It’s the last day of August, meaning summer is almost over. It was a bit quiet on Bleaq last month. For the first time I had a small summer hiatus, posting just two instead on three posts a week. It’s been nice for me to have a small break, but...
Articles & Interviews
Bleaq is taking a break!
After more than four years of sharing amazing art, meeting fantastic people and working on something I always wanted to do I have...
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Spotlight 26: Daria Endresen on her Nordic inspired jewelry line Thrjár
Earlier this year I featured the dark, digital work by Norwegian artist Daria Endresen. Ever since Daria hasn’t been idle: she...
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Spotlight #25: Claudia Six on her mixed media art
In this 25th edition of Spotlight I’d like to introduce you to the talented Claudia Six, a multidisciplinary artist living and...
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July has been a great month for Bleaq: the site turned two years old (hooray!) and I hosted a giveaway on Instagram! Once again I collected some links I thought you might enjoy this month, read on to see what I’ve got to share. Enjoy! This...
In my article on Bleaq’s second birthday I told you about all the lovely people I’ve met through Bleaq. One of those people is Allison Elliott, founder of the (amazing!) online store BELOW. We’ve teamed up for a fantastic giveaway: I got to...
Have I mentioned lately that I love Instagram? Sure, there’s a dark side (artwork gets copied, altered and reproduced without credit for instance, and there are a lot of hate commenting going on) but I really enjoy spending time scrolling...
Happy birthday Bleaq! I can’t believe it’s been two years already since Bleaq officially launched! We’re 335 articles further down the road now, and I’m so excited about all the lovely and talented people I met through this website...
One of the places that has been on my holiday-wish list since forever is Pripyat, a town in northern Ukraine which became abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. It’s been hermetically sealed off for years, but since the radiation...
Recently I got an e-mail from Alejandra Sáenz, an illustrator from Argentina. She send me a link to her portfolio, and I immediately had a crush on her gorgeous illustrative work with a dark and occult twist. I asked her to share some insights...
Another month has gone by, time to share some of my June-favorites with you. Enjoy! This month on Bleaq Dark and emotional portraits by Manuel Estheim Vintage inspired anatomical drawings with a twist by Andy van Dinh Blogger Spotlight #2:...
Remember this article from last year on mysterious artist MAM.08? Good news: the mystery is solved! I recently got an e-mail from the artist to let me know he had a new website, and I asked him if he’d be willing to answer some questions and...
In this 12th edition of ‘Spotlight’ I want to introduce you to the work of New York based photographer Gretchen Heinel. Gretchen works mostly analogue, and her work is all about exploring taboos such as body modification and sexuality. I love...
When I just started Bleaq I had the idea to share my favorite blogs, as seen in this (ancient) article here. After that first edition I never really returned to featuring other blogs, because I didn’t feel like I found the right format yet. But...
A new title for the month review: since the articles turned out to be more of a link round-up instead of a review I decided to change the name to something more fitting. I’ve found many great links for you this month, so let’s cut the chit-chat...