Artful Tagging by RETNA

RETNA (Marquis Lewis) is a contemporary artist, primarily recognized for graffiti art. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, and started his career in the early 1990s. He developed a distinctive constructed script or tagging which is derived from Blackletter, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Arabic, and Hebrew calligraphy, as well as more traditional types of street-based graffiti. In addition to exhibiting at institutions and galleries in Los Angeles, Miami, London, New York and Hong Kong, Retna has done advertising work for brands such as VistaJet, Louis Vuitton, and Nike. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjszQGnXKQw&list=PLLdkjkOBv9VTbKbj5VmmltOc1RLMH5wuv

http://vimeo.com/19400373

Animal Food by Sarah DeRemer

Sarah DeRemer is a young and talented digital artist living between California and Seoul, South Korea. As a mad scientist, she creates hybrids creatures, mixing fruits and vegetables with wildlife. Discover these awesome series of Animal Food and follow her on Facebook fore more cool artwork. via

Art of Daliah Ammar

Daliah Ammar is a nineteen-year-old Palestinian-American artist based in Chicago. I personally enjoy her colour palette and an ability to depict deep emotions using dramatic lights and shadows on each portrait. The purpose of Daliah’s work is to transcend the notion of the self and the physicality of paint, resonating from her own vulnerable and personal experiences – as a means of conveying life as it blooms and decays from within. Expressing that awareness of the self and reflecting to the viewer establishes a relationship between themselves and herself. Daliah’s works are confrontational, yet, intimate and personal – using the painted surface as a trope for the physical and psychological presence between the inner self and external viewer.

Davis Ayer

"LA-based photographer Davis Ayer is more of a visual artist than just a photographer. He uses his camera as an instrument and paintbrush, mastering the art of double exposure with an unbending attraction toward what is beautiful.Shooting mostly on a Mamiya RZ, Ayer’s work features a dreamy host of colors and moods. Light leaks, double exposures, solar flare, and other manipulations make the colors in his film bleed so majestically and form the spine of his work. You can see more of his amazing photography on his Flickr and Tumblr or purchase prints here." text by Ignant

Matthew Shlian

Matthew Shlian (Facebook) works within the increasingly nebulous space between art and engineering. As a paper engineer, Shlian's work is rooted in print media, book arts, and commercial design, though he frequently finds himself collaborating with a cadre of scientists and researchers who are just now recognising the practical connections between paper folding and folding at microscopic and nanoscopic scales. Of his work, he writes:

"In my studio I am a collaborator, explorer and inventor. I begin with a system of folding and at a particular moment the material takes over. Guided by wonder, my work is made because I cannot visualize its final realization; in this way I come to understanding through curiosity."

via The Ghostly Store

http://vimeo.com/47502276

Paris Views by Gail Albert Halaban

"New York-based photographer Gail Albert Halaban first began peering into people's windows many years ago, and her fascination with the public versus the private in urban life inspired a voyeuristic photo project and then a book, Out My Window, in fall 2012. It caught the eye of Cathy Remy, photo editor for Le Monde's M magazine, who invited Halaban to take her show on the road to Paris a few weeks later. The initial process went the same in Europe as it did in New York, with a few exceptions: Remy and Halaban found participants through Facebook, friends of friends, and word of mouth, and all gave permission in advance, though reactions toward the nature of the shoot were a bit polarizing." Read more on NYmag via Bird.Depositphotos Buy the book on http://www.houkgallery.com/artists/gail-albert-halaban/paris/

http://vimeo.com/105493549

All photos are shot by Gail Albert Halaban, courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery

Joanne Nam illustrations

Talented illustrator Joanne Nam

Quotes on Shit

"Quotes on Shit" is a side project of Jessica Walsh (Sagmeister+Walsh) and Timothy Goodman. We know these guys not only by OFFF presentation and awesome projects but also by a social project they did last year "40 Days of Dating"

1stAveMachine Sonos

Check this awesome ad created for SONOS by NYC based motion design studio 1stAveMachine. Check their portfolio online - a lot of awesome motion works!

http://vimeo.com/108810132

Surreal Collages by Eugenia Loli

Collage artist Eugenia Loli uses photography scanned from vintage magazines and science publications to create bizarre visual narratives that borrow from aspects of pop art, dada, and traditional surrealism. Check her Flickr account for more works

Samantha Mash illustrations

Young freelance illustrator from Palo Alto has a modest portfolio with an awesome graphics inside. Meet Samantha Mash world

Tracie Ching

Tracie Ching is a talented self-taught graphic designer based in Washington D.C. And Tracie just loves movies. She designs and draws amazing alternative film posters keeping faithful with the movie spirit. She has though designed the official posters for famous shows such as the Walking dead or Community. Discover her work at tracieching.comvia

Photo Manipulations by Joseph Alexander

LA-based photographer Joseph Alexander creates impressive images with a strong emphasis on photo manipulation and retouching. Joseph explores androgyny and intersexual themes - not only gender but also something more of an inter-species. He again uses negative space, simple composition and lots of colour. via

Rising Tides by Erik Otto

Rising Tides is a one-night exhibition performed by talented artist Erik Otto (on VSCO) for the new VSCO Artist Innitiative

Kei Meguro

Kei Meguro was born and raised in Tokyo now live and work in New York. She has been drawing since her childhood and today she collaborates with clients like Chanel, Wallpaper Magazine, Nylon Magazine. That means never stop doing your childhood hobbies, maybe one day they will be your life.

Mike Campau

Digital photography retouch is taken to the next level - this is what I feel when reviewing Mike's portfolio. Check his digital sculptures, artworks and commercial works both on personal website and behance profile

Ecdysis by Sougwen Chung

Our friend and multi talented artist Sougwen Chung released all information about her latest installation "Ecdysis" ECDYSIS is an immersive audio-visual installation depicting biological and architectural adaptation. In Ecdysis, kinetic light, scored by ambient sound, is cast on 36 interwoven planes, suspended in space by their tensional integrity.

Ecdysis is a culmination of contrasts, tracing across gradients of the geometric and organic, the digital and the physical, the melodic and the dissonant. Viewers of the piece are invited to walk within the installation to experience the piece from multiple perspectives, rejecting the notion of audience as passive spectator as they themselves become enveloped forms within the world of Ecdysis.

http://vimeo.com/90478698

VHS Skateboards by 5Boro

"New York City skate label 5Boro have added a set of throwback skate decks to their repertoire, following on from their pack of decks in collaboration with Brooklyn’s Smith Street Tattoo Parlour. Inspired by the artwork adorning VHS tapes in the early ’90s, the crew have issued eight decks whose artwork will be instantly recognizable to almost anyone born before 1990. The full set of decks are available now over at the 5Boro webstore." text by Highsnobiety

Burning Man 2014 Moments by Trey Ratcliff

Embrace was a 72 ft wooden, cathedral-like sculpture of two human figures, “in celebration of all our relationships”. The site-specific artwork was created by the Pier Group for Burning Man 2014.It was the largest project to date for the Pier Group, which gained acclaim for its previous Burning Man installations The Pier, Pier 2, and the Ichthyosaur Puppet Project. Crews began construction on Embrace in October 2013 at the Generator community art space in Reno, and in studios in Vancouver and Portland. During this year’s festival the massive wooden sculpture was set aflame and Trey Ratcliff was on hand to capture the incredible moment. Below you can see what the interactive sculpture looked like before it was burned. You can also see a video tour of the interior here. For more information check out the official Website and Facebook page. via

View more (A LOT MORE!) on Trey's Portfolio

My Big Brother

Jason Rayner is a skilled American animator. He drew since he was a child, started to learn 3D animatin at eleven and finally decided to do this job after seing the bonus features of pixar’s Monsters, Inc. In his latest cool short movie entitled My Big Brother, we follow a young kid’s struggle about his big brother who is literally big. via Whitezine

http://vimeo.com/103437078