~XXcomicXX, suggested by *ladydawg



A new deviant with a gallery that is simply stunning. Incredible scenes with rich details and powerful imagery, his art is definitely going to make an impact on the digital gallery here. If you are a fan of Luis Royo, you won't be disappointed by this deviant.



~Rykk, suggested by *ArtistInWaiting



One of the most talented fractal artists I've ever seen, his work always leaves me to scratch my head wondering how he does it. Patience, talent, vision, and incredible skills all come together to push math formulas into places never seen before. Even if you are not a fan of fractal art, you'll probably enjoy how his vision pushes the limits of the field.



~maryanne42, suggested by ~Pim-s



Mind blowing patience and attention to detail is what this artist brings us. Each piece is so packed with interesting things to take in and study, it's a playground for the eyes. Very clean traditional work, take some time to study their gallery, you won't be disappointed.



~EdwinBont, suggested by *LissaMonster



Bugs are cool, and even if you don't think so, you'll probably agree his gallery has some great macro shots. He also has a small collection of portraits, and even some traditional works, but I couldn't help myself, bugs are cool.



*Lyle462, suggested by `Aeires



I found this guy while browsing and was blown away at how much detail he puts into each work. It's also great to see well done military art, not much of that gets posted these days. Fairly new artist but his gallery is off to a great start.



What is the Underground? The Underground is a news article that showcases talented artists who deserve more credit for their work than they might be getting. It's not based on page views alone, or the number of faves on an image, or how many watchers accumulated. It's just about some community members getting together to help out people who get overshadowed by the volume of art submitted every day. If you know of an artist like that who has been here for roughly three months or more, send me a note and they might become a member of the Underground.

Big thanks to *ladydawg, *ArtistInWaiting, ~Pim-s, and *LissaMonster for helping make this happen. I still have some notes with multiple suggestions, and some that I haven't gotten to yet, but I will look at them all. As long as the suggestions come in, I'll keep posting this every weekend.

The Underground, vol 1