<div class="at-above-post-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage 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-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/bonsai-trees-photography-stephen-voss/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Honeycomb jewelry By WingedLion
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/honeycomb-jewelry-wingedlion/"></div>Did you know that bees and honey are symbols of love, family, sweetness, delight, and good luck? Inspired by the small hardworking insects and the rich golden color of honey, WingedLion designs handmade honeycomb jewelry and sells it on Etsy. WingedLion: etsy Via: boredpanda.com<!-- 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-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/honeycomb-jewelry-wingedlion/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Fruit Dragons, illustration by Alexandra Khitrova
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/fruit-dragons-illustration-alexandra-khitrova/"></div>Alexandra Khitrova is a Russian illustrator and concept artist who creates fantasy-like digital paintings. Previously a motion graphics specialist, she now goes by the artist name GaudiBuendia and delights us with ethereal creations portraying mostly mysterious scenes of nature. Strolling through her gallery you can definitely notice her passion for animals and various mythical creatures […]<!-- 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-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/fruit-dragons-illustration-alexandra-khitrova/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Digital art by Brenda Bremer
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/digital-art-brenda-bremer/"></div>Brenda Bremer: instagram<!-- 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-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/digital-art-brenda-bremer/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Jewelry handmade from polymer clay by Olga Zhukova
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jewelry-handmade-polymer-clay-olga-zhukova/"></div>Flowers are made of a special polymer modeling clay flowers (modern clay, Flower Clay), a composition close to the cold porcelain. Petals and leaves the finished flower, after drying, are a little flexible. Olga Zhukova: deviantArt / etsy – “Here you can find handmade jewelry mostly made from polymer clay. I put whole my heart […]<!-- 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-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/jewelry-handmade-polymer-clay-olga-zhukova/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Steampunk street decoration out of washing machine drums
<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/steampunk-street-decoration-washing-machine-drums/"></div>“We made steampunk street decoration out of washing machine drums for the festival of São Pedro in the town of Câmara de Lobos, Madeira island, Portugal. It took about 6 months to collect 133 washing machines. Many of them were found in the street meant for garbage, some were donated by owners who couldn’t use […]<!-- 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-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://ego-alterego.com/steampunk-street-decoration-washing-machine-drums/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->