Adam Flores (Surreal 3d art)

Adam Flores has one of the most amazing styles I have seen.  It's fresh and beautiful, and most of all original. I have to say that I would love to see a 3d animation in this style.

Source: www.adamaflores.com

Collage Techniques Video

One of the most versatile art techniques that is not easily acquired by most artists, but results bring a surprising combination of creativity and sometimes "re-creativity"since most times photos and other art prints are use to do collage. As an artist i consider all collage techniques very challenging. 

Enjoy the video and... the song.

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH (Artist Contribution-Exhibition)

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH : ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE 500 POST CARDS EACH TO CREATE AN UNBOUND BOOK ABOUT DEATH. AN HOMAGE TO RAY JOHNSON, A CELEBRATION OF EMILY HARVEY, A GLOBAL EXPLORATION OF DEATH.

Artists also contributed posters, free for download in high resolution PDFs.  Videos, press releases and other materials are free on the site.  The exhibition continues in various forms, moving on to The Otis College of Art and Design (through October 31) and the Queens Museum of Art (November 1 - 15, 2009).  Other exhibitions are planned throughout the US, Europe and Asia in the next 18 months.

For more info visit visit this site

Courtesy The Emily Harvey Foundation.

Drawing a realistic eye (Photoshop Tutorial)

More than a tutorial this video shows the process of drawing a realistic eye using photoshop with a drawing tablet


I used a similar technique to illustrate this book cover below.

Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch

The Garden of Earthly Delights is one of my favorite paintings not only because it was painted by Bosch but because it has a mixed of everything I like to see in paintings. In this video you will see a slide show of some of Hieronymus Bosch Painting.

Rune Olsen (Organic Sculptures)

Rune Olsen Sculptures are mostly made out of newspaper, masking tape and other organic elements that once combined they become magnificent pieces of art.

Rune Olsen is a sculptor and installation artist born in Norway. Since his first solo show in 1997 at Young Artists Association in Oslo, Norway, he has exhibited in numerous galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and Europe, including Bronx Museum of The Arts (NY 2001), Islip Art Museum (NY 2002), Jones Center for Contemporary Art (TX 2004), Aljira Center for Contemporary Art (NJ 2004) and, Smack Mellon and Exit Art (NY 2005). His life-size sculptures of people and animals, which examine the interplay among desire, power structures and society, was exhibited in the 2005 Istanbul Biennial and most recently in 2006 at Hillwood Art Museum’s “Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild.”
 
To see more visit runeolsen.com

 

Hand stamped stationery by Geninne.

I found this art form very original and great. I can imagine how much time it takes for Geninne to create these stationary set. Very, very creative!

To see more of Geninne's art please visit her blog

Realistic Sculptures by Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain.
Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo, and the Jim Henson series The Storyteller. info taken from wikipedia

 

 

 

Did you know what Picasso's real name was?

Picasso's real name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. A little too long right?