Surrealism never really went away—it just evolved. This collection brings together contemporary artists channeling that Dalí-meets-digital energy: figures walking on fingertips, topographic faces in impossible colors, flying dogs carrying passengers through cotton candy skies. These pieces tap into the subconscious, creating images that feel simultaneously familiar and impossible. They're the kind of visuals that stick with you, surfacing unexpectedly in your dreams.
by How&How
This illustration from How&How's website is such a perfect visual metaphor for what branding agencies do—helping clients find balance. The monochromatic blue figure walking across two fingertips against that dreamy pink-to-blue gradient sky... it's surreal but grounded. The grainy texture gives it that risograph quality I love. B-Corp certified agency doing great work.
A figure in a sporty green turtleneck with a plastic 'Have a Nice Day' bag over their head, smiley face and all. The cheerful bag message against this almost suffocating image—dark humor done well. Elena María's flat colors and minimal shading let the concept do the work. That yellow smiley against the dark background is perfect.
Daniel Clowes is a legend—Ghost World, Eightball, Academy Award nominations for screenwriting. This cover for Patience is peak Clowes: that blonde bob, the haunted expression, and those psychedelic rays bursting outward with different patterns and textures. It's retro but unsettling, pop art meets existential dread. The color palette is deceptively cheerful for what's actually a dark time-travel story about love and loss. Fantagraphics royalty.
by TAVO Studio
Layered topographic faces from TAVO Studio. Each layer has that fuzzy felt-like texture, rainbow contours following the shape of the face... like a 3D-printed portrait made of stacked paint-by-numbers. That pastel purple and coral palette works beautifully.
by Andrey Kasay
A pink flying cat-dog thing carrying a grinning white dog through the sky with some floating plastic bags. Just pure absurdist joy. The simplicity of the loop, the bold colors against that blue sky—it's the kind of animation that makes you smile and then question what you just watched. Peak internet art.
Made this gloomy piece with AI... something about the faceless silhouette against that purple-to-orange gradient sky feels melancholic but calm. Part of a full collection I'm planning to open source. The soft edges and ethereal quality remind me of those hazy summer evenings.
Nicolai Howalt's experimental photography—chemical processes, light manipulation, more alchemy than photography. That glowing corona around the black void, like a solar eclipse in highlighter colors. The gradient from hot pink to amber yellow feels thermal, like heat made visible.
I can't stop looking at this. An egg wearing a deerstalker hat, emerging from its own shell like some kind of surrealist Sherlock Holmes origin story... Nicolás Ortega has this incredible ability to take the most mundane objects and turn them into these perfectly lit philosophical puzzles. The lighting alone is chef's kiss.