Ricardo Fumanal - Illustration

Ricardo Fumanal from Madrid, Spain has some obvious skills with a pencil. Taking inspiration from fashion magazines, he manages to re-create flawless skin, fabric and hair textures with the most subtle and controlled shading. The magazine covers are from a while ago, but he has recently updated his blog with more resplendent works and here they are.

Carole Wilmet - Illustration

Carole Wilmet is a Belgian illustrator and graphic designer based in Liege and Luxembourg. She studied graphic design and started work as a freelance illustrator in 2010.

She takes her inspiration from everyday life and people around her, nature, the fashion industry and old photographs.

Jessica Stewart - Artist

Frequently referencing nature and all things nautical; Melbourne based artist Jessica Stewart uses pencil, paint and pastel to create pictures that represent freedom and the need to escape.

Dalton - Artist

Artist Dalton, who is originally from Brazil, but now works as a carpenter in Connecticut, USA, has been carving art into the tips of pencils for about 25 years.

I first saw his work about a year ago when a friend of mine posted a jpeg on Facebook, but the image had no title and I had no idea who it was by. Then today I found a link to his work and so decided to share it with you all.

Dalton creates his pieces by hand, with only a razor blade, a sewing needle and sculpting knife and without the use of a magnifying glass.

I particularly like his 'cemetery collection' -a Styrofoam display case which house all of his broken designs on pinheads.