Changethethought

I don’t know if it’s just trendy to say that you are ‘so over collage right now’ but just when I try to say it to myself I discover another collage artist I respond too. There is something very ‘now’ about collage in that there is so much visual clutter out there now with the internet. Soon that information will be streamed through window advertising offering up an internet-archived smorgasbord of information. It seems to make sense to want to rearrange all of that imagery into something more meaningfully abstract. And Mario Wagner is doing that but adding a little splash of pop color.

written by Christopher | tags: collage, Illustration, Mario Wagner, pop art

Kira Leigh looks like such a nice young lady but her “non-archival, spontaneous line work bleeds and flows on paper as thoughts are poured out in the form of surreal subject matter” will set your mind reeling back into a primal reflective childlike acid flashback. It’s hard to tell if your having fun looking at all of the bright colors and organic lines until you begin to fully take in the mass of strange disturbing mutated subject matter. But you know what? I really like it.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Kira Leigh, Psychedelic

Art, illustration and design collective We Are Young Monster have been cranking out the intense psychedelia lately. Their gigposters get stranger with every new commission but there is no disputing their artistic quality. Count me as a fan.

written by Christopher | tags: Art Collective, Gigposterts, Illustration, Monster

Dutch illustrator Merijn Hos has updated with some new work. I am a fan of his Yellow Submarine-esque characters and organic slightly psychedelic style. I have a few prints of his given to me by Mario Hugo and absolutely love them.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Merijn Hos, Netherlands

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE recently asked designer illustrator extraordinaire Frank Chimero to illustrate a feature about the top 11 technologies of the past decade. One of his top choices was the smart phone as it stands alone in how it has revolutionized how we consume information on a totally mobile platform. He followed up his choices with some simple, eloquent, accessible and colorful illustrations. Frank never disappoints. He’s a thinking man’s designer.

written by Christopher | tags: Frank Chimero, Graphic Design, Illustration, Portland

Stone and Spear is the portfolio of London, UK based illustrator and designer Simon Cook. He primarily arranges simple, bold and colorful graphics with fun and sometimes retro photography. It’s a formula for a playful book of work.

written by Christopher | tags: collage, Illustration, London, Simon Cook

One of my most favorite British Illustrators Steven Wilson updated some time ago with a new website. It’s much easier to navigate his extensive portfolio now and the images are also much larger than they were on his last website. So you can get a good look at all of the melting, colorful and downright popoliscious work spilling from the mind and hand of Wilson. I absolutely love his work. It shoots an arrow straight into my pop art heart.

written by Christopher | tags: Brighton, Graphic Design, Illustration, Steven Wilson, U.K.

Jeannie Phan is a young illustrator artist with a casual experimental style that often skews towards surrealism but draws slight inspiration from Asian art. As near as we can tell she is based in Toronto.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Jeannie Phan, Toronto

Annie Wu left central Florida to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art and graduated magna cum laude with a BFA in Illustration in 2010. She now resides in Baltimore and has since filled her Flickrfolio with some wonderful illustration work.

written by Christopher | tags: Annie Wu, Art, Baltimore, Illustration

Vienna based digital illustrator Michael Ostermann has kept busy and has been updating both his website and Flickrfolio with new and curious digitally composited photo-manipulation illustrations that vary in technique and emotional range.

written by Christopher | tags: Austria, Digital, Illustration, Michael Ostermann, Vienna

Jiro Bevis is an illustrator who knows who he is and how to work comfortably within an accessible signature style that is a twinge 7os psychedelic retro and a load of fun brimming over with distinct personality.

written by Christopher | tags: 70's, Illustration, Jiro Bevis, Psychedelic, Retro

Shohei might not be the best at English but it really makes no difference because the downright fantastic black and white illustrations speak louder and clearer than any language could ever communicate.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Hakuchi, Illustration, Japan, Shohei

Pablo Alfieri updates his Behance-folio with a final overview of typographical works generated for various purposes on 2010. It’s definitely a reason to keep a close eye on him in 2011 to see exactly what might be coming next.

written by Christopher | tags: Digital, Graphic Design, Illustration, Pablo Alfieri

Bandito Design Co posted a few new retro-inspired posters in his Flickr-folio that make great use of color. There is a series of postcards to that are also very very nice. I’m not sure if prints will be available for purchase but I could see some folks being interested if they were.

written by Christopher | tags: Bandito Design Co, Flickr, Illustration, Posters, Retro

Halfanese has a shiny glitzy portfolio and is an expert at illustrating hip and sexy girls with haute tatts and sick scraper bikes. Need I say more or do you just wanna go ahead and check it out now? Well o.k. then.

written by Christopher | tags: Halfanese, Hipster, Illustration, Tattoos

It’s always worth popping in on Desktopography from time-to-time for inspiration’s sake and there have been some nice new additions lately. There are some new images up since I last dropped in and I was happy to load up on some new options for the ole desktop. Aside from being a cool place to grab some images to decorate your machine, it’s also a nice outlet for designers and illustrators to experiment with new techniques in Photoshop and create some imagery they might not otherwise have a reason to.

written by Christopher | tags: Desktopography, Digital, Illustration, Photoshop

BKW&Co is a forward thinking design office located near Boulder, Colorado. They have some very good looking work in their portfolio and we have recently been in touch about hopefully working on some projects together in the coming year.

written by Christopher | tags: BKW&Co, Boulder, Graphic Design, Illustration

Leandro Farina is producing some beautifully composed photographic illustrations for several notable publications and clients. You can view his work both at his personal website and get a more current overview at his blog.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Leandro Farina, Photography