Juan Francisco Casas
Madrid-based artist Juan Casas shows off new artworks made with ball-point pen.Juan's images are perfectly provocative and welcome the viewer to join him in his naughty world.
Andrey Remnev
Russian artist Andrey Remnev is influenced by the old Russian painters of the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries as well as Russian medieval icon painting. He has however, developed his very own unique, fairy-tale like, surreal style and he uses the old Renaissance recipes to make his own hand-made colors and natural pigments mixed with egg yolk.
Elementaree Set by Maxim Ali
Moscow-based art director Maxim Ali (check his previous work on Minsk City Style feat in Top 2013) created a new identity for DIY Chef Delivery "Elementaree". The visualisation of each cooking receipt is "trop bien", from icons to typography guides. Check it out on Maxim's Behance profile.
Elsewhere by Von
Illustrator Von's latest solo exhibition, Elsewhere, opens at KK Outlet in London next week. Elsewhere, is a collection of delicately beautiful drawings based on photographs shot by Dan Sully. Each portrait in the collection explores those fleeting moments where we involuntarily slip under and away from all of our surroundings, appearing to others absent and completely elsewhere.
"Based in London, Von studied illustration and animation at Kingston University and set up his own studio, HelloVon, in 2006. He's since produced work for Nike, Selfridges, Penguin, the New Yorker and the Paralympic Games and has exhibited fine art work in London, New York and Los Angeles, including the beautiful graphite and pencil series Animals and Semblance, a collection of portraits combining traditional and digital image-making techniques. For his latest exhibition, Elsewhere, Von has created another series of graphite and pencil drawings, this time depicting subjects who are lost in thought. The show includes both large and small-scale artworks and Von has collaborated with Non-Format, HORT, David Pearson and Darren Firth on a set of limited edition exhibition posters, available to buy on his website."
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Illustrations by Andrea Minini
This beautiful series of animal illustrations by Milan-based designer Andrea Minini began as a design experiment to obtain complex shapes and depth starting with just a few lines.
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Catable
Internet is run by cats. No doubts. Chineses designer from Lycs Architecture - Ruan Hao created a special table for their perpetual curiosity. CATable will probably save you from the sentimental ritual to put away the cat from your laptop.
Transformer Apartments by Vlad Mishin
Vlad Mishin is a Russian designer filled with creativity. His latest project called Transformer Apartment is a 60-square-meter flat converted into a modular and functional apartment. This apartment is cut in half by a massive wooden and black metal framework which opens and rotates to show the different zones of the flat.
Paper Art by Maud Vantours
Paris-based designer and artist Maud Vantours uses layer upon layer of cut paper to create hypnotizing patterns and textures that translate into set designs, fashion accessories, and editorial treatments. Vantours has explored a number of 3D paper treatments including floral patterns, spirals, and geometric designs.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maud-Vantours-Art-Design/506510376078200 https://www.behance.net/maudvantours
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Saint-P bars illustrated by Ekaterina Khozatskaya
Over 30mln people wants to visit the city we love and live in and only 3-4 of them really able to do this each year. For the last 5 years Saint-Petersburg city eat culture changed dramatically, dozens of indpendent bars, indie/vegan/burgers cafes opened around the city by young entrepreneurs. Lots of youth move from one place to another healing the culture of this once forgotten city. Among them I'd like to mention young illustrator Ekaterina Khozatskaya depicting the evening atmosphere in her notebooks with watercolours and inks. If you happen to live in Russia you may follow her "Between The Bars" community.
Surreal Drawings by Ethan Murrow
Heavily influenced by both film and photography, artist Ethan Murrow creates grandiose theatrical narratives manifested as large-scale graphite drawings. via Colossal
My Toy Plane by Varun Thota
Macau-based web designer Varun Thota has a fun, imaginative photo series called ‘#mytoyplane’ that shows a toy plane soaring in the sky.Guided by his hand, the toy plane can be seen weaving through “skyscrapers, city streets and the Macau countryside”.
Chloe Early art
Chloe Early is an Irish born, London based artist who uses her canvases to explore the contradictions between the romantic and the gritty. Simultaneously dreamlike and unflinching, her oil paintings are a place where opposites meet, they are full of colour and space and play with abstract and collage effects in interesting ways.
Kirsty Mitchell Photography
Four years after initially covering the incredible journey of photographer Kirsty Mitchell’s Wonderland series, we’re here to present to you with another page of what Mitchell is calling Wonderland’s final chapter, in the form of the behind the scenes of "The Stars Of Spring Will Carry You Home."
Behind the Scenes footage of "The Stars Of Spring Will Carry You Home" by kirstymitchellphotography.com, filmed and edited by fxmedia.co.uk
Splashy Letter Art by Niels Shoe Meulman
Having featured Niels Shoe Meulman’s calligraphy in 2012 and 2013, it seems like a good time to check up on the artist. This year he is using pearlized acrylic paint which changes colors when viewing at different angles. It is also fascinating to see images of his painting process showing the various brushstroke layers that form his eye-catching work.
Camera Obscura by Abelardo Morell
"Originally born in Havana, Cuba, photographer Abelardo Morell has embraced the classic technique of camera obscura, a method used photographically through the use of pinhole cameras. Morell finds rooms with windows that offer unique and spectacular views from the Eiffel Tower to the Italian countryside and then blocks out all the light from the windows with the exception of a pinhole which causes the narrow channel of light to project an exact upside down image of the scene outside on the opposite wall. Next, Morell sets up a large format camera facing the projection on the wall and creates a long exposure photograph revealing the juxtaposition of the actual room meshing with the landscape outside the window." via Juxtapoz
Tomcat Brothers by Piotr Jabłoński
Futuristic comics-like journey of two Tomcat Brothers accompanied with a huge white graffiti cat, a saviour and a friend at the same time. The plot created by Polish digital artist Piotr Jabłoński, you can visit his portfolio on Deviantart, Behance or Facebook and even buy few prints of Tomcats following this link
Tokyo Reverse - guy walks around Tokyo backward
The clips are actually from a 9-hour production called Tokyo Reverse that was played in its entirety in France as part of new television trend called ‘Slow TV.’ Written and directed by : SÅNDL : Simon Bouisson et Ludovic Zuili
Snails world by Vyacheslav Mischenko
Ukrainian nature photographer Vyacheslav Mishchenko has created this macro photo series in which he has documented the snails in their natural environment
Gourmet mouse traps by Davide Luciano
As the name suggests, this photography series showcases mouse traps baited with a cheesy dish fit for the pickiest mouse. In the series, mouse traps are outfitted with savoury and mouth-watering dishes rather than the standard cheese. The inspiration for Gourmet Mouse Traps came to Davide Luciano after a week-long cheese advertising shoot in NYC. Food stylist Claudia Ficca embraced the challenge of making miniature dishes.
