Secret Wars -> World Art Competition

‘Secret Wars’ is a world wide art competition where talented urban artists represent their individual countries. The competition travels from one destination to another where the artists render their creations side by side in front of a large audience, from the pics on the ‘Secret Wars’ website it looks to be quite the traveling party [...]

Jim Denevan -> Earth Artist

Jim Denevan is currently in the books as the creator of the largest artwork in history, the above drawing is a segment of a larger design that in total is nine miles in circumference (located in Nevada, USA 2009). You can also view the drawing here on google maps. His works are temporary and eventually [...]

Kiel Johnson -> Cardboard Sculptures

The first I saw of L.A. based, Kansas City born Kiel Johnson was the title screen of his time lapse video below (Cardboard Sculpture of a Twin Lens Reflex Camera) on Vimeo. Honestly I didn’t even play the video at the time. I guess I’d seen so much papercraft time lapse video on Youtube and [...]

Illustration/Design -> Rick Baker

If you’re into heady organic drawings you should spend some time clicking through L.A. based artist Rick Baker’s photo stream on Flickr (also featured Flickr contact this week in right hand column). He’s got some really interesting works to share, some based on old found photography, other works resemble detailed solar systems drawn directly on [...]

Graphic Illustration -> Robert Samuel Hanson

The illustrative works by Robert Samuel Hanson range from bustling graphic city scapes to thought provoking minimalist graphic posters. His decisive renderings are meticulously arranged and composed creating playful graphic patterns accented by vibrant shapes of color. Have a look at more of his works via the link below.

Visit -> http://www.robertsamuelhanson.com

Lost Below -> Mato Atom

Lost Below from Mato Atom on Vimeo.

This animation rendering by CG artist Mato Atom is well worth the view. Lines of different thickness and rate of speed come together in beautifully simplistic figurative forms over a limited palette background accented with silhouettes of foliage that occur in negative space. That’s the best that I can [...]

Forget Ceke -> Kollektivet livet

For those of you out there like me, who have often wondered how large urban art pieces come to be… This is a very interesting look into the process of taking a small rendering by Ceke and Forget in colaboration with Kollektivet livet, blowing it up and placing it on to it’s final destination in [...]

CARDBOARD -> Motion Tracking Animation

I came across this video the other day on Vimeo and was pretty impressed with the integration of these fidgety cut-out cardboard creatures into the real-life street scenery. The animated composites are really well done and the added effect of motion-tracking makes it believable. Worth a view.

Milton Glaser -> Draws & Lectures

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.

Five minutes with graphic designer/artist and New Yorker Milton Glaser as he draws and discuses his thoughts on the act and purpose of drawing is five minutes well spent in my opinion. Be sure to check out the links below for more information on him and [...]

Jeff Eisenberg -> American Abstract Artist

Jeff Eisenberg’s artwork is inspired by science fiction, architecture, nanotechnology and biotechnology. His cerebral renderings seem to have been produced by a CAD program at times as the wire-frames build out alien shapes that create a sense of terrain or architectural function. His choice of color palette for each of his works further extenuates their [...]

Doodlers Anonymous -> Drawing Network

I love the premise of this online network of Doodlers. It’s a great way to share, compare and collaborate sketch phase ideas amongst friends who share the same doodling addiction. From ‘About’ page -> “Doodlers Anonymous was founded to celebrate our addiction, and like any other, we’re hooked. The need to draw, sketch, and doodle [...]

Converse Illustrators -> Jeff Bowman, Andy Miller, Barrie Iman and Mathew Hodson

converse illustrators @ Office Glasgow and London from Orange Dot on Vimeo.

Above, illustrators Jeff Bowman, Andy Miller, Barrie Iman and Mathew Hodson design window murals on the windows of Converse stores in Glasgow and London. I enjoyed watching these guys do their thing. My favorite quote from this video was “we’re going to do this [...]