Source Colossal   “Wind knows neither North nor South. Neither East nor West. It moves freely across territories, indifferent to the categories that divide them,” Amine El Gotaibi says. The Moroccan artist positions nature’s apathy toward national boundaries as an entry point for unraveling the forces that shape our perceptions and memories of a place. El…

Source Colossal   Say you’re on the hunt for a drawing of a duck wearing a hat or a glimpse at Morocco in 1850 or a clip of people celebrating in the streets. Whatever imagery it is you’re searching for, Arkivism has likely got you covered. An accessible antidote to generative AI, Arkivism is a new…

Source Colossal   It’s not uncommon for artists and architects to espouse a desire for breaking conventions and pushing boundaries, but so few have embodied such a mandate as James Wines. An unparalleled devotee of wit and play, Wines is behind SITE (Sculpture in the Environment), a New York-based studio founded in 1970 with a portfolio…

Source Colossal   Just because something doesn’t have a purpose doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing. “I made a film in Excel” by London-based Maria Tomazou might be “pointless,” as she says, but it’s also a quirky, fun, and inspiring project made for the purest of reasons: just because Tomazou wanted to. “It took ages to…

Source Design You Trust  Max Asabin is a digital artist and illustrator known for his painterly environmental compositions, character design, and expressive digital brushwork. While recognized across the digital art community for his background in complex image compositing, his illustration work centers directly on foundational drawing, atmospheric lighting studies, and digital painting techniques. His artwork…

Source Design You Trust  Chris Doretz is an art director, concept artist, and industrial designer whose work shapes major science-fiction entertainment projects. Bringing a strong foundation in industrial design to the digital art space, he has contributed visual development and hard-surface design to leading game franchises and industry giants, including Star Citizen, Microsoft, Eidos, Rockfish…

Source Design You Trust  Piotr Kryński is an art director and concept artist who has developed environments for major entertainment industry powerhouses, including Valve, Sony, HBO, and Netflix. Specializing in visual development for feature films and video games, he focuses on crafting believable, gritty, and atmospheric settings engineered to support high-stakes cinematic storytelling. His personal…

Source Artsy Shark  For pastel artist Cindy Berceli, every animal portrait is an opportunity to capture a personality and preserve a cherished connection. The post Featured Artist Cindy Berceli appeared first on Artsy Shark.