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The Concept Artist Turning Personal Struggles Into Striking Dark Fantasy
Source Design You Trust Seung Gue Lee s a digital painter, illustrator, and concept artist who specializes in dark fantasy and grim illustration. The artist openly takes on freelance work, particularly in character design and concept art for projects that require a heavy, moody aesthetic. The artwork leans heavily into themes of mortality, the macabre,…
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Anato Finnstark Turns Epic Fantasy Universes Into Cinematic Digital Paintings
Source Design You Trust Anato Finnstark is an illustrator and art director active since 2015, known for epic fantasy and dark fantasy digital paintings. The portfolio includes deeply realized fan art series for Berserk, Lord of the Rings, Hollow Knight, and Elden Ring, often rendered at a massive, cinematic scale. The imagery centers on legendary…
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The Artist Blends Euro-Manga, Western Comics, And Fantasy Into A Signature Visual World
Source Design You Trust Simz is the working name of Simone Ferriero, an Italian digital illustrator and comic book artist. The visual style is a distinctive blend of euro-manga, western comics, and manga influences, built on intricate linework and richly detailed backgrounds. The work often merges modern-day elements with magical fantasy, creating atmospheric, dark, and…
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Vintage Studio Portraits Featuring Late 1960s Women’s Hairstyles
Source Design You Trust By the late 1960s, women’s hairstyling had slipped its structured moorings. The rigid, voluminous looks that opened the decade gradually loosened into freer, more natural expressions of individuality. These studio portraits capture that transition with striking diversity: hair falls in long, straight hippie-inspired sheets, fans out in feathered layers, curves into…
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July 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Source Colossal Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. Exhibizone Grand Prize – 2026: Grants, Exhibition, Publication, Promotion, SalesFeaturedReady to showcase your art on a global stage and win cash grants? Submit your strongest artworks to…
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James Turrell’s 100th ‘Skyscape’ Opens in Aarhus
Source Colossal The pioneering perceptual artist James Turrell marked a career milestone this month with the opening of his 100th Skyscape, a site-specific architectural installation with a simple construction: a domed structure with an oculus pointed toward the sky. Now permanently on view at ARoS in Aarhus, Denmark, “As Seen Below” is the latest iteration…
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The 7th VH Award Open Call Expands Support for Media Artists
Source Colossal Hyundai Motor Group announces the open call for the 7th VH AWARD, a global award program and platform amplifying creators whose work engages with the context of Asia. The VH AWARD invites individuals and collectives of Asian descent, based in Asia, or members of the Asian diaspora, to submit screen-based audiovisual art, including video art, motion graphics,…
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In a New 223-Megapixel Image, NASA Captures 16.5 Million Stars of the Cigar Galaxy
Source Colossal NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is back with another stunner: a new 223-megapixel composite featuring about 16.5 million stars that have been evolving over several million years. Captured by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) across 65 hours, the enormous image features Messier 82, also known as the Cigar galaxy, which is located 12 million light-years…
