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 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…

Source Colossal   Perhaps best known for her luminous portraits in collaboration with legacy magazines and fashion houses, photographer Elizaveta Porodina has also captured the smaller, yet no less striking, creatures walking this planet. Commissioned for the climate-focused publication Atmos, a radiant series of images highlights beetles, butterflies, and mantises in her signature ethereal style and…

Source Colossal   This year, an international team of scientists announced the discovery of a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, and research initiatives like Ocean Census continue to document hundreds of new marine species annually. Yet species are probably disappearing faster than we can find them. It’s difficult to gauge what goes extinct every…

Source Artsy Shark  Featured artist and painter Wim Zorn creates dynamic abstracts using a bold interplay of color and emotions. The post Featured Artist Wim Zorn appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   In archaeology, discoveries typically prompt more questions than answers. For Max Lehman, who studies Pre-Columbian art history, what we don’t know—and may never—about ancient peoples and civilizations is what makes the discipline so compelling. The ancient Mayans, for example, bedecked their elaborate temples with images on carved rock slabs, and the Aztec sun…