In this page I will talk about my favorite art pieces and artists in general, and explain why I like them. Art takes a lot of different forms, but here I will focus on visual arts.
This page is divided in two categories : art pieces and artists. I make that difference because sometimes I like only one or two art pieces, and other times I enjoy all of the artist's works. I include online artists that I follow on social medias in the second category. There is no specific order, I enjoy all of these artists' artworks the same way, and they all have/had some influence on my own art. Some of the following pieces may be considered disturbing.
I consider The Raft Of The Medusa to be my favorite painting. The first time I saw it, I was a child. My mom took me to the Louvre and, at that time, I was really into mythology. The first thing I felt when I saw this painting was disappointment, because I thought it would be about Medusa, the mythological figure, and not the boat. I do not really know how these feelings changed afterwards, but I now find this painting to be truly impressive.
I discovered Zortartrix on Tumblr, and I absolutly adore their artstyle. I don't really know why, but their art kinda reminds me of deviantart xenofiction comics I saw when I was a kid. I've never used Deviantart, and this was before I knew english so I never figured out how to actually read any of these, but I would earch "deviantart comics" on google image and just... look at them. I get the same feeling of awe and respect of seeing someone who is clearly better at art than me, and it makes me want to work more in order to get better at art myself. One thing I especially like about Zortartrix's art is how you can clearly see the character's personality in each piece, how you can find snippets of lore in them. It really makes me wqnt to learn more about each character. The setting for the story is dystopian, and there is a lot of lab-based horror, which I really like ! Zortartrix specializes in horses and dragons. As a huge dragon enthusiast, I was obviously interested in their characters. However, I also really really like how they draw horses ! I don't consider myself a huge horse fan, but they are indeed beautiful animals, and I feel like Zortartix has a really unique way to draw them, which I like a lot.
I discovered Zygsev through ArtFight, and was immediatly captivated by their artstyle. It's just so angular and funky, snoutment are just so interesting to look at. I attacked them during ArtFight, and snoutment are very fun to draw as well ! I really like the colors used by Zygsev, and how they incorporate geometrical shapes in their art. Overall, their art make me think of a really obscure and experimental animated show that is now lost media. Kinda specific, heh. Zygsev also gives lots of details about their charcaters, the locations and different concept used in their story on their toyhouse. It's really interesting to read, it's well-organized, and it makes me think that I really should actually work more on my website to put all of the infos about my characters, and perhaps rework my own toyhouse.
I kinda discovered him by chance on instagram. I opened it one day and was greeted by his art. I absolutly LOVE his character designs ! As well as his artstyle, the lineart is so scrunchy. I love the themes of horror used in the designs, they're all so unique and interesting. It appears that he mainly does adopts, and I'd LOVE to get a design from him one day.
I discovered him through ArtFight, much like many artists I like. I was looking for mad scientist characters and boy, does this artist delivers in that department. Evil-looking characters, aliens and robots everywhere, what more can I ask for ? Add to that an incredibly cool and cartoony arstyle, and there you have the recipe for me to get invested in the characters and story.
I discovered ivyking214 on Toyhouse. I strongly admire her character designing skills, I especially love her draconic designs (I mean, I do love dragons, heh), and for a while I hoped to one day own a design from her. This unexpectedly happened when I won a raffle she hosted. The character in question is the one after the yellow dragon, entitled "Mecha Blood Reaper" (I have yet to find a name for this character). I am not used to draw mechas, but it is never too late to learn !
