These are fantastic digital manipulations by Dutch artist, Koen Hauser.

‘ I have a style that is best described in colour and realised in detailed design. Bold vibrant colour forms the basis of a working practice that seeks to unite dreams and reality. I try to give the viewer a feast of colour and complexity, my surreal macabre touches are the counterpoint to my sweet and childlike innocent subjects.’ Natsuki Otani is a Tokyo born illustrator working in England

‘ In those countless cheap and long forgotten men’s humor magazines, Bill Ward’s voluptuous ‘girly’ drawings shared the pages with photos of Bettie Page and Mamie Van Doren, and pin-up cartoons by the likes of Archie’s Dan DeCarlo and Playboy magazine’s Jack Cole. Thumbing through those digests, it quickly becomes evident that Ward was Humorama’s dominant pin-up cartoon artist…’

Seiko Kato is originally from Japan and moved to England in 1999, she fell in love with this country and it’s history.

Artist Lucrari Claudiu Cândea knows how to take something utterly grotesque and abnormal and make it appear natural- or even sexy. In his series of drawings, the subject matter are apparently unphased as their skin peels and unfolds from their forms. Anatomical small intestines, hamstrings and organs are uncovered as morbid and suggestively macabre female figures are portrayed with simultaneous grace and beauty

Stuart Whitton began to express himself creatively at a young age, by drawing various elements from his imagination and his surroundings.

This is quite good, especially considering the Sci-Fi London Film Festival asks of entries to make a 5-minute film in only 48 hours. And if you have ever made a film, that is quite hard to do. On top of that, the festival organizers give each group of filmmakers the props, title, and the theme, and tell them to have at it.

Denver-based Evan Hecox, one of our personal favorites on the site, is about to open a new body of work, Dark Island , at Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC on May 24, 2012. The exhibition, featuring acrylic and gouache works on vintage newspaper, is inspired by Hecox’s recent walks across lower Manhattan and west Brooklyn.

Denver-based Evan Hecox, one of our personal favorites on the site, is about to open a new body of work, Dark Island , at Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC on May 24, 2012. The exhibition, featuring acrylic and gouache works on vintage newspaper, is inspired by Hecox’s recent walks across lower Manhattan and west Brooklyn.

Juxtapoz contributing editor Joey Garfield, who collaborated with the Beastie Boys in the past, sent us a message he wrote about the passing of his friend, Adam “MCA” Yauch. The piece makes it quite clear; someone special was lost, and his reach as an artist and a man will live on with a very special legacy….