The Ballpoint Pen Art by Andrey Poletaev

April 18, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Instagram, Portfolios, Ukraine, 2016

Andrey Poletaev is a self-taught artist who specializes in ballpoint pen art and graphics and creates some of the most technically complex artworks in the area of Cityscapes investing between 200 and 300 hours of painstaking work for each piece. His best things can be found on www.poletaevart.com and Instagram

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Laurent Kronental Photography "Souvenir d'un Futur"

April 18, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in France, Photography, Portfolios, 2016

"First I wanted to document the people who live there, but when I began to photograph their daily lives I started to focus more and more on the buildings. The idea was to explore the past of the place, its future and present. I wanted to highlight the generation of elderly people who started living in those buildings when they were made and to draw a parallel between the aging of architecture and that of the human beings housed within. These neighbourhoods are often marginalised, their inhabitants side-lined. However, these buildings are more futuristic than ever—more than La Défense, the modern financial district of Paris. You could never say what era these buildings belong to." says Laurent Kronental about his series "Souvenir d'un Futur" in i-D Magazine interview

The Happy Film

April 16, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, USA, 2016

The happiest designer in the world Stefan Sagmeister is about to debut his long waited The Happy Film at the Tribeca Film Festival happening now. If you have been to OFFF Festivals in recent years you must not missed Stefan talking about this film (presenting it in 2011)

The Happy Film is a feature-length documentary in which graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister undergoes a series of self-experiments outlined by popular psychology to test once and for all if it’s possible for a person to have a meaningful impact on their own happiness.

Directed by Stefan Sagmeister, Ben Nabors, Hillman Curtis (d.2012)

Art of Soey Milk

April 15, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

LA based artist Soey Milk doing awesome female related paintings strangely reminding me Vereshchagin's and Bryullov's realism of 19 century.

Dancing Plague

April 14, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Motioncollector, Spain, 2016

The short film Dancing Plague is the new work of a long collaboration of more than thirteen years between Diego Agulló and Jorge Ruiz Abánades . Based on three images of Peter Brueghel the Elder, and taking as a handwritten texts that recount the phenomenon of multitudes known as ” dancing mania ” or “Dance of San Vito ” , this film delves into the theme of the dance and its close affinity with the uncontrollable forces of chaos : immediate ability to interrupt work time , enabling another exceptional time of the bizarre, the jovial and festive but also of social disorder and catastrophe

BASED on Pieter Bruegel the Elder´s paintings:

The Tower of Babel (c. 1563)

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (c. 1559)

The Triumph of Death (c. 1562)

Nice Lies by Anna Radchenko & Mikhail Svjatogor

April 14, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Fashion, Motioncollector, Photography, Portfolios, Russia, United Kingdom, 2016

Talented London-based art and fashion photographer Anna Radchenko shares her last work directed together with Mikhail Svjatogor

Directed by: Anna Radchenko, Mikhail Svjatogor

DOP: Roman Yudin Stylist: Ira Kaufman Stylist's assistants: Lena Ladygina, Quentin Hubert Make-up: Maria Afanasyeva Hair: Marina Melentyeva Model: Alina Mikheeva Set design: Neproneft / Hyperjack 1st day gaffer: Alexandr Okovitski 2nd day gaffer: Denis Shatokhin Video production: Superskazki, Pirate Smile Moscow Producers: Anastasia Limarenko, Anna Radchenko, Mikhail Svjatogor Producer's assistant: Ivan Kazakov Heavy smoke: Andrey Андрей Кобзарь Editor: Mikhail Svjatogor Color grading: Alex Rodriguez Special effects: Mirsaid Bakiev, Mr.Seven, Dobrobot Music: Andrey Novikov, PolyCrave&Clive Sound fx: The Cosmic Setter Fashion film by Radchenko & Svjatogor production Directed by: Anna Radchenko, Mikhail Svjatogor Art Director: Anna Radchenko

13th Years Online! The Digital Decade 2016: Can you beat these roaring 20 artists?

April 13, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Digital Decade, Glitch, 2016

The game is on my friends! We teamed up with Depositphotos, Curioos e-shop and Youthworldwide London collective to celebrate Designcollector's 13th Anniversary. Today we set the start of the new 4th Digital Decade art collaboration of 2016.The title of this year’s event is: "There Is No Planet B" and it will be held in London in summer. The idea is to bring attention to the problems our planet is currently facing - economic, environmental, political - and what our world would look like without them. Currently we asked 20 artists selected by our team to create an artwork for the expo that portrays a major issue as either solved by humans or even non existent.

Now we invite you to overcome this group of artists and create your artwork. You can think of "Imagine there is no…", as you approach this project. The winners get a place in upcoming London's exhibition alongside with 20+ Selected Artists.

Please read the Brief and send your Application on a special website - Digitaldecade.net Follow the contest on Instagram - @digital.decade

Join 20+ Selected Artists working on the Brief

Review their archive work below

Curioos Pool

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Eugene Soloviev

Anthony Gargasz

Nicolas Monin-Baroille

Cityabyss

Jamison Alexander Gish

Velvia

YouthWorldWide Pool

Anatoly Shabalin

Calvin Pausania

Dines

Samuel Mensah

Moe Pike Soe

Salim Adam

Mart Biemans

Thompson S Ekong

Designcollector's Pool

Giacomo Carmagnola

Grégoire A. Meyer

Louise Mertens

David Apollo Marinos

Elena Kulikova

Filip Hodas

ArtistMark

Giga Kobidze

Zouassi

Cy Tone

That is not all!

To understand the idea of The Digital Decade please review the events from previous years on Behance

Apply Now!

Doctor Strange

April 13, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, 2016, Advertising

Marvel just released long waiting trailer of Doctor Strange featuring gifted Benedict Cumberbatch

via Cumberbuddy

Art of Beau B. Frank

April 12, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Beau Bernier Frank (@beaubfrank) is a 22-year-old French-American surrealist painter currently working from his studio in the city of Pacific Grove, located on the California coast. Coping with disease and not being able to walk or work for several months gave Beau an opportunity to brainstorm and explore his artistic inclinations. He eventually developed a new innovative and unique style of collages of landscapes with portraits. These paintings would mark the beginning of his new career as an emerging artist and the creation of his latest collection, “Off the Grid.”

Dan Cretu

April 12, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Photography, Portfolios, 2016

Dan Cretu (@dan_cretu) makes funny composed images from obvious things revealing their hidden nature

Jiwoon Pak

April 12, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, South Korea, 2016

Jiwoon Pak (@jiwoon_pak) is an illustrator and artist based in Seoul, South Korea. After studying fine art in France, she returned to Korea and started to work as a freelance illustrator and artist

Corey Brickley Illustration

April 11, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Corey Brickley is a freelance illustrator and designer living and working in Philadelphia. In addition to detailed editorial illustrations he creates animated versions of the best of them

http://vimeo.com/155469392

Art of Johnie Thornton

April 11, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Johnie Thornton (@jt_painting) was born and raised in Southern California and is currently living & working as an artist in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. Thornton’s body of work ranges from medium format analog photography to photo realistic, pop, and abstract painting. His work is largely influenced by sociology, geometry, architecture, and their relationship to nature.

I've gotta be me

April 09, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, 2016

Based on the lovely lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald, SNTFLUT takes the journey through New York City.

Art of Jana Brike

April 08, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Latvia, Portfolios, 2016

Instead of giving a personal reflection on Jana's art I'd like to feature her thoughts on the body of art she creates: "The first most reassuring thing is when I see an art piece has worked as a trigger to evoke certain experiences, memories, feelings within a person, of something important they had forgotten or set side in the anxiety and worry of life. Like, the awkwardness and delightfulness of a first kiss, or being in love, or true touch, or even the rawness of sincere pain and so on. Sometimes people would tell me the work has evoked something so very familiar, but they can’t quite put a finger on what it even is. And it is so wonderful to hear, because I know the communication through art is not verbal, and it is not from the position of mental constructions and concepts, but somehow heart to heart and human experience to human experience. It really truly motivates me most of all". Please view Jana Brike's art on Instagram, website and Facebook and read her recent interview here

Surreal Sculpture of Dan Lam

April 08, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, USA, 2016

"At first glance, the sculptures of Dan Lam (Instagram) might seem like living organisms. Created with intense hues, the pieces seem to drip right before the viewers’ eyes with an undeniable energy.Lam uses polyurethane foam, acrylic paint and epoxy resin to create her intricate pieces. She starts with a shape and lets the foam takes its own course, guiding it ever so slightly. Afterwards, she chooses a colour and dots the surfaces of each piece with paint to create even more visual rhythm." via TCP

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A video posted by Dan Lam (@sopopomo) on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:54pm PDT

A video posted by Dan Lam (@sopopomo) on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:54pm PDT

Tamed Portraits of Hallie Elizabeth

April 07, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, USA, 2016

American illustrator Hallie Elizabeth (previously) tames her inner goddesses through pencil and watercolour works that explore nature, the occult, pain, and matters of the heart. You can try and catch her on Instagram or adore her works on Tumblr

Southern France by Guillaume Gaubert

April 07, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in France, Photography, Portfolios, 2016

Living and working in Southern France, Guillaume Gaubert is a French film photographer whose work evokes the feeling of wanderlust.

Transhumance, OFFF Quebec 2016 by HKI™

April 06, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in France, Motioncollector, OFFF, OFFF2016, 2016

Paris-based Hellohikimori proved "French do it better" saying another time again. Transhumance, the periodic migration of a share of livestock (cattle, deer, horses or sheep) from the plain to the mountains or the mountain to the plain. We can't stop watching OFFF Tour Qc Main Titles by (HKI)™ HelloHikimori™! Music by the masters Niveau Zero

Mr. Burberry

April 06, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Motioncollector, United Kingdom, TOP 2016, 2016

Mr. Burberry, filmed by Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave" etc) . Shot in London, featuring actor and musician Josh Whitehouse and model and actress Amber Anderson. The soundtrack: ‘I Won’t Complain’, performed by God with voice of Benjamin Clementine