Highly expressive and color filled portraits by artist Hope Gangloff depicting family and friends in intimate character driven settings. She describes the portraits as having more of a caricature basis more due to being more focused on capturing the subject’s essences and likeness. See some of her works below: Related articles The sweet success of fruit sushi in Wakayama A dizzying route, 3,000m in the sky Kanye West explains plans for presidential run Drone Revolution
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Art by Marco Rea
Marco Rea, an italian based artist creates disturbing portraits pulled from his person dreams, loss of intimacy and overall ailments of mental illness. Each portrait is a familiar figure but distorted into something from a beautiful nightmare.
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In the Clouds by artist Yang Cao
Artist Yang Cao mixes portraits with clouds. The variety includes from stormy to sunset pink. The people featured in the portraits match their clouds, and like people they are something ever-changing and unpredictable. “I like the unpredictability of the cloud. It’s shapeless and changes all the time, it follows the wind and never stays in one form and place. Somehow I find this as a resemblance to our human nature and mind.” -Yang Cao
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Paintings by artist Michael Reeder
Strange (awesome) impressionist portraits full of mixed symbolism. The interestingly deformed portraits are painted by Michael Reeder. See some of his color filled works below:
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Paintings by artist Ali Cavanaugh
Artist Ali Cavanaugh creates beautiful and intricate high key fresco paintings focusing on candid emotion filled portraits of her (adorable) subjects. A show featuring her new series ‘Immerse’ will be on display at Boston’s Gold Gallery running from Sep 8th – Oct 18th. See some of Ali Cavanaugh’s work below: See more at: www.alicavanaugh.com
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Illustrations by Lucy Salgado
Brazilian based artist Lucy Salgado creates portraits with a slightly surreal flair. Lucy is self-taught artist with works featuring sewing on butterfly wings, hugging stars and colorfully chic fashion drawings. See some of her work below: Related articles An Excellent App for Creating 3D Drawings More People Drawings [Large Art] Attempt at drawing Kat Dennings We Actually Think The Tom Brady Courtroom Drawing Looks Pretty Accurate
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Sheer Paper Portraits by artist Yoo Hyun
Korean based artist Yoo Hyun creates intricate and delicate portraits of famous icons by cutting through large pieces of paper by hand, creating a sheer translucent illusion. The portraits include Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Picasso, Frida Khalo, Jim Morrison and more. See some of his selected works below:
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Sunburn Photography
A more artist and personal approach to the crazy tacky “tantoos” that usually feature lips, cherries and starts. In this series artist Thomas Mailaender places photographic images using UV lighting negatives and sun sensitive skin to create images burnt onto the body. You can see these photographs and others in his latest book Illustrated People.
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Collage Portraits by artist Rocío Montoya
Madrid based artist Rocío Montoya creates mixed media portraits focusing on the experimental combination of collage work and photography. Morphing a portrait into something more unique and beautiful. rociomontoya.com
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Portraits by Malcom T. Liepke
Tastefully sensual oil portraits by artist Malcom T. Liepke explore the human body and their raw, expressive and very beautiful sexuality.
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Edgy Mod by photographer Sebastian Kim
The kind of 60’s girl who loves to maybe drink and drive. But still has amazing personal style. Here is a take on mod with a dramatic dishevelled flair. featuring models Aneta Pajak, Laura Julie, and Sophia Ahrens for Vogue Germany’s May 2015 issue photographed by Sebastian Kim. Publication: Vogue Germany May 2015 Model: Aneta Pajak, Laura Julie, Sophia Ahrens Photographer: Sebastian Kim Fashion Editor: Natasha Royt Hair: Eugene Souleiman Make-up: Sil Bruinsma
