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Li Zhongzheng Turns Modern Calligraphy Into Chunky Neon Lettering Pulsing With Sci-Fi Volume
Source Design You Trust Li Zhongzheng, China-based modern calligraphy and lettering artist since 2016, creates chunky neon-style lettering experiments blending playful volume, saturated gradients in electric blues, greens, pinks, yellows against black voids, pushing beyond traditional forms into sci-fi rhythms. More: Behance
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Artist Randy Ortiz Turns Oil Paint And Graphite Into Dark, Symbol‑packed Visions
Source Design You Trust Randy Ortiz is a Winnipeg‑based Canadian artist and illustrator known for dark, symbolically rich oil paintings and meticulously rendered graphite/charcoal drawings that often explore anxiety, suffering, faith and the uncanny. Originally recognized for highly detailed poster and print work for films like “Aliens,” “The Conjuring” and “The Road,” he has increasingly…
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Spectacular Black & White Nature Photos from the 2025 One Exposure Awards
Source Design You Trust 1st Place Winner: “Začudno” by Lidija Novković In 2025, the One Exposure Awards shifted to pure black‑and‑white, creating a nature photography showcase that feels strikingly different. The absence of color amplifies every shadow, texture, and emotional beat in each winning image. Across categories ranging from wildlife to fine‑art experimentation, the contest…
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What Will Retirement Bring? An Animated Film for Those Dreaming of Work-Free Days
Source Colossal When I retire, I plan to read every morning and bake bread from scratch. I’d like to resume Spanish classes and finally become fluent. And I plan to see movies mid-afternoon, take long, leisurely walks leading nowhere in particular, and travel as much as possible. Does this sound familiar? Dreaming of retirement is…
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Leafy Greens and Loaves of Bread Transform into Playful Ceramics by Eléonore Joulin
Source Colossal From cheese wedges and leafy greens to loaves of bread and freshly picked zucchini, Eléonore Joulin has a tendency for playing with her food. In the Brussels-based artist’s work, a loaf of challah transforms into a vase, while a melting round of Raclette—a cheese originating in Switzerland that’s scraped right off the wheel…
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Cato’s Last Weekend @ Saatchi Yates, London
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home Saatchi Yates is delighted to announce a solo exhibition by the emerging multidisciplinary artist Toby Grant, also known as Cato (b. 1999, Brighton). This exhibition presents a body of work that focuses on the Black community within his South London orbit, capturing domestic and communal life in…
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In ‘Funeral for a Tree,’ Steve Parker Etches Bird Song into Playable Oak Records
Source Colossal When a 65-year-old tree succumbed to a fungus known as oak wilt, Steve Parker wanted to pay tribute. The wooded habitat had previously loomed above Parker’s front yard and provided refuge to migratory birds. Rather than turn its limbs and trunk into mulch, though, Parker did as he often does with a material…
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Michelangelo Made His First Masterpiece When He Was 12 Years Old
Source Colossal Before he was a titan of Renaissance art history, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a 12-year-old, although his childhood looked quite a bit different from what we associate with that age today. Already deeply invested in drawing and painting, he studied others’ work, such as an engraving titled “Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons,” created…