IMAT

February 13, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Digital Art, 2019, Canada, Motioncollector, Portfolios, Russia

A collaborative work lead by art director Vitaly Grossmann together with Superdesigners from Moscow, CG artist Moritz Schwin, Vincent Schwenk and music producer Jürgen Branz, made for trade show in Germany IMAT-uve

“Imat-uve approached us to create a playful material world for a trade show in Germany. Imat’s design department is not only in charge for creating and designing textures, it’s also scanning it for a broader purpose in-house. As we love to work with textures and always challenge us to find the right balance between reality and abstraction, we were more than happy to develop shapes, spaces and colours where the textures become alive. Nearly every texture was scanned and provided by Imat’s design department.”

@vitalygrossmann

@superdesigners.co

Illustrative Art by Andrey Surnov

February 12, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Illustration, Russia, Portfolios, 2019

Moscow based artist and illustrator Andrey Surnov creates quintessential digital canvases depicting a mellow beauty of Russian suburb

@surnov83

BIFF

February 11, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, United Kingdom, Portfolios, 2019

“Biff is a multi-faceted illustrator, designer and creative personality. A limitless imagination and diverse skill-set not only enable him to champion a brief but also stand him in great stead for generating impulsive projects and original ideas. His relaxed yet distinctive and on-point style has won him clients from all over the world, and his ever-expanding use of new tools and media is a testament to his versatility and professionalism. Inspired by every aspect of the world around him. Biff's creations are fresh, current, comedic and instilled with immeasurable character." - Emily Beeson, Young Gold Teeth.

@biffstudio

Nairone

February 07, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, France, Typography, Lettering, Portfolios, 2019

Obsessed with black and white, the contrast is the source of his creativity, fascinated by the pop art movement and our contemporary pop culture, Nairone use elements from everyday life, his work is inspired by personal experiences from his childhood and the links with the milieu in which he lives mixed with his contrasted vision.

Les Gourmands Bakery

House of Vans

Adidas Glitch

PSG

@nairone

Amos Rex

February 06, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, Graphic Design, Finland, Portfolios, 2019

Last autumn, Helsinki got a new art point for visual hunters - Amos Rex space. Built in place of shopping centre parking, Amos Rex is a perfect example of smart architecture designed by JKMM. We already covered the debut exhibition of Japanese teamLab on Instagram and happy to mention their next affair with Studio Drift this Spring brining their anti-gravity show worth of visit.

Amos Rex identity was developed by local studio Werklig underlining the idea of a space where past, present and future meet together to create unforgettable experience

@amoskonst

Bridge House by P-SLab

February 04, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, Digital Art, Portfolios, 2019

P–SLab® is an experimental series curated by Australian creative studio @prettysoon_ . Bridge House is this first in this series.

Matthew Lawless imagines a series of ‘Anomalies’ — abstract sculptural forms that respond to and foreshadow the architectural themes of Dan Brunn Architecture's Bridge House. The short film features original music by Detroit-based electronic artist Shigeto

@matthewlawless

Human Unlimited by Dmitri Daniloff

January 31, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Portfolios, Photography, France, 2019

You may remember Dmitri’s works from our earliest reviews in 2000s that were not archived. Famous French advertising photographer is turning more into contemporary digital artists. His recent collaboration with 3D artist Tamal de Canela @tamaldecanela

Read interview with artist on French

@dimitridaniloff

Editorial Illustration by Spiros Halaris

January 30, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in USA, Illustration, Portfolios, 2019

Spiros Halaris is a multi-disciplinary award winning Illustrator. Originally from Greece, he was trained at the University of the Arts London and has studios in London and New York, where he's currently based.

@spiroshalaris

Dolby Asteria by GMUNK

January 30, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, USA, Portfolios, 2019

For Dolby's ongoing site-specific installations at its unique gallery space in San Francisco, GMUNK and Tool of North America created an augmented reality audiovisual quest across the stars. Asteria, inspired by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and cosmic mythology, consists of a 3-act, mobile AR experience for iOS devices synchronized with a 12 minute film that plays on loop on the gallery’s 64-foot LED wrap around wall.

Inspired by the Dolby Gallery itself, Munky and Tool of North America worked to design an AR experience that pairs with the big screen, coupling the two platforms to create this immersive space exploration. Putting the user in the stereoscopic transmissions of the “xO-9 probe” explorer, they’re taken to three different worlds in the year 2027, each world in a different state of worldly evolution; each corresponding to a unique epoch in Earth’s own development.

After giving thought to the space, Munky (GMUNK) decided to pair the screen with an AR experience, using the screen as a backdrop and the source of life and sound for the installation. The smartphone thus becomes an extension of the story that is being told by the film.

In order to create the best experience for the user and to create a smooth transition between worlds and storylines, Munky designed the AR app to pair with the Dolby screen content. By using a remote server to track time-code sync, the AR app on the user’s mobile device is able to detect where the user is within the gallery film, allowing it to stay synced with their location within the film so each act is experienced in a perfect sequence.

In 2027, the xO-9 probe became the first lunar launch module to maintain contact with NASA after successfully jumping an interstellar gate.

Radio contact after the black hole transit located the ship 2 million light years from Earth, near a cluster of exoplanets called Macaca Fascicularis, on the edge of galaxy Andromeda.

Equipped with the most advanced HDR imaging and sound-capturing technologies, xO9’s mission is to navigate, observe, and transmit stereoscopic images from deep space. The Macaca cluster is of particular interest because each planet has it own orbital sun - and in one case, suns.

More astonishing is the discovery that each planet exists in a different state of worldly evolution; each corresponding to a unique epoch in Earth’s own development. And one that may even foreshadow our own uncertain future.

These holographic broadcasts represent the first time humans can experience space as if they are window-seat passengers in an explorer probe. The xO-9 transmissions - miniaturized for viewing as observable micro-universes - create a dimensional experience for the viewer. Like galactic mobiles that float in space wherever the viewer chooses to call them up.

Continue on Behance

@gmunk

Ginebra Siddal Photography

January 28, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Spain, Portfolios, Photography, 2019

Spanish photographer Ginebra Siddal based in Granada has a special feeling to terracote colour definitely arising from the famous neighbourhood - Alhambra. Take a look!

@ginebrasiddal

Sketchbook of Chamo San

January 28, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Spain, Portfolios, 2019

Talented charcoal pencil artist Chamo San shares his travelling sketchbook full of visual stories captured during his short visit across South Europe

@chamo_san

Christmas on the Moon

January 25, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Russia, Portfolios, Motioncollector, 2019

“Alice, 12 year-old girl, is homeless and works as a courier. One day she receives a request - to deliver a big teddy bear to the boss of a criminal gang. Along the way, unexpectedly, the teddy bear comes alive and becomes Alice's only friend. She decides to cancel the delivery and keep a teddy bear. What she doesn’t suspect is that it is stuffed with cocaine and now she is being hunted.”

@ladokvataniya

Written and Directed by Lado Kvataniya
Cinematography by Andrey Krauzov
Starring: Masha Lobanova, Vladimir Voronov
Composer: Niko Cartosio
Producers: Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Ilya Dzhincharadze
Executive Producer: Olga Mitina
Production Designer: Dmitriy Onishenko
Edit: Vlad Yakunin
Casting: Margo Sayapina
Colour: Jamie O'Bradovich, Artem Leonov
Hype Production /// RUSSIA

Conceptual Slack Visual Identity by Oleg Turbaba

January 24, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Branding, Graphic Design, Portfolios, Russia, 2019

There is always a good chance for designers to imagine their favourite brand having a new identity. This happens with Slack (@SlackHQ) again after they rolled out new visual system designed by Pentagram (@pentagramdesign). We won’t comment on it as there is a huge backslash on social network regarding the new style. But we definitely want to show you another great example of “how it could be if”.. talented Russian art director Oleg Turbaba takes over it. Of course, we are not saying it is perfect, but take a look:

Old Logo

New Logo by Pentagram

Concept by Turbaba

“This is my personal vision of how Slack’s logo could be represented with its new identity. My research was started with exploring brilliant work done by Pentagram with Slack’s redesign. Then I tried to search deeper and simplify both Slack’s old and new logos to their extremum.

As a symbol, I’ve decomposed an old Slack’s logo, taken one component (the message) and used it as a core of my concept. The way I see it, the message is the main theme of the Slack. Then I experimented with some modularity and dynamic logo things”

— Oleg Turbaba

@turbaba

The World in Facets: PARIS by Mat Szulik

January 23, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Poland, Portfolios, 2019

It took two years for Mat Szulik to complete a personal series of illustrations depicting Paris scenes in low polygonal way. Straight after Paris, Mat started facet cities of Rome and Abu Dhabi, we can’t wait to share them too

@matszulik

Up and Solve by Tiber Ergür

January 22, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Motioncollector, Portfolios, Turkey, 2019

“Up and Solve” project by Tiber Ergür

@tiberergur

Joseph Lee’s Portraits

January 18, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2019

Los Angeles based actor and artist Joseph Lee has spent years studying faces and the feelings that they emote. So it's absolutely impressive that his series of abstract portraits, composed of just a few thick, segmented brush strokes, can convey so much emotion and expression. And all without hardly a single detail of the face exposed! I could study these portraits for hours, while admiring the beauty of each stroke and his brilliant use of colors.

@joeyunlee

The Art of Essence by Santi Zoraidez

January 16, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Digital Art, Portfolios, Motioncollector, 2019

Talented digital artist Santi Zoraides (who once collaborate with us on Digital Decade 5) was commissioned by LGSignature to create their new campaign

@szoraidez

Between Rivers by Mojo Wang

January 15, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Illustration, Portfolios, USA, 2019

Between Rivers is an ongoing project of illustrator Mojo Wang

Mojo (Chuanjie Wang) is a self-taught illustrator. He was born and raised in Shanghai. Received his BA in Industrial Engineering from Shanghai University of Engineering. Currently pursuing his MFA in Illustration in SVA, NYC.

@mojowang

Kobayashi - The Story of Geisha

January 14, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in China, Motioncollector, Portfolios, 2019

The story happened in Kyoto, 1872. The geisha Kobayashi and Hideyoshi fell in love with each other, and he became her lover. However, due to the war, they were separated from eachother forever.

This titles video is a prelude to a self-initiated animation short sequence “KIYOMI KOBAYASHI — Sword and fire” created and directed by Yi Le

“It is the art work I want to make after my first trip to Kyoto this year,I was really impressed by the great temples ,garden and people there,I felt very peaceful when I was in Kyoto.Unluckly,I didnt have a chance to watch the performance of geisha at thattime,but I saw a lots of geisha walking on the streets,It’s like time never passed!
In this video,I portraied the 1872’s Kyoto in my thought, The geisha Kobayashi and Hideyoshi fell in love with each other, and he became her lover. However, due to the war, they were separated from eachother forever. I hope this story will bring people’s attention to the cruelty of war, as well as the status of women during those times.”

— Yi Le