Weekend Wallpapers #004: Beautiful Photographs of Nebulas
Deep space is an amazing source of inspiration. Even if you can’t exactly see them with your naked eye, you can at least bring them to your desktop one at a time and enjoy them.
Free WordPress Script for Custom Post Images
Blogs look very nice with a flashy image above each post on the index page. The problem is when a WordPress theme comes configured like this you have to use complicated pre-coded Custom Fields in each post or go without the image altogether. There’s no allowing for those times when it would be so much easier to have the index page grab the first image in the post — or even for those rare times when you don’t have any image and just want a default one put up there.
Awesome Wallpaper: Love In a Cage
While I publish a regular feature every weekend (or most weekends) with great wallpapers, every once in a while there’s one that deserves its own spot. Love in a Cage is a macro shot of a chinese lantern. It’s very dramatic.
Monday Muse #004
Last week, Pixellica featured Living Statues — I ran across one more and included it in this week’s Muse; It’s the little “toy” solider a few images down. There’re some other very artistic (and time-consumign) pieces this week as well.
15 Mind-Boggling Examples Trompe l’Oeil
Trompe l’oeil, or ”Trick of the Eye”, is where realistic, real-world scenes are painted on a surface — usually a wall or door but in many of the cases Pixellica presents below even whole buildings — and sometimes they’re so real you’d walk right into them. I’ve scoured around for a couple weeks tying to find the best ones.
Weekend Wallpapers #003: Space & Planets
Several of the best wallpapers for planet & space-themed Photoshop art. Multiple sizes are available on the download page.
Fantastic Art by Vladimir Kush
Vladimir Kush is an artist similar in style to Rob Gonzalves, although he takes a bit more fantastical of a perspective. Kush is remarkable at using simple, natural elements as fixtures in his paintings, and brings a feeling of humanity and emotion to his work.
Manga Art of Yusuke Nakamura
Manga is instantly recognizable to almost everyone – from Pokémon cards to animated films. The style is cool from an artistic standpoint because a lot of motion & attitude is conveyed using relatively few strokes of the pen. The style is almost minimalistic in nature. Nakamura is unique in that the artist creates more detailed work while staying clearly in the boundaries of the genre.
Focus on Artist Rob Gonsalves at RobGonsalves.com
Twisting perspectives is nothing new: Maurits Escher had been creating mind-boggling sketches since the 1930s, and other artists have either mimicked the style or given it new life. But Robert Gonsalves takes the motif and turns it on it’s head using bright colours and paint. Check out his website to see many more examples of his work.
Monday Muse #003
Muse No. 3 kicks off with some excellent photography and ends with a tutorial and free cool font. And, I guess, you can tell I love urban decay – this week also features a derelict mansion somewhere in Russia.
Weekend Wallpapers #002
Pixellica continues our weekly feature providing great (free) wallpapers. Grab as many as you want!
Focus on Artist Ofal Hajek of OlafHajek.de
Olaf Hajek is an illustrator in Germany, and has created artwork for editorial, advertising & fashion genres as well portraits and his own collection of personal pieces. See more of Olaf’s work on his website
