Victo Ngai is a New York based artist. His style reminds me very much of Chinese art. That’s not a huge surprise as he’s helped author Yiyun Li illustrate a book on Chinese Fairy Tale and Fantasies before. This sample of art, though, from Victo’s Behance, is in a collection called ‘Sci-fi, Fantasy and Mystery’. […]
Fantatic cities from Cecil Kim and monsters to destroy them
Born in Seoul, Cecil Kim moved to LW and later co-founded Section Studios. He’s worked on games like God of War (1, 2 and 3), Final Fantasy IX, Dead Realm and many more. I think he has the knack for scale – he can make things seem huge when he needs to. He’s not blogged […]
Clever quilled paper Pokemon
What is paper quilling? It’s the art of getting strips of paper, rolling, shaping and gluing together to create designs. There’s a whole reddit community for it. There’s also the work of Aimie Holdorf (aka wholedwarf – great self-nickname) and these paper Pokemon! There’s no doubt that the clever rolls of paper give these Pokemon […]
Vibrant art from J.C. Park
J.C. Park is a senior concept artist at Goodgame Studios in Germany. He’s worked freelance and has done well in contests from the likes of Blizzard ad Nexon. You can see more of his work over at J-Circle and there’s a teaser gallery below. The good news is that he does offer a shop were […]
Vladislav Ociacia’s cyborg art
Ociacia is a professional artist who specialises in animations and has a fondness for futuristic and robot designs. I think he can take what looks like a piece of sci-fi, a cyborg schematic for example, and turn it into a piece of art. Based in Kiev, Ociacia has worked with the like of Intel, Republic […]
This teenager is a monster!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COuyqE6c6zY Lara Wirth is only 16 years old, but she’s confident, talented and going places. Entirely self-taught she uses makeup to transform herself into wonderfully scary monsters. The video above takes us through the whole process but you can follow her on Instagram or check out a wee gallery below.
That time Disney Princesses became wookies
Illustrator Michael Nozinich created a batch of unusual Disney Princesses to help site OBSERV partake in Star Wars Day. I approve. Which is your favourite? There’s a hairy Ariel, scary looking Jasmine, a furry Snow White (complete with Ewoks) and a beast-like Merida. (Via Joey Paur at Geek Tyrant)
14 stunning character concept images by Kait Kybar
Kait Kybar is a concept designer based in Tallinn, Estonia. He’s worked on projects like Killzone: Shadow Fall, Horizon Zero Dawn, Overkill’s The Walking Dead and PayDay 2. Kindly, he shares much of his art over at Behance complete with some personal projects. This post compiles and teases some of his character designs; all of […]
Towering Shadow of the Colossus poster
This imposing Shadow of the Colossus poster is the work of Nagy Norbert. The Romanian concept artist and illustrator shares his work on Art Station and his Norbface blog.
Ivica Stevanovic’s wicked creatures from The Bestiary
The Bestiary is a collection of monster, fantastic, creatures from the lines of authors like China Mieville, Catherynne M. Valente, Dexter Palmer, Karen Lord, Karin Tidbeck, Vandana Singh, Rikkie Ducornet, Brian Evenson, Felix Gilman and many others. Edited by Hugo Award winning Ann VanderMeer and World Fantasy Award winning Jeff VanderMeer the Bestiary collection has […]
