Inspiration

Marker.ae: The Comic Book Style of Business Storytelling in the UAE
We’ve been asked countless times: “So, you just draw in meetings?” And our answer is always the same: Not exactly. What we do at Marker.ae is closer to storytelling. Yes, we use markers and tablets, but the real work lies in how we capture the spirit of the conversation. Through humor, metaphor, and a comic book-inspired style, we translate abstract ideas into visuals that people actually want to look at and that they’ll remember.
By Marker.ae Graphic Recording5 months ago in Art
My First Impression of Famous Impressionist Painters
The letter "i" stands for "I'm impressed." The term “impressionism” was first used in 1874, and its initial usage was not very complimentary. A critic was making a sarcastic remark about one of Monet's landscape paintings. Not allowing an unfavorable judgment to cramp his style, Claude Monet (1840 – 1926), working with Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919), developed the technique of broken-color painting. These two artists are recognized as the founders of the art form known as Impressionism.
By Treathyl Fox (aka cmoneyspinner)5 months ago in Art
Echoes in Color
In Lahore, where the call to prayer weaves through the morning air and rickshaws weave through traffic like stubborn thoughts, lived a boy named Rehan. He was seventeen, soft-spoken, and carried the quiet intensity of someone who sees more than they say. His hands were always stained—blues under the nails, ochre on his wrists, charcoal smudged at the edge of his palm. Paint wasn’t just something he used; it was something he lived with, like breath.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Art
Colors of Her Silence
Meher was never loud. Not in voice, not in presence. As a child, while others ran and laughed, she sat with a pencil and paper, tracing the world around her—the curve of a leaf, the shadow on a wall, the way light fell through the window at different times of day. Words never came easily, but lines did. Colors, too.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Art
The Accidental Artist
Vikram Sharma had never considered himself creative. Not really. Sure, he once tried making samosas from scratch and nearly set off the smoke alarm, but that was more chaos than artistry. At forty, he worked at a bank, wore the same shade of blue shirt every Monday, and found excitement in perfectly aligned sticky notes.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Art
Ca$imuz art gallery
another dream of mine that I made come true, i created my own art gallery that being the Casimuz art gallery. I am proud of all of my illustrations and my works and let’s see some of my favorite illustrations of my favorite singers are of Chirino, Selena, Prince, Boy George, and to me all of my illustrations that I ever did became gallery illustrations another artistic pictures that I had done through the years and that I had that I felt would be good to be a part of my art gallery that you now see here. I am I put my heart and soul and everything I do and this art gallery because I know one of my children.
By Ca$imuz5 months ago in Art
The Librarian & the Lost Masterpiece
It started, as great discoveries often do, in a place that most people overlook. The town library had been there for over a century—a tall, square building with weathered stone steps and windows that had seen more seasons than most of its patrons. The kind of place where the floors creak as though they’re telling secrets, and the scent of old paper clings to your sweater when you leave. For years, the library had been more a refuge for retirees and the occasional student than a hive of discovery. That is, until Ms. Clara Merriweather came along.
By Emad Iqbal5 months ago in Art
The Power and Significance of Art in Human Culture
Art has always been a quiet yet powerful companion to humanity. Long before written language, our ancestors left marks on cave walls—handprints, animals, symbols—sharing glimpses of their lives, fears, and dreams. These early expressions weren’t just decoration; they were meaning made visible. That same impulse lives on today, whether in a child’s scribbled drawing, a street musician’s melody, or a carefully crafted novel.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Art
The Library of Forgotten Faces
In the old, crumbling heart of Eldridge Town, there was a small wooden door almost hidden under a curtain of ivy. Most people didn’t notice it anymore. The world was busy with glowing phone screens and endless scrolling. But Elara noticed.
By Muzamil khan5 months ago in Art
Emma Stone reportedly sold her TX mansion for $23.5M
Four years after purchasing her home in Central Texas, an A-list Hollywood actress is officially saying goodbye to the Lone Star State. Emma Stone has reportedly found a buyer for her $23.5 million Austin mansion, according to Realtor.com, marking the end of her brief chapter as a Texas resident.
By Dena Falken Esq5 months ago in Art
The Painter of Forgotten Faces
In a narrow alley where the cobblestones were worn smooth by time and silence, there lived a woman named Imaan. Her home was a crumbling stone building with ivy curling around its windows like old thoughts clinging to the mind. She kept to herself, speaking only when spoken to, and even then, her words were few and soft, like the brush of a feather on paper.
By meerjanan5 months ago in Art
Something Wonderful
My daughter makes zines, little works of art - This zine measures 3" X 2" - And has 7 pages - She's an artist and a musician in a punk band. She also printed a special mini version of this particular zine, just to put an even finer point on the already fine point:
By Marie Wilson5 months ago in Art