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Art you don’t just see.
You step into.

Fantasy artwork, curious stories and richly detailed patterns made for people who still expect imagination to take them somewhere.

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Stories born from the artwork

New tales to step into.

Captured Tales pairs original Unfocussed artwork with whimsical, strange, funny and occasionally grown-up fiction.

A magical view across the Grand Basin toward the Saint Louis Art Museum, with glowing autumn foliage, crystalline winter branches, fountains, ice, and jewel-toned reflections in Forest Park.

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Forest Park Keeps Another Season

When Autumn refuses to surrender Forest Park, Winter arrives with freezing winds, official paperwork, and no patience for unfinished trees. Their dispute awakens every season and memory the park has ever hel...

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A delighted giant porcupine named Sir Quilliam enthusiastically embraces a startled aristocratic gentleman in an ornate teal coat inside a golden stone conservatory.
Captured TaleSir Quilliam’s Demonstration of Aggressive AffectionSir Quilliam has spent his life admired from a safe distance. When the gloriously overdressed Lord Beauregard volunteers for one dan...
The Cobalt Mooncaps of Vesper Vine featuring luminous blue mushrooms, ivory fungal shelves, and twisting black branches forming a crescent against a textured white background
Captured TaleThe Cobalt Mooncaps of Vesper VineTwenty-seven cobalt mooncaps keep an ancient hunger sealed beneath Vesper Vine. When one guardian disappears and the vine begins con...
The Coralwood Path Beneath the Tidal Moon, featuring an ivory mushroom staircase winding through black coralwood branches, orange fungi, reef-like growth, and a hollow crescent moon.
Captured TaleThe Coralwood Path Beneath the Tidal MoonRelic thief Orren Vey arrives at Coralwood carrying twenty-seven stolen memories and a plan to rob the Tidal Moon. But the living st...

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The characters have escaped the artwork and claimed the good shelves. Find them on wall art, decor, puzzles, mugs, apparel and gifts built for people whose homes deserve a better plot.

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The Pattern Studio

Detailed artwork, translated one stitch or facet at a time.

Downloadable cross-stitch and diamond-art designs built from Unfocussed imagery, with clear specifications and immediate digital delivery.

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Tide of the Thunder Queen Cross Stitch Pattern Tide of the Thunder Queen Cross Stitch Pattern$15.99 The Rooted Sage Cross Stitch Pattern The Rooted Sage Cross Stitch Pattern$15.99 Swan and Steed Cross Stitch Pattern Swan and Steed Cross Stitch Pattern$15.99 Moon's Caress on the Fractal Frontier Cross Stitch Pattern Moon's Caress on the Fractal Frontier Cross Stitch Pattern$15.99

Beyond the tales

Curiosity, process and news from the studio.

Not everything we publish is a story. These three publications explore useful discoveries, the work behind the work and what is changing around Unfocussed.

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The complete collection

There is always more hiding in the Archive.

Thousands of Unfocussed images live beyond the featured stories, patterns and products. Wander the full catalog, search for something wonderfully specific, or find artwork for licensing and download.

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01Browse the collectionExplore public galleries and collections, including photography, fantasy artwork and work from deeper in the catalog.Start wandering →
02 Try a subject, place, creature, flower, color or mood.
03License or downloadFind personal downloads, available usage options and the right path for commercial image licensing.Explore image options →

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01Art and ImageCustom images, animalistic abstracts, author illustration, restoration and visual production. 02Writing and StoryArticles, tailored stories and image-led narrative development. 03Brand and CommerceContent planning, social captions, brand voice and listing polish. View all services →
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Behind Unfocussed

Two people, too many ideas and no interest in making ordinary things.

Bill and Linda Tiepelman turn artwork into stories, patterns, practical creative work and the occasional beautifully unnecessary detour.

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