space at backlit in Nottingham, UK. “This is where the magic (doodling/printing/bad singing) happens,” she writes on her website. Inspired by the weird and wonderful, clashing colors, the natural world,...

When walking through the forest, most people tend to look around them in order not to get lost and rarely turn their attention to the setting above. Well, it turns out that this is a huge mistake since photos of Manuelo Bececco prove that if you look up while in the forest,...

Most artists have a feel for it from a young age. Such is the case with Stephanie Unger. “I’ve always loved drawing, but for a brief period, when I was 8, I wanted to be a vet… Then I returned to drawing,” she recalled in an interview with Lecture...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bkw-X8wgXYu/ Italian photographer Daniele Sala is passionate about different kinds of photography. Lately, she’s been focused on creating micro worlds inhabited by lego people in various situations. She calls the project Point of View. She started doing it without any special preparation. The starting idea was to reproduce famous photos, but...

Amber Vittoria hopes to change the narrative about women and how they are perceived through her colorful paintings. Her artwork focuses on the female body, leveraging physical traits such as body hair, overtly extended limbs, and rounded features. “My work is inspired by women I’m fortunate enough to know, to...

Josephine Kyhn’s illustrations are crammed with details, making for a messy (but delightful) effect. “My universe is filled with people, animals, nature, and a lot of color and structures,” she told Ape on the Moon. “I like using some kind of storytelling in my work.” Her method clearly proved...

Californian chef and baker Loria Stern makes flower pressed shortbread cookies that look like a fairy tale come true. Each cookie is made by hand, from start to finish, including the flowers themselves which are personally picked. To make things even better, many of the herbs, edible flowers, fruits,...

South Philadelphia-based illustrator Molly Egan is the creator of these colorful illustrations. She knew she wanted to be an artist ever since she was a girl. She pushed herself to go forward until she could say that she’s a professional illustrator. “Transitioning from a college student to a professional artist...

Have you ever looked at a beetle up close? And when we say "close", we mean up close and personal. No? Well, now you can, with Levon Biss' microphotographs of insects. Printed in large-scale formats, his insects are presented as three-meter high prints. Each image takes three weeks to...