Posted on 16 November 2009

American Photorealist painter Richard Phillips lives and works in New York. He is known for his large-scale glossy hyper-realistic paintings, recalling the pictorial style of magazines from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and reflecting traditions of popular image.

His latest collaborations work was with the Mac Cosmetics and the beautiful Lacoste Polos
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Posted on 13 November 2009

Take Giacometti Sculptures, add it a little dose of Kandinsky paintings and mix it with some street art influence, you will get the amazing illustrations / paintings of French artist Amose – His unique style is so refined, i just love it !

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Posted on 09 October 2009

On first look you may just think the work of Japanese artist Kazuki Takamatsu are simply CGI models under the X Ray machine, but on closer viewing you realize that the works are in fact gouache (the method of mixing watercolor pigment with an opaque white pigment in a watercolor vehicle). Takamatsu mixes traditional and modern techniques, from one hand he uses gouache, hand painted monochromed based objects whilst from the other hand he uses “Depth Map” a technique where every pixel on the object is a shade of gray that is proportional to its distance from the object looking at it. The match of these two techniques give a real sense of surrealism, dark fairy tale computer workd and astonishing depth.

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Posted on 29 September 2009

In the same style as the Louboutin Ad campaign, except here it is not fashion, but weapons. The Russian based illustration studio Geliographic decided to mix classic still life paintings, with modern weapons. An interesting mix that grabbed my attention!

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Posted on 25 August 2009

One can say without a doubt that Swedish artist Linnea Strid’s forte is painting water in a way that confuses the onlooker as to whether the piece they are looking at is a photograph or a painting. Strid must have studied water in so much depth [mentally, visually, and physically alike] that she knows it inside and out. It seems as if she knows all of its characteristics and behaviors like one would know their best friend. Linnea knows when it moves, how it moves, where it moves, why it moves, and in turn truly moves all people that view her work.

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Posted on 12 August 2009

Artist Justine Lai cheekily explores humanizing and demythologizing the Presidents of the United States and subverting notions of authority by painting herself in intimate sexual encounters with the Presidents in chronological order. These artworks in her Join or Die series could be viewed as controversial but she approaches the spectacle of sex and politics with a certain playfulness.

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Posted on 12 August 2009

Stella Im Hultberg is raw femininity, sexuality, vulnerability, and reality. Nothing is masked in the faces of her girls; all misery, all troubles are fully evinced. Hultberg’s paintings and drawings cause the viewer to feel for her girls. They are the type of girls that everyone subconsciously desires [male and female alike]. They’ve faces like sombre supermodels but the way their sleepy eyes stare, the way their hands grasp for more, the way their hair falls and rises so freely are what make them so innocently seductive. The girls of Stella Im Hultberg may look as though they are trying to hide away, but they’re not at all. They show you everything everyone should know and appreciate about a woman.

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Posted on 30 July 2009

Martine Johanna’s Illustrations are a mix between fantasy world and fashion. Dutch born, Martine draws on all kind of mediums ~ paper, canvas, she also paint huge walls for fancy cafes or shops in Amsterdam. She seems to love playing with flying hair and blending it into forms and faces… Beautiful!

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Posted on 24 January 2009

French 27 years old Sophie Varela lives and works in Paris. Captivated by the beauty of the women she uses as an inspiration source, Sophie carries out illustrations for the Press, Fashion and Music Industries. Her glamorous and colorful pictorial work is also published in various Artbooks. In her personal Art which is translated into paintings for international exhibitions, Sophie is very attached to the traditional technics (watercolor, acrylic, oil, pencil…) and with classic construction she conceives her creations as the “Rebirth” period’s artists used to. We can definitely see that she is French by her drawing style – beautiful Work Sophie ! Bravo !
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Posted on 11 November 2007
Posted on 10 November 2007

My buddy Manu Custom aka Art Force One is still one of the Godfather’s of the game. His unique custom work on Nike’s and Vans continues to evolve and grow a bigger and bigger sneaker head following. Manu just launched his online store ! So if you feel like having some super rare sneakers in your collection hit up Art-Force-one.com

