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...

Architectural - Urban Sketches and Cityscape Drawings

Japanese Artist Kiyohiko Azuma (あずまきよひこ) is famous for his Japanese Manga Art and for being an author.  Today though, we are going to have a look at his Urban Sketches and Cityscape Drawings.  Azuma's drawings carry a powerful intensity and detail that are born from the deep feelings he experiences on a daily basis, we were able to see this when reading some of the notes accompanying these wonderful Black and White ink drawings.  Enjoy...

Hyper Realistic Drawings of Food

We have featured talented artist CJ Hendry before in a post that we called "Hyper Realistic High Life" where her art covered the finest things in life.  The new set of drawings we are covering in today's post, are themed around food.  They are so meticulously detailed and so cleverly shaded, that you expect the food, should slide down the plate.

Adding Drawings in real Life Photographs

Brazilian Artist Lucas Levitan, now living in London making his living as an Advertising Creative Director.  He says he has been drawing all of his life but kept his art to himself.  After a near miss last year he decided to concentrate more on the thing he loves.  He looks around for pictures. to which he adds drawings that transform the narrative of the image into funny vignettes.

Drawings - Pen & Ink Expressions on Book Pages

It is amazing how Artist Loui Jover manages to put so much expression in these minimalist drawings produced with ink on vintage book pages.  If you notice the details on the faces are far from Hyper Realistic, but they convey exactly the emotion expressed by the titles he gives them.  His drawings are based on every day activities and emotions without embellishments to try and make them more than they are. This comes through the ease with which you understand the message he is trying to forward his audience.

Magic in the Sand Drawings

American Artist Andres Amador creates these fantastic doodles in the sand.  He originally started with very defined and rigid geometric shapes, he says that one of his early inspirations were crop circles.  He then evolved into more organic and fluid shapes that would allow him to complement the undulations of the land.  We have included a video that tells you a bit more about his work and plenty of pictures to enjoy.

Hand Drawn Zentangle, Doodles, Illustrations and Drawings

French Artist Celiline describes herself as a non professional Artist, that said she would love to make this love of hers into a full time job.  She uses her Moleskine book to produce Illustrations, Doodles, Drawings and Zentangles.  Zentangles are attained by repeating patterns to create an overall design.  These drawings are becoming very popular, not only their production, but also the colouring-in, that is seen as relaxing and distressing, sometimes used as a therapeutic tool.

Watercolours, Graphite and Gouache Drawings and Paintings

French Artist Nabil Nezzar uses a mixture of media, to create his contemporary drawings.  Watercolours, graphite and gouache, are used to give live to drawings and paintings, focusing on different part of the bodies.  On some, he concentrates on the face, on other, the upper portion of the body, the third category includes the three quarter length portrait and finally the portions that just focus on the clothing with no heads (plus one odd one out at the end).  A variety of poses, angles and subject matter, all inspiring.

Scratchboard Drawings Through Time and Lives

American Artist Douglas Smith studied Sculpture, Painting and Printmaking, but his main love was for Illustrations and telling a story.  Below and above are examples of his Drawings, Illustrations made with the use of the Scratchboard medium. Scratchboard is defined by Wikipedia as "Sharp knives and tools that are used for etching into a thin layer of white China clay that is coated with black India ink".  For the coloured ones, more layers of clay in different colours are laid, so that the deeper the incision the more colours are available to the artist.

Star Wars & other Miniature Paintings and drawings

Karen Libecap has been immersed in art since she was born, as her mother is a painter and wood carver.  Libecap owns and operates her own photography studio and loves to express her art in may different mediums such as watercolor, acrylics, clay and wax.  Today we are going to have a look at her miniature Drawings and Paintings that for their size, contain a lot of detail.

Detailed Moleskine Doodles Illustrations and Drawings

24 year old Philippines-based illustrator Kerby Rosanes is an artist we have followed for a long time, below we have included the links to the other posts, covering his work on DesignStack.  One thing we were impressed with from the beginning is his attention to detail and the complexity of his Moleskine Doodles.  We suggest you enlarge the images below so that you don't miss anything (just press the images to enlarge it, not the one above).  He has recently left his job as a graphic designer to pursue a self-employed carer, where he gets to decide the direction his work will follow.

Beautifully Detailed Ink Drawings & Doodles

Indonesian Artist Muthahari Insani, is an extremely capable artist, that manages to inject a huge amount of detail in his beautifully flowing ink drawings and doodles.  We have included in this post, a sample of the various techniques, Insani utilises to achieve the amazing finish product below and above.

Cats and Dogs Interactive Animal Drawings

Russian Valerie Susik (Валерия Суслопарова) draws these interactive illustrations of dogs and cats with items in the real world.  We have tried to interpret what we think the cats and dogs or their owners are saying in the image.  If you have ideas for different captions, let us know know in the comment section below.  Enjoy...

Versatility in Eclectic Colored Drawings

Artist Ayşe Bakır aka ayssbagram, is a very versatile artist, choosing to replicate the details in architecture, interior design, portraits and fashion drawings.  Bakır gets inspirations for her drawings from existing buildings, architecture but also existing paintings and details of individual parts of the body.

Colored Celebrity and Cartoon Drawings

Cas _artistiq, this is all we know about this artist, she obviously likes to draw beautiful renditions of celebrities and cartoon figures.  Amazing drawings with very crisp lines and attention to detail, make these drawings incredible likenesses of the people they are based on.

Creating Artistic Design and Drawings with Masking Tape

Creative Artist Buff Diss is mainly known as a street Artist, that instead of using spray paint uses masking tape.  This is the kind of art that we love here on DesignStack, taking something that is not normally associated with art and giving it an artistic twist.  Proving once more that you can make art with anything if you have the imagination to go with it.  As you will see below Diss doesn't just create his art on the streets but also indoors, in homes, offices and restaurants, to great effect.  Amazing what you can do with something as mundane as masking tape if you unleash your creativity.

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.

Expressions on Moleskine Portrait Drawings

Illustrator and Artist Thomas Cian, creates these beautiful portrait drawings, of different people with different expressions.  Since infancy we are supposed to be predisposed to pay special attention to the expressions on the faces.  By the time we become adults this process is so quick and spontaneous in the brain, that it goes on all the time, without us noticing.  Cian's drawings allow us to freeze frame and really pay attention to the variety of expressions that live on people's faces.

Illustrations and Drawings from Oehlers' World

Beautiful Illustrations by British Illustrator and Sculptor Adam Oehlers.  The Lovely proportions of his subjects and the character they exude, with incredible expressions, is what sets them aside from most, they are not always happy and joyful, just like life itself.  Oehlers says that "I like to think that all of my images and sculptures belong to the same little universe. Built by the stories of each of the characters that inhabit it".  Enjoy the travel through and stay in the world of Oehlers...

Dictionary Page Definition Drawings

Kristy Patterson from (Flying Shoes Art Studio) is an American Artist with an incredibly positive outlook on things.  The pages she uses for her art come from dictionary pages that define the subject matter she is going to draw.  We have shown a few, of the array of drawings and subjects her art is based on, you can buy any of the ones you like, on her Etsy page.