Munich-based Thomas Tibitanzl is a digital artist whose work is of the extremely detailed and layered variety. These narrative images not only tell complete stories, but also evoke atmosphere and poetry through pattern, picture, movement (or stillness) and colour. It is as though Tibitanzl's skills lead to a secret keyhole through which the viewer can only get a taste of something both mysterious and exciting, a world that is dark but not frightening.

Artist: Thomas Tibitanzl
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Toronto artist and designer Alex McLeod creates digital worlds where large balloon-like clouds hover over uninhabited landscapes that would make the perfect backdrop for a children's series or game. Somewhat light-hearted, a little creepy and a real mix of texture. These 3D renderings combine slick and glossy bulbous forms that can look like voluminous smoke or heavy, creamy cumulus with bare, woody trees and thin, blowing grass. There are some great details in McLeod's work, notably the reflections in some of the pieces.

Artist: Alex McLeod
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Saul Zanolari's odd little people are a cross between children, dolls and old souls. Pursed lips in common, they have large, knowing eyes and round heads filled with goodness only knows what. They beg the question "What on earth are they up to?" Zanolari's work is a combination of painting, photography and digital design, but is adding resin to the repertoire with the addition of a limited edition figure of Growing Like Lightning.

Artist: Saul Zanolari
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Claire Cimbora is the illustrator behind Schmooks, a series of delightful digital collages à la big-eyed girls. The playful characters, human-animal hybrids, are set in imaginative scenarios against bright backgrounds. Cimbora uses a variety of textures and patterns to add dimension to her work and this is just the right touch to avoid it becoming cloyingly sweet. There is vast array of characters, some more intricate than others, at Cimbora's Etsy site.

Artist: Claire Verrell
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Reima Honkasalo's new series of digital prints on canvas is entitled Piggish, so it follows that pigs are the focus of his work. But are they pigs or people? As Honkasalo puts it, "The series is dealing with the question of being a pig and looking like it, or just behaving like one without looking like it. Some people can even look like people but behave like pigs." No wonder the work looks all too familiar.

Artist: Reima Honkasalo
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Artist: Azul de Corso
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Artist: Dr. Woohoo
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Artist: Saul Zanolari
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Artist: Matt W. Moore
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Artist: Lucy Feller
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