Wittgenstein’s cabin by Dionisio González

September 30, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Architecture, Digital Art, Portfolios, Spain

“In his latest series, titled Wittgenstein’s cabin, visual artist Dionisio González (more here) envisions a group of amphibious dwellings set on the Norwegian fjords. the project draws from Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s secluded hut, planned and built in 1914 on the steep shore of lake Eidsvatnet in Skjolden, beside the Sognefjord. Designed as prototypes for thought, the amphibious dwellings act as reflections of the world while in turn, they are reflected on the mirror of the waters.” , read more on designboom

Surreal art of Victor Fota

September 29, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Art, NFT Art, Portfolios, Romania

@victorfota

Victor Fota is a young visual artist basing in Bucharest, focusing mainly on oil painting, generating most of his ideas on the canvas with the help of digital tools for conceiving the designs.

Recently, he began the journey of Crypto Art, recreating some of his best analogue works into digital-enhanced versions of the original oil paintings. The digital augmentation of the paintings is executed using digital software to improve or animate the still image. The 1/1 NFTs can be found on SuperRare.com, Foundation.app and a collection of DESIGNOIDs on MakersPlace.com

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Caramurú Baumgartner

September 27, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Illustration, Brazil, NFT Art, Portfolios

Caramurú Baumgartner is an award winning visual artist from Brazil. As an alchemist mixing colors and elements, and a wizard casting lights and shades, his legacy as a visual artist reveals a unique, intimate, surreal and psychedelic place. The junctions of saturated colors, fluid forms, lights and lattices leads you to a new, ethereal and fertile universe, where the fauna and flora sensually merge, where the artist lives.

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Tanasan Kanakasem: Girl Without Smile

September 21, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Illustration, NFT Art, Thailand, Portfolios

@phai_tanasan

Bangkok-based artist Tanasan Kanakasem explores the idea that girls might bottle up pain, rage and other wild feelings underneath pretty faces. In his recent series Girl Without Smile he sums up that ideas using colour, objects and wild animals to symbolise the needs and wild desires they may be keeping hidden inside his characters.

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Concept art of Arseniy Chebynkin

September 08, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Digital Art, Illustration, Russia, Portfolios

@arsenixc

Russian digital artist Arseniy Chebynkin creates outstanding backgrounds and illustrations for animations and TV-production

Stefan Große Halbuer

September 06, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Digital Art, Illustration, Germany, NFT Art, Portfolios

@plastic.pen

Stefan is a graphic designer and digital artist from Münster, Germany. He's been working as a freelancer for international corporations, NGOs and magazines as well as for musicians and startups, for almost 10 years.

CYCLE OF THE SHROOM is Stefan's new baby in the NFT world, showing his love for everything around cyberpunk culture

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Architectural drawings by Abi Daker

September 03, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Art, Illustration, NFT Art, Portfolios, United Kingdom

@abidaker

Abi Daker is a British illustrator who lives and works in Cyprus. She works extensively on large scale print projects as well as editorial and book commissions. In 2016 her drawing of the Houses of Parliament was used as the illustration on the British five pound note. Abi recently joined NFT movement with her works available on Blockchains of Ethereum and Tezos

Peyman Naderi

September 02, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Art, NFT Art, Photography, Portfolios, Iran

@papillon_1990

Peyman Naderi is a young Persian contemporary fine art and portrait photographer. As he began his career as a professional photographer, his first motto was to create original and creative photos through which his own perceptions of the world and art could be understood. Also, he is eager to represent a unique way of looking at various concepts in the world.

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Ash White

August 31, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Art, Digital Art, NFT Art, Portfolios, United Kingdom

@ash___white

UK based multi-disciplined published artist Ash White utilising code and math to create digital art. We adore his transformation from contemporary painter and collage artist to NFT digital creator recently

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Carpoolers by Alejandro Cartagena

August 30, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, NFT Art, Photography, Portfolios, USA

@alexcartagenamex

Carpoolers is an acclaimed documentary photo series and self-published project from Mexican photographer Alejandro Cartagena started in 2011. Concerned with the neoliberal policymaking in the city of Monterrey and rapid housing expansions on the outskirts of the city, Cartagena critically documents the fissures between blue-collar urban centres and the lack of infrastructure connecting the suburban overgrowth.

“The collection of The 50 Carpoolers depicts laborers in México captured from an overpass, commuting between distant suburbs and urban centers. Like much of my work, this project comes from a desire to tell the story of the dramatic environmental, economic, and demographic changes playing out in my home city of Monterrey. This series has circulated the internet since 2011 and has been exhibited widely around the world”

— Alejandro Cartagena

“From the vantage point of a highway overpass, the photographer has vividly and repetitiously documented the contract workers and tradesmen who hitch rides in the back of the trucks that will take them to that day’s worksite. As many as eleven labourers are seen at a time in open beds scattered with equipment and commercial goods; many sleep side-by-side, perhaps as strangers to each other. Provoking in its apparent ubiquitousness, this fiercely conceptual series raises concerns regarding the failure of urbanism and neoliberalism in Mexico; its ecological ramifications; and social and economic stratification—within the confines of the image itself even the driver and owner of the vehicle, concealed in the cabin and unseen to us, holds a superior status to the labourers who are exposed to the elements.“

“The way the worker is lying on the bed of the truck with the old wood really gives the sense of the invisibility of the people that build our cities. Having worked in the service industry for years myself...in hotels and restaurants, traveling for hours in buses, that invisibility was latent and a burden that is not to be taken lightly. It was also a space to build an idea of the life I wanted. 10 years, traveling 3-4hrs a day back then, has made me very thankful of my life today”

— Alejandro Cartagena

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The Word Search Series by Graham Kelman

August 26, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Art, Portfolios, Sculpture, USA

@grahamkelman

The Word Search Series by artist Graham Kelman investigates concepts of contradiction and loss of meaning through the use of a single sculpture made from many individual sculptures. Each viewer is invited to excavate the hidden poem(s).

The artwork is designed to evolve into new works, where each glyph module moves on a system of hidden rails. New poems are composed on a regular basis.

“n 2017, I had the idea to create a modular artwork composed of smaller sculptures that could be rearranged to create new pieces. Working with @jennyholzerstudio influenced me to do something a little more direct, thinking about the alphabet as a kit of parts. I’ve been interested in the intersection of Graphic Design and Architecture, and this project was a good opportunity to explore that.

Little did I know that it would take me almost four years to complete the series. This is the first work I completed this year.

Something else was happening during this time. It seemed like words in culture were increasingly losing their power to convey a common meaning. Two different people could read the same thing and draw wildly different conclusions, almost predictably, based on their pre-affiliated tribe.

Perhaps, I could create a series of word-search puzzles that could celebrate misinterpretation, contradiction, and loss of meaning, where everybody could draw their own conclusion and choose something they could be upset about, together. I wanted it to appear beautiful and almost decorative at first, and really force people to dig out the little depressing poems inside.

Unfortunately, I didn’t really think too deeply about what it would take to conceive, design, and produce 26 custom individual sculptures, fabricated hundreds of times to create a variety of language and meaning. Each letter was a meticulous mini-project.”

— Graham Kelman

Illustration and Art by Anthony Ventura

August 25, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in Canada, Illustration, Portfolios, NFT Art

If Viktor Vasnetsov ever joined pre-raphaelites, the art of Anthony Ventura can be their logic heritage. “A trip into the world of Anthony Ventura is a memorable one, bringing you through pop culture, horror and earth grounded fantasy turned Greek tragedy.”

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Surreal art of Camibus

August 24, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Digital Art, Illustration, Hungary, Portfolios, NFT Art

Transylvanian artist Camibus is a visual artist that explores the aesthetic of the human figure, using surreal elements to depict psychological and philosophical themes.

@camibus.nft

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Alexandre Souêtre

August 20, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Lifestyle, Photography, Portfolios, USA

@axlsouetre

“Alexandre Souêtre is a photographer and art director currently living in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Paris, France. Alex has a minimalist approach to design and an immaculate eye for tone, often playing with scale to suspend lone figures in mid air or to encase them against a clean, concrete background.”

“Alex’s work is at it’s finest when depicting anonymous silhouettes skating alone against remote urban backdrops. The graphic lines, sweeping shadows and graffiti elements that he chooses to include in his images help to create an atmosphere and an energy that both excites and intrigues. It is because of this that you don’t need to be a fanatical skate fan to appreciate his images”

Jenya Datsko

August 19, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Illustration, Portfolios, Spain

@j.datsko

Spain based illustrator Jenya Datsko dedicates most of her works to the peace and comfort we find in each other’s presence.

Alariko illustrations

August 18, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Illustration, Spain, Portfolios

@_alariko

Talented illustrator Alariko creates captivating backgrounds of a perfect life

Ismail Zaidy Photography art

August 17, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, NFT Art, Photography, Portfolios, Morocco

@l4artiste

Self-taught Moroccan photographer experimented with various creative fields before landing on photography. He draws inspiration from family and heritage. Despite heavy regulations on crypto in his homeland, Ismail was able to mint NFTs while travelling, they are worth to view and support on Foundation app

JENISU

August 13, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Illustration, NFT Art, Portfolios

@jenisuart

One of the first crypto artists (considering the start of NFT platforms) Jenisu has been on scene since late 2019

“Themes such as technology, architecture, retro aesthetics and interior design are all frequently found throughout my artwork. I aim to pull the viewer into my imaginary world with realistic perspective and scale, combined with my signature color palette and detailed outlines. ”

— Jenisu

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Lantomo

August 11, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Art, Illustration, Portfolios, Spain

@lantomo

Italian artist based in Barcelona Antonella Montes works under Lantomo moniker. She studied architecture in Italy, in Rome and Genoa; then moves to Spain, specialising in scenography and exhibition design. Just a few years ago, since 2010, Lantomo started to dedicate herself exclusively to painting, and her passion has definitely become a job. And in this journey, her stay of almost two years in Beijing, China, have left an indelible trace. Her drawings have become more accurate and detailed, her only colours the black and white, with touches of red, and the drawn faces have come to have Asian features.

“The graphite portraits I create are almost realistic, suspended in a personal universe between realism and vision, but I’m not interested in virtuous details, I look for the representation of the emotions of my subjects.
Drawing has always been present in my life, like a way of expressing myself. My portraits embody a feeling of isolation and introspection, involved in silence. Memory, fears and loneliness in this society are the subjects that obsess me.
I try to bring to the surface all traces of emotions behind a gaze.”

— Lantomo

2003 by Cornelius Dämmrich

August 10, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021, Digital Art, Germany, NFT Art, Portfolios

@corneliusdammrich

16 months in creation, a piece inspired by LAN internet parties at the time Designcollector just started, released by gifted CG artist Cornelius Dämmrich as an NFT on @Superrare.co

“In 2011 I made a piece called "Ancient Area Network" which depicts a LAN Party in an old building that wasn't anything like the half-timbered house I lived in for many years, but it was my attempt to capture the atmosphere and chaos these gatherings had. I started this cycle 10 years ago with a depiction of a LAN Party and I'm closing it with another. This time with more delpherian touches to it. Mr. Wanderer is back with a whole duffle bag full of connectivity issues.”

“When I was 14, the most common LAN theme we had were birthday and weekend LANs that would go for two days and were never attended by more than 8 people. There was one LAN hosted by a student committee at my Highschool with roughly 130 people attending but that was never the norm for us. Most of us were not (yet) nerdy enough for the demo scene and we were too young and poor to attend the big boy LAN parties in early 2000 Germany.”

“The host’s parents would organize soda, snacks and a hearty alternative ("real food"). Every attendee would arrive half an hour apart and the first third of the night was usually spend with troubleshooting the network ("can anyone see me?","okay, let's all set the same workgroup", etc.), the second third was spend sharing porn, DVD rips, MP3s and games and the last part was either playing actual games or a combination of playing games and re-installing windows on someone’s PC because something broke.”

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