Portraits :: Travis Louie

These painted portraits seemed like a fitting post for the Halloween season. Check out the entire family at his site. LINK

Kid Creatures :: Drawer Geeks

Inspired by Dave DeVries' Monster Engine, multiple artists share their interpretations of kid's creatures. LINK

The Monster Engine :: Dave DeVries

Dave DeVries takes childrens' drawings of monsters and reinterprets them from and adult artist's point of view. See the childrens' originals side by side with his recreations. LINK

At last check the link wasn't working properly. In case it is still down when you try it, you check out a few examples posted elsewhere. LINK

Animatus :: Hyungkoo Lee

Hyungkoo Lee creates hand-fabricated skeletons of cartoon characters along with detailed anatomical drawings. Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Road Runner and Coyote and more. LINK

Museum of Unusual Specimens

From the online Museum of Unusual Specimens, this "exhibit" can be found in Room 9. These creatures are all imaginary, made from resin and other materials.

Room 1 is devoted to beasts and dragons. Room 3 includes demons. Room 5 is reptilian, etc.

Though in Japanese, the creations are worth struggling through the navigation. Multiple links included here to help the process.

ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
ROOM 4
ROOM 5
ROOM 6
ROOM 7
ROOM 8
ROOM 9
ROOM 10

Street Art :: Banksy

Banksy is the most widely known graffiti artist in the world and has inspired many others with his stencil technique. Many of his pieces make political statements while others are just downright funny. In addition to checking out his own site, I'd recommend seeking out some of the news articles about his work. Some pretty wild stuff.

Although the picture shown is not as recognizable as some of his other work, it is one of my favorites.

And though his own site doesn't show all of his work, other examples can be found elsewhere online. A must click! LINK