The works of art below were created by a group of artists for the Heartwork Project – a project designed to raise money for art supplies for the art room at Target House, a long-term treatment facility for children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  The theme this year was Hope. This is such a heartwarming project, especially in a world where artists and designers are increasingly concerned with Facebook likes and website...

A friend of mine sent me a link to Tom Whalen’s deviantART page yesterday, and I was an immediate fan.  His sense of color and contrast is incredibly inspiring, and his work has a sense of both elegance and whimsy.  They’re created in a way that almost makes them seem as if they’re moving. Mr. Whalen is one of those artists that humbles me when I see just how much work he has put out – and how good it all is.  What you...

I know I’m a little late on this, but I didn’t get a chance to update the site yesterday after I learned that Maurice Sendak passed away.  But I wanted to do something, and this was one of the coolest things I came across about Mr. Sendak and his work. This comic was originally published in The New Yorker and was written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman about his visit and subsequent conversation with Sendak at his home in...

I feel a little bit strange calling myself a tattoo enthusiast when I only actually have one myself (an autumn-colored Maple leaf on my right forearm), but I really love tattoo artwork, and these by tattooist and artist Peter Aurisch (link contains some NSFW images) are hands-down some of the coolest I’ve ever seen. I’m sort of fascinated by the art of tattooing, and am impressed with how much these don’t look like tattoos....

As someone who loves illustration, I’ve seen (and done) thousands of drawings, sketches, illustrations, etc.  I’ve seen some impressive detail work, but these ink drawings by artist Alex Konahin might just take the cake.  They’re unbelievable. It’s hard enough just to imagine designs this intricately detailed – let alone sitting down with a pen and actually bringing them to life.  It’s one of those things...