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His artwork is bright, big-eyed and draws from the good 'ole Saturday morning cartoon days. The narratives behind his artwork, however, are often a reflection of his current distinerest in putting down roots. He technically has no home and prefers it that way. Muralist and illustrator Michael Roy, aka Birdcap, gets honest about self-doubt as an artist in this compelling time lapse for his latest artwork, "Elevators". When Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast in '05, his family home took on eight feet of brackish water, and his faith in…

Something about the arresting digital portraits of Kuala Lumpur based artist, Lek Chan, will have you in total self-reflection mode. Most of his paintings, on some level, seems to encourage a separation from self before you're able to engage an inner dialogue. It's beautiful work and you'll know what I mean when you see this timelapse. This is the creative process of his latest piece "One One". When you're done with the vid, read about how a close family member's battle with depression inspired the piece.

Not only is Kyle Cobban the latest S6 artist in our timelapse series, he's a respected art teacher on Chicago's notoriously underserved south side. The second half of that sentence probably merits more props than the first. From the violence his students have been subject to, he draws inspiration from their courage as frequently as he teaches it. He's the first in our S6 timelapse series where we show the marriage of traditional and digital illustration. The results are awesome. Watch the video below, then read through his experience teaching in Chicago and the impact it's…

She has three rats, was paid $2,000 by a stranger for her thoughts on god and lives entirely on her artistic talent. Tanya Shatseva, 26-years old and based in St. Petersburg, Russia, didn' realize her incredible talent until making it through a short stint of doing comedic portraits on commission. Now? Her fantasy-inspired artwork is being added to private collections all over the world. She's built a healthy following on YouTube with her timelapses so we were super excited to…

Zsalto is a rising Hungarian artist living in California, but she's not your typical illustrator. She splits her time between creating and being a postdoctoral biologist researching cancer. The unique relationship drawn between her intricate mandalas and cancer research are that each allow her to explore returning abstract growth patterns to balance. Not surprisingly, she loves both. Get ready to be mesmerized by the timelapse of her bold piece