There is a lot of experimentation happening throughout the portfolio of artist, designer and illustrator Bryan Collins. He doesn’t limit himself to a single style or approach and as a result has arrived at some memorable outcomes within his work.
Jason Travis has put together an interesting photographic diptych series entitled ‘Persona’ that documents whatever people consider essential enough to carry on their person. The series has accumulated a lot of notoriety in the press. You can watch a short documentary about the series above and check out the photos in Travis’s Flickrstream.
“We are Franz Thues and Dirk König, two Art Directors based in Düsseldorf, Germany. We make pictures harnessing the magic of generative design. All of our illustrations are generated by programs we write for each specific illustration series, allowing us to create a potentially endless stream of pictures on the press of a button.”
Together they are Anarchy/Alchemy.
Simple, fun and intelligent graphic illustrations fill the portfolio of designer/illustrator Yarek Wazul. His work is tailor-made for editorial illustration as it is a quick, easy yet memorable visual read.
Pat Perry is one of those rare artists whose talent is totally unbound by media. He’s an excellent painter, drawer and photographer. The work in his sketchbook alone would make any artist flush with jealousy at such obvious talent. His blog is simply spilling over with inspiration all coming from none other than himself.
Danny McShane’s Flickr Photostream features subtle hues, muted tones, rainbow swept forests and shorelines complimented by very attractive young models. I would imagine capturing those photos was a very good time indeed.
I think I have posted Italian design studio Artiva’s work before but it appears they are making a splash again around the design blogosphere with their minimal and classic work produced primarily for editorial print and branding purposes.
Indyink will be hosting a little poster exhibition this Friday here in Denver. The theme of the exhibit is ‘2012’. I will be exhibiting the above silkscreened poster at the show which will also be available for purchase. Originally I thought about taking the whole thing really seriously and making some thought provoking conspiracy theory-inspired piece before realizing it would be a lot more fun and probably memorable to just call shenanigans on the whole 2012 thing. The poster made my wife laugh and I figure if it’s good for anything at least it was good for that. I managed to squeeze Nostradamus, a Crystal Skull, Mayan sacrifice, Mayan numerals and alien abduction all into one piece so there is that at least.
I am going to try to make the show possibly with my baby son in tow, so please stop by, grab a beer and say hello. Thank you to Indyink for inviting me to take part.
2012: Poster Apocalypse
INDYINK
Address: 84 S. Broadway • Denver, CO
Phone: 720.937.9722
Time: 11AM-6PM MON-SAT
The Crystal Beach notified me of this bizarre little video they directed and produced for the Columbus single ‘Hubble’. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first but after watching it more than once it got some hooks in me. You can catch the full production credits at the Vimeo page for the video.
The great guys at Form Fifty Five recently caught up with Barcelona based typography wizard Alex Trochut after this year’s OFFF event to talk candidly about life and design. It’s an insightful and fun little interview.
Motion Designer Daniel Pernikoff updates with a visually subtle but technically masterful portfolio of motion and 3D work primarily for broadcast.
UK artist JKB Fletcher combines pop, consumerism, super heroes, fashion and a good healthy dose of sex then throws them all in a blender and whammo you have some deliciously devious art. It might be cynical but it looks devine.
Photographer Filip Dujardin has an obvious love for architecture and has learned to frame all of it’s subtle nuances within perfectly beautiful yet understated images.
Amsterdam based artist and illustrator Sit likes to keep things black and white but a lack of color does not subtract any of the frenetic energy from his work including a wonderful collaborative series entitled ‘Dark Vader’ with photographer Cornelie Tollens for SOUP Magazine Germany.
Argentinian design and illustration studio Pogo has been posted here before but they have some newer and excellent work in their Behance-folio including some red hot exhibition work.
If you love animated gifs then there is of course the tumblr blog of ‘Love Gifs‘ out there for you to visit. I know a lot of people think they are a completely ridiculous time waster, but hey so is looking at design porn for hours on end. And c’mon if you can’t have fun with the internet then go pick up like a book or something totally lame like that. I’ll be peepin’ some gifs, thank you very much.
The before and after portrait series of child boxers by photographer Nicolai Howalt is a gritty and disturbing plunge into a sport I didn’t know they allowed children to participate in.
Goni Montes has some vivid and kinetic imagery in his portfolio. It’s a nice marriage of digital, pop and traditional methods all shaken and stirred to create some memorable imagery.
