creative bliss

Forget traditional Jack O’Lanterns this Halloween – these fantastic carvings are the best inspiration you’ll need to design your pumpkins. These incredibly detailed carvings were created by Villafane Studios, set up by artist Ray Villafane and his friend Andy Bergholtz. Sculptor Ray Villafane works with a variety of mediums, but his intricate pumpkin carvings are the most popular of all. Ray Villafane was born on March 5, 1969 in Queens, New York and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in [...]

Viktor Hertz, a freelance graphic designer from Uppsala, Sweden, has always been a fan of “ad-busting and remixes of different stuff.”  He reveals the secret that makes his work so successful: “I want the image to tickle both the heart and the brain of the spectator. If my works make people smile, my goal is reached.” Viktor Hertz‘s Honest Logos pokes fun at well-known companies and their content by altering their logos with new messaging. Controversial or hilarious, this creative [...]

Belgian artist Ben Heine has been taking photos and drawing since almost 10 years. This «Pencil Vs Camera» series is the result of several years of graphic exploration and a logic consequence of his artistic evolution. His idea came while he was watching television and writing a letter at the same time. Reading his letter before putting it in the envelope, he saw in transparency the television behind the paper. He then realized it would be great to make something [...]

~ Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. ~ Alan Alda ‎~ Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. ~ Daisaku Ikeda ‎~ Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. ~ George Bernard Shaw ‎~ The only truly happy people are children and the creative minority. ~ Jean Caldwell [...]

At the beginning of the year we greet each other with wishes for a happy New Year. We wish each other more happiness, love, success and just about anything that we’d like more of. We say that somewhat habitually, just as routine regards. But what if we could really make this year much better than the previous one? Our lives are run by work, duties, responsibilities, commitments, deeds, control, drive, achievements, pains, plans, desires, you name it. At the beginning [...]

Anikó has been drawing and painting ever since she could hold a pencil in her hand…  She sees the most valuable feature of digital art as the endless freedom of artistic techniques, easily allowing to alter hand-drawing with computer and photo manipulation – where traditional and abstract elements live together in harmony. Anikó’s paintings are full of tension and emotional dynamics.  She describes her work as “a piece of me, which is continuously recharging and wishing to express itself over [...]