You Byun's illustration

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New York creative scene shows us a new promising star among acclaimed visual artist we have on the list - You Byun. She "was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Japan and Korea. She moved back to New York to be a visual artist, receiving her MFA in illustration as visual essay from the School of Visual Arts. You's work is a ritual that recollects and records her memories and emotions; she places her characters in lush environments that hopefully spread joy through the world. " taken from the You's interview for CA

Emergence by Susi Sie

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Cologne based visual artist Susi Sie released her latest motion film "Emergence" and we had a chance to speak with her about it

DC: What is the main plot and idea of "Emergence"?

Susie: Primarily this film (like my other films "BLACK" and "FLOAT") started as an experiment with liquids. At the beginning I had totally no idea which images I would get and which story I wanted to tell, so everything developed time after time. I like the conclusion of less being more, so I´m always looking for a way to tell stories in an abstract way, giving the observer the opportunity to interpret my films in his own way.

DC: What was the hardest challenge in the project you get through?

Susie: I think the hardest challenge in this project was to keep my motivation on a high level, even after months of failing and testing and filming and editing everything again and again until I was satisfied with the final result. Sometimes I forget, that making art, which I regard as my passion, is attached with a lot of really, really hard work. Good work takes time to develop, and interestingly, the final result is always something which you couldn´t have imaged at the beginning.

DC: How long did it take you to complete the video?

It took me about 9 months to complete this film... In the first steps, I made a lot of experiments with the black fluid, mixed with water and soap and tested many lenses to find out the best way to film the fluid. It also took me a while to develop a story behind these images. I think it´s important not to totally focus on a certain idea, to give the project the opportunity to develop itself in unexpected directions.

http://vimeo.com/43156247

You are not Banksy by Nick Stern

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Nick Stern is an internationally acclaimed News and features photographer whose career has taken him to over 40 countries. He has contributed to a wide range of publications throughout the world including daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, books, advertising campaigns and television productions. "You Are Not Banksy" is his latest photography series full of good sarcasm and irony, reflecting artist's famous graffiti. No Banksy were harmed during the shooting.

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Say What Studio

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Say What (@saywhatstudio) is a graphic design studio based in Paris, run by Benoit Berger and Nathalie Kapagiannidi. They have few seriously strong design works and running independent zines but what attract me most is the project "Sorted By". "Sorted By" is a collection of 3 books presenting the image hunting work of 3 awesome blogs worth to follow when Daily Designcollector Tumblr is not enough. The books were designed as annual reports for the year 2011 Convoy / Sorted by category Non-Clickable Item / Sorted by colour Yimmy's Yayo / Sorted by randomness

Synthoxide illustration

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Young American artist and illustrator Kimberly Bicknese shares gorgeous and really mature artworks through personal portfolio on synthoxide.net "The artwork that I compose primarily revolves around certain concepts that relates to people in general, such as mental illnesses, disorders, human emotions, desires and wishes, dreams, and anything else that essentially makes us who we are. Depicting such things allows me to record what many others around the world are feeling during certain points in their lives."

Arthur Alimguzin's art

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There are few works on Arthur Alimguzin's portfolio and maybe because of this I feel a hunger for his hyper-realistic drawing. Frankly speaking there are only three works that will be never enough and of course they are worth to watch and enjoyhttp://alimguzin.com http://www.behance.net/goodja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YSKJGSwVv-s

Lee Jung's installations

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Seoul based artist Lee Jung uses neon lights in a philosophical manner. "Lee Jung was born in 1972 and currently lives and works in Seoul, Korea returning to Korea upon completed her M.A. in Photography from the Royal College of Art, UK. She also received her B.A. with honors in Photography from Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK and a B.A. with honors in Mass Communication & Journalism from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea. Lee Jung most recently participated in 2010 Gwangju Biennale “10,000 Lives” under the direction of Massimiliano Gioni, the contemporary Korean photography exhibition “Chaotic Harmony” at the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston) and “Writing Paintings, Painting Words” at the Seoul Museum of Art."

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Olga Feldman Linzza - An Anatomy

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I think @Radiohead or @MassiveAttackUK might be inspired as same as us by the latest and the longest project "An Anatomy" created digitally by hands of Saint-Petersburg based conceptual illustrator Olga Feldman aka Linzza. Why I mentioned Radiohead, because this work reminds me their project http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/rh/index.html with the only difference in creation - Aaron Koblin did it with code, Olga - by hands and without 3D dummies.

We had a chance to speak with Olga about her project.

DC: What was the concept behind "An atomy"? Olga: First there was no concept. All I wanted is improve my vector technic and connect it with classical anatomy studies. 3D models that I’ve used before are too rough and I refused them.

DC: What was the main challenge while creating this series?
 Olga: Once I saw that this “studies” could be joined like a puzzle . It was such a conversation between two hands at every picture – they care, love, protect each other and at the same time all of them are linked – in a human that implied. And this hands relationships are very simple, elementary. Soon, pictures became words – give, you, love and so on. Probably, this words I should say a long time ago, but I never did. This serial artwork is about a mother.

DC: How long did it take you to complete the project? Olga: It took time. I started to vectorise first picture about a year ago. Every little thing could bring me down, there were months of doing nothing between pictures, I changed title of the series three or four times, but came back to very beginning – “an atomy” – and unfortunally, there is no correct Russian analog for this title. Sometimes it seemed like I’ll never finish this work – some new details, meanings, nuances, technics appeared and made it all endless. So I just stopped.