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“Paper is where ideas begin. It’s the easiest and most beautiful way to create on the new iPad. Capture your ideas as sketches, diagrams, illustrations, notes or drawings and instantly share them across the web. Download “Paper by FiftyThree” free from the App Store. #madewithpaper”

Visit -> fiftythree.com

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21 artists come together to show off their amazing helmet designs at a Portland art gallery, all supported by classic motorcycle helmet company BELL. Love to see a company take notice and place a spotlight on their customer’s passions. Makes for an entertaining view.

Visit -> http://www.bellsports.com

Really nice work coming from 20 year old Norwich, UK artist ‘Inflow’. Saw his stuf this morning via the magical tumblr radar. Many more insanely detailed drawings to be seen beyond the link below.

Visit -> http://inflowdesigns.co.uk/

Sometimes senseless, random scribbles on a wall can be a ‘thing of beauty’. Especially, when applied by a free-roaming gallery robot. Pretty amazing, would love to see it in person. Check out the video below.

Visit -> yang02.org

Visit -> kannoso.org

I’m really into the character drawings that can be found on Theory One’s flickr photo stream. Great line quality and character in each and every one, so worth checking out. I found them while browsing through Eight Hour Day’s perpetually interesting and inspiring design blog.

Visit -> www.flickr.com/photos/

This is a very nice documentary and interview of street artists Supakitch and Koralie for the website of the markers brand ‘Posca’. The works that are highlighted in this video are absolutely incredible. Very much worth the view, check out the related links below as well.

Visit -> http://www.posca.com/

Visit -> http://www.supakitch.com/

Visit -> http://kogaylou.free.fr/

SUPAKITCH x KORALIE x POSCA from elr°y [...]]]>

This is a very nice documentary and interview of street artists Supakitch and Koralie for the website of the markers brand ‘Posca’. The works that are highlighted in this video are absolutely incredible. Very much worth the view, check out the related links below as well.

Visit -> http://www.posca.com/

Visit -> http://www.supakitch.com/

Visit -> http://kogaylou.free.fr/

SUPAKITCH x KORALIE x POSCA from elr°y on Vimeo.

‘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 [...]]]>

‘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 + seems like good clean competitive fun. More pics and videos via the link below:

Visit -> http://www.secretwars.co.uk/

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 [...]]]>

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 degrade and disappear by means of waves and weather, making them all the more precious and impressive to view in person while they are still intact. Pretty epic stuff. More examples of his work beyond the link below.

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

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 [...]]]>

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 Vimeo that I just numbly passed it by. Luckily, I saw some of his works again a few days ago on art mag site ‘High Fructose’ which inspired me to re-visit the vid. He’s got a really unique take on the whole cardboard sculpture medium. It’s somehow bolder, of higher quality and personality than a lot of other works that I’ve seen out there. His drawings are mind blowing as well and definitely worth checking out.

Visit -> http://www.hyperbolestudios.com/kieljohnson.com

Follow -> http://twitter.com/KielJohnson

Kiel Johnson’s Cardboard Twin Lens Reflex Camera Time Lapse

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 [...]]]>

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 corporate spreadsheets… on and on. I first saw his stuff on yayevereday.com.

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/silav/

Visit -> http://www.myspace.com/rvbaker

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 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 [...]]]>

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 describe what I’m seeing. You’ll have to check it out on your own.

Visit -> http://www.vimeo.com/mato

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 [...]]]>

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 Stockholm, Kungsholmen October 2009.

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 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 [...]]]>

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 for many great examples of his influential works.

Visit -> http://miltonglaser.com/

Visit -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Glaser

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 [...]]]>

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 unique and otherworldly characteristics. I would love to study them in person, more beyond the link.

Visit -> http://www.jeffeisenberg.net/#

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 [...]]]>

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 is constant. We doodle on almost anything we can find — pencil in a moleskine, marker on a napkin, ink on a torn receipt, sharpie on concrete. And we do it habitually — while on hold, in a meeting, during class, or while we should be sleeping.”

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

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 [...]]]>
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 mad explosion of line work, kinda thing”. That makes complete sense to me and is probably how I would have described some of my work when I was studying fine art and illustration back in the day. Actually I would probably still describe some of my work that way to this day. Who am I kidding? I’m totally envious of the extremely creative, transient and computer-less nature of their day job. It would be a lot of fun to travel around and marker up windows with coffee in hand for a company like Converse. These guys have a good thing going on for sure. Worth a watch.