Changethethought

‘Dark and beautiful’ are words that surface in the mind to describe the illustrative works of German artist Marco Wagner.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Germany, Illustration, Marco Wagner

Illustrator Darion McCoy has a strange distorted psychedelic style that stems from what must be a vivid imagination.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Darion McCoy, Drawing, Illustration

Philippe Constantinesco founded Zurich29 with Dorian Gourg (art directors studio, motion & static designers) and has been pursuiing his career in Paris since 2006. Faunesque is his personal portfolio of illustration and photography.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Faunesque, Illustration, Paris

There are some moments of fantasy brilliance in the dreamy little portfolio of Alice Duke. Tigers and dragons oh my.

written by Christopher | tags: Alice Duke, Art, Drawing, Fantasy, Illustration

Jennifer Mundy lives in New York city and makes some wonderfully colorful illustrations that read like they are ripped from the pages of a pop fairytale.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, Jennifer Mundy, New York

Spanish illustrator Señor Salme has some nice analog-feeling work in his portfolio including a few key images of astronauts which are all the rage (I love astronauts and I know you do too).

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, Señor Salme, Spain

Teagan White is originally from Chicago and is currently a student at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. There is a fair bit of experimentation in her portfolio and a multitude of talent is within her grasp.

written by Christopher | tags: Chicago, Drawing, Illustration, Teagan White

Wow, what exactly to say about the sublime work of artist Aron Wiesenfeld other than his skills are off the charts. His work is an open invitation to the viewer to insert their own narrative as to what exactly is happening within his drawings and paintings. His charcoal drawings are absolutely fantastic.

written by Christopher | tags: Aron Wiesenfeld, Art, Charcoal, Drawing, Painting

Amanda Nedham’s imaginative drawings and watercolors pay homage to classicism but draw inspiration from nature and dreams pushing them into the realm of the surreal.

written by Christopher | tags: Amanda Nedham, Art, Drawing, Illustration, Watercolor

I gotta say that the more Lain Macarthur produces, the more I love his work. It just keeps getting better and better. He’s still very young too which points toward a long and productive career as an illustrator. His recent series inspired by the movie Black Swan is very well rendered but maintains a grit that makes the imagery accessibly artistic. Good stuff.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Black Swan, Drawing, Iain Macarthur, Illustration

Eric Bonhomme attended the Ringling college of and design. I am a fan of his gritty accessible style. His images are kinetic and full of life even though they employ simple color combinations.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Eric Bonhomme, Illustration, Miami

Álvaro de Almeida is a Portuguese illustrator with a somewhat dark animated style utilizing hand-rendered drawings that are finished digitally. He’s currently on the hunt for magazines or publications who might be interested in his unique flavor.

written by Christopher | tags: Álvaro de Almeida, Art, Drawing, Illustration

Gustavo Peña’s bio is still ‘in progress’ so there isn’t really any information about him to speak of other than is strangely surreal paintings featuring young men running around in Batman maks with Supersoakers. That should be enough to get you interested though.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Gustavo Peña, Painting

Creative writer Matthew Newton has a great interview up with Sam Green at the moment. He’s one of my favorite illustrators and has been from since he started. He’s an interesting character and seems like a cool guy as well. Newton is doing an amazing job with the interviews at Cpluv and checking back to his column is always a good idea for the design and illustration-inclined. It’s nice to see a serious journalist taking the time to highlight some of our industry’s more unique talent.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, interview, Pencil, Sam Green

Ashkahn Shahparnia (pronounced Ash-Con-Shaw-par-neeyah) makes fun and funny things. Despite their deceptively simple appearance there is some interesting thinking bubbling cynically just under the surface of all of his work. It’s a funny but provocative affair and he recently updated with all kinds of new goodies, most of which would definitely illicit a response between giver and receiver. I wonder, is Purple Rain made out of Purple Drank?

written by Christopher | tags: Ashkahn, Drawing, Illustration, Los Angeles

Straight up weird but fascinating illustrations are pouring from the hand of Tim Enthoven including the above beer drinking hipster dad intellectuals. It’s hard to gather if Enthoven has a real point of view but he does have the chops to put out some curious imagery.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, Pen and Ink, Tim Enthoven

Hand-drawing typographer Jon Contino has stayed at the top of his form lately updating frequently with new and better examples of his uniquely individual touch. There is a little something for everyone in his portfolio and whether your a fan of hand crafted type or not it’s impossible not to appreciate his talent.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, Jon Contino, Typography

Artist Melissa Cooke answers the question as to just how detailed can you actually get with graphite? She does so with large stunning portraits that are spectacular in the attention paid to detail and the lifelike photographic resemblance of the sitter. There is no hiding the genuine talent required to produce such amazing images directly from mind to hand.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Graphite, Melissa Cooke