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I’m not sure what it is about this kid’s work that has me diggin’ on it as much as I am, but maybe you can pinpoint what’s going on after a peep.
Perhaps it’s the idea that organic and geometric with shapes and rhythms could possibly be married like some sort of beautiful sea shell. Perhaps it’s all the fine details that are going on in the negative space. Whatever it is, I want more of it.
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These smarts where done by Eric Hancock and I have fallen in love with them. They move me in such a way that makes me wanna get all giddy and roll around in a sort of meadow.
What had initially caught my eye was the colors; they’re lovely. I want to take these colors on a date. It would be a cheesy picnic for two in a meadow in which nature intended every living beast to roll around in.
Then what made me want to move this date to my place, where I’d go on to show off my unholy ability to ensure I don’t get my security deposit back, was the subject matter. Bird with a little floating top-hat—awesome. Sea Cow wearing a béret—awesome. Why wouldn’t I put a ring on it?
Please do society a favor and make yourself a better person by checking out Eric’s blog where you’ll find plenty of the feel-goods
Von’s art always forces me to do a double take. “oh, that’s a drawing of…oh, wait… well… ok, yeah.” You just can’t ignore the way he uses negative and positive space to achieve these thought arresting pieces of magic.
I also am immediately stricken, head over heals, in love with the layouts of composition; they’re this wondrous still-life dance that thunders through each piece at a comfortable distance like a giant twister that’s close enough to see and appreciate, but far enough away so that you’re not worried about it; it’s some other poor bastard’s problem.
Make your way over to his site for more eye ball candy and have yourselves a yummy yummy Monday.
I was swept away by these mixed media portraits. After reading a fantastic interview thanks to Meighan at ML4Y, I really appreciated the dedication, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail that these paintings possessed. I highly suggest going over there to read the article.
The haunting background of these pieces are what makes them even darker than they first look. My favorites are the women with the headdresses; representing their views on the glamorization of death and general destruction and violence in today’s fashion world. Being a girl of high fashion interest, these intrigue me much more than the ads themselves. I can’t wait to see more of what she can do!
The first thing that grabbed my peepers was this kid’s use of color; I absolutely love the colors this kid has going on. It’s this beautiful teaming of bright & natual that I just can’t look away from. Also, these first ones look like vector, but those textures going on…… so good
Nick’s super clean work is great, but you can’t ignore the sketches he’s got running around. They’re like at this halfway point between rough idea and finished piece which is very intriguing. That paired with the polish polish nice work and I am pumped to see what this kid comes up with next :)
Totally digging these cloud prints. If I had one, I would hang it next to one of these dark lovlies by Alison Scarpulla, which we posted about a few months ago. They would contrast beautifully, don’t you think?
The wonderful thing about these prints are that they are SO textural. Alison has done something really great, which is create a versatile pattern that looks like a work of art (besides the fact that it is a work of art). In fact, I could see them working really well as a textile for a cottony fabric on a dress or as curtains. Fuck, they would look so amazing as wallpaper! I wouldn’t be surprised if she excelled in textile design. Man, I wonder what these would look like in color…? It says that they are editions of 10, but I don’t know where you can buy one. They are probably all sold or in galleries or something. Well, Alison, if you read this, take my advice and try your hand at textile design :)
I can’t get over the ornate wonders expressed in these hand drawn works that Sveta’s pumping out to us from Israel. There’s so many little things to discover within the clothes, letters, and hair. It took me a while to start this post since I was so busy looking through all the goodies in her work.
The different styles brought together here are makin’ my toes curl in the best best way. The cartoonish figures wrapped in absolutely beautiful wears, plus the way they interact has me screaming, wanting to know so badly what the story is. If, in real life, you saw two naked chicks and one had a little dog chained to her leg… tell me you wouldn’t drop everything to find out what they’re doing. I love that a lot of these trigger my imagination to figure out what’s going on.
and, helllooooo! That hand drawn typography has me at a half chub and I highly encourage everyone to at least experiment with hand drawn type in hopes that maybe, someday, their work will move a man they’ve never met to an inspire driven arousal :)
The first thing I took note of, as a designer, when I looked at this guy’s illustrations was a huge type design potential. HUGE. This kid has skill with a ruler. So mechanical and thought out. His style of drawing is very architectural.
Actually, Raymond does something that a lot of artists don’t do and that is creating your style not only from the utensil you use, but from the choice of canvas. His paper choice is very important to his type of drawing. If it was on crisp white paper, it wouldn’t be the same at all. He uses the organic rawness of the paper texture to contrast his structural technique. Very beautiful. It reminds me of Audrey Kawasaki and her use of smooth wood to paint her milky goddesses on. If she were to use another material, they would feel entirely different.
Check out more works by Raymond here. Also make sure to download this amazing wallpaper Raymond made for you guys.
Obviously the first thing I thought when I saw these was, “whaaaaa…”. In the partial sense of “whaaaaaat!? These are awesome” and partially, “whaaat the fuck is going on?”
The work here has me arrested in a state of awe. I almost feel overwhelmed by looking at it; not sure where to focus my attention. Typically, when there’s no sense of hierarchy, I’d be upset, but I’m diggin’ on this work so much—fuck it. Who cares about hierarchy when what you’re looking at is so dope?
Sougwen is a designer and, clearly, an illustrator. You’d do yourself a favor by peeping all the work here and notice how all the element flock into place when you enter the site :)
Yes. Let it be another screen print post! These prints by Daniel are not the typical show poster that you may be used to. These prints are so moody and dark; to learn that they’re screen prints almost startles you. They ought to be paraded around in a thousand cities and have people wonder in awe about what that big giant silhouetted dude is all about.
Perhaps you thought that a 12 color screen print was a lot, well get an eye full of that print with the ship on the wave with the spirits leaving the sea. 13 colors, forget about it. Is that print too cool for school? Hex yes it is.
I love how his prints are so enigmatic that curiosity about what’s going on in the image comes naturally. You just have to look into the details for any clues that could help you to figure out what this image is all about, and I think it’s important that print have this sort of aspect of time with it. You don’t just glance at these, you comb through the branches and along moldering house frames for any wisdom they may bear.
It’s no surprise that Daniel’s an artist given that his folks are one part middle school art teacher (the best kind of art teacher in my experience) and a professional potter. I didn’t even know that you could be a professional potter so I can only surmise that they were so good that you’d believe only an angel could have made them.
Hit up his site, Tiny Media Empire, for more of his work plus his paintings and peep what he’s up to.
ps. he also lit a giant guitar on fire :)