Papercraft has always been popular, mostly in the form of Origami, but with the joys of the web, people can now publish their creations online and there are some interesting examples, that’s for sure! Here we have picked twenty of the best, some very cute, some extremely odd!
I love doodle is the website and portfolio of Lim Heng Swee, an amazing illustrator.
Without bothering Jung and its “Puer aeternus” or Pascoli with its “Little Boy” Funny Retouchup Photo Manipulations to transform Adults into Childrens, we can certainly agree that, somewhere inside each of us, there’s a young core, instinctive, creative but also innocent and naïve. What would happen if this intimate essence would be completely revealed? shocking ?
L’ Enfant Extérieur (The Outer Child) takes into analysis this possibility, showing us a world of men in the shape of children, as if the body could slip on the ugliness of life, less expected to imagine big fawn’s eyes winking in the night clubs or little chubby hands shaking in the offices.
British author Richard Benson and his publisher, Chronicle Books, surfed the web and asked teachers to share their favorite (real) wrong answers.
What resulted is two New York Times best sellers, F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers and its sequel, F for Effort! More of the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers.
With permission, we're publishing eight of the best bad answers.
Whimsical Animal Illustrations by Russian artist Erika, who studied at St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. Erika created a brood of humorous dogs, cats, tiger and animals with personality.
Gustavo Sobral is an graphic designer and illustrator from Brazil with such a great talent in creating characters. But his work is much more than that, we can see posters, ads and some amazing illlustrations. We highly recommend that you check out his Flickr page, and below we will list some examples of his work.
Artist Johan Thornqvist took a simple take-a-picture from mobile phone to the next level. He came up with a clever idea to draw straight onto these photos and the results were indeed playful and somewhat adorable.
Rihards Donskis aka Apofis is a talented digital artist from Latvia. If you’re into cute digital illustrations, make sure to check the 50+ artworks we selected from Rihards portfolio. Btw, seems Apofiss does have a thing for cats). Anyway, scroll though … and get inspired. Enjoy!
Michigan-based artist David Zinn uses chalk to draw these fun 3D street art illustrations. A self-proclaimed doodler and word nerd, Zinn is always on the lookout for a new opportunity to use art as a problem-solving tool, whether the problem is a complicated global concern or a sad-looking crack in the sidewalk. See Zinn’s website for more information on his past and current projects.
Nothing like ending the week with a good set of quality illustrations! We had a great run this week and this Friday it wouldn't be any different, right? Today I've selected some amazing works for you.
Paolo Domeniconi, an Italian artist, does some gorgeous, adorable illustrations. I'm amazed on how good these are. I really love this style, which looks colored by pencil. It doesn't have that smooth feel... it's rough, but awesome! For more of Paolo's work, please visit his portfolio at DeviantART. He'll definitely appreciate it. Cheers.
Sketching is great way to grow as an artist. But it's not just a step in the path to become a illustrator, but it can also be an artist's speciality, which is awesome.
Some artists have evolved their sketching techniques and began doing mixed media pieces like these below, by artist Charles Santoso. His pieces are really well done and lovely. His use of pencils are great because he keeps that sketchy feel to it and adds up using both traditional media or photoshop for colors, and it gives us some great results. For more of this work, you should really check his portfolio and tumblr. He'll definitely appreciate it.
People wear T-shirts in relaxed environments and they want these T-shirts to have humorous designs. If the market wants it, the market gets it. That’s why a lot of graphic designers have focused on designing T-shirts. One of these designers is Randy Otter who started doing vector illustrations for T-shirts back in 2010.
At first, like a newbie in any niche, didn’t make them as funny as they are now, for example. However, with every new illustration that he made, he received constructive feedback and has evolved quite nicely since his beginnings in the business.
In this article you will see samples of his work from the beginning till now and I hope you will enjoy his way of designing illustrations.
T-shirt illustration designs or Vector illustration is a popular technique of many illustrator designers all over the web. Chow Hon Lam is a creative graphic designer and illustrator from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is focus to create cute t-shirt illustration designs, these designs can bring some smile to your face.
Today we are selected 25 beautiful illustration designs, these cute illustrations make us happy and keep your mind tension-free. These illustration designs are print on t-shirts, which you can find at flyingmouse365 Store. You can also visit Chow Hon’s portfolio at Behance.net.
One of the most adorable kinds of illustrations is children's book illustration! There are a variety of traces and colors but they are usually very cute and well done.
Teagan White is an American artist that comes up with some absolute lovely children's book illustrations. Here you'll find a brief selection of her works, but for more of this, you should really check out her portfolio at Behance. There you'll find tons of other amazing pieces. I hope you enjoy these! Cheers.
Wanchana Intrasombat, also known as Victorior, is a fantastic digital artist from Thailand that specializes in illustration and character design. His art is geared towards the cartoon, fantasy world that usually includes inspiration from his childhood dreams.
One Russian man took his marriage proposal as a matter of life or death. Alexey Bykov hired a movie director and stuntmen to stage a bloody, gruesome faked death — aspects not often associated with the romance and refinement of the average proposal. When Bykov’s girlfriend arrived to meet him, she found herself at the scene of a car crash, with mangled vehicles everywhere. Irena Kolokov then asked a paramedic what happened and learned Bykov had died. When she began weeping over his body, he reportedly jumped up and proposed to her. “I was so cross I almost killed him again, but for real this time,” she said, after saying yes. It was the ultimate in shock and awww.
How many of us stand guilty of doodling during meetings or lectures? Doodling has become synomous with day-dreaming as depicted by the media in movies, TV shows and even cartoons. At first glance, it does seem that doodling has a negative connotation equating to being distracted from the main activity at hand. You aren’t paying attention on what you’re supposed to be focused on, because it bores you. As a result, you miss out details of the meeting or lecture and eventually regrets not paying attention to it. But there’s a plus side to doodling: when we doodle, we do it semi-consciously. This subconsciousness is how we actually access our most creative self and come up with brilliant ideas for even our most troubling problems.
Fun is that ingredient of life that makes living possible. Without it we would die a slow death. Though it is never listed as necessary as food, air, water and shelter but the importance of fun cannot be denied by anyone. Everyone knows the value of a hearty laugh and the benefits it has got; physical as well as mental and who can understand it better than the people living in the extremely stressed out present times. This is why we have found out various ways to introduce fun in our lives and funny pictures are one of them.
We all have a geeky part hidden somewhere in us, so these love illustrations will make that part very happy. These images contain some funny yet romantic phrases lie “You mean the World to me”, which are accompanied with some very detailed images of what they mean.
So, if you have a geeky boyfriend or girlfriend, use these illustrations to make a good impressions. I bet they will work like charm.
We love to see cute, funny, awesome animals, and they can’t be ignored in the world of advertising. Advertisers frequently use animals in ads. There are animals like cats, dogs, owls, monkeys, elephants. Many animals are often perceived as cute, cuddly and friendly.
In this article, we have rounded up some of the most creative advertisements with cuddly animals from Creative Ad Awards. It is such a joy to see some of them, being displayed with a tint of humor, while others are metaphorically presented to snap us out of our misery. Nevertheless, these are very creative and I appreciate the designers who created such amazing ads.
