archiemcphee:

The Department of Phenomenal Papercraft loves this awesomely intricate papercutting entitled The Bee.

“This beautiful woodland design was entirely drawn freehand then cut from a single sheet of soft white paper using a surgical scalpel. With the papercut taking over 40 hours to make, it features many tiny flowers, intricate details even down to the fur of the bee and miniature leaves within the wings.”

It was created by artist Georgia Low of Georgia Low Papercuts and is currently available here.

[via sosuperawesome]

monthofloveart:

The Lioness
by Elisabeth Alba
7″ x 8″, watercolor and acryla gouache on Arches watercolor paper

For the first Month of Love 2016 challenge, Heroes, I immediately knew I had to draw a portrait of one of my favorite characters, Alanna, nicknamed the Lioness, from Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness quartet. I first started reading that series when I was around 12 or 13, and I thought Alanna was this incredible, strong female character, which I hadn’t seen much of in the books I was reading. Also, these books, as well as Ms. Pierce’s other books, inspired my career, since they were exactly the kind of books I wanted to make illustrations for.

Prints available at https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/albaillustration/the-lioness/.