To celebrate the release of Rayman: Origins, we take an exclusive look at some of the production and concept art from the first three games in the series. A mixture of beautiful pencil drawings, ...

The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...

Santiago Ramón y Cajal's ink and pencil drawing of injured Purkinje neurons, created in 1914. (Courtesy of Instituto Cajal) Are our brains beautiful? Not just figuratively, for what they can do, but ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Luvamiart Valladolid Luvamiart Valladolid is an illustrator and author who has worked in ...

Asking scientists what career they would have pursued if they hadn’t gone into science is a crapshoot: It can either stop the conversation cold or uncork misty-eyed reminiscences about the road not ...

A Tommy's drawings showing life on the front line during the First World War are set to be published for the first time. Lieutenant Morris Meredith Williams was a talented artist and filled 15 ...

David Hockney is justifiably proud of his drawing skills. Like most artists of his generation, he underwent years of enforced practice at art school, drawing from the nude model. This left him with a ...