Source Design You Trust  Penusbmic is a highly popular pixel artist, animator, and independent game developer. Proudly describing himself as “The World’s Okayest Dad that Pixels,” he shares his intricate retro art, character designs, and animation tips. In the indie gaming industry, Penusbmic is best known for his work as a core artist and animator…

Source Colossal   Misato Sano’s studio is replete with piles of wooden offcuts, heavy lumber, woodworking equipment, and flowing natural light. The Miyagi-based artist has been sculpting charismatic dogs for several years, steadily adding more distinct characters to her growing pack. Self-portraiture remains a consistent theme within Sano’s practice. Each dog evokes a different emotion mirroring…

Source Colossal   One of the many reasons artists like Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Cy Twombly, and other mid-20th-century pioneers of painterly abstraction were so innovative for their time is the use of the deliberate yet loose brushstroke. Pollock intuitively dribbled and splattered paint on surfaces spread across the floor of his studio, and…

Source Colossal   The surprise of turning onto a street to see a vibrant mural—or the joy of viewing several in progress during popular festivals like Nuart Aberdeen—is essentially an ephemeral experience. Murals may be designed to last several decades, or they may be temporary installations that address a particularly interesting bit of local history or…

Source Design You Trust  Ian Hodgson is a UK-based fine artist who works predominantly with graphite and pastel pencils to create ethereal figurative and abstract drawings. Hodgson’s drawing practice delves into the concepts of identity, place, emotional architecture, and the psychology of landscapes. Using dry media like graphite and pastel, his technique often involves reworking…

Source Design You Trust  Olya Kovalenko is a talented digital artist, character designer, and illustrator originally from Belarus and currently based in Poznań, Poland. A graduate of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, she works as a freelance concept artist and illustrator under her own creative studio brand, SOdesign. She specializes in bright, highly expressive…

Source Design You Trust  Alariko is a 23-year-old Spanish digital artist and illustrator who specializes in environmental and background design. Alariko’s portfolio is deeply atmospheric, largely featuring serene small towns, nature-focused landscapes (like “dead trees” and chimney smoke), and incredibly detailed world-building. His art style feels heavily inspired by European comics and classic 2D animation.…

Source Design You Trust  AbsalomArts is a talented pixel artist, animator, and game designer based in Oujda, Morocco. Currently studying digital animation at Université Mohammed Premier Oujda, he also works as an artist for Tollan Universe, a dynamic Web3 gaming ecosystem. On Instagram, he regularly shares his meticulously crafted animated pixel illustrations and sells custom…