Source Colossal   Twenty years ago, National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore set out on a deceptively simple multi-year mission: to create a photo archive of biodiversity. Documenting around a thousand animals each year, his ultimate goal is a portrait catalogue showcasing more than 25,000 species. As of this writing, Sartore has documented 18,567 animals, including the…

Source Design You Trust  Max Hay, a Vancouver-area Canadian 3D artist and environment designer recognized for cinematic, moody sci-fi, cyberpunk, and fantasy worlds made in Blender. His work is defined by towering scale, thick atmospheric volumetric fog, industrial decay, and glowing focal points that turn intricate 3D assemblies into expansive visual stories. Hay’s artwork focuses…

Source Design You Trust  Kaiyi Wong is a Malaysian architectural designer, spatial artist, and founder of Unreality Studio. His practice operates at the intersection of architecture, physical sculpture, ambient light installations, digital design, and cultural heritage, continually questioning the threshold between the virtual and the real. A recurring signature in Wong’s portfolio is the reinterpretation…

Source Design You Trust  John Wallin Liberto, an industry veteran concept artist, digital painter, and illustrator with more than two decades shaping AAA gaming and feature film production. Known across the entertainment industry under his moniker “Capt. Flushgarden,” his work stands out for its masterful handling of natural lighting, aerial perspective, and mechanical realism across…

Source Design You Trust  Fedor Barkhatov (known as Fedos), a self-taught artist based in Saint Petersburg who creates atmospheric, surreal, and dark-fantasy landscapes. Maintaining an extensive daily and weekly painting archive of over 1,000 artworks since 2016, his feed functions as an unfolding visual diary of moody wanderers, misty pine forests, ancient monoliths, and glowing…

Source Colossal   When something’s stable, dependable, and strong, we might say it’s “like a rock.” Similarly, when things become difficult and challenges feel immovable, we might find ourselves “between a rock and a hard place.” These idioms suggest that perhaps especially when we face challenges, we find ways to beat the odds. And Simon Laveuve’s…

Source Artsy Shark  You submitted excellent work to a juried exhibition and felt confident about your chances. Then the rejection arrived. What happened? The post What Artists Should Know About the Jury Process appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   In playful, anthropomorphized sculptures, Hannah Lim takes inspiration from historical ceramics, classical Chinese literature, and her British-Singaporean heritage. For several years, the London-based artist has been interested in the 17th- and 18th-century design phenomenon known as Chinoiserie, in which European producers mimicked Chinese and other Asian motifs, appropriating a variety of regional aesthetics…