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Slovenian illustrator Urh Sobocan has some really nice work in his portfolio that definitely blurs the line between illustration and contemporary art.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Slovenia, Urh Sobocan

An oldie but goodie. Damn it all if Dextro isn’t just flat out awesome.

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

Markus Hofko is committed to bringing the wackness. See it all here and visit Rainbowmonkey (which I have mentioned before) here.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Experimental Film, Markus Hofko

Are you low on your Damien Hirst merch? Well hey, guess what? He has an online store now featuring not only some of his own goodies but work from other artists as well. He is a hotly contested artist to be sure but the guy is smart. Houses in multiple countries, yachts and millions of dollars. He know something that most of us don’t.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Damien Hirst, Merchandise, Posters

The unusual and brilliant Levi Van Veluw has updated his site with more of his fascinating portraits.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Levi Van Veluw, Netherlands, Photography

Sebastian Brajkovic is an unusual artist who has managed to blur the lines between graphics, sculpture and furniture creating an unusual and exciting artform that is all his own. I am sure you have seen the above image out there floating in the blogosphere but if you have yet to look at his work it is well worth a gander.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Furniture, Sculpture, Sebastian Brajkovic

Andrew Holder updates his illustration portfolio with some really great work.

written by Christopher | tags: Andrew Holder, Art, Illustration, Updates

Erik Natzke is an interactive artist who works to blur the lines between art and technology with a Flickr-folio bursting with colorful abstract compositions.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Code, Erik Natzke, Interactive

Beautiful Decay has informed me that that they have a new online home for their apparel where you can not only purchase limited edition t-shirts and gear from some of the most interesting artists/designers/illustrators out there but also read interviews and keep up on just exactly what BD is up to. Its a pretty extensive site for the subject matter making it unique in that department and there are some really unexpected items in their shop.

written by Christopher | tags: apparel, Art, Beautiful Decay, clothing, Fashion

Seriously amazing, absolutely amazing paintings from Denver-based Lucong. A true young master. I can’t say enough about the enormity of the talent here. Really stunning and the fact that he lives in Denver is fantastic. Its always great to discover truly inspiring talent right in your own backyard.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Denver, Lucong, Oil Painting

Really cool illustration work from Martin Ansin. I love the THX 1138 poster above.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Martin Ansin, Vector

Ryan Riss has updated with a lot of new work. He used to live here in Denver before heading out to L.A. I went to one of his shows here last summer and got to speak with him briefly. He’s a pretty unusual guy and that personality definitely shines through in his work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Craptical, Drawing, Ryan Riss

Supertouch has a little response to the infamous article questioning the validity of the work of now unquestionably famous artist Shepard Fairey (Obey Giant). The original article, written by artist Mark Vallen makes accusations of plagiarism and states several examples. Supertouch claims the appropriation of other imagery has been an artform/movement in and of itself for a long time now.

Read up at Supertouch and see how you feel about the issue. With the internet making so much imagery so readily available now this is not something that is going to go away anytime soon and will most definitely continue to be a hot topic within our profession. I myself appropriate imagery into a lot of my work.

So leave a comment and spark up some debate. Let me and the other readers out there know what you think about this. I think it really gets some people ruffled and I also think there may be a generational divide shaping up here because I definitely see a lot of younger designers and artists appropriating imagery more and more.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Obey Giant, Plagiarism, Shepard Fairey

Wow, just blown away by the fantastic drawings of Nashville-based artist Chris Scarborough. Highly imaginative and just technically beautiful. Really inspiring work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Chris Scarborough, Drawing, Illustration, Scarboy

ROJO Associate Director Fupete has a new website up with new works.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Fupete, Italy, Painting, Rojo

Ronald Kurniawan has been featured on Change the Thought before, but I am just now seeing his Folgers campaign and I am in love! This is one hell of a talented artist – and his wit has me in stitches. There are plenty of other incredibly original approaches to mixing type and imagery in his recent work as well. Very much worth a visit, time and time again.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Ronald Kurniawan

I know I have written about I Am Mint Condition before but damn it all if I am just not continually mind blown by the silver artistic brain bullets fired from the psyche of Travis Stearns. They aim straight for my art heart and fill it with inspired confusion. I just flat out love his collage work. It makes me want to crack open a can of creative whoop ass and work it out.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, collage, I am Mint Condition, Minneapolis, Travis Stearns

Shapeflow is a french art collective whose membership is comprised of open-minded artists united by a passion for art and design. Consequently, there is some pretty damn cool stuff on the shapelfow website.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, France, Graphic Design, Shapeflow