3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Strong illustrations inspired by the mix of Gorillaz-like personages and Asian culture jump off Mau Lencinas hands. Based in Buenos Aires and working under 199xmau nickname his works are definitely my next favourites to hang on the wall
Beeple is Mike Winkelmann, a graphic designer from Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He is motion and digital artists creating commercial and personal artworks worth to see in his portfolio
Caroline Morin is a French illustrator and photographer based in Nantes. She has developed a feminine and refined universe mixing delicate sketches, interplay of lights and shadows and fashion inspiration. Her drawings with non-existent faces intrigue and take us in an outstanding world where beauty meets strangeness. Using negative space, clean lines, and a limited colour palette, her portraits of young women are seemingly weightless and effortless, a true breath of fresh air in a culture otherwise filled to the brim with visual clutter.
Russian artist best known as Waneella (previously) creates 8-bit pixel art works. Here is her new series of urbanscapes we wanted to share now
“Animals always have been, and always will be, my passion. They have been the subjects of my drawings ever since I was a child. I blame it on weekends spent at the Saint Louis Zoo and endless hours watching, National Geographic’s: Mutual of Omaha”. They influenced my desire to learn about biology while attending high school. While in high school, I began collecting bones, feathers, and books. Over these past few years, my passion grew to zoology, cosmology, and mythology.”
“In the spring of 2012, I finally combined my obsessions into one drawing: “Galactic Collision”. The theme surrounding that piece has been the focus of my work ever since.I have developed a symbolic cosmology where mammals represent nebulae, birds are the stars formed within the nebulae, and insects are the elements (or “dust”) created from exploding stars. My hope is that this symbolic representation allows the viewer to see these phenomena as a complete picture of an interacting Universe. Using these animals and insects, I am going to make my own “creation” myth of the Cosmos to parody current and past creation myths which are strongly reliant upon animals, to show how humans attempt to understand the epic intricacy of the Universe. ”
French illustrator Sebastien Plassard shares latest pieces from his ongoing series of geometric artworks
Thomas Danthony (previously) is a London based artist, illustrator, and designer. In 2015, he has created “VOYAGE”, a series of paintings that serve as invitations to a poetic journey. Inspired by distant countries and exotic places, the artworks convey a touch of romance and mystery.
Russian illustrator and GIF animator Sasha Katz creates small moving digital masterpieces depicting the unexplainable states of modern life
Talented animator and illustrator James Gilleard creates landscapes that definitely can be a sandbox for modern Lonely Toons characters. They only thing I'd add at the end of each perfectly done set is "That's all folks!" phrase
Dutch artist Remko Heemskerk creates striking illustrations of NYC skyline, famous sightseigns and fictional landscapes of the city.
French illustrator Olivier Bonhomme drawing political satire since ages and doing it very well and if not satire, he illustrates comic books a lot
Talented Russian illustrator based in Moscow - Anastasia Lisich creates beautiful watercolour portraits
French artist Cyril Rolando creates surreal fantasy universes inspired by Hayao Miyazaki and Tim Burton
“Tim Burton and Hayao Miyazaki are both the roots of my own world. I like the surrealism movement, especially the work of Boris Vian and his ‘Foam of the Daze’ (L’Ecume des jours). I like the absurdity, the creativity and the enchanting universes, where colors bring more emotions than thousands smiles or million tears”
"Babeth Lafon is a beauty and lifestyle illustrator from Paris currently based in Berlin. Her work is characterised by pastel colours, layers of transparent washes and brushy textures which she creates for fashion magazines, cosmetics packagings and luxury brands." via
“I was born in Paris from French/Vietnamese parents who fled the war in the ‘70s, and as a teen, I’ve always thought of Saigon as my ‘real’ hometown (both my parents were born there).
Until I went backpacking there for a few weeks as a young woman, and realised that Paris was definitely my one and only hometown. I felt like a stranger in Vietnam, much more so than all the constant racism I grew up with in France could ever make me feel.
Still to this day, I have fantasies of tropical windows, sleepy hot afternoons and colourful details mixing up with my actual teenage years memories and obsessions – a mash-up made of bits and pieces from my real teenage bedroom in Paris and a dreamy Saigon, one I’ll never get to see. Now at last, it exists here, and strangely I feel more complete”
Istanbul artist Aykut Aydoğdu (previously) shares new set of striking illustrations
Animation artist Ori Toor (previously) shares a new series of strange and soft creatures living on his Tumblr account
Illustrator Ben Rubin does not waste time while commuting by simply chasing the routine with imagination. What he does is drawing monsters alongside to strangers in a subway and posting them on Instagram - simple idea, but it works
There is nothing new using and creating custom stickers in mobile chat applications. The latest and greatest addition to the family of such applications and development platform was done by Apple few days ago. After their massive release of iOS 10, the iMessage, at last, got its own stickers (that are applications themselves).
In a matter of a day I was contacted by team behind Stickers.Place collaboration. Guys invited talented illustrators to create stickers packs for iMessage and created a platform where any illustrator can join, create and share the best emotional stickers with audience.
