Illustrations Archives - Page 7 of 12

The Fantastically-Surreal Art of Rafael Silveira

It was quite a difficult task for me to pick only a few select images from Rafael Silveira’s portfolio. His paintings and illustrations are that good!

A lot of his works are phantasmagorical in nature. His acrylic and oil paintings, he says, “mixes a classical atmosphera with contemporary techniques and subjects.” And indeed, popular cartoon characters rub shoulders with pin-up-esque femme fatales, and his subjects exist in a lush, symbolically-rich world of their own.

Rafael Silveira lives and works in Curitiba, Brazil. You can buy original artworks and prints at his online store.

Link to his site.

Hit the jump to check out some must-see artwork by the artist.

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Vector Illustrations by Grimsby

Vector illustrations with a humorous twist, by Grimsby, a graphic designer based in Los Angeles, California.

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Sahara Jane’s Whimsical Art

Sahara Jane, an illustrator and painter, is based in San Francisco. Sahara says that her works are inspired by children’s books and street art, and indeed, there is a child-like playfulness about her surrealistic art. She uses ink, acrylic and water colors to paint on coffee/tea stained paper or wooden panels.

There are more select images from her portfolio, after the jump.

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The Art of Peatree Bojangles

The super-awesomely named Peatree Bojangles (NSFW) is a trained artist and illustrator from London, who creates brilliant pop culture-infused digital art. Though her works look like manipulated photographs, they are actually hand-sketched photo-realistic illustrations, which she scans or photographs and then works on in Photoshop.

Peatree also maintains a blog, where she shares her unique (read edgy, but hilarious) rants and insights about surviving life on this planet of ours. She is also a must follow on Twitter.

You can buy prints of her illustrations here.

Hit the jump to see some select works from her portfolio.

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Ernesto Fidel’s Art

Select works from the stunning portfolio of Ernesto Fidel, a Colombian-born artist and illustrator, based in Genova, Italy.

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Fauna Friends – Japanimals Poster Series

“Japanimals” is the newest (and cutest!) set of collaborative posters from Familytree, a creative studio based in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 4 posters in the set are part of the “Fauna Friends” series, and feature illustrations by Alex Pearson, Julian Baker, Scott MacDonald and Andy Young. All the posters are 2 color screen prints on heavy duty “French Red Hot Pop-Tone paper.”

Link to Familytree.

More images after the jump.

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The Label Project

Sari Widman swears that her current project, which involves redrawing all the packaging in her house, is quite charming, and I have no choice but to agree with her. It’s also quite surreal, a bit crazy, and a whole lot of fun, too.

Snip from her site:

I was sick of looking at the utilitarian goods that cluttered my home, only to see dull and hideous packaging staring back at me with its beady little eyes. After browsing some weird and wonderful Japanese packaging, I decided to do what corporate America will not: create fun and visually interesting labels without thought to marketing, sales, or sense. Because who wants a label that’s actually relevant to the product when you can have non-sequiter and fun?

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Marcel Cowling’s Stunning Portfolio

Select images from Marcel Cowling’s superb body of work. Marcel is an artist and printmaker, currently living in Brighton, UK.

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Indian Street Graphics

Meena Kadri’s excellent set of colorful photographs, shot on the streets of India. Local graphic styles from various Indian locations. A taste of typography, illustration & decoration found on temples…

Creativity is…

Some excellent, hand-drawn typographic illustrations by Justin Poulter.