Sometimes we all need a little inspiration. Maybe you’ve hit a creative block, or things are just starting to get a little stale and you want to try something new. Well, in any case I will be posting some artists and designers here from time to time to inspire and refresh us all. First up is Nik Ainley.

Nik Ainley is a self taught Photoshop master and amazingly talented artist. Nik’s work has been featured in many magazines as well as on books, album covers, posters and clothing. He was listed as one of the “Top 10 up-and-coming creative talents of 2006″ by Computer Arts magazine, and later as “the Computer Arts artist of the moment”.

If you haven’t already checked out his website, then I highly recommend you do. Prepare to been blown away and inspired.

For a peek into how Nik creates such stunning images, check out the tutorial he did for psdtuts.com where he walks you through the creation of the image below.