Levent Aydin for The Tattooed Poster

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Some of you might have seen the collaboration work "The Tattooed Poster" of Mathias Nösel, Steffen Baumgartl, Alexander Nagel, Levent Aydin for Munich based The Chaos Crew tattoo studio. We got a chance to speak with illustrator Levent Aydin whose artworks and sketches were among all other tattooed on a real skin poster.

DC: What is the idea behind The Tattooed Poster and how you get involved?

Levent: The Idea was to assemble important events of 2011 into one oversize tattoo to show the skills of the bavarian tattoo artists of Chaos Crew Studio. The special was that the project was tattooed on real calfskin to achieve the highest grade of realism and authenticity. Mathias Nösel, the Junior Art Director of Serviceplan saw some of my works on behance and asked me to illustrate for their new project.

DC: What was the biggest challenge in your part of work? Levent: I think my biggest challenge in my part of work was to illustrate the motives that I had to do in a way that everybody can recognize it in just a few seconds. Therefore I chose typical attributes of the particular motives like peter falk as columbo with his typical musing pose.

DC: How long did it take you and the whole team to complete it? Levent: The whole project began in december and ended in may. I had about 8 days to illustrate all the motives that I had to do. I enjoyed to work for such an outstanding project and I am looking forward to hopefully start the next one soon.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Tattooed-Poster-Illustrations-of-Levent-Aydin/3804949

http://vimeo.com/41013416

Appcollector: Favourite Apps by Scott Belsky

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We continue our series of Appcollector - Favourite Mobile Applications, presenting you the list of useful apps bouncing on Scott Belsky, Behance CEO, phone.

Scott is the co-founder and CEO of Behance, the leading online platform for creatives to showcase and discover creative work. Millions of people use Behance to display their portfolios, as well as track and find top talent across the creative industries. Behance also powers portfolio display for LinkedIn, AIGA, AdWeek, School of Visual Arts (SVA), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and many other sites and curated galleries around the web - as well as 10,000+ personal websites via Behance's ProSite service.

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1. Twitter

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2. Uber

Getting a car in Manhattan, usually within 5 minutes![/twocol_one_last]

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3. Paper by FiftyThree

On iPad only, I use it for sketching![/twocol_one_last]

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4. Path

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5. Pinterest

Saving locations, browsing my friends' discoveries[/twocol_one_last]

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6. ActionMethod

I keep ALL of my tasks in sync, across all devices, and couldn't live without it[/twocol_one_last]

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7. Behance

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You Byun's illustration

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New York creative scene shows us a new promising star among acclaimed visual artist we have on the list - You Byun. She "was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Japan and Korea. She moved back to New York to be a visual artist, receiving her MFA in illustration as visual essay from the School of Visual Arts. You's work is a ritual that recollects and records her memories and emotions; she places her characters in lush environments that hopefully spread joy through the world. " taken from the You's interview for CA

Emergence by Susi Sie

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Cologne based visual artist Susi Sie released her latest motion film "Emergence" and we had a chance to speak with her about it

DC: What is the main plot and idea of "Emergence"?

Susie: Primarily this film (like my other films "BLACK" and "FLOAT") started as an experiment with liquids. At the beginning I had totally no idea which images I would get and which story I wanted to tell, so everything developed time after time. I like the conclusion of less being more, so I´m always looking for a way to tell stories in an abstract way, giving the observer the opportunity to interpret my films in his own way.

DC: What was the hardest challenge in the project you get through?

Susie: I think the hardest challenge in this project was to keep my motivation on a high level, even after months of failing and testing and filming and editing everything again and again until I was satisfied with the final result. Sometimes I forget, that making art, which I regard as my passion, is attached with a lot of really, really hard work. Good work takes time to develop, and interestingly, the final result is always something which you couldn´t have imaged at the beginning.

DC: How long did it take you to complete the video?

It took me about 9 months to complete this film... In the first steps, I made a lot of experiments with the black fluid, mixed with water and soap and tested many lenses to find out the best way to film the fluid. It also took me a while to develop a story behind these images. I think it´s important not to totally focus on a certain idea, to give the project the opportunity to develop itself in unexpected directions.

http://vimeo.com/43156247

Collection Ten by Fotolia - Takeshi

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@Fotolia launches the TEN Collection (@takeshiwan Emeric Trahand for June), a gathering of 10 top international digital artists. Each image has been created with a specific theme, then exposed through a detailed Photoshop PSD layers file. Each month, you will find a new theme, a new artist, a new image and a deep dive into the artist's PSD file! This extremely rare look into our artists' secret techniques is in the spirit of education and community, helping designers go further in their own artist endeavors.

This month is presented by acclaimed artist Emeric Trahand aka Takeshi. Well known for his photo editing skills and surreal & colorful art, Emeric Trahand is one of today's most influential designers. His different texture effects, 'urban' style and ability to relate to nature are amongst many qualities that make him a unique artist. Originally from France, this now New Yorker produces work for internationally renowned companies like Ubisoft, Honda, Adidas and Swatch...He is also a member of the KDU and Depthcore, and posts his art on the Amkashop website.

Go download Takeshi's PSD for FREE, today only

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LfNfINwnQ&feature=plcp&list=PL3536444B4BCCFABA

http://cargocollective.com/stillontherun Ten by Fotolia (Russian)

Appcollector: Favourite Apps by Sara Blake

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Our second post in "Appcollector Favourites" series aimed to reveal useful apps advised for usage by designers for designers. This time we asked NY based acclaimed artist Sara Blake to share her list of Favourite Mobile Applications.

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1. Nike+

I run with my phone. I'm addicted to Nike+. It has truly changed the way I run. I've been competitive all my life to begin with, but it's helped me pretty drastically increase my pace and stay motivated.[/twocol_one_last]

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2. Evernote

A must for any dedicated list maker and organizer.[/twocol_one_last]

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3. Squarespace App

I manage all my sites with Squarespace (DC: Squarespace is a website builder) and I've been really impressed with their well designed mobile version.[/twocol_one_last]

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4. Autostitch

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5. Seamless Food Delivery

I'm not much of a cook and I pretty much order all my food this way. The mobile version I actually find preferable to the browser version.[/twocol_one_last]

See previous Appcollector Favourites #1

Alexey Frolov motion reel 2012

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Our favourite graphic and motion artist, young Russian blood - Alexey Frolov aka MrFrukta debuts with motion reel summarizing his latest commercial works made for Moscow based agencies. One can say the reel is a bit raw but we prove his level not only by collaborations we did with Alex (OFFF 2011 Russian Panel, DCN Top 2011) but clearly by a deep list of clients like Justice (sic!), Miller, MTV Russia, Yandex etc. Let's watch his showreel.

http://vimeo.com/43355468