Dramatic dark masks from Mathias Sterner are beautiful and intriguing

Mathias Martinez's illustrations are eerie and enchanting

Photography: Marie Rime's stunning series of characters wearing board game masks

Jesús Sotés folkish work draws darker themes into his commercial illustration

Micha Huigen’s illustrations are graphic and full of vibrant, secretive life

Amazing masks and trippy animations from Shishi Yamazaki

Etsy: Yevgenia's Masks

Spooky scenes from crayon expert and artist Matthias Geisler

Daniel Zender’s atmospheric editorial illustrations have a sinister edge

Ben Newman: Masks

“We are incredibly complex creatures that never fail to surprise”: Christaan Felber on his fascinating portraits

Aurelia Peter’s bachelor thesis is a cryptic exploration into the ritual of masks

Luise Schaller’s illustrations investigate “the thin veil between reality, fiction and metaphor”