HYDRO74
Don’t think ski ve introduce him , but anyway Hydro74 is a Orlando based designer, otherwise known as Joshua M. Smith. Hydro is my Hero !
‘Ground’ is the latest installation from Ryoichi Kurokawa a Japanese artist whose works take on multiple forms such as concert piece, screening works, recordings and installation. Full Screen recommended.
Graphic Artist and Director Nando Costa recently released this amazing laser cut calendar. “I’ve always wanted to design a calendar, but never got around it. As I recently purchased a laser engraver for the production of my personal project “The New America”, I found myself curious to experiment and a need to be more familiar with all of its possibilities.” You can purchase the calendar here.
“This design was a collaboration between myself and my wife Linn Olofsdotter.”
Ian Clemmer‘s Pause contribution is a wild ride, with superb sound design by Box Of Toys Audio.
Natalie Shau is illustrator and photographer of Russian and Kazakhstan descent based in Lithuania (Vilnius). She works mainly in digital media and Natalie’s works are mixture of her photography, digital painting and 3D elements. She enjoys creating surreal and strange creatures, fragile and powerful at the same time. Natalie’s style was influenced a lot by religious imagery, fairytales illustrations classic horror literature and Russian classic literature such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol etc.
The Latest Blu video from the album NoYork! Directed by David M. Helman with Fuckery by Ruffmercy brings the psychedelic hip hop animation styles.
London lingerie label Agent Provocateur presents “Les Fleurs du Mal” a film directed by Justin Anderson and produced by Epoch Films. This short film is to celebrate the launch of Soiree Collection 2011-2012.
David OReilly does his thing for an episode of Tim and Eric and it’s insane, awesome, NSFW, and freakin’ genius.
Monika Grzymala is a Polish artist who’s recent show at the Sumarria Lunn gallery in London explores chaotic interconnections through the use of tape …. kilometers of tape. “While her focus is largely abstract, the black lines of this installation cannot help but hold subtle resonance with the complex nets of architectural blueprints and design drawings.” … Continue Reading →
Some wonderful work from Australian illustrator Erin Smith whose imagery is derived from letters extracted from journals of automatic writing then digitally printed and hand drawn onto paper.
Time and time again I’ve heard or read of designers/artists/creatives cite nature as one of their strongest influences. Taking a closer look at vertebrate that travel in groups, its hard not to be mesmerized and easy to see where offset keyframing and particle generation projects have been sourced. Its astounding the shapes these groups create and the often non-verbal communication that occurs among their participants, required in maintaining such uniform yet organic movement. Is there one one leader with all others following suit in a nano second offest manner? Is each member conscious of the overall shape the group makes and the path it follows?
I’ve seen this phenomenon from my balcony over the last couple of months, among small birds. No pattern ever seems to repeat itself. I wonder if there is rhyme or reason? Another great example to see here.
This all reminded me of Kozyndan‘s recent Hello Kitty: Fishy Greetings / Small Gift painting, and numerous other particle generated motion pieces.
So, if you have no plans on this Friday night, I reco burning a huge fat one and renting Disney’s Oceans for some fantastic inspiration. Probably the best documentary with the most beautiful cinematography I’ve ever seen. Although … this is a bit disturbing ; (
The image above titled BLACK OUT is a 102 x 72cm charcoal on paper.
Yanni Floros is an Adelaide based artist that trained at the National Art School in Sydney graduating as a sculpture major. Since then he has shown his work around Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide and has been a finalist in art prizes such as the Dobell Drawing Prize 2010 and the Lethbridge 10000. His work extends across the disciplines of painting, sculpture and drawing and focuses on the pursuits of man and how those pursuits impact our development. He is currently working towards a solo show in the New Year.
Atelier Olschinsky was founded in 2002 is a small creative studio based in Vienna, Austria. Peter Olschinsky and Verena Weiss are operating in various fields such as graphic design, illustration, photography and art direction. In addition to their jobs for clients they also run several independent projects, always trying to develop and refine their work. “It is just so important to work as much as you can, to learn and to be open to new things. The journey is the award.“
Some stunning design and illustration works … don’t miss their Cities III series either.
Dutch artist SIT has been part of the Amsterdam creative scene for many years. Doing action painting, graphic design, advertising and more until he got fed up. He went back to square one to find his true essence. Back to head and handcraft. We posted Sit’s Noir Nr.1 a couple of years back. Sit has recently updated with a few new projects including this Dark Vadar (2011) series … A collaboration with the great photographer Cornelie Tollens for SOUP Magazine Germany.
GMUNK contributed four new designs to the Op Art gallery; Op Art was pioneered by artists like Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely in the 1960′s and came to public attention after an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965 called “The Responsive Eye”.
This site is all about Op Art. You can read about the main artists, see examples of their work and find out about upcoming exhibitions, learn about the history of Op Art and download pictures from the gallery including free Op Art iPhone wallpapers.
A new selected works reel from 2007 – 2011 for Robert Hodgin’s Flight404. All work created with Cinder and Processing. Collaborations with Andrew Bell, Zoë Keating, Hai Nguyen, Erik Jonsson, Nando Costa, and Tom Carden.