Inspiration

Sara Cwynar creates colorful funky photographs re-mixing and creating unique explosions of kitsch, junk, and vintage imagery.

Bill Domonkos is a talented GIF maker, creating mysterious moving images using vintage imagery.

Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh is one of my favorite blogs. Eleanor Macnair recreates both historical and modern photographs using Play-Doh. Fun and playful, these colorful creations are a joy to look at. She posts lost of in progress shots over on her Instagram.

Isaad Cordal describes his piece, Follow the Leaders, as "a critical reflection on our inertia as a social mass. Representing a social stereotype associated with power compound businessmen who run the global social spectrum… [The pices] represent a kind of city in ruins: a metaphor for the collapse of capitalism and the side effects of progress." I really love the size and scale of the work.

Dan Raven takes beautiful architectural photos and I especially love his images of abandoned places. These are all from his Flickr set The Doctor's House.

I can't get enough of Cornelia Hediger's Doppelgänger series of self portraits. Placing herself in the frame multiple times creates a visual representation of an internal dialog. There are dozens between the two series so click through to her website and check them all out!

Yasumasa Morimura ia a brilliant appropriation artist, often playing with traditional feminist icons by imitating famous women. Although he focuses on famous women – artists, actresses, singers – he plays with a few famous men as well.

I'm a huge fan of Tilda Swinton! Did you see Tilda Stardust? I just found this brilliant speech that she gave last year when accepting a Rothko Chapel Visionary Award at the The Rothko Chapel in Texas.

I love Ernst Haeckels' drawings of flora and fauna, but these Christmas cards are just awesome! I love the way the cephalopods become the holiday star. Merry Christmas!

Eugenia Loli's collages really speak to me. Quirky and funny, they have a retro vibe with awesome pop culture references. She recently made 2/3 of her images available in higher resolutions so you can