Portraits by Marcello Castellani

December 12, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Colombia, Illustration, Portfolios, TOP 2014, 2014, Art

Based out of Bogotá, Colombia, visual artist Marcello Castellani has an eye-catching style when it comes to portraits. Starting off by using traditional photography to capture his subject, he proceeds to add layers of digital paint using a variety of software to generate the desired result. via Scene360

Modern Renaissance Portraits by Romina Ressia

December 09, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Argentina, Photography, Portfolios, 2014, Art

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Romina Ressia

Young Argentinian photography artist Romina Ressia creates portraits with a renaissance twist. Check here works on www.rominaressiaph.com (Facebook)

@rominaressia

Marcos Beccari

November 25, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Brazil, Instagram, Portfolios, TOP 2014, 2014

Talented watercolour painter and philosopher from Brazil, Marcos Beccari has mesmerising portraits to share on Instagram

Art of Jim Darling

November 05, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Instagram, Portfolios, USA, 2014

While working on an art show about air and water, Los Angeles-based artist and designer Jim Darling developed an interest in the views from aeroplane seats. “I got thinking about the window seat: how special it is and how it can be taken for granted,” he says. “These expansive views can be very humbling.” Darling started recording the landscapes he saw with photographs and on Instagram, recreating them later as paintings using layered woodwork, acrylic and aerosol. “Everyone is fascinated by flight, and for now aeroplanes are how we get to experience it. At some point on each flight I’ve been on, I think about sitting in a chair in the sky, and it seems crazy every time.” text by The Guardian

Giants by Os Gemeos

September 10, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Brazil, Street Art, 2014, Art

Brazilian graffiti artists Os Gemeos turns six multi-story silos on Granville Island into their trademark ‘Giants.’ The murals on the 70-foot towers are now the largest paintings ever attempted by the pair, an astounding feat considering Os Gemeos completely donated a month of their time to create the non-profit art project. An Indiegogo fundraising campaign to recoup costs associated with painting the silos has been extremely successful.

Victor Rodriquez

August 25, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Mexico, Portfolios, Glitch, 2014

New works from Mexican hyper realistic artist Victor Rodriguez. We consider them glitchy as well

Gustavo Silva Nunez

August 19, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Illustration, Portfolios, TOP 2014, Venezuela, 2014

Gustavo Silva Nuñez is an astonishingly talented artist from Valencia, Venezuela, who paints people in water with meticulous accuracy. He paints men and women in soothing and dreamy pools, tubs, and seas. His perfect mastery of shading and highlighting, as well as the water’s swirls, bubbles, and distortion, makes the paintings look incredibly real. The artist pushes the boundaries between reality and painting even further by interacting with his paintings and playfully posing as if the people he painted were really there beside him.

Art History revised by Cesar Santos

May 09, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Cuba, Portfolios, USA, 2014

Cuban-American artist Cesar Santos modernises academic art styles and techniques through witty compositions that juxtapose elements directly borrowed from canonical art pieces with his own, contemporary imagery. If you follow us carefully you might remember his previous set from Top 2013 Artists via

Louise Mertens

May 01, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Belgium, Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration, Portfolios, TOP 2014, 2014

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Louise Mertens

You might remember that straight "Nefertiti"-like face from Lisa Rouchet portrait series. This is not (only) a model but first - talented graphic designer Louise Mertens from Antwerp, Belgium. Her passion is fashion collages done with mixed media. Here we show her collaborations and personal artwork that you can enjoy on louisemertens.com as well.

Photographer: Kurt Vandeweerdt for Raving George

Classics Vs Plastics

April 09, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Graphic Design, Russia, TOP 2014, Typography, 2014

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Pokras Lampas

There is a tendency in today's world, associated with plastic surgery craze. Many people have a severe psychological dependence chasing the elusive perception of beauty. A person falls under the plastic surgeon's scalpel again and again. It seems that we have forgotten the simple truth that each of us is perfect and unique from birth.

CLASSICS VS PLASTICS is non-profit social project reminding the public about the problem of depence from the plastic surgery. Because the natural beauty is more important than imaginary aestetic standarts. How we are bringing this idea? Quoting the truly great men — the classics of their time.

Project team:
Pokras Lampas Calligraphy artist
Alexey Kuzin make-up artist
Alex Tsvetkov photographer
Artem Sanin model
Chris Strange model
Igor Duibanov brand-designer
Ilya Tekhlikidi creative producer
Zaal Danelia director & cameraman

Lisa Rouchet

January 13, 2014 by Arseny Vesnin in Belgium, Fashion, Photography, Portfolios, TOP 2014, 2014

Awesome portraiture photography from Lisa Rouchet based in Antwerp, Belgium