Surreal Animal Mashup

Martin from humandescent creates these funny and very well executed animal mashups.  On his site, for a price, he tells you how to achieve these fantastic illustrations.  Let us know in the comment section below, which is your favourite one and which animal cross you would have liked to see, if given the chance.

Surreal Steampunk - Animal Drawings

Multi talented Russian Artist Vladimir Gvozdev, creates paintings, graphics and sculptures.  His works looks like the notes and experiments of an eccentric Steampunk Scientist.  He creates detailed technical drawings of the animals he wants to create, (beautifully framed in boxes containing, gears, instruments and all sort of  little trinkets, that give them a fantastically Antique look).  He also has variations in the animal drawings, with different concepts for the fish and the Rhino, for example.  He then has a second set of drawings, depicting how humans can use these mechanical animals and lastly some sculptures of his concepts.  Beautiful and Surreal work from a talented Artist.  Enjoy...

Surreal Photographs and Illustrations

Natalie Shau is mixed media artist and photographer based in Lithuania.  Her work spans from portrait photography, to creating artwork for theatres, fashion magazines, writers and advertisers.  We have picked a few, from her numerous photographs and illustrations, to show to you today. Amongst our favourite are the Alice in Wonderland inspired photographs, which is yours?

Journeys of Surreal Abstract Art

Radoslav Penchev, Graphic Designer and Photographer, working in Bulgaria, creates these abstract Surreal digital Paintings.  There are many types of Surreal Art, there are the ones that have double meaning, the title and the image, there are the ones that make a specific statement that needs no title to understand, the fantasy ones and then there are the abstract ones.  These are more difficult to interpret, but are the ones that offer the most reward and are personal to the viewer.  What you see in these pictures will be shaped by the experiences that have influenced you and your imagination.  That is why, if you look at these images with somebody else they might dislike a picture that you love and vice versa.  The reason you love it or it has a strong impact on you?  It just reminds me of...

Surreal Paintings - Balance of Mind and Heart

Talented surreal Digital Painter Christian Schloevery, skilfully tones down the digital part making his art look like it was painted on canvas.  In his art, he covers many different themes, that mostly centre around feelings, dreams and aspirations.  He uses his paintings as a seed leaving it to the viewer to germinate and grow into a story personal to them.  Enjoy...

Painting Architecture in Surreal Worlds

Polish Artist Marcin Kołpanowicz depicts in paintings, fantastic worlds where his mind and imagination are allowed to travel unimpeded, by every day problems and distractions.  In today's post we have decided to concentrate on his Architectural based paintings.  As you can see below, he explores in them, many different scenarios and worlds, some based on history, some based on mythology and the rest created by his unbound creativity.

Dream or Nightmare in Surreal Paintings

Japanese Artist Naoto Hattori now living in the United States, says this about his work "My vision is like a dream, whether it's a sweet dream, a nightmare, or just a trippy dream. I try to see what's really going on in my mind, and that's a practice to increase my awareness in stream-of-consciousness creativity. I try not to label or think about what is supposed to be, just take it in as it is and paint whatever I see in my mind with no compromise. That way, I create my own vision."  Enjoy Hattori's magnificently surreal, dream inspiring, Artwork.

Surreal Art that Gives Voice to your Imagination

Polish Surreal Artist Igor Morski, keeps very busy doing a lot of things, some of which include graphic designer, illustrator and set designer.  The one things that caught our attention amongst his work is, his surreal images.  We are going to display some of our favourites below.  We haven't found names for all of Morski's pictures, so we thought that, in the spirit of Surreal Artwork and the idea that it is supposed to speak in different ways, to  different people, we are going to leave all the names off and let the images whisper to your own experiences and desires.  Sit back, relax and let your mind do the work...

Magic Realism in Surreal Paintings

Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves had two things growing up, a love for daydreaming and a love for art.  As he grew older he managed to combine these two aspects of himself into his art.  As well as a surreal feel, his art also has an optical illusion side to it, where your eyes and brain have to do a double take in order to process the image.  Gonsalves calls his style Magic Realism and the paintings below will definitely show you why.  Dreaming is an enjoyable emotion that is almost free, the only thing it is going to cost you is time, a price worth paying for...

Fantastically Surreal Lands of our Dreams

Fantastically Surreal images from Russian Artist and Illustrator Andrew Ferez.  Here is another Artist that creates art to enrich our dreams, most of his art is created to be used on book covers.  You can enlarge the drawings by pressing them (not the first one), then you will be able to see all the details that go into each and every one of these fascinating dream starters.

Surreal Photographs with Underwater Shots

American Photographer Jenna Martin started on a very different path in life, after having completed a Masters in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, she decided to dedicate her talent and passion to her love for photography.  It isn't just about the quality of the pictures she takes, but the subject matter, this choice is what puts good photographers head and shoulders above the rest.  Amongst her surreal work we have included some of her under water photographs as well.  Enjoy...

Surreal, Fantasy and Otherworldly Art

Rolando Cyril aka (aquasixio) regards himself as having a Surreal and Fantasy style or Otherworldly.  With a background as a psychologist and no formal art education, he says to have learnt a lot form an art and design site called Deviant Art.  There, a lot of artist publish their work and their step by step progress.  We can see why a psychologist would gravitate towards Surreal Art, as an art form to pursue. In his fantastic drawings Cyril touches on a lot of themes, light and dark with fantastic descriptions and stories that accompany most of his images.

Fairy-tale Worlds in Surreal Paintings

This is how Alexander Jansson describes himself "Some kind of "artist", digital mixed media illustrator, 2D/3D animator, mystery scientist, manager of Orchestre de Mystere, Resident of Gothenburg, Sweden".  We have chosen his work because of the beautifully Surreal feeling, that transports us back to childhood, when viewing his paintings.  Jansson almost acts a guide, walking us through the door, to these enchanting worlds and characters.  Vivid colours with different parts of the image alternating between focus and out of focus, really help give them a dreamlike quality.  Please enlarge the images when you are in the post in order to get the full effect.  We have included a video of the Ramone Bosco trailer, in which the combination of the animated images, as well as the perfectly chosen background music, help float us to a fantastic world of story telling and fairy-tales. Enjoy...

Soothing Art in Surreal and Ethereal Paintings

Armenian Georgi Matevosyan (Георгий Матевосян) has a list of accomplishments throughout his life,  He graduated as an Engineer and Architect which he took up as a carer, for a time. Then he studied jewellery making and designing, but his love for art, is the one that trumped all his other interests.  Beautiful Paintings that give you a soothing and relaxing sensation when you look at them.  The thick brushstrokes help to add character giving direction, in their flowing motions.  We hope you enjoy them as much as we have...

Surreal Fairy Tales NOT for Children

Nicoletta Ceccoli is an Italian Artist, who now lives and works in San Marino.  Her work is used to illustrate books and to create Art that stands on its own.  At first glance they might look like normal fairytale stories, but when you look closer to the themes and the title (We have not been able to find all of them), you quickly realise that they are for a more adult audience.  These beautifully drawn, detailed and coloured illustrations give our adult selves, an update view of the world of fairy tales, from when we were young.

Surreal Architectural Moleskine Drawings

Swedish Freelance Illustrator Mattias Adolfsson has worked on a variety of projects that varies from computer games to children's books.  In today's post we are bringing you some beautifully Surreal Architectural Drawings.  Remember to pay attention to the animals he adds to the some of his drawings.

Paintings of Surreal Post Apocalyptic Forgotten Worlds

Belarusian Max Mitenkov creates these incredible Surreal Worlds.  He divides his work in Surreal Art and Matt Paintings (digital paintings created for the film industry, representations of buildings, landscapes etc. to save on expensive location shots or construction of expensive sets).  We have separated the images by the worlds they might have come from, the world of Rock - Ice - Desert and Other. Have fun, allowing your mind and imagination in all of them, or pick your favourite one and vacation there for a while.

Paintings of Creative Surreal Worlds ready to Explore

We featured Polish Artist Marcin Kołpanowicz last week and his (Link=>) "Painting Architecture in Surreal Worlds" this week we are exploring more of his other paintings, with a more generic subjects.  These paintings take, great imagination and a capacity to convey, in paintings, the double meanings and hidden messages, Surreal Paintings are so famous for.  Kołpanowicz acts as the conductor and guide when he takes us on a journey visiting and experiencing the worlds created by his vivid creativity.  All aboard...

Metaphysical and Surreal Doodle Drawings

Joseph Catimbang aka Pentasticarts, works during the day as a graphics designer but, when that comes to an end, he concentrates on his own personal projects and art.  His work his heavily influenced by metaphysical and surreal subjects, derived mostly from past experiences.  Enjoy this voyage in the search for meaning, in Catimbang's beautiful art.

Surreal Numerical Photography - Virtual Paintings

French Photographer Jean-François Rauzier coined the name, Hyperphoto which is a mixture of hundreds and sometimes thousands of pictures, very big and very small, from all different angles, to create one final one.  He collects many pictures of a subject and then uses Photoshop to place them in the the right place and the right prospective, like you would do with a puzzle.  Rauzier's work is very fluid and incredible detailed, most of the time he doesn't have a final picture in his head when he takes the photographs.  They come together when he gets the various components and can then see what fits where.  We have included a video, that is in French and subtitled in English, it will give you a better understanding of his fantastic process.