Seeing the world through a surreal lens.

PaulA work of art..., Visually Cool

I love the work of Erik Johansson. Eric is a photographer and photo-composite artist (using Adobe Photoshop) known for his surrealistic compositions. I love that he uses a lot of analogue processes and content to create his images which adds to the surrealism of them. He also provides amazing behind the scenes videos showing how he creates his work… often taking many hours and hundreds of Photoshop …

Ballpoint Pen Drawings by Shohei Otomo

PaulA work of art..., Illustration

  Katsuhiro Otomo is a world-renown manga artist best known as the creator of Akira. But did you know that he has a son who is also an amazing artist in his own right? Shohei, as he simply calls himself (perhaps to escape from the hegemony of the Otomo name), creates dauntingly dense and bold illustrations using just 1 tool …