It must be wonderful to be an artist and be able to create stunning pieces of work from scratch, and these days there is such a lot of outstanding digital art around, there is a huge amount of talent out there!

Here we bring you a collection of some beautiful digital scenic paintings. Some are scenes that are quite real – or could be, others are fantasy scenes, and some are somewhere between the two, with elements of reality and elements of fantasy – they are all examples of stunning digital art.

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Halloween is celebrated in a lot of countries around the world, and has many traditions and folklore tales attached to it.

Witches, pumpkins, black cats, zombies, graveyards and things that go bump in the night are some of the images that immediately make us recognise an image as being Halloween-related.

Halloween is short for All Hallows Evening, and it was originally a pagan festival that heralded the end of summer, that originated in the United Kingdom - particularly Ireland and Scotland.

The children's game of trick or treating also originated in Britain in medieval times, but it was originally called 'guising', where children would perform a trick (singing, reciting poetry, etc.) to earn their treat.

On this All Hallows Evening, I am bringing you a collection of outstanding digital art representing Halloween. Here you will find many different genres - photomanipulation, digital drawing, illustration, etc., and some varying styles, including cute, dark and sketchy. The one thing they all have in common is the skill of the artist.

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Today's one-pic-post is an outstanding fractal I came across. It seems somewhat Christmas themed, although it is called 'Blackcurrant Path'.  It was created by Cosmic-Cuttlefish on dA, real name Chris from the UK.

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This wonderful digital painting was created by yujikunschmidt on deviantART, an outstanding Brazilian artist. Check out his gallery.

Cats Night Out

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Here is another one-pic-post. This time a photo manipulation by the very talented Simon, aka anapt on deviantART - he has a gallery very well worth checking out.

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Missing You by anapt

Here is this week's round up of great digital art and design. Don't forget to check out the inspirational/motivational quote after the showcase.

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As they are fantastical creatures, mermaids, although recognizable, come in many different design styles.  Not every artist portrays mermaids as pretty, sylph-like creatures, although that image style is the norm.

This showcase contains a selection of mermaid photo manipulations and mermaid illustrations.

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Here is this week's round up of outstanding digital art and design. As always, don't forget to check out the inspirational/motivational quote after the showcase!

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Here is this week's round up of outstanding digital art and design. As always, don't forget to check out the inspirational/motivational quote after the showcase - week number 52... that means 1 year of Inspired by Design!

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Advertising is an extremely powerful medium, and the production of eye-catching posters that convey a strong visual message is of paramount importance in advertising.

This selection of advertising posters are creative and artistic, and have that all important 'wow-factor'. Whether they have actually been used as advertising posters, or are just from the artist's creative imagination is not the issue in this article - they are simply outstanding examples of advertising posters.

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