the Abominable Art Blog

Deep Space Sparkle

2011-04-02T21:07:00.000-07:00

I really want Auri to be into art...but I find myself having her do store bought coloring books more than creating art work herself, that's why when I found this website I got excited. It just gives a bunch of artwork ideas for kids by age group. The above chicken and face were done by a first grader. Anyways, I know that some of you have kids or will someday, so I thought this site could be helpful in at least getting some ideas rolling. I've looked for sites like this and this is one of the best I've found with the emphasis focusing solely on art.

Scott Campbell

2011-03-21T15:52:00.000-07:00

Check out more here:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-dollar-bill-surgeon-12

Under the Sea-Jason deCaires Taylor

2011-03-18T18:41:00.001-07:00

More here.

Pretty cool naturalistic approach to art.

Awaiting Summer

2011-01-14T16:57:00.000-08:00

I'm ready for it to stop snowing. This beautifully shot video just provokes my yearning for warmer days. I'm not particularly fond of the music so I suggest muting the sound and turning up what ever you have playing elsewhere as the soundtrack.

Luca Barcellona: Calligraphy

2010-10-28T13:35:00.000-07:00

via drawn

Master of Productivity

2010-10-21T14:25:00.000-07:00

I'm floored by Brock Davis's productivity. From what I can gather, he took it on himself to "make something cool" everyday of 2009. I wonder what type of lifestyle he lives that allows that amount of creative free time.

Make Something Cool Every Day 2009:
One piece of creative work made every day for 365 consecutive days.
January 1st - December 31st. Enjoy.

Interactive Commercials: Fashion Edition

2010-10-14T11:10:00.000-07:00

As television and the online world continue to merge I think creative interactive video campaigns will become more common place. I'm sure you've all seen these types of sites in the past, but I thought I'd show you a few notable Examples:

Tabio Socks: SlideShow
Even though I'm not in the market for decorative women's nylon socks, this unique micro site kept my interest.

Wrangler Europe: Bluebell
I'm not sure what the story is, but Wrangler in Europe is so much better than it is here in the US?

Diesel: A Hundred Lovers
This one made the rounds on the internet a long time ago, but is applicable here.

Robert Garcia: Childhood

2010-10-06T09:12:00.000-07:00

These paintings are fairly large. I'd love to hang a few Robert's colorful gems around my home. I'm all about the content he chooses. Seems like I'm always partial to anything referencing childhood memories or youthful antics. I'm glad I stumbled upon his work, its just the motivational spark I needed to figure out my next project to keep me saine through the coming winter months of hibernation.
robertgarciart.com

Commence

2010-09-11T09:34:00.000-07:00

Start your weekend off with this Animal Collective catchy tune and bizarre, illustrative "My Girls" video
I suggest taking advantage of Vimeos high quality Fullscreen mode

Ghostbusters, Goonies, and Gremlins

2010-09-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

SlashFilm posted up some splendid fan art for the "3-G" show here

fullscreen please

2010-08-27T11:58:00.000-07:00

Made by Everynone (in Collaboration with WNYC's Radiolab & NPR)
Directed by Daniel Mercadante & Will Hoffman

VW's Interactive Gondry

2010-08-23T09:42:00.000-07:00

Red Urban Canada recently launched an interactive "sunday drive" online experience for Volkswagon. The concept is extremely similar to the old Chemical Brothers video "Star Guitar" done by Michel Gondry. Is it a rip off, a homage to, or just a similar in nature by coincidence? In any case, both are worth checking out.

Here's Gondry's original video:

via: fwa

Living Breathing: Blue Note Vinyl Covers

2010-08-18T08:24:00.000-07:00

I just don't grow old of this concept. I think the design of that time/genre still holds a lot of aesthetic value to me. I've posted similar posts in the past. This concept seems to be gaining interest and popularity so we may see it up on here again.

thank you: grain edit

Dalton Ghetti

2010-07-31T13:25:00.000-07:00

Precision to say the least.
More info here.

The Wave Pictures - Sweetheart

2010-07-14T08:21:00.000-07:00

via motionographer

Nostalgia

2010-06-28T09:42:00.000-07:00

via: motionographer

Have you seen...

2010-06-26T19:54:00.000-07:00

The Underwater Project?

The Underwater Project from The Underwater Project on Vimeo.

Sol Linero

2010-06-22T12:35:00.001-07:00

Oceans from Sol Linero on Vimeo.

Each Campaign from Sol Linero on Vimeo.

Volcanic TimeLapse

2010-05-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

music: by Jonsi of Sigur Rós

Recycled Tire Sculptures

2010-05-06T11:31:00.001-07:00

LINK

Yulia Brodskaya

2010-05-04T18:49:00.000-07:00

These are made with paper folks. PAPER.

Kate MacDowell

2010-04-22T12:02:00.000-07:00

Kate MacDowell awesome sculptor.

Digitially Hand-Written

2010-04-16T15:44:00.000-07:00

Spike Jonze: I'm Here

2010-04-01T13:31:00.000-07:00

I've seen lots floating around the internet about this Spike Jonze short, but I never got around to watching it. I finally did today. I recommend it. Its about 29 min long. It kinda gave me new respect for short films. I've always struggled with how powerful a story could be if its limited to such brief length. This film gave me new faith in the medium.

LINK

i.am.nerd

2010-03-26T14:45:00.000-07:00

Oh man, theses are brilliant.

i.am.nerd series on flickr.

Real Life

2010-03-18T08:39:00.000-07:00

Pretty cool idea.

See more here.

Kal Gajoum

2010-03-10T16:16:00.000-08:00

Kal paints with a palette knife! He uses bold blunt strokes, but it works. I don't normally post this type of artist on here, but his style is so distinct. Browse his work and be sure and watch his Sin City style promo video in the home section of His Site- its kinda funny.

Natural Gas Belgium

2010-03-05T14:50:00.000-08:00

Michel Gondry-esk commerical with a dash of PES toward the end.

Kristian Hammerstad

2010-03-02T13:42:00.000-08:00

link

Invite Friends: The Morning Benders

2010-02-17T11:38:00.000-08:00

Any creative collaboration involving friends perks my interest. Some of my funnest projects have been sloppy mini camcorder movies made with buddies. Maybe someday I'll get them digitized and online.

Bernie Fuchs: The Legend

2010-02-03T13:06:00.000-08:00

I've seen his work in the past and have always enjoyed it. I'm glad I can now put an artist with the work. I can't get over how amazing his compositions are. Look at the use of negative space! Is crazy how well he leads your eye through the flow of each piece. Wish I could find big prints for sale. Bernie Fuchs Flickr Set

Andrew Archer

2010-02-03T12:28:00.000-08:00

This 23 year old New Zealander blows me away. His work is reminiscent of the spectacular James Jean. Great use of texture. Something I need to explore more in my work.

HIS SITE

Nick Dewar: Dies at age 37

2010-02-01T22:01:00.000-08:00

I was bummed to find out tonight that one of my favorite artists Nick Dewar died today at the young age of 37. We had mentioned him earlier on here, and I often reference his site for inspiration and to see if he had added anything new. Coincidentally I read an article in a magazine last month about him. It really left an impression on me. It made me really admire him because he had become one of the most sought after illustrators alive and decided to set down his brush and stepped away from the hustle and bustle of working and took a long break to travel and live life. The article explained he had married and when he returned back to the US from his travels he moved his home base from the east cost to California - I think near Laguna Beach. (this is just from my memory, I may be mistaken.) The article explained his work had picked right up where he had left off, and he was getting requests instantly as if he had never even left. Which really is no surprise.

His style was so distinct and clean. I've yet to find someone who can compete with his line quality. It puts adobe illustrator to shame. The art world has lost a notable contributer.

His site-
Buy His Prints- (while they last)

Keil Johnson

2010-01-21T11:38:00.000-08:00

Most of hype right now about Kiel Johnson swirls around his stylized cardboard sculptures and his exaggerated mechanized contraptions. They're amazing, but I also really enjoy his illustration work. Its reminiscent of one of my favorites "Travis Millard" in line and Value.

Be sure and check out more of Kiel's work.

Mia Brownell "Still Life"

2010-01-20T08:38:00.000-08:00

I never was really on board with still-life paintings of a fruit basket or flowers in a vase. But I could comfortably hang the work of Mia Brownell in my home. I never tire of her paintings due to the powerful movement and flow they have.

Matthias Heiderich

2010-01-20T08:27:00.000-08:00

This guys getting mention all over the web, but its well deserved.

His Photography
His Flickr
[ I recommend his "Berlin" set, but its all great stuff ]

Owl-ish

2010-01-16T12:57:00.000-08:00

Recent painting - Acrylic on wood. Its been too long without painting. I need practice and it shows. This was a gift for a friend's 1 year old baby. Don't look too close.

Jesse Hazelip: Buffalo Bomber

2010-01-14T08:32:00.000-08:00

These pieces are from his recent "Sentimental Journey" show.

Enjoy more of Jesse's work here

via: We love you so

Original take on Flip-Book Animation

2010-01-08T11:57:00.000-08:00

I like these types of ideas. Ideas that use such basic materials everyone has access to and make a totally original piece of art.

via: Juxt

Harbin Ice and Snow Festival

2010-01-06T10:17:00.000-08:00

My mind is still trying to comprehend the time, effort, and craftsmanship involved in this.

Be sure and check the rest of the photos here.

via: Boston.com

Holiday Triptych

2009-12-30T14:58:00.000-08:00

A recent commission - all the client wanted was a series of three illustrations, so it really was pretty open. I'm hopping she's not weirded-out. That middle one came out a little more homoerotic than I anticipated.

[Click to Enlarge]

update: Client was happy with these, -- sigh. You never know when the concept and subject matter is completely open. You cross your fingers its not way off the mark from what their expecting/hoping for.

1960's Pulp Novel Covers Come to Life

2009-12-22T20:51:00.000-08:00

Look past the half naked females, and take note of the amazing feat of bringing mod-style pulpy paperback novel covers to live action. I love the typography, and tiny details added in recreating 1960's paperback cover art, even down to the tinny text callouts in the corners, pricing, and printing publisher. The first 1/4 of the video is all homage to James Bond silhouettes, (not that impressive) but stick it out, the latter half is the pulp-art-cover-illustration-style that impressed me. Be sure and view full screen (the arrows in bottom right of video player), This small size doesn't do it justice.

My wife wasn't impressed, I think the curvy female ruined it for her. So I realize this may not be for everyone

Ronald Kurniawan

2009-12-11T13:27:00.000-08:00

Partake of the splendid goodness that is Ronald Kurniawan. Look beyond the first page; Use the paginated navigation in the top left to browse his full collection of work.

I'm surprised I haven't seen this guys work before now. I love how fun, and playful his content is. His style is reminiscent of Jillian Tamaki and James Jean to me.

Brandon Voges: Upside Down Portraits

2009-12-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

See more shots from this series here.

Some of Brandon's other work.

80's Dating Videos

2009-12-04T14:55:00.001-08:00

Some may not consider this art, but I consider it a MASTERPIECE.

Letters of Note

2009-12-03T09:59:00.000-08:00

A friend recently brought this to my attention. It looks legitimate to me, and if they are real, its a gem of a blog to follow. Personal letters from an excited 20 year old David Bowie, or a prisoner of war letter by Kurt Vonnegut, J. D. Salinger, Robert Oppenheimer, Kurt Cobain, Andy Kauffman, Frank Sinatra, Edger Allen Poe, and numerous other fascinating figures. The letters weren't intended for numerous eyes, and some are so personal I feel kinda like a snoopy little sister reading them. Enjoy.

Letters of Note

via Jessie

Ran Hwang's - Cherry Blossoms

2009-12-02T12:52:00.000-08:00

Using thousands of nails and Cherry Blossoms, Ran Hwang spends days working on these massive time consuming murals. See more of her impressive work HERE.

The paintings of Brian Despain

2009-11-13T23:06:00.000-08:00

are so good.

Anne Hardy

2009-11-10T15:22:00.001-08:00

Incredible sets made by Anne Hardy .

Grizzled Again - "Ready, Able"

2009-11-09T08:38:00.000-08:00

This isn't the first time Grizzly Bear has been mentioned on here. This one is equally bizarre. Credits goes to Allison Schulnik as well as Grizzly Bear of course.

via: It's Nice That

Paul Hollingworth

2009-10-27T17:07:00.000-07:00

Beautiful work.

Check out more of his projects on his Behance portfolio

Google-Maps Typography

2009-10-22T14:08:00.000-07:00

Check out designer Rhett Dashwood's google maps alphabet. Now somebody just has to start finding inanimate objects, animals, and celebrities' faces in the topographic photos from google maps.

link via: The Art Dept

Massive Marionettes in Berlin

2009-10-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

France's Royal de Luxe street theatre company performs these huge scale marionette performances with gigantic marionettes and a crew of hundreds of puppeteers. I've seen past videos and photos of these performances, but this particular performance through down town Berlin and these quality photos really capture it for me. It being Halloween season, I thought this appropriate to post cause these things are extremely creepy to me.

link

If you haven't added the Boston Globe's "The Big Picture" to your RSS feeds yet, you should. Its full of amazing stuff.

Autumn Cruiser of the future

2009-10-13T09:46:00.000-07:00

I think the fact that it is entirely all white, makes it even more unique.

See more photos and video of this artwork in action here.

Welcome Autumn

2009-09-30T08:42:00.001-07:00

Summer has come and gone. Fair well good friend. Until next year.

Alex Varanese

2009-09-30T08:29:00.000-07:00

His Site

David Ellis & BLU

2009-09-23T23:10:00.000-07:00

Makes me want to have a courtyard, just so I can paint it.

link via: drawn

Home Video

2009-09-22T13:59:00.001-07:00

I really enjoyed this home video posted by Jarbas Agnelli which was shot by his dad in 1974.

Super 8 - 1974 from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Mark Gonzales

2009-09-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

That Ed Templeton post made me want to post about Mark Gonzales. Mark's creativity is uncanny. Just watch him skate. He's talented in traditional painting, poetry and writing, but skating is his strongest art-form. His ability to react to his environments and create original impromptu tricks/performances has earned him international attention. In the late 90's a respected German museum contacted Mark to showcase some of his work, and in response he dressed up in what looks like fencing gear or a straight-jacket and skated the unique museum architecture in his distinct style. If I can find it online, I'll try and post a video of it below. He's been credited with co-pioneering street skating and making it what it is today. Its said he was the first to skate rails. You can find plenty of interesting videos and info on Gonz all over the internet. He's been around a while, and is still creatively contributing to society today.

sorry so many skate-related posts, Im done for awhile. Although I'm really itching to post something about Jim Phillips I'll hold off for now.

Ed Templeton

2009-09-13T13:42:00.000-07:00

I've always been a fan of Ed Templeton, and I'm realizing I haven't really given him enough mention on here. Beyond being an incredible skater, he's extremely creative and produces original unique illustration that grace skate decks to high-end gallery walls. He also receives plenty of praise for his documentary style photography of skate culture and southern California, not to mention he runs his own thriving skate company Toy Machine. He's a huge inspiration to me.

His RVCA weblog
His photoblog

Jaime Martinez: Three Frames

2009-09-13T13:28:00.000-07:00

I've seen these 3-frame beauties floating around the internet the past few weeks. Who would have thought that the old animated GIF would ever been creatively mentionable after 1995.

Mexico's Jamie Martinez has more captivating 3-frame shots here.

20+ Years Later

2009-08-31T20:52:00.000-07:00

I love photography projects that deal with re-visiting the exact same content years later. Peter Feldstein took photos of every resident ( 676 ) of his small Iowa town of Oxford. Now 20+ years later he's taken a follow-up photograph and had them reflect on camera about the years between the two photos. Of the 676 residents, there are bound to be some real wacky characters, interesting interviews and photos. I'll have to try and track down the book. More

"Hundreds of Oxford residents come to life in these pages. Time leaps back and forth, instantly elapsing twenty years. Meet, among others, the donut baker who went from having to be weighed on a livestock scale to losing over 150 pounds with the encouragement of the entire town; the Pentecostal minister who gave up buck-skinning to found his own church and now awaits the rapture in 2028; the World War II veteran who survived the Battle of the Bulge, but still suffers terribly from post-traumatic stress disorder; his son, a recipient of the Purple Heart for his service in Vietnam, who shares his father's affliction." -the book

link via:cpluv

Brendan Lee: Juxtaposition

2009-08-26T14:36:00.000-07:00

I realized we haven't put up many ceramic artists on here. I enjoyed the contrasting styles in Brendan Lee's "Manga Ormolu" collection.

link via: hi-fructose

Li Wei: Suspended

2009-08-26T14:26:00.000-07:00

Pretty powerful photography with the help of a crane and some wires.

Link

link via: cpluv

GRACE ZENS: Fan Art

2009-08-21T08:59:00.000-07:00

A couple days back I stumbled upon the CHICKEN NUGGET LEMON TOOTY blog. Its basically a blog where a dad has been posting up his 3 kids, Isaac, Grace, and Lily's drawings for the past few years. The Dad himself is an artist (Aaron Zenz) and has been encouraging and sharing his kids art. Recently they had open submissions for fan art. I loved seeing other artists trying to interpret or re-imagine the kid's creativity in their own style.

I've seen similar concepts where photographers try to re-create children's drawings, or artists illustrate them. Its a concept I really enjoy, and I think is mainly due the originality of the children's drawings to begin with. Children have a raw untainted creativity, which for some reason most people lose as they grow older.

When your playing with a little kid, and you say " lets draw a horse riding a horse", they do it no hesitation. They're probably excited to. But if you ask an adult to draw just a man, most of the time they get awkward, embarrassed and refuse. Or they'll just draw a stick figure. What changed, why won't they just draw? It doesn't have to look like so-and-so's, it doesn't have to be proportional or even accurate.

Just like handwriting everyone has their own unique drawing style, and it should be explored and enjoyed at any age. I apologize for the long winded post. Nobody reads these anyways, they just look at the pics. Speaking of, here's my fan art submission I did based on a drawing by Gracie Zenz (age 6).

Kalle Gustafsson

2009-08-12T08:52:00.000-07:00

Over saturated, lots of tone mapping, and excellent compositions. His motion work also carries his style real well. This photo is from his advertising > atg series.

his portfolio

link via: Adobe

Frank Stockton

2009-08-07T08:56:00.000-07:00

Saw his stuff on the recent cover of Communication Arts magazine. I specifically love his compositions. His style is reminiscent to Tomer Hanuka and sometimes simliar to Jillian Tamaki.

See more of his amazing work here.

Mathieu Beaulieu: Vector Perfect

2009-08-07T08:43:00.001-07:00

He's a little more cartoony than we usually put on here, but his vector illustrations have so much personality I had to post him up. See more of his work on his blog.

Typogriffic!

2009-08-05T16:31:00.000-07:00

It really is kinda strange to me that art centered around type is so interesting to me. You'd think that art centered around so many other actual objects, animals, humans, concepts, landscapes, etc would be so much cooler, but I'm so often drawn to interesting presentations of letters and type. Type taken as form and shape would seem to be one of the more boring subjects to base art around, but its surprisingly not so. I'm probably not making sense. Does anyone get what I'm trying to say...

Terri Timely: Directory of Peculiarity

2009-08-04T09:47:00.000-07:00

He's diffidently got a distinct style, and his color and textures are real unique and memorable. Check out his site here. I recommend this video to taste his flavor. Looks like he's worked for some pretty well known clients, and done some big name music videos.

Vincent Fournier

2009-07-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

terrible site navigation, but worth while images.

Nick Meek

2009-07-30T08:48:00.000-07:00

Great use of color. link

Jeff Scher: Technology-less Animation

2009-07-28T10:34:00.000-07:00

via: its nice that

lo-fi: Music Visualizer

2009-07-23T08:35:00.001-07:00

via: my computerlove

Sweetheart: Cinema 4D Dynamics

2009-07-14T15:36:00.000-07:00

See more motion work by Universal Everything

behind the scenes
links via: Inspire To Be More

Funny Spam Illustrations

2009-07-13T12:00:00.001-07:00

You've all seen the funny spam emails. Elliott Burford takes those HOT one liners and makes an illustration from them.

This was posted on my friends blog, which you can check out here.
Original post with more illustrations are here.

Wes Anderson: A Peek at The Fox

2009-07-10T14:49:00.000-07:00

Wes Anderson's next project is a stop-motion feature film based on Roald Dahl’s children's book "Fantastic Mr. Fox". It's got his usual big list of big names in the cast including: Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe and many others. The David Bowie-esk brit-popper Jarvis Cocker is doing the score. This image is the first to leak out from the film.

I'm not sure what I expected, but now that I see it, it kinda makes sense he would go with a 1970's style of puppets/animation. Kind of along the lines of the old Rudolph Christmas stop-motion stuff I guess.

This particular photo really reminds me a lot of an old "Little Red Riding Hood" children's book I had growing up. It was illustrated by T. Izawa and S. Hijikata, and it was all done using photographs of creepy puppets.

The trailer is said to be coming out soon, I'm really interested to see how it looks.

For more info visit imdb and or The Rushmore Academy

update - another recent photo. (this photo looks like a better representation than the first) Click for larger view

Visual Poetry: ...And a Glair of Hashish

2009-07-09T17:37:00.000-07:00

Poem by: Alan Brunton
Poem Title: Transformed Urbs - The Days Of
Visuals by: Thomas Bredin-Grey

Disclaimer: The word "hump" is used along with the word "palliases" which just means a straw-filled mattress

Music video shot with CCTV cameras

2009-07-01T19:23:00.000-07:00

The Get Out Clause decided to use all of the "big brother" cctv cameras throughout the U.K. to make a music video.

"The band set up their music equipment, from microphones to drum kit, in eighty different locations, including buses and what appear to be taxi cabs, and then requested all of the footage using the Data Protection Act, an English statute similar to the U.S.’s Freedom of Information Act that mandates any individual should have access to all information collected about them."

Brilliant!

via The Future of Media

I'm a sucker for color

2009-07-01T13:40:00.001-07:00

Notte Sento

2009-06-30T20:34:00.000-07:00

Great stop motion video done with over 4500 stills. Vespa, beautiful Italian girl and cameras. Can't get much better then that.

JeanYves Lemoignee: Pronounce that....

2009-06-26T16:38:00.000-07:00

View the urban legends of JeanYves Lemoigne and say that name three times fast.

Disclaimer: Beware of wacky 3D pixilated nudity in the "Editorial" work section

Jonathan Bergeron: Sugar Skulls and then more Sugar Skulls

2009-06-26T16:12:00.000-07:00

I stumbled upon the blog of Jonathan Bergeron recently, and I haven't found an official website full of his work yet, so you'll have to navigate his generic blaaaaugh to see his stuff. He really is a well rounded artist with the ability to depict a variety of stylized content. But from what I can see on his blog he's fascinated with painting sugar skulls in diverse context and a variety of situations. All in all, I'm into the style and playfulness of his paintings.

Uncooked Music Videos

2009-06-17T17:03:00.000-07:00

This is kind of the follow-up/context to that last Fleet Foxes post. I think we need more music and performance art related posts on here.

"The Take away shows are la Blogotheque’s first video podcasts.
Every week, we invite an artist or a band to play in the streets, in a bar, a park, or even in a flat or in an elevator, and we film the whole session. Of course, what makes the beauty of it is all the little incidents, hesitations, and crazy stuff happening unexpectingly. Besides, we do not edit the videos so they look perfectly flawless, instead we keep the raw sound of the surroundings. Our goal is to try and capture instants, film the music just like it happens, without preparation, without tricks. Spontaneity is the keyword.

The Take away shows exist since April 2006. There was Chryde, who wanted to shake things up and find another way to share music, and there was Vincent Moon, who wanted to film music differently. Chryde offered Moon to go and film musicians in the city, Moon seized the idea and glorified it. Since then, other directors across the world joined this project, and we plan to extend it worldwide."

text via: La Blogotheque

Summer, please make yourself at home

2009-06-15T23:19:00.000-07:00

In celebration of summer finally arriving here's some Fleet Foxes. I'm not sure why but they're music and their singer Robin Pecknold's voice makes me want to go camping in the mountains. This song doesn't really start until like 2:30 into this video.

Jeremy Geddes: Ground Control

2009-06-14T13:40:00.000-07:00

All I want for Christmas is a Jeremy Geddes print. His astronaut series is so impressive to me! Even without the floating cosmonauts, the composition, colors, and moods of his environments alone are amazing! Be sure and browse his blog as well, to see his process, comps, sketches, and newest work.

Snik.

2009-06-12T14:35:00.000-07:00

I ran across this on the Wooster Collective. Tried finding more work from them but this is all I could find. Great Stuff. If anyone has anymore info about them please let me know!

From Romanyg on Flickr.

From PaulGreen on Flickr.

Sorry I'm Late

2009-06-11T14:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry I'm Late from Tomas Mankovsky on Vimeo.

A stop motion short film shot with a stills camera in the ceiling pointing straight at the floor. There's tons of 'making of' stuff at the website sorry-im-late.com

AJ FOSIK: Wooden Wonders

2009-06-10T14:44:00.000-07:00

How great would it be to get one of these to hang on your wall. I'd love it!

Flickr Set
Interview

Dan Park: Master of Color

2009-06-10T14:25:00.000-07:00

Another great NYC illustrator who's mastered the art of creating memorable color palettes. His work reminds me a lot of Tomer Hanuka.(Tomer is amazing. Be cautioned because some of Tomer's illustrations could be considered offensive)

Daniel's Site

Rob Valley's: Beatle Mania

2009-06-06T09:54:00.000-07:00

On that same note of 2D illustrations meeting 3D motion:

Sorry to do so many video posts in a row, we'll get some tangible art makers up soon. Couldn't resist not sharing this recent illustrative animated gem done by Rob Valley, put together to promote the new Beatles Rock Band game.

The end of the video gets a little too abstract for my tastes, but the beginning is amazing

UK's McBess: Nudie Loon

2009-06-06T09:30:00.000-07:00

I'm surprised I haven't put anything up for McBess already. I saw his stuff a long time ago. He's on 23, and does some pretty remarkable design and illustration work. He recently came out with this Video made with the help of the 3D animator Simon Landrein. Its really cool to see the interpretation of his 2D illustrations into 3D motion.

Disclaimer: His site is full of strong language, and his video and artworks feature rubbery armed nudie lady monster things.

Alberto Cerriteño: Mexican Magic

2009-05-30T15:40:00.000-07:00

Alberto Cerriteño's illustrations are an original mixture of traditional mexican illustration with the playful urban style seen in todays pop surrealism movement. Not only does he produce amazing original illustration work, but is a successful art director and designer. Be sure and check out his video work here as well.

Adobe + Creativity =

2009-05-27T16:59:00.000-07:00

Here's a pretty memorable, fairly bizarre marketing video demonstrating the power of the adobe products teamed with originality and creativity.

click the expand icon in the bottom right, to view it at a better size

Virtual Panoramic Meets Flash

2009-05-21T08:47:00.000-07:00

Made me want to visit New York City again. link

be sure and click full screen in bottom right, click and drag, toggle the controls, experiment...

Jerome Castro: Hello French Fellow

2009-05-20T20:25:00.000-07:00

With his vibrant colors and lovely characters, french designer Jerome Castro does some entertaining illustration work.

Disclaimer: Due to strong language, viewer discretion is advised.

Lisa Hannigan

2009-05-14T09:36:00.000-07:00

I thought this was pretty clever.

Crazy Folded Paper Art

2009-05-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

I don't know how he does it, but Mr. Simon Schubert makes highly detailed images just from folding paper. Check out the gallery HERE.

Psychedelic Search Results

2009-05-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

This flash site uses some pretty complex search/browsing functionality and provides a pretty remarkable experience. You enter a keyword and it searches the web for pictures, video, and sound, and builds a custom little psychedelic montage based on the word you entered. It takes a sec to load but tough it out. Its worth the wait.

Check it out here.

Its funny to me cause some of the music chosen comes from some pretty ridicules youtube videos with the corresponding keyword in its description.

via: thefwa.com

Feathered Fascinations

2009-05-06T14:19:00.000-07:00

Check out Kate McGwire's feather installations. Pretty wild.

via: The Frozen Mammoth