Zoe Lacchei, an excellent Italian artist who has published several works and performed many exhibitions. Her unmistakable fusion of traditional styles is particularly evident in the paintings she created for the Geisha Project. This series consists of an eclectic mix of beautiful and slightly dark artworks, adorned as the subjects are with spirit animals and bones. See more from this series after the jump…… more…

“Tete Morte”

Ryohei Hase’s words of wisdom “My strongest area is realistic fantasy art…trying to express feelings which difficult to show in words.“

These disturbingly beautiful illustrations of feral animal-headed people were made by the freakishly talented Tokyo-based Illustrator/Designer, Ryohei Hase. His portfolio comprises of very dark and ‘polished’ (photoshoped) artworks, each with meticulous structure hidden inside what are seemingly chaotic images that aren’t random by any means. Most of his works are fantasy art, which he says is his strongest area of artistry. Although his work does have a fantasy art feel to it, I would say he brings his art to fruition with a bit more style than most fantasy artists, plus he has a few very nice commercial pieces weaved into his gallery.

Left: “Bound” Right: “Melancholy”

“Their feelings 04”

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Ancient Cameo

These dreamy Ray Caesar-esque images belong to Lithuanian-based digital artist Natalie Shau. They are part of a new series of illustrations for French jewelry designer Lydia Courteille. On Courteille’s site, Shau’s intricate, edgy and quite daring illustrations combine with vintage style jewelry and corsets, each appealing to those with dark sensibilities and serve to introduce a sumptuous range: My Secret Garden, Vanities, Bestiary, Esoterism, Cameos & Glyptics, Cassandra’s and Cabinet of Curiosities.

To keep afloat of recent developments in Natalie Shau’s works, visit her online portfolio: carbonmade. For your viewing pleasure, a few more of Shau’s dark and decadent artwork for Lydia Courteille’s jewelry presentation follow the jump…

Secret Order

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Sveto Teksty aka Hory Ma is a super photographer / artist from Russia. His photogrpahy is executed in technics (The painting of light / LightGraphic), that assumes illumination of model by small light sources in darkness on long endurance. Thus, all lightcloth (composition) - is one Photo Exposition, embodied on a matrix of the camera in one click of a shutter.

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Otherwise known as Louise, Art&Ghosts creates stunning digital paintings/illustration. She uses photoshop /wacom combo to meticulously handcolor each image.These are inspired from a plethora of sources, including fairytales, mythology, dolls, spectres, dreams and nature….

Some Art&Ghosts facts:

My images usually begin with a photograph, a painting or a doll portrait. I buy many dolls then sell them on for this reason alone (so fickle!), although i do possess a somewhat overbearing collection of plastic animals, dolls house furniture and vintage frocks. My backgrounds are generally my own paintings or textures that i have created or photographed. Although most of my ‘completed’ work is digital, my sources are rather ecclectic at best. - louise

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Attentions A Collaboration with Peter Jaworowski (www.hejz.com)

Spanish Born illustrator and graphic designer, Jericó Santander, operates in a very particular universe. His folio is a very professional and beautiful at the same time, highlighting his immense talent.What follows is a perfect compromise between technology and creativity, all flavored with a bit of ingenuity into the mix… This gives us access to the world through compositions in 3D graphics constructed and deconstructed. See more of his works after the jump.

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