Source Design You Trust  John Gagne is a fantasy illustrator specializing in world‑building, watercolor character designs and surreal concept art like “The Ghost King” and “Crimson Wizards,” blending pop surrealism with dark, atmospheric fantasy themes. More: Instagram

Source Design You Trust  Ito is a Kyoto‑based Japanese watercolor artist and ghost storyteller who creates haunting, monochromatic illustrations inspired by Junji Ito, Japanese folklore and horror cinema, often with a “samurai heart” and “comic book hero” vibe. His work features temples, Batman with cats, snowy mountains and supernatural scenes on Arches Cold Press paper.…

Source Design You Trust  Teo Skaffa is a Netherlands‑born illustrator and character designer now living in a small Italian countryside village near Rome, represented by Bright Agency Publishing for freelance and publishing work. He creates “creepy‑cute atmospheric scenes and characters” for children’s books, with influences from graffiti, horror films, Studio Ghibli, cinema and photography, and…

Source Design You Trust  Cosmic Explorer is an astronomy content creator and “meteorophile” who shares atmospheric night‑sky photography and space‑themed visuals on Instagram, inviting followers to “embark on a cosmic journey” through stars, meteors and surreal space edits. His posts pair poetic captions (“a surreal space where time dissolves, and the mind aligns with the…

Source Design You Trust  aiart.zeki is an AI art and wallpaper artist with over 80K followers, describing himself as “crafting unique visuals with AI” and inviting DMs for business and free wallpaper downloads. His portfolio is packed with Midjourney‑style fantasy and landscape pieces—soft golden light over mountains, dreamy forests, futuristic skylines and atmospheric portraits—optimized for…

Source Design You Trust  Novanoxone is a digital and AI artist whose intricate, neon‑lit cityscapes and surreal environments have reached millions online and led to collaborations with musicians such as Bryson Tiller, where his visuals are used for covers, promos and immersive music visuals. Starting from a background in music and pivoting to visual/AI art…

Source Colossal   Hieu Chau compares his dense, dynamic compositions to his always active mind. Playing with scale and proportion, the Vietnamese artist renders surreal scenes in which flora and fauna converge and figures interact with the outside world as if in a dream. Chau, who was trained as a painter, now works digitally, although his…

Source Colossal   We’re thrilled to invite you all to the Chicago premiere of Paint Me a Road Out of Here, the award-winning documentary from Aubin Pictures directed by Catherine Gund. Along with Intuit Art Museum and the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at DePaul University, Colossal is co-hosting a screening of the film followed by a…