Posts tagged with fantasy art
July 13, 2011 | New Art | by Deb 
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Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama is one of my favourite artists of all-time. He is an exceptionally amazing talent. I have followed his work for almost two decades. Read more
March 24, 2011 | New Illustration | by Gerry Mak |
Julie Dillion is an illustrator specializing in fantasy, sci-fi, and videogame art. I’ve always been a sucker for this kind of stuff. Her colors are stunning. Read more
October 29, 2008 | New Art | by Gerry Mak |
Drawing from anime and fantasy art from the past half-century of graphic design and illustration, Jason Chan’s images appeal to the role-playing geek in us all. Chan renders beautiful pixie women and expressive children with bright eyes and remarkable dragon-riding abilities — their zombie-slaying skills ain’t too shabby either. Read more
March 15, 2008 | New Art | by Gerry Mak |
Steven Stahlberg sets himself apart from other fanboy fantasy artists by being able to actually convey mood rather powerfully. Yes, many of his Photoshop paintings feature scantily clad cyborg women and nubile nymphs battling dragons, but at his best, he’s almost a post-apocalyptic Norman Rockwell. Read more
My former roommate Jordan Kasey, who I’ve mentioned before, is doing a mural on a wall in my apartment. I’ll post about it as it progresses. Read more
I’ve been struggling a lot lately with my own art, trying to figure out what directions to go and feeling dissatisfied with my recent work, so this quote from This American Life-host Ira Glass was really timely. I just have to remember to keep working.
The Liars were in the Netherlands recently and we came across some kids doing this dance. It’s really bizarre to watch. Read more
I went into this taxidermy store today in the Mission, San Francisco. There’s something appealing about dead stuffed animals trying to look cute.
Says Yuko Shimizu on the artwork of legendary Japanese illustrator Katsushika Hokusai: ‘I was just at Kinokuniya Bookstore [a Japanese book store at Rockefeller Center in New York] a few days ago and bought The Complete Hokusai-Manga Sketchbooks [published by Shogakukan]. It was $150, but worth every penny with its mind-blowing works of art by Katsushika Hokusai from cover to cover’
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Give me a minor key song anytime. Yup, I’ll take the heartfelt purity of an introspective trawl over any warm and fuzzy major key shimmy. I once asked UK band The Editors why there aren’t more cheerful songs in the world: ‘Three words’, vocalist Tom Smith replied. ‘Shiny Happy People’. He smirked. I grimaced. Enough said.
Listen to Casiotone for the Painfully Alone’s, Don’t They Have Payphones Wherever You Were Last Night.
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Who said tight jeans had to look tacky? This fashion statement — dubbed the Sophie — ‘is a slim, cropped jean with thigh-skimming panels’. Girls, bust out that piggy bank. Parachute pants are so yesterday. Read more
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Pitched as ‘Ulterior Motives in Contemporary Art’, Disorder Disorder is running until November 14 at Penrith Regional Gallery. It’ll be well worth the trip out west of Sydney: the Australian, Japanese, American and European cast reads like a warriors of street art roundup and includes Mike Giant, Ed Templeton, Anthony Lister [artwork above], Ozzie Wright, and Jonathan Zawada. Read more
The return of the Brionvega rr226
Italian brand Brionvega has resurrected the classy Radiofonografio piece first created in 1965. The updated version is just like the original turntable/radio unit, but also has a CD/DVD player.
Mathematics? Leave me out. Fashematics? Now you’re talking! This gem of a site is a runway equation that adds up to a whole lot of wonderful.
Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
It’s refreshing to see artists like Joe Kievitt who are contented to explore the beauty in simple forms and asymmetrical patterns. Read more
Created by graphic t shirt label, the-affair, and printed on beautifully soft American Apparel. Limited edition of 200.
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