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Repurposing two old record machines, Robert Howsare created his own spirograph machine, generating endlessly mesmerising single line drawings that reminds me of that old school windows screensaver.

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More of our favourite German artist Olaf Hajek, this time available for sale at Thumbtack Press. All that’s left for you to decide is how you want your print to be delivered… Will that be stretched canvas or framed print for you sir?

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Moscow based artist Uno Moralez uses simple black and white bitmap to introduce us to his surrealist world of monsters and creatures and things that go bump in the dark.

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Illustrator Casey Girard pushed, squeezed and stuffed animals into their corresponding alphabets to comic results.

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With a 0.5 mechanical pencil, a large 5ft by 8 ft blank piece of paper and  10 months at 10 hours a day, pop surreal artist Todd Schorr created this intriguing work called Solitude.

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A delightfully ‘low-tech’ way to explain the very much high-tech, done in classic Eames clarity.

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These intrigue and delicate drawings of hair come from the hands of America based Chinese artist, Hong Chun Zhang.



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My favourite book of all time, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by my favorite artist, Salvador Dali. Published in 1969 by Maecenas Press-Random House in New York, it is one of the rarest and most sought after of Dali’s suites.

 

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Mind-blowing work by Sagaki Keita, who creates images of roman sculptures with numerous Manga inspired sketches.

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Illustrator Lauren Kaiser recounts the childhoods of famous serial killers, and the moments that inspired their infamy.

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Nigel Payne is obsessed with birds, drawing one every weekday. Aren’t we glad he kept it up?

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Something absurdly twisted by yet calming and mesmerizing… Tania Blanco is born in Valencia, but now lives and works in Paris, France and Valencia, Spain.

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Quite simply put… Tenso Graphics makes t-shirt illustrations… with awesome titles.

Math

Pole-bear

Chain-smoker

Book Jackets

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The brilliantly playful and childlike paintings of Jim Houser. A crack in space? Wonderful!!

 

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Getting the name from the sounds of wind, thunder and rain, the wonderfully immaginative and brightly coloured world of animator and illustrator Ray (Lei Lei).

The story is about a small village. One day, the heavy rain disrupts the people’s peaceful life, and a brave child swims across the Universe to save the world.

Hu Lulu”, Oh! My hat flew off!
“Hong longlong” Cover your ears!
“Hua Lala” Let’s dance together.
“Ah yaya” Is the sewer blocked ?
“La lala” Singing on the rainbow.

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Wonderfully graphic, nordic inspired patterns and prints from Sanna Annukka of the recent Keane album fame. Is the Soul Bird not just perfect for Christmas gifting?

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UK-based digital artist Chris Labrooy does amazingly intricate and detailed designs with 3D graphics that makes you do a double take… Real? or fake? May favourite is the shrink wrap series, with all the bright, happy colours anyone would ever need!

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Malaysian illustrator Tang Yau Hoong plays an amazing game of hide the graphics, using negative and positive space to bend perception and tease the mind.

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Amazingly detailed etchings by Estonian illustrator Vello Vinn. via 50watts

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