Mexican artist Andres Rios sculpts dark gods, both old and new (including several Aztec deities). While some are divine, others are machine. All are tortured and immortal, their skulls bared or barely covered by masks, […]
Category: Art
(Art) Stephen Mackey’s Illustrations From a Book You’ve Never Read
I love art that tells a story. Stephen Mackey’s art tells of dark romances and children’s fables from the world behind the wardrobe or the other side of the looking glass. The self-taught UK artist […]
(Art) The Deeply Human Fantasy of Ausonia
Blending the classical Italian style (including quite a bit of portraiture) with modern and fantasy themes, Florentine artist Ausonia — the ancient Greek name for lower Italy — imbues his creations with stunning depth and […]
(Art) I’ve got big balls
No, it’s true. Six dozen of them, in fact, by nearly as many artists, which is why this is one of those rare times I won’t credit them all. (If you want to know the […]
(Art) The Sci-Fi Megatech of JC Park
Korean artist JC Jongwong Park imagines giant tech, from the ever-popular enormous spaceship to behemoth alien architectures. The large scale of his creations creates a sense of awe and power, even as they are contrasted […]
(Art) The Amazing Acrylics of Akihiro Higuchi
This is a companion to last week’s post of fantasy art by Theo Stylianides, who imagined an alternate history where Japanese samurai adorned themselves in the armor of giant insects (and even rode them as […]
The Unreal
We thought we would invade and colonize cyberspace. In truth, the opposite is happening. We’re far from being able to transmute matter, of course, but ideas, rendered digitally, continue to creep over the border. We’re […]
(Art) The Insect Samurai of Theo Stylianides
LA-based designer Theo Stylianides imagines an alternate Japan where samurai clad themselves in the armor of giant insects. It works, not least because, like most things in Japan, samurai armor was actually inspired by nature. […]
Couple very clever details in this art by AranniHK. First, of course, are the armed robots, having taken the place of the police, who are protecting those protesting them, which makes the entire act appear […]
(Art) The Mind Libraries of Paul Rumsey
I stumbled across the mind libraries of Paul Rumsey on Twitter the other day and was immediately blown away by how evocatively simple they are. At first, my eye wanted a little more detail than […]
