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Amandine Urruty’s Whimsical Drawings of Bizarre Characters

French artist Amandine Urruty's busy graphite drawings overflow with humorous characters. Dog-faced people, sausages painting at easels, floating teeth, and tiny bed sheet ghosts run amuck in her whimsical worlds. One can spend a long time gazing at her drawings and examining each oddball creature. Though the artist's typical work is monochromatic and small-scale, she recently tried her hand at a large, colorful mural in Zaragoza, Spain. Take a look at some of her recent work below.

French artist Amandine Urruty’s busy graphite drawings overflow with humorous characters. Dog-faced people, sausages painting at easels, floating teeth, and tiny bed sheet ghosts run amuck in her whimsical worlds. One can spend a long time gazing at her drawings and examining each oddball creature. Though the artist’s typical work is monochromatic and small-scale, she recently tried her hand at a large, colorful mural in Zaragoza, Spain. Take a look at some of her recent work below.

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Black Drawings, drawing, graphite, industrial design, Taisuke Mohri

September 22, 2015

Taisuke Mohri has been drawing since his teens, eventually leading him to study industrial design. It should come as no surprise that he specialized in the design of elaborate objects with visual patterns, elements he now adapts in his drawing work. We previously featured Mohri's realistic pencil renderings of mysterious young people on our blog. He has said that he finds it disturbing when something appears too perfect or real. Mohri's latest works intend to interrupt "perfect" people and creations in nature with smudges and cracks.

Lewis Chamberlain: From the Pocket of A Ghost

drawing, Lewis Chamberlain

November 14, 2025

Incorporating a mix of objects—everything from old toys to dead bugs to simple paper constructions—Lewis Chamberlain builds unusual scenarios... Read the full article by clicking above!

Scott Tulay’s Ghostly Drawings Triumph in Design, Disorder

architecture, drawing, Scott Tulay

November 17, 2016

Scott Tulay is an artist and architect based in Amherst, Mass., crafting ghostly drawings that play with light, shadow, and a distorted version of familiar structures. Tulay's command of space and design bring an engrossing order to his otherwise otherworldly creations. And whether it's ink, charcoal, pastel, graphite, or a combination of all, his drawings offer vibrant arrangements that loom like vivid apparitions.

Elisa Sanchez’s Work Blends Insects and Human Features

drawing, Elisa Sanchez, Paper art

July 27, 2018

Elisa Sanchez integrates notes of the human body into her “paper taxidermy” collection of insects. In a recent installation at Charlotte’s Goodyear Arts, the artist put these recent works against a floral backdrop, part of a showcase following her residency at the space where she developed the latest insects in the series.

Amandine Urruty’s Whimsical Drawings of Bizarre Characters

Taisuke Mohri’s Latest ‘Extra-real’ Graphite Drawings

Lewis Chamberlain: From the Pocket of A Ghost

Scott Tulay’s Ghostly Drawings Triumph in Design, Disorder

Elisa Sanchez’s Work Blends Insects and Human Features

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