Drop the Nerf bat, and grab a brick! Oh Jason Chan, I *heart* your zombie art. There’s so many great things about this piece. Who said play was a waste of time? I’d bet you’d wish for more time training on the monkey bars if you were in the same situation.
Best of all, I now have a new desktop wallpaper.
Takashi Oda has upped the anté for figure collages. Until someone creates a entire scene out of a collage, Oda’s work is at the forefront. I can’t wait to see designers begin to animate artwork like this. The good thing about this new trend is that it takes a lot of talent and time to create something like this so you are less likely to be overexposed to this type of work.
(Silhouetted vector flourishes still live. Someone please spray some Kill Stuff on it.)
Here’s another treasure from Gorilla Artfare: Troy Galluzzi. This one piece caught my attention for his mix of clean lines and realistic illustration. Nicely done. I can easily see this type of style being utilized more and more in mainstream commercial art.
So I’ve been sorting through my bookmarks and rediscovered a gem, Gorilla Artfare. About a hundred artists contribute to this blog, posting their sketches, unfinished works, and polished pieces of art.
So here is one of my favorite contributors: Björn Hurri. He has a series of steampunk Star Wars characters. His Leia is my favorite. After George Lucas sucking all the cool out of his own movies, Hurri manages to make the characters at least look interesting again.
Philippe Gross is an acclaimed local photographer in Hawaii and a good friend. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin posted this full-page feature of his work on Monday, November 10.
Honolulu boy, Won Park, is garnering a lot of attention due to his Star Wars dollar origami, but really, you need to check out his other pieces as well. (His deviantART page also features an impressive Transformers Bumblebee costume from last Halloween.)
Peter Callesen’s paper sculptures are elegant, simple, and astonishing. What’s remarkable is that they are cut from a single piece of A4 paper. Check it out.