These drawings by Jennifer Mills are so up my alley. I seriously love her work. More, here.
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when the blogs collide
Leigh Viner recently posted on her blog this illustration that she created of Fashion Toast‘s Rumi Neely. Viner perfectly captured the facial expression that Rumi does in about 90% of the images on FT. I’m into it.
pencil drawn portraits by Olga Larionova
Perusing Juxtapoz this week, I discovered these amazing pencil drawings by Olga Larinova. I love this kind of stuff. Check out the full set over on Jux.
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color pencil sketches by Kate Powell
For some reason, I have always considered colored pencils kind of a crappy medium. It may just be because I never had really nice ones. To me they always just seemed like a watered down version of pastel chalk for people with poor dexterity. All of those notions are, of course, totally silly and tongue in cheek. But I have to say that seeing Kate Powell‘s illustrations using colored pencils has turned me into a believer. Check out her Tumblr and be blown away.
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Illustrations by Leigh Viner
Colorado based illustrator Leigh Viner is an artist that I discovered a few years ago. I can’t remember exactly how, but I think that I happened upon her blog for some reason. Anyway, I really like her work. It is a classic minimalist style using multiple mediums, including watercolor.
Being from the mountain west, myself, I guess that I am a little bit partial to Viner. I’m impressed with her presence and fashion clientele given her location. More than that, I just find her artwork very aesthetically appealing. If you also enjoy this style of illustration, her blog is definitely worth a flip through.
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New Shepard Fairey print “sedation pill”
I’m into this new print by Shepard Fairey. It is titled “Sedation Pill.” The print is apparently inspired by hip hop legends Public Enemy. Fairey explains:
The “Sedation Pill” print is inspired by the title of my favorite Public Enemy album “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back”. I think the biggest problem in America is the indifference and complacency about important issues that results from much of the population being perpetually hypnotized by conspicuous consumption, social media, entertainment, and self-medication. Using sedation and escapism for relief from the rat race might make us less aware (blissfully ignorant) but also less empowered to improve our role within the rat race… a vicious cycle of cause and effect.
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Jake Fried stop motion illustration from pen, white-out and coffee stains
Jake Fried put together this ridiculously cool video featuring a progressive illustration, using pen, white-out and coffee stains. It actually reminds me a lot of a smaller scale version of Blu’s “Big Bang Boom.”
Peep the video below-
The Deep End from Jake Fried on Vimeo.
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apocoloyptic images by Steve Mcghee
There is something very gnarly about these depictions of mass destruction that Steve Mcghee makes. I came across the set last week on Jux. I imagine the McGhee was the type of child who enjoyed building city-scapes out of his legos then trouncing over them like Godzilla. It is definitely worth checking out the whole set.
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Sasita Samarnpharb
Sasita Samarnpharb it a Thai born illustrator currently residing in London. I came across her work this week on Jux, and am really enjoying it.
On an unrelated note, I was really wishing that I could hit Basel this year. I have been reading a lot about it. Apparently Levine is hosting a screening of a film that Invader made. And… there is Banksy drama.
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‘world in bloom’ series by Linn Olofsdotter
I’m really digging this series by Swedish artist Linn Olofsdotter. I love the colors, and the way that they pop against the grayscale backdrops. Her work reminds me of a cleaner timeless version of a lot of the psychedelic neon art from the 60’s. View additional images from Olofsdotter’s ‘World in Bloom’ on Juxtapoz.
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Ed Fairburn’s Portraits on Maps
UK Based illustrator Ed Fairburn combines two of my favorite things: maps and portraits. I came across an entire set of his portraits created on maps, that Laughing Squid posted today. It isn’t the first time that I have seen this done. But I definitely appreciate Fairburn’s spin on the idea. Click through to check out the full set.
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Gabriel Moreno
Earlier this week, Jux turned me onto the illustrations of Madrid based Gabriel Moreno. I also loved the description that Juxtapoz gave of Moreno’s work:
psychedelic figural images almost read like streams of consciousness. With drastic color gradients and multi-layered imagery that both emerge from and envelop his figures, Moreno creates dreamlike scenes in which his subjects’ thoughts seem to bleed through their skin.
After pouring over his website, I discovered that even his commercial illustrations are right up my alley. Definitely worth checking out.
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