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Graphic design
fromdesignyoutrust.com
17 hours ago

Breathtaking Cinematic Illustrations That Will Make You Rethink Sci-Fi Concept Art

Katerina Belikova is a renowned Ukrainian digital illustrator known for her work in science fiction and dark fantasy, particularly with the Star Wars franchise.
fromThe Verge
21 hours ago

The Miniature Wife was an exercise in visual trickery

"There's no case where those things aren't critical, but with a project like this, there is no 'fix it in post' because it just can't work like that. This is a show that has about 3,000 VFX shots, and we were working with up to five different VFX vendors at times."
Women in technology
fromArtnet News
1 day ago

They Painted the American West. History Painted Them Out | Artnet News

These women artists were in museum collections, but they were barely shown. The challenge was to do enough research to find common themes and bring them together.
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fromItsnicethat
2 hours ago

Step inside Linda Merad's whimsical and poetic illustrated universe for Hermes

The texture of the material and the handcrafted quality were aspects that particularly interested them. The challenge was to translate my style from stone to paper.
Graphic design
Film
from48 hills
6 days ago

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company - 48 hills

Love can take unconventional forms, as seen in films featuring relationships with aliens, witches, and other offbeat characters.
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 week ago

Blood Flower Bloom: A Stunning Exploration of Resilience and Beauty in the Heart of Winter - KALTBLUT Magazine

Performance artist Jon Darc's movements unfold like nature's hidden gem, the Queen of the Night flower, serving as a powerful metaphor for emergence in inhospitable environments.
Berlin
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Writing
fromJezebel
1 week ago

The King of My Unrealized Mythical Erotica Dreams

Spring inspires imagination and exploration of fantasy erotica, highlighting the appeal of art that transcends traditional boundaries.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Salvador Dali's Frustrating Vision of the Divine

Dalí's 'Nuclear Mysticism' prioritizes metaphysical themes over rich experiences, exemplified by his painting 'Christ of Saint John of the Cross'.
Books
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Fiction Is Indispensable to Life's Journey

Fiction is essential for emotional connection, learning, and social cognition, allowing us to escape reality and engage deeply with narratives.
Graphic design
fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 days ago

This Artist Creates Dark Wood-Burned Illustrations Exploring Identity And The Human Psyche

Robb is an Italian artist known for his intricate pyrography, creating dark, psychological imagery that explores themes of identity and isolation.
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fromColossal
1 week ago

Ambiguity Reigns in Olaf Hajek's Mysterious Illustrations

Olaf Hajek's work emphasizes connections over differences, blending nature and culture to create dreamlike, ambiguous compositions.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 weeks ago

5 Best Surreal Bookstores That Make You Forget You're Inside a Building - Yanko Design

Exceptional bookstores transcend retail by using architectural design inspired by nature and astronomy to transform reading spaces into immersive environments where books become spatial protagonists rather than products.
fromArchitectural Digest
1 month ago

5 Storybook-Themed Bedrooms to Inspire a Novel Design Style

Design is but a story. You may not realize it, yet every time you invest in a new sheet set, pick up a cozy blanket, or add a darling vintage tray to your nightstand, you're building a narrative for your space. Just like a novel, your bedroom is a page-by-page opportunity to embark on an adventure.
Design
Television
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

It's a trompe-l'il, it can't even turn you on': Have on-screen bodies become too unrealistic?

Despite increased sexual content in film and television, critics argue these portrayals lack genuine eroticism due to idealized bodies and choreographed encounters, potentially causing audience fatigue.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Why some of us build entire worlds inside our heads and then feel homesick for places that never existed - Silicon Canals

Elaborate inner worlds built through imagination are common cognitive features that fulfill emotional needs, characterized by specific details and consistent logic that can persist for decades.
#contemporary-art
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago
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An Artist Paints Aristocratic Frogs, Masked Lemurs And Weird Florals In Lush Gouache, Turning Classical Portraiture Into Surreal Dreams

fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago
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An Artist Paints Aristocratic Frogs, Masked Lemurs And Weird Florals In Lush Gouache, Turning Classical Portraiture Into Surreal Dreams

Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy

Fantasy is a dominant, all-pervading cultural form offering diverse subgenres, serious artistic value, and lineages from varied creators and traditions.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Gentle Fantasy Worlds And Woolbeast Creatures By Illustrator And Sculptor Melissa Sue Stanley

Melissa Sue Stanley creates handcrafted illustrations and sculptures featuring gentle fantasy narratives rooted in Midwestern landscapes, developing the Woolbeasts world for 15 years without using AI or machine-generated processes.
Film
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

What if your finger turned into a slug? In Lily Shaul's surreal animated world, nothing needs to make sense

Lily Shaul transforms mundane moments into surreal hand-drawn animations that combine tactile materials and fluid, wobbly movement to create humorous, uncanny worlds.
Design
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Visual communication that challenges convention: Phantasia on how graphic design can forge true collaboration

Phantasia, a Barcelona-based design studio founded in 2021, prioritizes meaningful projects that serve communities through intentional collaboration, diversity, and accessible communication.
Photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Stunning Digital Storytelling Landscapes By Prismofpixels, Turning Quiet Streets And Town Squares Into Cinematic Moments Of Color And Light

A curated collection of diverse visual works spanning paintings, photography, design, and historical images across eras, genres, and artistic mediums.
Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Whimsy is the word of the moment. So, I added more of it to my life. Here's what happened.

Small, playful whimsical changes in daily life can provide accessible emotional relief and lighten grief and anxiety during difficult seasons.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Artist Paints Chainsmoking Cats And Lanky Whimsies In Gouache, Capturing The Surreal Stretch Between Everyday And Emotional Warp

"Wake Up, Beauty!": The Superb Digital Concept & Fantasy Art Works of Tony Sart "Stranger Toys": Illustrator Re-Imagines The Characters Of Stranger Things As Adorable Figurines 'South Park' Irks White House, Scientology With Trolling Mobile Billboards Artist Creates An Installation That Takes From The Rich To Give To The Poor Stunning Digital Female Portraits By Irakli Nadar Machinery In Black And White: Cool Rapid Sketches By Paul Heaston '25 Things I've Learned'
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Hyperphantasia: When Imagination Is as Vivid as Real Life

Close your eyes and picture an apple. Most people see something-a faint, slightly blurry image, less vivid than a real apple. A few, however, will see it as clearly as if it were sitting right in front of them. This ability is called hyperphantasia. Hyperphantasia, literally meaning "beyond imagination," refers to exceptionally vivid mental imagery. It is often described as the opposite of aphantasia, a condition in which people report little or no ability to form mental images.
Psychology
Books
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

What a Fantasy Can Reveal About Real Life

Fictional lies and imagined worlds can reveal deeper human truths through protagonists who fabricate realities, exposing inner desires, vulnerabilities, and psychological unraveling.
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Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Another World review kaleidoscopic afterlife fairytale with the dark fury of a Greek tragedy

Another World is a visually stunning, violent fairytale animation exploring human destructiveness and the beauty of the human heart.
#visual-art
Photography
fromThe Phoblographer
2 months ago

Want to Know Something Crazy? - The Phoblographer

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fromUntapped New York
1 year ago

How Museum Artifacts in NYC Inspired a Novel About a Medieval Witch - Untapped New York

While working on a graduate school paper on the mystical powers of coral, gemologist Anna Rasche ventured deep into the archives of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's library. Coral is the most powerful material to ward off the evil eye-a belief Italians have held since ancient times. Romans often gifted newborns coral amulets to prevent sickness and bad luck.
Books
Film
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

An undying trend: How vampires hold a mirror to society

Vampires in storytelling symbolize societal fears and reflect historical social and racial violence, as shown by a 1930s-set horror about community-targeted vampires.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror review roundup

Subsequently, runaway children turned the valley into a fortress, surviving on food they could catch or grow, with occasional forays into the towns below. Riley has heard the rumours, but it is only when she sees a green-clad boy or is it a girl? hovering outside her bedroom window offering directions on how to find Nowhere that she realises this might be her chance to escape and save her little brother from their sadistic guardian.
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fromColossal
1 month ago

Surreal Dreams Reign in Hieu Chau's Digital Illustrations

Hieu Chau creates dense, surreal digital paintings that blend flora, fauna, altered scale, and painterly textures into dreamlike, layered compositions.
#surrealism
Arts
from48 hills
2 months ago

His suburban idylls teem with the 'uncanny magic of the exceptionally unexceptional' - 48 hills

Jonathan Crow’s American Realist paintings prioritize mood, composition, and color to evoke intuitive, music-like emotional responses that resist simple verbal definition.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Amazing Fantasy Landscapes And Book Cover Art By Concept Artist Raja Nandepu

In Italy, McDonald's Has Unveiled A Nutella Burger Disturbing Dreams: The Superb Bizarre Art by Miles Johnston "Dinotopia": The Fantastical Art Of James Gurney Spectacular Black And White-Winning Photos From The 35 Photography Awards Meet Kazm Gurbuz, A 95-Year-Old Yoga Guru From Turkey Stunning 360 Portraits by Gianluca Traina Portrait of Steve Jobs Made With Apples Tiny Superheroes in Superb Comic Art by Dan Hipp
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fromColossal
2 months ago

Through Vivid Color, Martin Wittfooth Revels in Surreal Worlds

Martin Wittfooth paints surreal flora-and-fauna scenes that probe interconnection, community, and nature's endurance through enigmatic compositions.
Arts
fromColossal
2 months ago

Clouds Billow and Caverns Melt in Gabe Benzur's Mystical Landscapes

Gabe Benzur paints surreal, color-forward oil landscapes blending digital rendering, imagination, mythology, and cartoonish forms into uncanny, transcendental scenes.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

The Things That Really Matter

Artists and communities mobilize memorials, protests, and cultural expression to resist state violence, political aggression, cultural censorship, and labor suppression.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Amazing Trolls, Monsters And Animistic Forest Spirits In Hyper-real Clay Worlds of Malene Hartmann Rasmussen

British Designer Liam Hopkins Creates A Full-Sized Cardboard Car For SKODA Amazing Pictures Show Dolphins, Blue Marlin And Gannets Feasting On Sardines During Annual Migration Of Millions Of Fish The Amazing Millennium Falcon Bedroom Artist Spends Her Days Creating Stuffed Toys With Artificial Human Teeth Sculpted Meals So Beautiful That You'll Starve Rather Than Disturb Them Artist Born Without Hands Draws Beautiful, Hyper-Realistic Portraits "Sweeteens": Young Londoners Enjoying Freedom after the Lockdown The Cutest Felt Kids Toys Ever By Katerina Kozunenko
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