tatiana plakhova

there comes a point when an illustration moves beyond just displaying information and gets into the realm of something else entirely. welcome to the world of tatiana plekhova. dazzling!

hans zimmer

ingram marshall

stanislav nikireev

what, you don't think i can like realist etchings? i love this image

max richter

nehemiah grew

proper old school now with nehemiah grew. there's loads to love in the back in the day niche of botanical illustration but grew is as good a place to start as any

rene quillivic

you see these all over the place these days. curly waves, wee boats, i've even done some myself. chances are tho, rene quillivic was doing it first. possibly better known for sculpture these woodcuts are beautiful in their simplicity and grace

zdzlislaw beksinski

breathtaking. it's no wonder the likes of guillermo del toro (apparently) cites zdzlislaw beksinski as an influence

ennio morricone

arvo part

hokusai

so yes, every once in a while i like to go old school. this should need no explanation! having a browse the other day and cam across this. even all these centuries later the rightness of it just shines out from the image.

rebecca yanovskaya

ballpoint pen? bit of gold? that's all rebecca yanovskaya needs. and it works....

philip glass

ian miller

and one of the reasons i wanted to draw like i did was very likely ian miller whose green dog trumpet i still have and still have no idea what's really going on. even now - an attack of the pumpkin creatures. whatever ian miller has in head, i'd like some of that!

konstantin kalynovych

i can't get past looking at these images from konstantin kalynovych. i can't draw like this but when i was young and in my drawing phase this is exactly what i wanted to draw. and i'm not going to lie i wish i still could!

wire scorpion

more finger punishing in this easy to follow video that isn't a bad starter for making something bug like. worth remembering that once you're dialling in your technique you can add in all manner of beadwork etc to fancy it up. ideal for a rainy afternoon!

wire tree

even the thought makes my fingers hurt but one day i'm going to give it a go

margaret macdonald

after harry clarke here's another favourite. or at least one of a pair of favourites, it being wrong not to mention margaret's prodigiously talented sister frances. always worth a look in to the kelvingrove if you're passing. failing that, if it's still in print, check out jude burkhauser's glasgow girls.

harry clarke

for me, discovering harry clarke was like opening a door but i can't help feeling that he's underappreciated out there in that there world of art. you can do your wee bit towards sorting that out....

edward penkov

there's precious little about edward penkov online but what you do get is acres of images and when you got his set of skills, that's not something to grumble about.

the lost fingers

akiya kageichi

you could argue that akiya kageichi wears his influences just a bit too obviously on his sleeve. but as i like all those influences i don't care. these are just sumptuous!

cake

the leather nun

pedro oliveira

am loving this beautiful considered portraits by pedro oliveira

nagato iwasaki

i'm a sucker for old bits of wood so there's no way i'm not going to be beguiled by the work of nagato iwasaki

martin janecky

made out of glass. you just have to ask how...! martin janecky should be in the definition of artistry in the dictionary. mazing

matthew dols

of all the figurative work i've been looking at recently it's matthew dols i keep coming back to

darby lahger

it could be said that maybe there' a view that dalarna isn't the most interesting part of sweden. to that i say - darby lahger

rammstein

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