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The Walking Dead Characters in Watercolors and Ink

Fan of the hit AMC show The Walking Dead? If so, you'll love these new watercolor paintings by artist Christopher Uminga. Almost more impressive than the final product is seeing each piece come together. For resident badass Daryl Dixon, notice how the artist first starts off by drawing with ink and then slowly adds in the details with watercolors. Of…

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Added by alice on April 21, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

Tree Signatures Discovered by Applying Ink to Branches

Artist Tim Knowles has created a series to highlight not his artistic abilities but the hidden talent of trees. In "Tree Drawings," he whimsically sets up a white surface within reach of a tree's branches and then affixes a writing utensil to the trees. To exhibit the series, he pairs the resulting sketch with a photograph of the set-up that created it.

Knowles' website…

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Added by Amy Connors on January 13, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Hyperrealistic Pastel Portrait of Poseidon



Lately, we've been coming across a lot of artwork that, at first glance, look like photographs but are actually drawings. Take for instance, Samuel Silva's gorgeous ballpoint pen portrait of a redheaded girl or…

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Added by alice on November 9, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

Beautiful Elephants Made With Kenyan Earth



I came across this beautiful drawing of elephants by artist Dominique Salm and was intrigued by the materials she used. The large 140 x 87 cm work is drawn in pencil with Kenyan red earth used as a pigment. It shows a family of elephants drinking at a river in Kenya.

As she told Londonist, "With my elephant paintings, I felt I couldn’t capture the red pigmentation of the dust…

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Added by alice on May 16, 2012 at 8:27am — No Comments

Mysteriously Surreal Charcoal Drawings



Véronique La Perriére M.'s charcoal drawings are surreal and almost a bit creepy, yet one can't help but to continue to look at them and wonder what's going on. La Perriére describes her art by saying, "My artistic practice is choreographed around questions that relate to memory, perception and identity. Through the medium of drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation and video,…

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Added by Claire on January 18, 2012 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

Incredible Making of the 3D LEGO Chalk Drawing



After one picture of a LEGO street painting was posted on Reddit, the Internet took over, making it a sensation online. Created for the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida, this amazing mashup of Legos and Terracotta warriors is magnificent in every sense of…

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Added by alice on November 8, 2011 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Fine Art Drawn in Circles



When advertising is as creative as this, one can't help but be impressed by it. When Faber Castell, one of the world's largest manufacturers of pens, pencils, and art supplies, decided to show how precise their artist pen was, they thought of something quite outside-the-box.



Working with agency Ogilvy and Mather, they asked illustrator and art director Chan Hwee Chong of Singapore to… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on October 27, 2011 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Reflective Anamorphic Drawings



István Orosz is a Hungarian artist who specializes in complex images. The ones you see here are called anamorphoses which require the viewer to use specialized devices at certain angles to see an image. It's hard enough making a simple anamorphic image, that's why it's so incredibly impressive that Orosz can make complicated ones seem so effortless.…





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Added by Kevin Chung on September 8, 2011 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Gorgeous Wooden Portraits



Within every human being lies strength, vulnerability, sexuality and love. Artist Mandy Tsung paints surreal portraits that embody these inherent qualities. On her website she shares that “Her work is about capturing the complexity of emotion, and is greatly inspired by editorial fashion photography as well as nature."



The Canada-native draws from her multicultural heritage which blends… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on September 1, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Surreal Dreams and Nightmares



English illustrator Alexander Wells uses both traditional and digital mediums in creating impeccable illustrations. Doing so “allows him to tackle a diverse range of briefs,” shares his website. His work can be described using a wide range of complimentary adjectives, from awesome to the downright impressive. His ability to produce such astounding illustrations has caught the eyes of art… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on August 11, 2011 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Making Kids' Drawings Come Alive

LUKE, age 8 - Ninjago



How much fun would it be to make your kid's drawings come alive? Imagine an awesome showcase of your child’s drawings but in illustrations that are professionally done. That's what Garrett Miller is all about. “They don’t always have the ability to draw exactly what they were imagining. I’m here to help make those drawings come a… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on August 10, 2011 at 12:30pm — 8 Comments

Gorgeous Illustrations of the Female Form



Argentina native and freelance illustrator Diego Fernandez really knows how to create some gorgeous women. It's easy to focus on his work because he offers no distractions. It's all about women in strong, as well as, beautifully vulnerable states.…

















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Added by Alyssa Anda on July 15, 2011 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Soul Searching Muses



This coming Friday, July 8, one of our favorite artists will be exhibiting her work! Stella Im Hultberg will showcase her paintings at the Alternative Cafe Gallery in Seaside, located near Monterey Bay, California. Bad Luck Club is a group show that Aya Kakeda put… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on July 7, 2011 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Incredibly Detailed Animal Illustrations



Iain Macarthur is an artist from Swindon, United Kingdom who, at the young age of eight, became an art fanatic through cartoon shows and comic books. The Batman series started his obsession with drawing fantasy characters and when he grew older, his style matured to include more detailed illustrations of realistic figures and faces. Cartoons still inspire him, as well as lighting, people’s facial… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on March 30, 2011 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Photorealistic Falling Horses (3 drawings)



Feel the fragility of life through Larassa Kabel's fantastic drawings. While all of these works are comprised of black colored pencil only, the application process is different than you might think. "Colored pencil can be dissolved in rubbing alcohol, so I use the stick form of Prismacolor's black to paint on the first couple of layers of tone," she tells us. "After that, I draw with the pencil… Continue

Added by alice on March 24, 2011 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

TIMELESSLINE ART

My name is Michal Kubacki and I’m creator of TIMELESSLINE – my movement in art.



Dont forget to check my blog…



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Added by timelessline on August 4, 2010 at 5:05am — 5 Comments

The Island



A hand drawn map of London with incredible detail. By Stephen Walter.

More pics here.…



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Added by Yasmine Zalek on May 18, 2010 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Illustrations by Gabriel Moreno



Illustrator, engraver and painter based in Madrid, graduated of Fine Arts in the University of Sevilla in ‘98. Since then he worked in different design studios and ad agencies in Andalusia. In June 2007 he begins to show his portfolio and after being selected amongst the 20 new talents of illustration, by the London based magazine Computer Arts, he begins his succesful carreer as an illustrator.…

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Added by John on April 24, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Michael Fields: Painting/Drawing



Michael Fields is a self-taught artist based in Portland, Oregon. His work focuses “primarily on the duality that exists inside each and every one of us. The feral beast confounded by logic and order… the internal struggle between instinct and knowledge…” Fields is also a graphic designer and WordPress developer. More at Daily Art… Continue

Added by Wendy Campbell on April 20, 2010 at 7:44am — No Comments

Dust Drawing On Cars (10 pics)

What do you do when you see your friend's car all dusty and dirty? Like any reasonably creative and curious human, Scott can't resist a dirty rear car window. We suspect that Scott started off with clever sayings, like, 'wash me.' Probably his first image was the ubiquitous smiley face. Living on a particularly dusty road. It wasn't long before Scott was experimenting with techniques to achieve these amazingly detailed and shaded… Continue

Added by Fatima on November 6, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

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