Embroidered illustrations by Lucky Jackson.

Every now and again when i'm randomly browsing the web i'll come across something that is completley brilliant. These hand stitched textile frames by Lucky Jackson really make me smile :) They're right up my street, they look cute and also have a very strong collage/illustrative feel, at first i thought the figures were drawn but when you look closer you can see they're actually stitched - amazing ! And what's more - this artist has set themselves up to produce one of these textile pieces everyday for a whole year ... 365 unique works of art, all in the same format which realy makes a lovely seires :)

The art of Zak Smith

I think it's about time i posted about Zak Smith, he is (and has been for a long time) one of my most favourite artists. His portraits are the thing i like the most about his work, although pretty much everything he draws makes me wow :) Bold lines and blocks of colour amidst crazy amounts of detail make his punk inspired images really unique. His website is packed full of his artwork, but here's a few of my favourite pieces by him... 

Valerie Vargas Tattoos

Valerie Vargas is a tattoo artist that I came across a while ago, and I think it is fair to say that she is an EPIC artist. I love her designs, they all seem to have such beautiful compositions with just the right amount of detail. Pretty girls with flowing hair, detailed jewellery, keys and locks, animals and bold roses are just a few of the things that appear in her designs. I would love to be tattooed by her some day : ) Here is some of her stunning work...

ScribblerToo

ScribblerToo is an online application that lets you create amazing images with just a few simple lines. It connects the lines you draw and makes them look really technical and sketchy - line colour, density,canvas colour and the amount of connections can be changed. It's brilliant to play about on and see what can be created :) I love the way the black lines look on a white background. Here are a few things i have drawn using it... I want to learn to draw like this with a normal pen on paper !

Marvellous molecular patterns

This website is an amazing place to go if you're looking for patterns for inspiration. The site is loaded with images of different drugs and chemicals 'under the miroscope', some of them are just mindblowingly colourful and intricate, and look as if they could be works of art that have taken hours to create.  I could spend days looking through them all ^__^  Here's a few of my favourites...they remind me of stained glass windows and looking through a kaleidoscope.

Iori Tomita - Colourful Specimens

I came across these images on the website Lost At E Minor (which by the way is a brilliant website for creative inspiration and just for a good old nosey around too ) and was so amazed by them i felt i had to share them on here :) Iori Tomita creates these translucent and vividly coloured creatures by preserving and dying animal skeletons in an array of crazy chemicals. The result is quite astounding, little works of art that don't quite seem to belong on thi planet - but they do!

Creative quotes

I have come across a lot of quotes on the internet about creativity and art, a lot of them make sense but a few of them manage to be funny too, and as a bonus are well designed (seems appropriate) :) Here's some of my favourite ones...