Digital Escapism by Jenna Marti

April 26, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Portfolios, Photography, USA, 2018

Jenna Rose Marti is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based digital artist and photographer. She works within installation and digital photography to explore themes of identity, religion, memory, and escapism.

Though her work, she creates a sense of escapism in order to find comfort in the unfamiliar while revealing the discomfort in the familiar. The surreal nature of her work creates a sense of fantasy that exists within the familiarity of the physical world, and seeks the balance of the good and the evil in life. She pulls from her own experience with religion, personal relationships with people, and other worldly experiences to create this dialogue.

@jennamarti

Gumshoe - shoes made of chewing gum

April 26, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, Netherlands, United Kingdom, 2018

While some populists use "There is no Planet B" phrase without real input, guys from Amsterdam went further to prove the actual meaning behind that saying as "Start it from yourself". As we tried to think of "..Planet B" from visual perspective during our Digital Decade 4, in 2016, nearly in the same time GUM-TEC created the backward process to extract actual rubber from chewing gum (yes, it is no more an eco-tree rubber). Later on they were baked by Amsterdam official "I AmSterdam" municipal group and asked designers from EXPLICIT to come back with a pair of recycled sneakers "Gumshoe". Real shoes are ready for pre-order now

Gum Drop Bin was an actual diploma of Gumshoe designer Anna Bullus at Brighton Uni, UK

Lara Zankoul Photography

April 25, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Instagram, Fashion, Photography, Portfolios, Lebanon, 2018

Lara Zankoul, is an interdisciplinary artist based in Beirut, Lebanon. Her work captures everyday human behavior and issues that occur within society through photographic media. The aim is to invite the viewers to come up with their own interpretation and understanding of the photographs and the stories behind them. Her signature work not only stands out in its conceptual identity, but also in its timelessness.

In her recent series "The Maze" she explores the relationship between human created by nature and architecture created by human

Produced by @ttproduction_net @tatitacla
Model @luisabrenner @nassmodels
Stylist @whooisjulie and @nann_k
Mua hair @reginakhanipova

@larazankoul

Pastel Architecture Photography by Matthieu Venot

April 24, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Portfolios, Photography, France, Architecture, 2018

We have been following Matthieu Venot since our first publication and where pleased to find him featured on our friends and partners platform Ello few days ago. In his recent photography series he disconnect any form of living from architecture showing its pure state of geometry and colour.

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SOUP – Refused © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; plastic oceanic debris affected by chewing and attempted ingestion by animals. Includes a toothpaste tube. Additives; teeth from goats.

A(rt)wful plastic debris photographed by Mandy Barker

April 20, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

"Photographer Mandy Barker creates deceptively eye-catching images to document the pandemic of plastic debris in the world’s waterways. Barker, who is based in Leeds, UK, works closely with scientists to collect trash from our oceans and beaches on the edges of nearly every continent. One research expedition covered the debris field (stretching to Hawaii) that resulted from Japan’s 2011 tsunami and earthquake; she has also explored the Inner Hebrides in Scotland with Greenpeace." (see also Trash Isles)

@mandybarkerphotography

Mysterious Anthropomorphic Illustrations by Jenna Barton

April 20, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in 2018, Illustration, Portfolios

"American designer and illustrator Jenna Barton combines watercolor and digital processing to create mysterious anthropomorphic scenes of dogs, foxes, deer, and other four-legged beings. These eerily rendered creatures often have blank glowing eyes which suggest the animal is possessed or hiding a deep inner world."

@dappermouth

Macro by Ruslan Khasanov

April 19, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Photography, Portfolios, Russia, 2018

Russian artist Ruslan Khasanov shared his ink works he has collected for the last few years

Hennessy V.S. Major

April 19, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Agencies, Portfolios, Ukraine, USA, Motioncollector, 2018

Created by Kyiv-based Radioaktive Film on location at Lviv vélodrome "Hennessy V.S. Major" is a story at the turn of the 19th century, cycling was the world’s biggest sport, and Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor was its biggest superstar. He broke multiple world records, won championships and defeated competition all over the world. But he was still searching for something else: a true rival.

Behind the scenes

Hennessy V.S 'Major' with RadicalMedia LLC, Droga5, The Mill
Director: Derek Cianfrance,
Director Of Photography: Roman Vasyanov.

@radioaktivefilm

Pau Buscató Photography

April 17, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, Portfolios, Spain, 2018

Barcelona-born, Oslo-based ex-architect and now street photographer Pau Buscató spends several hours a day searching for the funny moments that only happen when people are crammed together.

"These photos are fun by necessity. They require a disciplined practice of not being bored by people and places Buscató has seen a million times. “Over-familiarity with our surroundings can blind us, so trying to keep fresh eyes and an open mind always helps,” he said. It’s a lesson anyone trapped in a place, job, or situation they find boring can learn from."

"This one is a sequence of birds taken in Leicester Square, London. The photo shows painted birds, an imaginary one and a real one. I took this on July 2016, but I had already tried something similar in the same spot a year earlier. In 2015, I took some shots there trying to add a real pigeon (they were flying around) to the painted birds sequence. I more or less succeeded, but I found the result quite boring, so I just left and forgot about it. A year later, I was on another photo trip in London, and after four days in the city, I noticed the same fence with the painted birds, but didn't pay much attention to it. Some hours later I passed by and saw a detail that changed everything: There was a hole in the fabric that in my eyes looked like another bird. That's when I got obsessed and spent my last two days there, trying to get something. I tried many different things, and after several hundreds of failed attempts, I got that photo."

Dániel Taylor

April 16, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Decade, Digital Art, Hungary, Portfolios, 2018

Hungarian graphic designer Dániel Taylor (resident of Digital Decade 5) playfully merges double exposure with collages and illustration. His designs take you on a trip through time and space, into the depths of forests and the realms of our galaxy in search of natural beauty.

@mrtaylordani

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Konstantin Kofta FW18 "Sophro"

April 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Fashion, Portfolios, Ukraine, 2018

Kofta is the couture label specializing in the art of leather craft using futuristic techniques. Based in Kiev since 2010, Ukraine, the studio has the ability to carry out individual projects from start to finish, allowing them to be designed, developed and produced in-house. Here the bag is not just an accessory but an expression of art.

It is a melange of imagery and allegory, fusion of raw contemplations, tameless nature, deep forests, timeworn buildings and ancient architecture.

@konstantinkofta

Neave Bozorgi

April 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Fashion, Photography, Portfolios, USA, 2018

Receiving an impressive amount of acclaim in just three years since picking up a camera, Neave Bozorgi is a Los Angeles-based photographer who creates images that are intimate in nature and saturated with sensual nostalgia.

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@sirneave

Inner Dialogue by photographer Romain Laurent

April 12, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, France, Portfolios, 2018

"Romain Laurent has a knack for creating striking photos—images you can’t un-see, the kind you just have to click on. With his work it’s often hard to tell what you’re looking at, which elements are digitally composited, and what’s real (is any of it?). “Inner Dialogue” is more obvious its trickery, but nothing here is over-edited. Less is always more and he uses just enough." via Bo7M

@romain_laurent

Força by João Xará

April 10, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, Portugal, Sculpture, 2018

Portuguese student of ESAD School João Xará visualizes the invisible concept of force through his design of glass vessels. The pre-blown glass shapes squeezed by clamps demonstrate the action of force in an intuitive and direct way through the materiality and given direction.

Synth-pop collages by Sandra Aguilera

April 09, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Portfolios, Spain, Instagram, Photography, 2018

Artist, designer and photographer based in Barcelona - Sandra Aguilera, passionate about art in all dimensions playing with the concepts. Famous for creating a fresh and vibrant conceptual art, and transforming day-to- day objects into something attractive through sarcasm and composition, where bright colors predominate in the works. Her inspirations are artists like Edward Hooper, or even Wes Anderson

Apart from artistic images Sandra creates bright and casual women accessories for any occasion

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Illustrative portraits by Y.D.A

April 06, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in 2018, Canada, Illustration, Portfolios

Young Canadian self-taught artist Yanah D.A working under "artdalas" moniker shows of her surreal portraits of Instagram era. Follow her on Ello for more

@artdalas

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Colourful Blast by Nina Minnebo

April 05, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Belgium, Illustration, Art, Portfolios, 2018

Nina is a Belgium based artist who studied Graphic Arts at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels. By mixing different techniques she produces a bold and colorful visual language. Often using acrylic, ink, watercolour & pencils.

@ninaminnebo

The imagined modernist world of 3D artist Alexis Christodoulou

April 05, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Architecture, Instagram, Portfolios, 2018

"Alexis Christodoulou wasn’t always an artist, though his dreamy 3D renders of imagined modernist interiors belies his brief tenure as one. A former copywriter at an advertising agency, Christodoulou began experimenting with the 3D modelling program SketchUp during a particularly frustrating spell of screenwriting. Five years on, the Cape Town-based artist offers simply this on his Instagram profile: ‘No photographs. Just renders.’"

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@teaaalexis

From Barnoldswick to Leeds with illustrator Anton Marrast

April 04, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, Russia, 2018

Once our favourite illustrator Anton Marrast (previously), disappeared from our radars for years and we are happy to have him back with a new artworks. just few days ago he shared travel sketches from a narrowboat trip from Barnoldswick to Leeds he did in England

@tsarramnotna

Song Wei Sculpture

April 04, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, China, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2018

Leading figurative Chinese artist Song Wei is definitely recognised for his "Porcelain Hamburger" (made of fibreglass) and less for the rest of his body of work in classic oil on canvas spiced with Asian cultural twists.

Across the globe, his Porcelain Hamburger will be seen in the bank’s publicity advertisements on print. The image was specifically selected for its representation of a perfect marriage between East and West, the hybrid aesthetics of both cultures, and a perfect ambassador for a bank that serves the world.

Song Wei’s bears are often depicted in everyday situations: eating a lollipop, playing with toys, and even sitting on a toilet bowl. While his works appear joyous, carefree and fun loving, there are undoubtedly deeper meanings behind them. His paintings not only remember his childhood memories and adult experiences, but also reflect the impact of Western merchandise, the changes in Chinese values and mentality, traditions and modernisation, honesty and controversy, capitalism and consumerism, as well as the welding of Eastern and Western cultures in our metropolitan societies.

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