Classy figurative hyper-realism artist Simon Hennessey
My paintings are perceived as a reflection of reality but in truth the artwork transcends into its own abstraction of reality. Through using the camera as a visual source for painting I am able to create false illusions that are judged as our own reality.
We were happy that had a small talk with talented visual artist Joanie Lemercier known as a part of AntiVJ team. Joanie shows his latest projection mapping on wall mounted paper origami. My name is Joanie Lemercier, I'm a visual artist and my work is based around light projected onto 3 dimensional canvases. Over the past few year I've been working a lot with architecture, and projection mapping onto facades with the visual label AntiVJ (www.antivj.com), but lately I've been exploring much smaller structures, experimenting with pencil, paper, tape and projected light.
This piece is a result of a short residency I did in a gallery space near Birmingham (UK) a few weeks ago. All I used was A4 paper, folded into 7 different sizes pyramids, and taped to the wall. I really like using a very basic geometric shape, and repeat it several times to create more organic structures. I then use a video projector to map the light onto the structure and to animate the composition. I am now working on similar pieces on a much smaller scale made of porcelain.
http://joanielemercier.com/ https://www.facebook.com/joanielemercier https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier
I think sometimes the drawing procrastination on Geography studies can help to form the future of an artist. But that is not what happened to Edward Fairburn that uses geographical maps as a canvases just giving them a new life through drawing awesome portraits.
"Following the success of our previous viral for the PlayStation Store, we were asked to create a short promo film for Sony Entertainment Network. Unlike the previous film, this piece of content had to work much more like a traditional advert, getting across all the services, features and benefits, albeit in an entertaining way." says Studio Output about their recent work "Listen. Watch. Play"
The film feels like a monster pop-up entertainment event, held in a large warehouse space somewhere in London with a vast labyrinth of different entertainment rooms showcasing music, movies and games. The rooms have everything from huge gaming simulators in an aircraft hangar, to a real-life version of LittleBigPlanet, plus EQ and Bravia installations, a content room to navigate through all the titles, an epic cinema room, murals, live art and graffiti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DSsh9BclXaE
Famous brands including Heinz, Marmite and Levi's have produced limited editions of their products with no brand names on the packaging for London department store Selfridges. The No Noise at Selfridges campaign also features a Silence Room where shoppers can take a moment to compose themselves and relaxation pods by meditation company Headspace.
French motion and graphic designer Renaud Futterer runs personal studio in London http://www.anck.tv/
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Famous design community We Heart It released their first collaborative book featuring 39 British talents. The book is available for only 15 pounds
You ask how to celebrate New Year? Than take a look at London New Year Fireworks summarizing the Year of 2012 - the official year of "Great. Britain!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e8vfRTsFU4
The loving and lasting solution for your mechanical bereavement. Make the history from the metal horse you ride for ages with the help of professional Bicycle taxidermists on http://bicycletaxidermy.com/
I think we are the only blog that had not payed attention to this product design that already gained Year awards from numerous media and organizations. Okay meet this little fellow - BERG, it is Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely, beautiful miniature newspaper.
This comics says all about the product:
Tattooed ladies illustrated by Liz Clements
Aerosynlex (Creative director at Earnest Endeavours) has updated recently with some colorful and energetic new project work. His portfolio is definitely wild and imbued with a kinetic energy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bx78D3KifP0
This hand drawn flower by UK-based artist, illustrator, and surface pattern designer Paul Alexander Thornton pops off the page with miraculous detail. The artist says he has "a love affair with ballpoint pens and felt-tips." Ever since he was a child, Thornton has been drawing and so, from an early age, he always knew that he would grow up to be an artist. http://www.behance.net/PaulAlexThornton
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The central allegory of Mortality and Time - skull - may never loose its trend in art. Skull is a main subject of Tom French's figurative drawings. In his works he carefully combines detailed photorealism with strong elements of abstraction and surrealism, focusing on the reflection of the conscious and subconscious mind. His work seamlessly merges the use of academic tradition with contemporary urban realism.
RIP 1982 - 2019 :(
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Using a rotring pen on white paper, Cornwall-based artist Mark Lascelles Thornton has embarked on a massive architectural drawing project called the The Happiness Machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ffDDry55CfQ
Born in 89' under the Brixton sun, Abe has successfully progressed from early aged doodles, to firmly realized pencil works. Her drawings have graced a multitude of mediums; from album covers to exhibition walls and a London bus.http://www.tsabe.co.uk/
The über-talented art director and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld did it again. The "creative marriage" of Queen of Scots and Queen of Fashion made by Karl went awesome in his new collection for Chanel Paris-Édimbourg Métiers d'Art 2012/13. It seems there were no three centuries between Mary Stuart and Coco Chanel, hand in hand they made a cat-walk in Linlithgow Palace formal residence of Queen Mary. Watch the triumph of tartan and lace, leather and anti-stilettos..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyowoW0OwtA
Amazing showcase of Caulton Morris performing upside-down position infront of self-timer camera. He is having a fun, that what every creative person needs before taking serious projects
Gem Fletcher is an advertising photographer and art-director from London working for Getty Images and having some classy works in portfolio worth to be seen (many of the works displayed here done under her art-direction in collaboration with other photographers)
Graphite drawings by Ryan Salge, some of them are so tender and ghostly
