Changethethought

It’s not really news whenever someone starts a Tumblr account but when that someone is bad ass illustrator and tattoo artist Mike Giant well…then it is news.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Mike Giant, Rebel 8, SF, Tattoo

Illustrator Kevin Tong has been on a roll this year with some seriously amazing prints created for the likes of Mondo and Spoke Art. He is about to drop some new prints this week and that makes it as good a time as any for the uninitiated to check out his work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Kevin Tong, Posters

Gerhard Human is more than just an awesome name, he’s an illustrator who generates colorful, poppy and gyrating images of crazy characters.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Gerhard Human, Illustration

We are digging illustrator and screen printer Bill Connors loose, cartoony pop culture clash mashup imagery that he then silkscreens onto colorful, kick ass posters. Delicious.

written by Christopher | tags: Bill Connors, Illustration, Posters, Silkscreen

Japanese illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi has a nice gritty yet dreamy style that feels hand-rendered. It’s a nice juxtaposition of style and content that makes for a likeable image.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, Japan, Tatsuro Kiuchi

Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Typographer Boris Pelcer immigrated to the Midwest in search of a better life from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received his degree in illustration from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and is currently Design Faculty at the University of Idaho’s College of Art and Architecture.

written by Christopher | tags: Boris Pelcer, Bosnia, Design, University of Idaho

Designer/illustrator Ben Thomas has a very interesting style complimented by the use of 3D. He is one of the few designers using these elements that is regularly releasing prints. It’s all an extremely bright and surreal experience looking through his work but we dig it. He mentioned in an email to us the possibility of a collaboration and we are all ears to that idea.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Art, Ben Thomas, Illustration, Prints

“Follow Marie’s adventures and misfortunes through mountains and seas in her no-go quest to become the super powerful La Fabuleuse, the chick illustrator capable of conquering the entire universe in a blink.

Illustrations, Screenprints, Comics and Stupidity.”

I think ‘stupidity’ might be a little strong but it’s used in the spirit of ‘fun’ and ‘fun’ is definitely the right word to describe Marie’s work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, marie

What I dig about Scott Balmer’s illustrations is that they somehow manage to be current while invoking references to great illustrators from the 60’s and 70’s He’s putting Illustrator to good use.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Retro, Scott Balmer, Vector

Jay Shaw calls himself ‘Iron Jaiden’ and has gathered quite a following on hardcore print and poster websites like Expresso Beans and OMG Posters (I know because I am one of the nerds who constantly frequents those websites and collects posters). You can see his excellent work at Kingdom of Nonsense. I was totally excited to recently discover that Jay is actually a resident of Denver, Colorado and his studio is just downtown. That excitement was compounded when I also discovered that he is hosting a silkscreen poster exhibition tomorrow night as a tribute to the amazing writer/director Sydney Lumet. The show was expertly curated by Jay himself and features some fantastic posters by artists like Kevin Ang and James Rheem Davis. You can see most of the posters in the show here at OMG posters. This is going to be a great event and it’s a little something new for the art scene here in Denver. So don’t miss out tomorrow night. I am planning on being there myself.

Here are the details:
Laundry on Lawrence
2701 Lawrence
Denver, Co

Doors open at 7. Be there or be square or at least miss out on that poster you are coveting.

Leftover posters will be sold at Jay’s online storefront the following day.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Iron Jaiden, Jay Shaw, Movies, Posters

Joshua Andrew Belanger creates illustrations that are wicked evil head-bangingly good. He also documents a lot of his process which is super informative if you are a digital illustrator. He captures his efforts in ‘speed drawing’ videos and there is a lot to pick up on with technique if you watch closely.

written by Christopher | tags: Digital Drawing, Drawing, Evil Art, Illustration

Michael Meier is a German illustrator and designer. He is also a cofounder and member of the publishing company rotopolpress in Kassel, Germany. He has a loose, interpretive style that starts from a sketch and is finished digitally.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Germany, Illustration, Michael Meier

The illustrator know as Von who made a name for himself with his airy, dreamy liquid-like graphite illustrations will be releasing a silkscreen print of one of his more well-known images from his ‘Semblance’ series. The print is a single screen metallic screen print and it looks like it will be beautiful in person. More details on purchasing the print can be found at Shopvon.

written by Christopher | tags: Hellovon, Illustration, Screen Print, Silkscreen

Don’t ask us dumb Americans how to pronounce Mateus Zkolek’s last name but his kinetic, colorful and simply drawn illustrations need no translation.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Mateus Zkolek

Digital illustrator and pixel pusher Rob Shields has updated with some striking new imagery. It’s a touch darker than some of his past work but his technique is getting sharper and imagery more interesting.

written by Christopher | tags: Digital, Photography, Photoshop, Rob Shields

B-i-r-d-i-e is making some cool stuff. There isn’t necessarily a lot of rhyme or reason to what that stuff it but some of it is very good.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Birdie, Graphic Design, Illustration

Lucas Nogueran is a Paris based illustrator and designer with a regularly updated blog of highly imaginative and artistic imagery drawing influences from street culture to skateboarding.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Grafitti, Illustration, Lucas Noguera, Paris

“A Beast Every Week is an illustrative collective inspired by the bestiary of yore. Every week a different illustrator will compose a new illustration of a beast, creature, monster, etc. from their own unique perspective.

A new Illustration will be added every Monday.”

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Beast, Drawing, Illustration, Monsters