"I make blankets," reads Karrie Dean's Instagram bio, straightforwardly enough. But of course, her blankets are much more than. To quote The Dude from The Big Lebowski, her blankets really tie the room together. Colorful, textured, and comforting, Dean's blankets are a giant piece of happy art that can...

Hollie Chastain is a paperphile artist and illustrator from Chattanooga, Tennessee who tells her stories by mixing various media together. She uses different materials and textures such as old photographs or ephemera paper and then stitches them together to create her intricate collages. Chastain started these experiments in 2008...

If you love stories about knights, medieval armor, monsters, and ghosts, then this webcomic is perfect for you. New Zealand-based cartoonist Matthew J. Wills accidentally started a silly webcomic about a knight looking for a sword because “the internet loved the pilot episode.” Every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday he publishes...

Illustrator Katie Chappell is a real busy bee, illustrating for books and websites, she also runs creative workshops and lectures part-time. But she's probably best known for her live illustrations, commissioned by brands and universities. Her clients include giants like Dove, Nespresso, and Stella Artois, with her live illustrations...

Lydia Nichols is an illustrator with a "penchant for the quirky" that wants to "anthropomorphize all the things." In an interview with Brave the Woods, she explained that her favorite thing about anthropomorphizing and drawing cute critters is the way in which she gets to infuse shapes with personalities,...

Nastasya Shuljak is a creative artist from Moscow, Russia who uses wool to create adorable felted animals, smiling trees, and other tiny sculptures inspired by nature. Shuljak is a former theater artist and art teacher who took up this interesting hobby when her friends gifted her some wool and...

Most people tend to throw away their old basketballs once they’ve worn out and no longer serve their purpose, but not Andrea Bergart. This New York-based artist uses them to create handbags that can make you feel stylish and confident at the same time. Bergart is a passionate basketball player,...

Embroiderer Stephanie K. Clark describes herself as a "thread painter," which she sort of is. With the embroidery floss - her palette, and the needle - her paintbrush, she creates compelling sceneries that have a hand-made feel to them. "I consider myself a painter and I paint with thread," she...

Amanda Tyburski describes herself as a wood artist who studied both Geology and Art in college, and whilst doing her woodworking masterpieces, she was practicing geology, as well. While browsing through her Instagram gallery you can see beautiful mountains, sharks, dinosaurs, birds, scorpions, and other wild creatures. One of her latest projects...

Spanish studio Serial Cut recently presented an intriguing new project that was created for ING Bank. As part of the project, the studio was tasked with creating short clips that were aimed to be both visually and audibly pleasing. The designers managed to fulfill the task in the best way...