Planet Weird - Surreal Vintage Collages and Sending Pin-up Girls On Dinosaurs To The Moon With Bev Acton

Destination Different

There is art that you see where it's like "Ahh yes, this is art I'm familiar with..." Oil paint, charcoal, etc. etc.

Then there is art where you're like "I have literally never seen anything like this in my entire life."

Bev Acton makes the latter.

Bev is a surreal collage maker and illustrator from Cheltenham, England. Last March right as the pandemic started, she quit her job and decided to pursue making art full-time. The bet has paid off. Over the course of the last year she has blown up on Instagram and TikTok and sold over 5,000 pieces of art on her personal Etsy shop, Bev Acton Illustrations.

She draws inspiration from things like old vintage magazines, being in nature, and outer space, and turns them into incredible digital and tactile collages. We talked about how she manages her finances as an artist, growing a social following, and where her crazy ideas come from.

If you've ever thought of trying to make a living from your creations, Bev is living proof that it can be done. Follow along on her Instagram @bevacton.graphics or on TikTok @bevactonillustration. And you can purchase her work over on Etsy etsy.com/shop/BevActonIllustration

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