Archive for the ‘Artwork’ Category
The Paper Sculpture of Jeff Nishinaka
August 8, 2011 10:25 am Artwork, featuredJeff Nishinaka, born in Los Angeles, started out wanting to be a painter. He attended Art Center College of Design, where he started experimenting with different types of sculpture, including sculpture using paper. He had what he calls his “aha” moment working with paper, and starting creating some truly exceptional pieces of art. He respects [...]
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15 Amazing Street Art Photos
August 5, 2011 2:59 pm Artwork, featuredSome many call it graffiti, others may call it art. I tend to think that if it makes a once completely ordinary-looking wall look extraordinary, it can’t be a bad thing. Because of a little (and by little, I mean pretty popular) Facebook page called StreetArtUtopia (check them out) I learned that street art can [...]
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Artist Brock Davis
July 21, 2011 12:15 pm Artwork, featuredBrock Davis is an artist many times over, in a multitude of ways. He creates visual art with a variety of mediums, sometimes anything he can get his hands on. He is also a musician, writer, graphic designer, and creative director at Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis, MN. Much-interviewed, Brock has a list of credits that [...]
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Matthew Cusick’s Map Art
June 22, 2011 2:17 pm Artwork, featuredThis guy’s art is amazing through and through, but I found myself particularly captivated by his map art. Yes, you read that correctly. The man makes art out of pieces of maps. It has a striking result. I emailed him to ask him if I had permission to use his images in this post, and [...]
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Creative Money
June 2, 2011 1:07 pm Artwork, HumorWhat started out for his own amusement has turned into a project for artist James Charles. Along with artist Akira Beard, he’ll be showing his artwork at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco until June 4th (so go check it out if you’re in the area) in an exhibit called American Iconomics. James Charles has altered [...]
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Quentin vs Coen
May 19, 2011 1:49 pm Artwork, FilmSo back in April, the Bold Hype Gallery in New York hosted a show featuring more than 100 artists that had done pieces inspired by the films of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers. While that show is now come and gone, thanks to the magic of the internet, you can still see some of [...]
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The World According to an Alcoholic
May 17, 2011 2:58 pm Artwork, HumorAlright, before the hate emails and comments start rolling in, I want to make it clear that I’m not trying to make light of alcoholism. I am well aware that it’s a debilitating illness that can ruin lives and families and sincerely hope that anybody suffering from it has the strength to get the help [...]
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Illusion & Surrealism by Tang Yau Hoong
May 12, 2011 1:47 pm ArtworkFreelance artist and graphic designer Tang Yau Hoong has a pretty impressive portfolio, but I think it’s fair to say that his works on Illusion & Surrealism are my favorite. Below is a selection of his works, but you should absolutely go and check out his website and take a look at some of his [...]
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Superhero/Super-Villain Posters
May 10, 2011 2:36 pm Artwork, ComicsIn the last few years, and in the next few years to come, there have been and will be a lot of superhero movies. Between a reboot of the Batman franchise, the Iron Man movies, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, and the upcoming reboots of the X-Men and Spider-Man franchises, not to mention what is sure [...]
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Simpsons Alphabet
May 6, 2011 12:54 pm Artwork, CartoonsSo I was already impressed by the Star Wars Alphabet that I came across some time ago, but I think the Simpsons one by graphic designer Fabian “Lishoff” Gonzales might even be better. What really amazed me was how many of the characters I was able to name without having to look them up. I’ve listed [...]
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