87 Clever Thought-Provoking Illustrations By Stephan Schmitz (New Pics)

Some illustrations play the role of entertaining, others are created to inspire, and there are some powerful images who deliver a strong message and are thought-provoking. This is the case with award-winning conceptual illustrator Stephan Schmitz based in Zürich, Switzerland who creates clever and unique artworks that perfectly depict the modern world.

Stephan Schmitz’s creative ideas are like visual metaphors that tell simple stories revealing the true face of our world. The visual storytelling surprises us with symbolism and depth which some of us long for in the world where everything is already thought for us. Many of us will recognize the hidden and suppressed emotions that we tend to keep to ourselves because they are hard to talk about.

Every creative drawing is like a puzzle that a viewer has to solve as the subject matter can only be seen if you take a really good look at it. The artist only provides us visual clues and we are the ones who have to connect the dots. His choice of a subtle palette of colors makes these illustrations surreal and obscure reflecting on not so simple matters. So we invite you to take a look at these mind-bending illustrations and consider how much they really represent our lives and social issues that we encounter. If you will want to see more of his illustrations, you can also check his previous post here on Bored Panda.

More info: Instagram | stephan-schmitz.ch

#1 Self-Doubts

87 Clever Thought-Provoking Illustrations By Stephan Schmitz (New Pics)

87 Clever Thought-Provoking Illustrations By Stephan Schmitz (New Pics)

#1 Self-Doubts

#2 Peace

#3 How To Conquer Your Fears And Use Them To Your Advantage

#4 Am I The Same Person In Different Situations?

#5 And I‘m Sorry About The Moon. How Could I Know You‘d Disapprove?

#6 Our Relationship With Our Phones

#7 Coping With Depression

#8 Role Models

#9 The Crisis The Catholic Church Faces

#10 Burnout

#11 How We Become Who We Are

#12 Because Of A Strange Law Released In 1800 Women In Paris Officially Weren‘t Allowed To Wear Pants Up Until The Year 2013

#13 The Journey Into Myself

#14 Unknown

#15 Taking A Break

#16 Professional Guinea Pigs

#17 Unknown

#18 At The End Of The Rainbow

#19 Love

#20 The Personality-Riddle

#21 There‘s Growing Reluctance In Some Countries And Cultures To Vaccinate

#22 The Sound That Hacks Our Souls

#23 Life Skills

#24 Fall‘s Here

#25 Change Of Direction

#26 Financial Health In The U.S.

#27 Trash Talk

#28 How Scientists Are Looking Into Ways To Prevent Suicides

#29 Authority

#30 The Philosophy Of Making Love

#31 How My Depression Ruined My Wedding

#32 My Husband Left Me And My Family For My Best Friend

#33 How Opinions Are Made

#34 Is Happiness A Question Of Character?

#35 Diabetes

#36 Housing Affordability

#37 Trump

#38 Graves Disease

#39 Confusing Court Case

#40 The Au-Pair Girl Stole My Husband… And My Daughter

#41 The Phenomenon Of Women Being More Likely To Be Put In Leader Positions During Times Of Crisis

#42 Possession

#43 Addictions

#44 Opinion Polls

#45 Penguins

#46 The Future Of Work

#47 Prediabetes

#48 Life Skills

#49 Protection From Legal Storms

#50 You Can Go Upstairs Now, Nina

#51 Big Eyed Fish

#52 Stealing Time

#53 Time Will Heal Your Wounds

#54 Unknown

#55 Welcome To The New Year

#56 How To Find Peace And Quiet In The City

#57 Unknown

#58 How Opinions Are Made

#59 Listening

#60 Depression

#61 Kangaroo Households

#62 Why People Are Leaving The Catholic Church

#63 Adopting The Right Life Skills

#64 Streaming Services That Specialize In Certain Genres

#65 Overcoming The Fear Of Taking Risks

#66 Portrait

#67 Time Is Money

#68 Time Is Running Away

#69 Merkel

#70 Alternative Ways Of Charging Batteries And Winning Electricity

#71 Unknown

#72 Veteran Navy

#73 The Future Of Vitual Reality

#74 The Job Market For People Over Fifty

#75 Happy Occident

#76 Unknown

#77 Being Spontaneous vs. Planning

#78 The Catholic Church Under Pressure

#79 The Influence That Streaming Services Have On The Music Industry