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an aerial view of the rear of an inflatable public installation of a fantastical, brightly-colored figure perched on the edge of a city building, illuminated at night

Fantastical Figures Illuminate Urban Buildings in Amanda Lobos’ Murals and Installations

February 20, 2025

an illustration of a black cat wearing a kimono, standing in front of a pink background and holding a blue-and-white bowl with daffodils as a white betta fish swims in front of its face

Felines Evoke ‘A Floating World’ in Tùng Nâm’s Illustrations

February 19, 2025

a composite image of 8 humorous illustrations of snakes representing the Lunar New Year

The Year of the Snake Slithers in Many Guises in Mary Maka’s Playful Illustrations

February 18, 2025

a small paper tunnel book depicting large mushrooms and a figure hiking through a landscape

Imaginative Scenes Vibrantly Expand in Shelley Aldrich’s Illustrated Tunnel Books

February 4, 2025

an embossed page of crustacean shapes from a collection of pictures for the blind (tactile graphics), created by M. Kunz, Director of the Illzach School near Mulhouse, France

Turn-of-the-Century Tactile Graphics Illustrate Nature for People Who Are Blind

January 23, 2025

two pink houses sit next to each other in a large green lawn, under a blue sky, and one of the houses has reached up and is curved to hover over the other one as if listening in

Hayden Williams’ Illustrations Imbue Cookie-Cutter Houses with Uncanny Personalities

January 16, 2025

a collection of images (posters, illustrations, prints) in a grid

A New Searchable Public Domain Archive Collects 10,000+ Images Free for Use

January 15, 2025

a hand holds up a collection of small, vibrant collages, each shaped like a stamp. they depict scenes with a building, water, architecture, and patterned designs

Vibrant Morsels of Paper Come Together in Laura K. Sayers’ Stamp Collection

January 8, 2025

an illustration of a woman seated at a desk in front of a large stained glass window, working on her writing while it snows outside

Wonder and Warmth Emanate from Rosanna Tasker’s Vivid Illustrations

December 3, 2024

an illustration of a glowing orb in the center of a grassy maze

Warmth and Mystery Emanate from Illustrations by Myriam Wares

November 25, 2024

an illustration of fancy pigeons from a 1906 natural history book, Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen

Pigeons Get Pretty in This Historic, Illustrated Profile of Fancy Breeds

November 7, 2024

the lower half of a page of aquatint illustrations portraying composite heads of a musician and a barber made of their respective instruments

Arcimboldo-esque Portraits Emerge from Tools of the Trade in Early 19th-Century Aquatints

November 4, 2024

a painting on pink paper of a boar with flowers growing out of its back and legs, with a face superimposed on its torso

Dreamlike Creatures and Spiritual Symbols Merge in Lou Benesch’s Watercolors

October 31, 2024

a colorful illustration of a large, white cat napping among some flowers, with birds perched on it

Karlotta Freier’s Illustrations Relate Dreamy and Surreal Narratives

October 30, 2024

an installation view of the entrance to a Maurice Sendak exhibition in Denver, showing an arched entryway with one of the "wild things" from 'Where the Wild Things Are'

Mingle with Maurice Sendak’s ‘Wild Things’ at the Denver Art Museum

October 29, 2024

a massive wolf shadow cloaks a building

Moral Qualms and Modern Anxieties Lurk in Owen Gent’s Illustrations

October 25, 2024