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The Best Demon Illustrations of All Time
Even today, the 1863 edition of the “Dictionnaire Infernal” is the stuff of nightmares. By Eric Grundhauser.
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The Weird Illustrations That Shaped Sci-Fi Pop Culture
A century ago, a small but influential group of artists and researchers teamed up to discover and introduce strange new species to the public. By Sam Lubell.
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Rediscover a 19th-Century Compendium of North American Trees
Botanists François-André Michaux and Thomas Nuttall documented every known tree in North America. A book compiles over 270 plates from their publication.
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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight With Depression In These Dark And Mysterious Paintings
Depression is not an easy thing to deal with, but sometimes you can take your weakness and turn it into something beautiful. By Andrius.
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An Illustrated 19th-Century Japanese Travelogue of Egypt
The image of Egypt as conceived by innovative Japanese publisher Takejirō Hasegawa was well outside the dominant paradigm and thus startling to Western eyes.
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Delightfully trippy vintage illustrations of futuristic space colonies
Four decades ago, researchers imagined the self-sufficient, Earth-orbiting spacecrafts of our future
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WPA-Style Posters Imagine a Bleak Future for US National Parks
Artist Hannah Rothstein created a series of images in the style of vintage posters for US National Parks that imagines what they will look like if we don't act against climate change.
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How To Create Your Own Ambigram, A Word Readable From Any Perspective
“When branching out into a new artistic direction, simplicity is the word du jour. Michelangelo didn’t paint the Sistine Chapel the first day he picked up a paintbrush, much like you shouldn’t start with a very complex word for your first ambigram.“
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Nikita Golubev Turns Dirty Cars Into Works of Art
The Moscow-based artist insures these cars will never get a car wash
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Propaganda Art for WWI and WWII: 18 Fantastic Victory Garden Posters
To ensure enough food for American service members and civilians, the U.S. government promoted home gardening as a patriotic gesture that would also support those on the home front contending with food rationing.
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Artistic Expressions of Math Over Seven Centuries
"Picturing Math" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has prints dating back to the 15th century, all expressing the beauty of mathematics.
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Biomechanical Illustrations of Crustaceans by Steeven Salvat
Spectacular illustrations of crustaceans showing mechanical and biological halves of the creatures by Paris-based artist Steeven Salvat.
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Do Not Hold In Hand After Lighting
Heller offers up a post-New Year sampling of graphics produced for Chinese fireworks packaging.
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Cats Tattooing Other Cats by Kazuaki Horitomo
Kazuaki Horitomo is a California-based Japanese artist who combines two of his great passions – tattoos and cats – into one. As an illustrator and tattoo artist, Horitomo is steeped in the Japanese tradition of tebori (a technique of tattooing by hand) and his illustrations reflect that.
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CIA Releases Declassified Maps from 75 Years of Intelligence Cartography
To mark the 75th anniversary of its Cartography Center, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) shared decades of declassified maps.
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The Transporting Promise of 20th-Century Travel Posters
Travel posters from the early to mid-20th century.
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Twenty Tattoo Ideas For Cat Lovers
You already have three cats, all of them eat better food than you, live in a fancier houses, and you’re still finding yourself running out of ways how to show your uncompromising love for these beautiful felines? We’re here to help. We and these tattoo artists who cater to the die hard kitty fans.
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Surreal Illustrations of Books by Jungho Lee
A series of illustrations by Korean artist Jungho Lee inspired by books. The theme was to create surreal images of books to highlight the endless imagination they provide for the reader.
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Now You Can Experience Game of Thrones the Way George R.R. Martin Intended
We may have to wait a bit longer for George R.R. Martin to produce The Winds of Winter, the sixth installment in his Song of Ice and Fire saga. But this fall will see a new book that’ll have Game of Thrones fanatics lining up around the corner (or at least scurrying to their favorite online retailer) when it’s released on October 18. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the book series that launched one of the most popular TV shows in the world, Random House has put together a massive illustrated version of Martin’s first novel...
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50 Color Vintage Photographs Captured Amazing Nose Art Painted on Military Aircrafts During World War II
The inscription of art work on military planes dates to World War I, when paintings were usually extravagant company or unit insignia. However, regulations were put in place after the war to stymie the practice. As the United States entered World War II, nose art regulations were relaxed, or in many cases totally ignored. WWII would become the golden age of aircraft artistry.
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