Andrés Guzman was born in Lima, Peru, and is a recent graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art + Design. Not one to be tied down to any particular visual style, Andrés is always trying new styles and techniques. Learn more about this emerging artist & illustrator at his website, AndresGuzman.com.

Pixellica recovers from the ‘flu and gets back on track with a selection of paintings from Javier Pacheco. Javier accomplishes a typical particle effect commonly found in digital art using traditional methods and means. Javier, apparently, likes earth-tones on his palette.

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Statues are incredible – like a 3D photograph they capture an instant and freeze it for (almost) eternity. Unlike a photograph, they have a life of their own, slowly decaying under the elements. Funerary statues depict a thought or a hope, sometimes telling a story and sometimes revealing a quality of the one buried underneath.

If you’ve ever laid out a wedding invitation, you know how easy it is to get bogged down in the details – and picking the right typeface can make or break a formal looking invitation (there are, admittedly, times when the official Star Trek fonts just won’t work… you know?). Pixellica has assembled the best looking fonts for just those “give-me-script-or-give-me-death” occasions. Best of all, they’re all free.

As widescreen laptops become the norm and more and more people buy extra real estate for their desktops, dual-screens are a thing of the present. Pixellica features excellent photography from Mando Gomez (Mandolux.com) that juuuust happens to be large enough and crisp enough to show off on your screen. Both your screens, in fact.

The allure of unwanted, unkempt buildings entices photographers from all over the world to cross boundaries (Keep Out and No Trespassing signs) and capture the environments and mystique of long-forgotten rooms, buildings, homes and workplaces. Part of the magic of such environments is knowing that in the past they were once filled with life – and with decay & neglect now leave only the imagination to wonder what went on. Pixellica presents Part 1 of a feature set highlighting excellent examples of unwanted exploration.

Bloggers come in all shapes, sizes and styles. Pixellica comes dangerously close to jumping on the WordPress bandwagon by publishing a short list of some of the snappiest tune-ups you can implement on your website or blog – a little technical know-how and copy/paste is all you need.

Pixellica presents a selection of astounding Photoshop illustrations that play on both darkness and light. Created by Javier, AKA PoisonVectors, these illustrations capture everything we love about Photoshop: Smoke, light, swirls, dark blending, and the people who are always at the center – though they always bear some resemblance to each other – who seem so oblivious to where they are but nonetheless so utterly captured by the the very illustration they inhabit.