Street art by JR

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"A semi-anonymous street artist of international renown, JR plasters giant, monochrome photographs of faces in urban centers—on rooftops and walls, in church windows, and along the sides of buses. Calling the street his gallery and “using art to turn the world inside out,” JR delivers a message of social action, telling the stories of the marginalized or voiceless." via Art.sy

Tattooed Illustration by Philippe Constantinesco

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Born in France, raised in art in Strasbourg settled down in Paris for searching clients and illustration work. His personal playground called "Faunesque" serves bright examples of commercial illustration as well as personal. And especially one that feature tattooed characters whether they are penciled in Moleskines or digitally inked.

McBess

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French illustrator, film director and creative polymath Mathieu Bessudo, or McBess, is a London-based artist with an eye for incredible detail and a mind for a surreal rearrangement of the most simplistic of subject matters.

Same as our friends from Hobo and Sailor (that made an awesome DCN t-shirt for us) McBess inspires from earlier 20 century's studio Fleischer Cartoon

McBess also does music and videos, let's watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPsDFQWz3DI&feature=player_embedded

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Jean-Francois Lepage photography

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Surrealism and haute-coutre mixed in a cocktail painted with vivid colours - that's how I see Jean-Francois Lepage photography. Lepage has set himself apart as both a fashion photographer and a visual artist with his innovative approach of merging the two worlds into his own conceptual universe of image making. With the use of drawing and deconstructed collage, Lepage further pushes his work to explore his insights on individuality, mortality, and the unspoken forces which guide the sublime emotional instincts of the human mind.

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Elroy Photography

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Berlin based French visual artist and photographer Damien Vignaux aka Elroy shares his portfolio as 2 in 1. Today we will focus on his not that safe for work (NSFW) Photography portfolio top up by tattooed model shots and some fashion collaborations. Apart from portfolio he has a photo Tumblr with full sets of uncensored but still awesome shots.

http://vimeo.com/39964396

Collection Ten by Fotolia - Takeshi

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@Fotolia launches the TEN Collection (@takeshiwan Emeric Trahand for June), a gathering of 10 top international digital artists. Each image has been created with a specific theme, then exposed through a detailed Photoshop PSD layers file. Each month, you will find a new theme, a new artist, a new image and a deep dive into the artist's PSD file! This extremely rare look into our artists' secret techniques is in the spirit of education and community, helping designers go further in their own artist endeavors.

This month is presented by acclaimed artist Emeric Trahand aka Takeshi. Well known for his photo editing skills and surreal & colorful art, Emeric Trahand is one of today's most influential designers. His different texture effects, 'urban' style and ability to relate to nature are amongst many qualities that make him a unique artist. Originally from France, this now New Yorker produces work for internationally renowned companies like Ubisoft, Honda, Adidas and Swatch...He is also a member of the KDU and Depthcore, and posts his art on the Amkashop website.

Go download Takeshi's PSD for FREE, today only

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LfNfINwnQ&feature=plcp&list=PL3536444B4BCCFABA

http://cargocollective.com/stillontherun Ten by Fotolia (Russian)

Murmure

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"Murmure is the 4 creatives agency based in Caen, France. They love to push the limites between graphic design and art, using unusal materials and playing with inks and printing process", - says Graphic-Exchange mentioning concrete business card and personal identity of Murmure. But we want to add here their recent project - fluorescent identity for night festival meeting "Nördik Impakt 13".