Concept artists are pretty great at inviting us into new realms that are unlike our own, but still look staringly familiar. Jocelin Carmes is a true mastermind when it comes to creating new worlds through his concept illustrations that somehow manage to be eerie and beautiful, all at once.
Carmes is a visual development and concept artist based in Marseille, France, and his sublime illustrations are a huge hit online. He has attracted over 170,000 Instagram followers so far, and he deserves every bit of attention coming his way because his art will transport you to a whole new world.
Carmes will win you over with his vivid imagination and his special talent for using light and proportion in a realistic way. Some of Carmes’ illustrations magnify the beauty of everyday life, while others take us out of time and space, and his duality is one of his strongest suits.
He draws inspiration from cinema, photography, and other artists, usually focusing on characters roaming through the world on their own.
“The characters mostly help me to portray scale and proportion. I really like the sense of nostalgia that a lone character in an illustration emanates… I want people who look at my work to imagine themselves in the setting,” Carmes told Ariane Group.
