Polish illustrator Pawel Kuczynski cleverly uses satire to portray today’s social, political and cultural reality. At first sight his illustrations might seem funny, but when you look closer, they actually show some serious problems of today’s world.

Malaysian illustrator Tang Yau Hoong cleverly uses negative space to create fascinating illustrations that make you stop and think for a while. His works may look simple at first glance, but actually they are complicated puzzles that take some time to understand.

You’ve probably already seen the famous “Facebook version of you vs. Realistic version of you” image floating around Facebook, but I bet only a few of you checked out the website given in the watermark – comicalconcept.com. Luckily, I always tend to check and investigate where all the fun things are coming from and it was really worth it this time!

Israeli illustrator Noma Bar cleverly uses negative space to create some thought provoking illustrations. His artworks are so simple, yet so clever you can’t fail to be impressed. Born in 1973 in Israel, Noma graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in 2000. Since 2001, he has been working in London with a lot of big names and media outlets including: Vodafone, Coca Cola, BBC, The Observer, The Economist, Wallpaper and many more.