Illustrations for Das Puppendorf (The Village Dolls) by Hans Hoffmann (Germany, 1906)

Illustrations from the 1924 children’s book The Dreams of Dr. Plague (ペスト博士の夢) 

Illustrations from the 1927 children’s book Animal Village (動物の村)

More obscure picture book treasures at 50watts.com!

michael sanderson draws some very handsome and well-dressed guys. love. love. love.

his website.

i’m hooked! VITALIK SHU’s work is addicting!

JUNGLE BOOK

BATMAN

HELLBOY

OTHER WORKS

Images from: http://shushko.blogspot.com/

Lima, Peru-born artist Cecilia Paredes might just remind you of the female version of modern-day magician Liu Bolin. Working with her assistants, she creates photo performance based works that have her seamlessly blended into backgrounds. Acting as both the photographer and the subject, she uses make-up, body paint and any costume she needs to make her virtually disappear.

“The illusion of ‘disappearing’ into the landscape that surrounds her, is in reality a blending, she is now ‘part of the landscape’ in her quest of belonging,” Paredes explains to us. “The theme behind all is re-location after displacement and migration and how one has to adjust in order to belong. Tough it is, but it has to be done, without forgetting our origin.”

The intricate backgrounds add an interesting and complicated dynamic to these pieces. While in some cases the photographer is turned away from the camera, her carefully chosen pose adding drama to the piece, in still others we can see the whites of her eyes, giving us that haunting feeling of discovering something we shouldn’t.

via mymodernmet.com

Sleep Elevations (1 of 6) by Maia Flore

Big Head Poetry (1 of 3) by Maia Flore