February 19, 2019
Andy Smith

The Dark Surrealist Collages of Andrew Blucha

The collages of Andrew Blucha, who works under the moniker “metafables,” crafts fantastical and dark-surrealist illustrations. The London artist’s motifs include skeletal, mystical blazes, and Victorian fashion. Contained within these are also contemporary winks.

The artist’s occasionally literalist titles add another layer of intrigue to the works, with recent pieces including “MY THOUGHTS ARE LIKE DARK WILD HORSES,” “THE TWO WHO STOLE THE MOON,” “How does it feel to be DEAD INSIDE,” and “FIRE BURNS BRIGHTER IN THE DARKNESS.” The artist’s illustration practice includes cover designs, labels, and more.

See more of Blucha’s work below.

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Andrew Blucha, Collage, illustration

Collage, illustration, Pierre Schmidt

July 8, 2014

Berlin-based artist Pierre Schmidt's work floats freely between illustration and collage, traditional and digital. The artist splices vintage photographs of well-groomed ladies and gentlemen that evoke the standards of 20th-century propriety, turning them into bastions of surreal visions. In one piece, a cranium is cut open and in another, a face lifts off the head, implying a sort of out-of-body, psychedelic experience. Schmidt's drawings flow as freely and impulsively as doodles, with lots of frenetic line work reigned in by the geometric organization of each piece. Each piece a veritable mind trip, his work speaks to the day dreamers among us.

The Drawings of Illustrator Lulu Lin

drawing, illustration, Lulu Lin

May 16, 2019

Lulu Lin’s drawings subvert the human form in surprising and engrossing ways, whether in her editorial illustrations or personal work. In recent work for MAYDAY magazine, Migrant Journal, and other publications, these cascading faces fill the page and offer a tension in both repelling and garnering fixation.

Nicolas Obery’s “Fantasmagorik” Illustration Series

digital art, illustration, Nicolas Obery

August 4, 2014

French illustrator and designer Nicolas Obery works with deep contrasts and haunting imagery for his monochromatic digital art series, "Fantasmagorik." The finely textured, elaborate pieces are sometimes pure imagination and sometimes incorporate photography, but Obery leaves nothing untouched by his digital brush. Even the photographic parts of his work are manipulated and stylized in such a way that they bear great similarity to the expressionistic possibilities of painting. Influenced by the H.R. Geiger, Obery weaves the elements of his work together with a sinewy, tissue-like texture that evokes the biomorphic qualities of the late Swiss artist's work.

J.A.W. Cooper’s Recent, Enchanting Works

illustration, Jaw Cooper, surrealism

November 11, 2017

An ever-present quality in the illustrations and gallery work of J.A.W. Cooper is a blend of seemingly disparate influences. Her surreal pieces often carry a bit of fashion, a dash of fantasy, mythology and the natural world, and often, a bold femininity. The results are enchanting expression of Cooper’s diverse vision. The artist was last featured on HiFructose.com here.

The Dark Surrealist Collages of Andrew Blucha

Pierre Schmidt’s Psychedelic Collages and Illustrations

The Drawings of Illustrator Lulu Lin

Nicolas Obery’s “Fantasmagorik” Illustration Series

J.A.W. Cooper’s Recent, Enchanting Works

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