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Palette knife and oils

03/28/2013 by chicquero

Leonid Afremov (born 12 July 1955 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Russian–Israeli modern impressionistic artist who works mainly with a palette knife and oils. He developed his own unique technique and style which is unmistakable and cannot be confused with other artists. Afremov is mainly known as being a self-representing artist who promotes and sells his work exclusively over the internet with very little exhibitions and involvement of dealers and galleries. The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. Friedrich Nietzsche […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, artist, arts, artsy, beautiful, colorful, illustration, impressionism, knife, Leonid Afremov, modern, oil, paint, paintings

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Artistic street murals

02/14/2013 by chicquero

Sao Paulo-based street artist Eduardo Kobra creates fantastic large scale murals that are filled with vibrant color and life. Below, we’ve also included a few more select murals that the artist has completed over his career. “Art is an evolutionary act. The shape of art and its role in society is constantly changing. At no point is art static. There are no rules.” Raymond Salvatore Harmon, BOMB: A Manifesto of Art Terrorism YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Cool strokes Maps and Illustrations […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, arts, artsy, brazil, colorful, Eduardo Kobra, illustration, large art, murals, painter, sao paulo, street, street art, street artist, urban, vibrant

1 minute photoshop thoughts

01/21/2013 by chicquero

We absolutely love Austin, Texas based graphic designer Erin Hanson. Her work is inspired by simple “everyday random things” and some of her ideas are brilliantly showcased in this kinda minimal series called “1 Minute Photoshop Thoughts”. It´s clever, a little sarcastic and inspirational at the same time! Enjoy! I believe we all are prey to bouts of laziness. I am constantly in the throes and try to combat my ailment with a steady diet of inspiration and doing. Erin […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: Austin designer, clever, erin hanson, fun, graphic design, illustration, inspiration, photoshop, random things, sarcastic, thoughts

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Disney Princesses in accurate fashion

01/16/2013 by chicquero

Claire Hummel was born and raised in the quiet hamlet of Los Angeles, California. She is currently working as an artist for Microsoft Game Studios Publishing. Claire gravitates naturally towards anything having to do with her childhood haunts of Disneyland, Myst, national parks, museums, and Hawai’i, thus ensuring a lifetime interest in nostalgic escapism. She also has an extensive, practical knowledge of period costuming and snakes, in case you’re into that sort of thing. Most of the world seems familiar with […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: accurate, beauty, characters, Claire Hummel, clothing, costume, disney, disney costumes, disney princesses, era, fable, Fashion, history, illustration, princess, princesses, real

Let the festivities begin!

12/24/2012 by chicquero

It´s about time to get in the spirit with this playful rendition of Holiday treats in a cartoon-ish style. Delicious traditional seasonal eats are highlighted in all their glory accompanied by antic doodles illustrated by Laura Hunter. Thought up by freelance art director and designer Gonzalo Azores and senior creative at LBI London, Maria Vidal, they created this animated feast in collaboration with Barclaycard. Nutcrackers, pigs in a blanket, roasted veggies, Stilton cheese, cured ham, pies and many more favorites […]

Categories: Artsy, Design • Tags: art direction, Barclaycard, designer, festivity, Gonzalo Azores, Happy Holidays, illustration, Laura Hunter, Merry Christmas, nutcracker

Hand Lettering Quotes

11/29/2012 by chicquero

Sean McCabe Co-founder of Bold Perspective, a San Antonio based design firm. Sean is a Hand Lettering Artist, Type Designer, Illustrator, Interface Crafter, Musician, Christian, Husband, and Coffee Lover. “As a kid I thought I was pretty strange. I always found myself drawing letter forms throughout middle school and high school. My homework was littered with typographic illustrations. The artistic friends I had all seemed to draw cartoons, or paint still life, but for some odd reason I was drawn […]

Categories: Artsy, Design • Tags: artist, arts, cool, hand lettering, illustration, inspirational, letter, quotation, quotes, Sean McCabe, type, typo, typographic, typography, words

Truth and Lies

11/21/2012 by chicquero

TRUTH AND LIES A poster series by Justin Barber, born and raised in Tokyo, Japan – but currently located in Savannah, Georgia – Justin Barberis a freelance graphic designer who specializes in branding and identity. His work has been recognized by Apple, Behance, and International Designers Network, among others.This humorous poster series takes some of the most common, everyday lies we tell ourselves and hear from others, and bluntly translates them into the unequivocal truth. By visually representing the difference in […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: arts, cool, daily, Design, everyday lies, funny, graphic design, humor, illustration, Justin Barber, lies, posters, series, truth, truth and lies

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Maps and Illustrations

11/16/2012 by chicquero

Ric Stultz lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a little house with his girlfriend and dog. Other than working in the studio his favorite activity is gardening. Stultz days are mostly spent in the studio working on client projects and painting. The style of his illustrations are hand drawn images with bright colours and hard edge line work. The artist prefers to create most of his work by hand and use the computer only for output and minor adjustments. Using traditional tools and techniques […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: animals, arts, artsy, bright colours, cool, geography, hand draw, illustration, maps, paintings, photoshop, Ric Stultz, style

Pencil Shavings

11/12/2012 by chicquero

Marta Altés (Barcelona, 1982), studied graphic design in Barcelona and after working there as a graphic designer for almost five years, Altés decided to pursue her interest for illustration. The artist moved to England and joined the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. Such a simple idea, but illustrator Marta Altes has made it into an artsy series of work, pencil shavings at its finest. “The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser – in case you […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, arts, artsy, book illustration, cool, illustration, Marta Altes, pencil, pencil shavings

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Creepy Fashion Collage

10/18/2012 by chicquero

Dina Lynnyk is based in Kiev, Ukraine. She studied at Kiev National University of design and technology and graduated in 2008. After her graduation in 2008, she was chosen as a winner of Harpers Bazaar Fashion Forward as a best young fashion designer 2011. Directions of Dina’s work are collages and fashion design. Some prints are designed by herself, and she finds inspiration in many different directions, such as artists and streets objects. Utterly unnerving, the images may feature young women […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: arts, beauty, collage, creative, creepy, Dina Lynnyk, Fashion, fashion design, fashionista, halloween, illustration, prints, stylish, weird

Zombie Portraits

10/15/2012 by chicquero

Nice portraits of zombified famous characters by Andre De Freitas, photographer and illustrator from Lima, Peru. Freitas studied in Full Sail University and got a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation. But oddly enough, the concept of stillness captured his imagination, and he focused more on illustration. Instead of just drawing, he tried to imagine himself taking photos of his subjects. That way the illusion of stillness would be a little more believable, almost like a photograph. After that, his insertion into the world of […]

Categories: Design • Tags: Andre de Freitas, anime, arts, attack, cartoons, characters, comics, cool, costume, drawings, gaming, halloween, illustration, pop culture, scary, super heroes, zombie, zombiefied

The Regal Twelve – Elizabeth I – “The Virgin Queen” (1533-1603)

God save the Queen!

09/20/2012 by chicquero

Alexia Sinclair’s ”The Regal Twelve” is a series that combines hundreds of photographic elements and illustrations to form complex digitally montaged artworks. The series portrays twelve European monarchs who have ruled supreme and whose lives span over two millennia. Through the study of history and portraiture, a series of contrasting regals formed, whose stories are revealed within each artwork. Travelling to Europe to photograph a host of regal backdrops, Sinclair returned to Australia to photograph models and props in the studio. Like […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: Alexia Sinclair, european, famous, illustration, ladies, leaders, monarch, photography, powerful, queen, royalty, the regal twelve, women

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Fallout of urban sprawl

09/18/2012 by chicquero

Daniel Danger is an illustrator and printmaker working out of New England. Amidst old houses dead from the fallout of urban sprawl, railway bridges asleep from neglect, and trees that engulf everything; his work attempts to remind you of something you may have said to someone, or something someone may have said to you; back in that time period thats just too far away to remember clearly, but not so long ago you forgot about it completely. His memories and many […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: abandoned, art, arts, artsy, daniel danger, dark, fallout, ghosts, illustration, old houses, printmaker, urban

Minimalist art movements

09/02/2012 by chicquero

French Graphic designer, Outmane Amahou has created a series of minimalistic posters for your viewing pleasure, in which he pays tribute to major art movements, and iconic painters throughout history. Instead of focusing on the work of individual artists, Amahou decided to tackle entire movements in his very ambitious series. Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Coolest minimal movie posters Dissected artists My face is a […]

Categories: Artsy, Design • Tags: art, art movement, artist, arts, cool, graphic design, illustration, minimal, minimalist, outmane amahou, painters, paintings, poster

Bubble Talk

08/28/2012 by chicquero

Cool drawings about talking by the artist Tang Yau Hoong. Speech bubbles are graphic convention used most commonly in comics, cartoons or illustrations. Instead of putting words into it to represent speech or thoughts of a character, what if the speech bubble itself has its own expression and characteristic? In this series of illustrations Tang wanted to explore the possibilities of telling a story/ message by speech bubbles graphically, without words or as least words as possible. Life is far too important a […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: art, bubble, cool, drawing, fun, funny, graphic design, humor, illustration, speech, speech bubbles, talk, tang yau hoong

Abstract food sketches

08/05/2012 by chicquero

New York based illustrator and graphic designer Erin Jang has an amazing ongoing series called Food Sketches which I could not help, had to share it! In these series Jang illustrates abstracted graphic representations of foods she has eaten in different restaurants. Such a creative way to share food experiences and how fun it could be! So hungry! A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. Aesop >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Mini food feast Minimal […]

Categories: Design • Tags: abstract, dishes, Erin Jang, food, fun, graphic design, hungry, illustration, meal, New York artist, restaurant, sketches

Guys, fashion and graphic design!

08/04/2012 by chicquero

. MJXMB is a creative collaboration between photographer Monsieur Jerome and Design Studio Manhattan Born. Can’t wait to see what’s coming, I’m in love with their artwork! Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Guys, TATTOOS and attitude! Photography and illustration Fashion Photo manipulation Food and fashion Mash-ups Leather Fetish Mustache Monday

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: art, clothing, design studio, Fashion, graphic design, guys, illustration, manhattan born, men, MJXMB, Moda, monsieur jerome, street style

Illustrated fashion icons

07/31/2012 by chicquero

Joana Avillez, a cartoonist born and raised on the isle Manhattan, collaborates with the Refinery 29 to illustrate the cult and influential people in fashion, creating a kaleidoscope of fashion icons with witty commentaries. Source: The Ground Mag “Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.” Alexander Wang . >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Fashionic, comic, iconic Disney princess for Vogue Designer brands illustration Barbie Fashion model Toxic Women […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: art, cartoon, cool, Fashion, fashion icons, icon, illustration, influential, joana avillez, Moda, style, The Ground magazine

Random and absurd situation’s drawings

07/20/2012 by chicquero

Victoria, BC, Canada based illustrator Marc Johns creates whimsical drawings filled with dry wit and humor. “I generally aim to say as much as possible with as few elements as possible,” explains Johns. “I like to create absurd situations by combining things together that don’t belong, or imagine what inanimate objects would say if they could speak. Marc Johns’s drawings have been exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Athens, and elsewhere. Also, his work has been featured […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: Absurd, Canadian artist, cartoon, drawing, dry humor, illustration, inanimate objects, Marc Johns, random

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Disney princess as the cover of Vogue

07/18/2012 by chicquero

Illustrator Dante Tyler reimagines popular Disney princess as glamorized fashion icons, putting their likenesses into the covers of Vogue. I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company. Walt Disney >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Pokemons everywhere Barbie Fashion model Toxic Women covers Cartoon Skeletal system POPaganda art, and crimes

Categories: Fashion, Laugh • Tags: art, beauty, cartoons, characters, covers, dante tyler, disney, disney princess, Fashion, fashion icons, icons, illustration, magazine, princess, Vogue

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Designer brands illustrations

07/13/2012 by chicquero

Daryl Feril is a Philippine-based freelance designer & illustrator. Illustration style is freestyle, a mix of rough hand-drawn sketches, flowly lines and curves, watercolor and digital. “Brands in full bloom” is a Series of Mixed Media Illustrations of world’s famous designer brands. Works done with Graphite & Watercolor in A4 Paper + Digital (Photoshop). The designs aim to illustrate and create a very feminine mood yet still conserve the sophistication and identity of each brands. The process begun with an initial hand-drawn illustration with graphite […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: art, arts, beautiful, brands, chic, daryl feril, Design, drawings, fancy, Fashion, illustration, mixed media

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