Scenes of Realistic Night Time Paintings

Nigh time scenes are not that common when it comes to paintings and that is why we have decided to concentrate on Evgeny Lushpin's dusk artwork.  What makes these paintings special is the concept, the choice of light and the realistic look Lushpin is capable of infusing into them.  Most of his work is based on scenes of the major cities around the world, if you have been there, it will remind you of them, if you haven't, it sparks the flame in your mind to imagine its urban surrounding.

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.

Dreamlike Photography out of Time and Space

Rosie Hardy is a professional Photographer based in the United Kingdom, who has a real gift for taking pictures with a dreamlike quality to them.  She puts her models, some times herself, in costumes, locations and expressions that give her photos an otherworldly, serene and relaxing feeling.  That said there is a section on the middle of the post, where Hardy examines fear and darker subjects.  Enjoy...

Surreal Night Time Photo Manipulation

Photo manipulator wyldraven, creates these expressive images with a distinctive Surreal feel to them.  Even though there are some scenes with Death, they are full of fun or with a double meanings.  The photos seem to be very serene with no menacing protagonist looking back at you.  Beautiful scenes that make us appreciate the tranquil feeling you can just get during night time.

Constructing 3D Drawings one Section at the Time

Sushant S Rane, is a talented Indian Artist, that is able to fool our eyes into thinking that his 2D drawings are actually 3D.  In the post, we have included images of the finished drawings, plus two stages of partial completion.  We have also added two GIF animations to show more intermediate details of these amazing drawings.  Enjoy...

Chicken Wire Sculptures of People Frozen in Time

Italian scenographer, painter and sculptor Edoardo Tresoldi, has a real gift in being able to convey emotions and state of mind in a medium as void of detail as is chicken wire.  It is amazing how comfortable and deep in thought his sculptures look, it is almost like looking at a real person with their expression frozen in time.  We have included a video of one of his sculptures in which, you can see the optical illusion of the face tricking your mind, as the camera pans around it, have a look...  We have added Animations of the details of the various sculptures underneath their main picture.

Altering Street Art into Animations

A. L. Crego takes street art, building landscapes, people and then animates them.  We usually try and find out a bit more about the artist we feature, but in this case we were not able to find much.  We thought that this post was too good to give up, so if we find more information in the future we will add it to the post.  You will need to give the Animations, a bit of time to start.  You can enlarge the image by pressing it, (not the first one).

The Passage of Time Recorded in Pencil Drawing Portraits

In an age when we are told that beauty can only be captured in a youthful looking person, Italian Artist Antonio Finelli stands in stark contrast.  He loves the ageing skin and the way it affects all of us, as time passes.  He sees our skin a recording device of the passage of time, that filters all of the experiences we go through.  His fascination focuses on the transformation we go through, symbolised, in his latest drawings by the incomplete portions in his portraits.

Capturing Time with Colored Pencil Drawings on Diptychs

American Artist Eric Green has many talents, as well as Drawing and Painting, he Writes on a syndicated column and is a Book Writer.  Today we are going to concentrate on his Time Diptychs (defined as two flat plates attached at a hinge. Originally used as exercise books in ancient times, they were then used to display art).  Green produces Colored Pencil Drawings on Panel of his own home, he depicts two scenes of the same view that are differentiated by the time of day they were drawn in.  Enjoy these samples of time, in Eric Green's life...

Realistic Paintings of Cities Frozen in Time

Spanish Artist Fidel Molina, is the son of a painter and grew up, around paint brushes and oil paints.  After having completed a degree in Fine Arts, he worked in Graphic Design.  His paintings are a snapshot of life in the city, where people busily go about their business, in a rush to get to...  If only we could pause our life, from time to time, to see where we are and where we are trying to get to, maybe we would make different decisions.

Realistic Paintings that Capture a Moment in Time

Photo like paintings, where movement is suspended, whilst the protagonists frozen in time.

Animated Characters Drawings a Time Trip to Childhood

Drawings representing the child hood of most of us, as Mickey Mouse was born in 1928 almost a century ago.

WIP Color Drawings of Actors and Animals

Self-taught Artist Corinne Vuillemin says that she has always been passionate about Drawing and Painting using many different mediums like Oil, Watercolour, Graphite, Charcoal and Colored Pencils.  Most of all, she loves creating portraits, with the eyes being her favourite feature to reproduce.  Even though these are reproductions she always tries to identify and amplify the spark of emotion she sees in her subjects.  For each portrait we have added below it, a WIP (Work in Progress) GIF Animation.  Enjoy...

Travel Back in Time - up the Family Tree

Photographer and Stylist Christine McConnell, creates photographs of herself next to her ancestors, going back almost 200 years.  It apparently all started with a dress, her mother gave her early last year that she wore in a painting, that was hanging up in their home for the last 25 years.  At the time her mother was 32 which is also Christine's age now.  She decided to recreate that photograph of her mother's and got the idea to go back in time to recreate her earlier ancestors as well.

Superheroes Part-Time Jobs

Malaysian Artist and Illustrator Chow Hon Lam creates these possible options for Superheroes in case their Film Franchises don't do too well.  All of the Superheroes use their powers to land their perfect jobs.

If you like this have a look at Movies & TV Shows Series as Cartoons.

Time Lapse Videos of Drawings and Paintings

Time lapse Drawing videos by talented artist Howard Lee.  He creates hyper realistic drawings / Paintings which, he compares to the real thing and then ask you to pick which one is which.  The short videos are set up in a very interesting way, first he shows the comparison, then he shows you the real one in a very cool way, and then the time lapse portion where, the drawing / painting is executed.  We have included 6 Videos and images below, How many did you guess right?

Colored Pencil WIP Drawings

Freelance Polish Artist Łukasz Andrzejczak kindly shows us his artwork at different stages of completion, from initial drawing to completely coloured WIPs (Work In Progress).  We have shown one static image of the finished image and an animation of the different stages below it.  All the pictures can be enlarged if pressed except the one above.

My Childhood - Surreal Drawings that Depict a Simpler Time

Surreal Drawings that make us think of our own childhood and all the time we spent without a care in the world.

Writing in 3D Typography Animations

German Graphic Designer and Co-Founder of Kollektiv Kjosk, Florian Schommer, brings us these brilliant examples of animated Typography.  His newly formed company is trying to bring something new and fresh to the illustration market.  They specialise in fields like music, fashion and art. Their slogan is "Let’s stop monotony!".  Please give the animations some time to get started.  The top image is the only one that does not animate.

Beauty in Biomechanical Sculptures

Norwegian Artist Christopher Conte, now living in New York, creates these fantastic biomechanical sculptures which, combine his love for anatomy and robotics.  After finishing his Fine Arts degree, he started working in he world of prosthetics, (artificial limbs for amputees).  He spent 16 years doing this job whilst creating biomechanical sculptures in his spare time, which then became his new full time job.  He creates his own pieces as well as using recycled parts, like the Singer Creature at the end of the post.  Amazing lines and the precision in his sculptures, make them an absolute pleasure to look at.