<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/dark-monstera-queen-digital-photography-jenny-hellstrom/"></div>Model: Sister Sinister Hair/make up: Mariella Angner Jenny Hellström: behance<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/dark-monstera-queen-digital-photography-jenny-hellstrom/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Category: Art
Hyper-realistic portraits by Mike Dargas
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/hyper-realistic-portraits-mike-dargas/"></div>“I have never studied at an art school, I just started painting at the age of 3. My mother told me, she noticed my artistic talent very early, when I drew my first sketches. After kindergarten I started using oil colors. I guess I was 7 or 8 years old when the first piece was […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/hyper-realistic-portraits-mike-dargas/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The tiny world of snails, photography by Katarzyna Załużna
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/tiny-world-snails-photography-katarzyna-zaluzna/"></div>“I love to shoot nature and especially snails. The hardest part is getting the snail to cooperate. I like to photograph in the evenings as the light gives warm atmosphere. I use manual lens at F1.8 aperture so it is sometimes difficult to focus on the snail and many shots cannot be used. It usually […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/tiny-world-snails-photography-katarzyna-zaluzna/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Jazmina Daniel, amazing lip art
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jazmina-daniel-amazing-lip-art/"></div>Jazmina Daniel is a makeup artist loved by Instagram’s beauty community due to her amazing lip art. Sydney-based lip artist not only shows pics of various lip makeup trends, but also creates beautiful cartoon and movie scenes and colourful designs on her lips. These drawings are so detailed and precise that it’s hard to believe […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jazmina-daniel-amazing-lip-art/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Stunning bronze fountain sculptures by Malgorzata Chodakowska
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/stunning-bronze-fountain-sculptures-malgorzata-chodakowska/"></div>Erupting from the statues in unlikely places, water creates a motion that gives Chodakowska’s sculptures a human-like presence and somehow feels sort of magical. The creation of this stunning artwork starts by modelling it out of clay. Then to turn it into fountain, the sculptor pours these sculptures into bronze. Endless streams of water perfectly […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/stunning-bronze-fountain-sculptures-malgorzata-chodakowska/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Jazz Divas, illustration by Martin French
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jazz-divas-illustration-martin-french/"></div>Sophisticated Ladies: The Great Women of Jazz / Dutton Children’s Books. “I illustrated this project a number of years ago, but wanted to post it here as the book has gained new momentum recently. Written by Jazz historian Leslie Gourse, the book contains biographies of some of the great Jazz Diva’s from the past 100 […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jazz-divas-illustration-martin-french/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Tiles, pattern design by Laurens Lapre
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/tiles-pattern-design-laurens-lapre/"></div>Laurens Lapre: behance<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/tiles-pattern-design-laurens-lapre/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Emergent Collection, sculpture by Michael James Talbot
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/emergent-collection-sculpture-michael-james-talbot/"></div>Figures emerge from the external layers that constrain them. The key to the Emergent Collection is to know that the figures are first fully sculpted in the round to an advanced and complete stage. Michael fixes the pose gesture and anatomy in the knowledge that half the features will be lost with the addition of […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/emergent-collection-sculpture-michael-james-talbot/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Surreal portals to imaginary new worlds by Nate Hill
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/surreal-portals-imaginary-new-worlds-nate-hill/"></div>By manipulating photographs with a mix of different digital editing skills, photographer Nate Hill contorts stunning landscapes into surreal swirls, revealing imaginary portals to alternate worlds. At the center of each of his circling scenes is one tiny silhouette, paused before the center of the spiral, as if contemplating a leap into a distant realm. […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/surreal-portals-imaginary-new-worlds-nate-hill/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Life always finds a way
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/life-always-finds-way/"></div>Though grasses or weed like the ones in some of these pictures can seem weak, they can expose cracks and weaknesses in construction materials to their advantage and see the light of day once again. And even deserts, some of the world’s harshest climates, can host thriving plant populations if you know where (or when) […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/life-always-finds-way/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Digital art by Ganech Joe
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/digital-art-ganech-joe/"></div>“I am an artist living in Brussels, Belgium. My style is influenced by instructional graphics, surrealism, abstract and the look of vintage movies of the 1970s. I am interested in the combination of a purely functional illustration style with an emotional scene.” Ganech Joe: website / shop / blog<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/digital-art-ganech-joe/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Bonsai trees, photography by Stephen Voss
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/bonsai-trees-photography-stephen-voss/"></div>“I began making these photos as a form of relaxation, a reason to be near something beautiful and to take it in fully, without the usual time constraints I had grown accustomed to in my professional work. The bonsai, themselves, seemed the very opposite of the subjects I usually photographed—they stood before me fully present, […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/bonsai-trees-photography-stephen-voss/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->