Using a portrait of Russian Mathematician Grigori Perelman by artist Jules Julian, designers Alan Temiraev and Volodenka Zotov created a beautifully designed pencil set. The packaging is designed so that when intact, the eight individually boxed graphite pencils make up the illustrated portrait, by Jules Julien, of the Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman, famous for solving the the legendary Poincaré Conjecture. via
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The typography magicians from HandMadeFont famous for their unusual fonts did it again and now in real concrete. All of their new objects can be purchased and set in your home.
Kelvin Okafor made a photo fixation of the "behind the scenes" for his latest portrait drawing called "Mana".Take a look how freaking empty page went live under his hands.
View full series on http://kelvinokaforart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mana-evolution.html And on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelvin-Okafor-Art/109909719036016?sk=photos_stream
Young American artist Sam Spratt works on everything from fine-art portraiture, to fantastical creatures and surrealism, to classical treatments of web and pop culture, and is deeply integrated into the beat of The Internet.
The creativity has no limits and boundaries and it can stretches and be flexible just like paper sculptures of Beijing artist Li Hongbo "A book editor and designer, the artist became fascinated by traditional Chinese toys and festive decorations known as paper gourds made from glued layers of thin paper which can be stored flat but then opened to reveal a flower or other shape. He applied the same honeycomb-like paper structure to much larger human forms resulting in these highly flexible sculptures." says Colossal
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British photorealistic and figurative artist Nathan Walsh has a flawless style and every paintings looks like a photograph.
Barcelona based figurative artist Fran Recacha shows off the latest artworks on Behance portfolio or personal website.
Vietnam based contemporary artist Nguyen Manh Hung did "Living Together in Paradise" diorama sculpture in 2011 now showing at The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art taking place in Brisbane, Australia.
I was born and raised for 20 years in an apartment block in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi. Contemporary thinking might see this urban structure as one that isolates people even while living at such close quarters. I experienced it more as a complex "village" stacked vertically rather than spread out horizontally.
"Living Together in Paradise" is an extension and improvement of this urban village and living space. One where farming, growing vegetables and upgraded living conditions prevail. A place where people share everything, but do not have much privacy. I asked myself: "Could angels live together in a paradise?"
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Miss Christine Wu is an Los Angeles based certified practitioner of the arts and general awesome maker. Stylistically, her work is multi-layered with haunting and sexual undertones. She often depicts people in flux, capturing the vulnerability of self discovery.
It is interesting to see the behind-the-scenes photos of Yoann Lossel illustrating his dark fantasy worlds. His work is detailed and refined, and he uses various materials such as oil paint, graphite, gold leaf, and hydrangea petals.
Beautiful underwater paintings by Sydney based artist Martine Emdur.
”The drawings are part of an on-going evolutionary process of exploration and development, and thus serve only to mark and represent a particular stage in my abilities and understanding. Current on-going experimental ‘drawing’ includes very large scale drawing, based around the human figure, which are very different in character from the pencil portrait and ‘flesh’ figure drawings which are featured here. Some of the new work is abstract in nature.” – Cath Riley
Tel-Aviv’s artist Eyal Gever presents Sublime Moments exhibit where one may see the impact of pressure, gravity, chemical mixing, squeezing, explosions, drying, freezing, and so on.
Inspired by Gothic and Islamic architecture artist Eric Standley constructs intricate stained glass windows from numerous sheets of laser cut paper.
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Talented American artist Jonni Cheatwood working through variety of mixed mediaHere is a part of his latest "Grace Series"
Berlin-based Korean artist Jeongmoon Choi redefines a space with her incredibly eye-catching light and thread installations. All of Choi's spacial constructs allow audiences to roam within the rooms illuminated by spectacular UV lights. Many of the artist's works project abstract forms, creating an illusionary geometric matrix of woven string that stretch across the expanse of the exhibition site. The installations create a visual playground filled with colors, shapes, and an immeasurable liveliness for visitors to get lost in. A collection of Choi's work is currently showing as part of her solo exhibition titled Dialogue Lineaire in Paris at Galerie Laurent Mueller through January 26, 2013.
via My Modern Net
"British artist James Mylne makes photo-realistic images using essentially a ballpoint pen, and sometimes he mixes other materials such as ink, marker, and spray paint. His drawings demand a great deal of concentration because one wrong stroke, can spoil the whole portrait." via Illusion Scene 360
Classy figurative hyper-realism artist Simon Hennessey
My paintings are perceived as a reflection of reality but in truth the artwork transcends into its own abstraction of reality. Through using the camera as a visual source for painting I am able to create false illusions that are judged as our own reality.
We were happy that had a small talk with talented visual artist Joanie Lemercier known as a part of AntiVJ team. Joanie shows his latest projection mapping on wall mounted paper origami. My name is Joanie Lemercier, I'm a visual artist and my work is based around light projected onto 3 dimensional canvases. Over the past few year I've been working a lot with architecture, and projection mapping onto facades with the visual label AntiVJ (www.antivj.com), but lately I've been exploring much smaller structures, experimenting with pencil, paper, tape and projected light.
This piece is a result of a short residency I did in a gallery space near Birmingham (UK) a few weeks ago. All I used was A4 paper, folded into 7 different sizes pyramids, and taped to the wall. I really like using a very basic geometric shape, and repeat it several times to create more organic structures. I then use a video projector to map the light onto the structure and to animate the composition. I am now working on similar pieces on a much smaller scale made of porcelain.
http://joanielemercier.com/ https://www.facebook.com/joanielemercier https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier
I think sometimes the drawing procrastination on Geography studies can help to form the future of an artist. But that is not what happened to Edward Fairburn that uses geographical maps as a canvases just giving them a new life through drawing awesome portraits.
