40 Creative and Bizarre Surreal Paintings by Cyril Rolando

thumbCyril Rolando is a 24 year old artist from Paris, France.  A clinician psychologist by trade, he also draws for fun, focusing primarily on the human emotions.  Despite never attending art school, Cyril’s work shines through as creative and surreal.  His inspiration comes from his experiences as a psychologist, and from Time Burton and Hayao Miyazaki.  About his artwork, he writes “This is a return to childhood, where animals can speak, dreams become reality and imagination rules the world.”

In this post, we’ll look at 40 creative, interesting, weird and bizarre paintings from Cyril.  His work resembles a surreal form of painting, though his work pushes the boundaries of every style.

On deviantART, he is known as AquaSixio, so if you like his work, check out his full gallery: http://aquasixio.deviantart.com/

Without any further a due, prepare to be amazed.

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30+ Astounding Graphic Designs by Christopher Haines

thumbChristopher Haines is a graphic designer from Perth, Australia, who has a long held passion for all things art and design.  His primary styles of digital art range from typography, photomanipulation, to 3D matte painting and surreal landscapes.  He works at a local design studio, and does freelance on the side, as well as submitting to the depthCORE collective.

His work is astounding, and he is a master of his tools in every way.  In this post, it’s an honor to feature some of Chris’ work.  If you want to see his full gallery, you can check out his personal site, NeonDreams or you can find him on Behance: http://www.behance.net/neondistractions

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29 Crazy Awesome Digital Paintings by Patrik Hjelm

thumbPatrik Hjelm, also known as UnidColor, is a digital artist and painter from Sweden, who is incredibly talented and has quite frankly some of the best digital artworks I’ve seen.  A fan of a variety of fantasy games, he lists Blizzard games among his favorites, which is evident in his fantasy themed works that often reflect Diablo, Warcraft, and other titles.  Patrik is skilled at both character illustration and environment painting, as is evident from his works.

Today, it’s my pleasure to feature 29 of Patrik’s incredible works here, which were hand selected for being outright awesome.  I hope you like them, and if you do, be sure to check out Patrik on deviantART here: http://unidcolor.deviantart.com/

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42 Eye-Popping Digital Paintings by Snow Skadi

thumbSnowSkadi is a fantasy digital painter and artist from Russia, specializing in fantasy concept art and landscape digital painting.  SnowSkadi is a master of architectural concepts, as you’ll notice in many of the digital paintings, and also is an expert at a unique soft coloring technique that provides subtle yet eye catching colors.

Today, it’s my pleasure to feature 42 of SnowSkadi’s beautiful digital paintings here, for your viewing enjoyment.  Each image was hand selected for having a beautiful concept, flawless colors and beautiful details.  If you like them, be sure to check out SnowSkadi on deviantART here: http://snowskadi.deviantart.com/

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26 Breathtaking Environment Digital Paintings

thumbEnvironment digital painting is a popular artform that requires incredible skill, talent and attention to detail in order to produce an image that truly captures the beauty, mood and scenery of a natural environment.

Today, we have 26 breathtaking environment digital paintings by some of the masters themselves, that will transport you into another realm and evoke your deepest emotions.

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Out of this World #2 – Nebulae Tutorials and Inspiration

thumbAlright, well it’s time for part two of our “Out of this World” series.  This time, we’re going to look at the best nebula tutorials and images out there on the web.  Nebulae are notoriously difficult to create, because they come in varying shapes, sizes and colors.  It is for this same reason that designers love to create them, because the possibilities are almost endless.

Here’s the best tutorials and inspiration for nebulae.  Hopefully you like it, and if you have a comment or addition to our list, be sure to leave a comment.

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