Artists I'm liking right now.

The amazing Vania Zouravliov. More pics here though I'm not sure where his site has gone! 

Tommy Moorman at Albedo Design.

Max Ernst.

Antony Gormley.

Bob Staake - Illustrator.

Bob Staake's site is worth taking a look at if you're into illustration and children's art. Bob's been in the game for a while - evidenced by his completion of some 42 books! And a little gem Bob has on his How Magazine rated site, and that appears to be expanding, are these little crops of some nice retro art. This is just a snippet of some favourites. 

By Dan Hillier (Click me!)

This is Steampunk!

I've loved this type of stuff since I can remember but I never really knew that it had a name - Steampunk. Steampunk basically depicts a different age, perhaps sci-fi or fantasy or even an alternate history where steam power (and not electricity) prevails. It's often set in Victorian England or in worlds that might reference Victorian elements. As a genre, Steampunk started some time in the 80's. But as our global interest in alternate energy sources and different ways of being in the world grows, so too is the rise of interest in Steampunk. Here's a few more examples of Steampunk you may or may not have seen. Beautiful stuff.

Steampunk - an anthology of Steampunk fiction.

 
A PC all blinged out in Steamy Punkness

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This cover from the comic strip but also made into a not-too-high rating film.

The Film - The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morrello 

Steamboy - a Japanese animated film by the director of Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo. 

Steampunk Star Wars figures by Sillof, makers of all things steampunk. Chewy looks completely bitchin'.

Lovely.

I discovered this image somewhere (again, I don't know were from) but I love it. And I'm not really sure why. It's reminiscent of something from some time and some other place but I don't know when or where. The misty pallette reminds me of a moonlit scene from a Disney Feature Film but all I know of this is it was done quite recently and not by Disney. Maybe it's the still blue colours, or the primal security of shelter. Or maybe the pathway leads the viewer to imagine something unseen? At once I am comforted by this image but also frightened. It instills a familiar sense of childhood, or of a lonely anxiety when waking up in twilight hours after an afternoon nap.      

Coffeebot.

I'd like one of these. Although, I am trying to give up on coffee as evidenced by five days without it. I'm not sure if I had withdrawals or not - think it might have all been interwoven with serious sized man flu, which is probably a good thing. Why not suffer two wounded birds with one stone? Or something like that anyway. I have to say, I do feel a bit more naturally alert having not drunk the black stuff though. However, a coffee substitute would be a good thing to get on now if I'm going to keep this up. And chai-lattes don't always do it like a caffeine hit does. Now if anyone knows the name of the artist that did the above piece of genius, please let me know. I sourced it via ffffound but can't recall its origin.

Update(17/05): David Cabrera is the genius artist.

Moneygami.

Nature inspired sculptors I'm loving right now.

Jason deCaires Taylor. The above is just a smidgen of Jason's underwater sculpture garden which also acts as an artificial reef. Jason uses sound processes that address ecological issues, promote reef recovery and explore the relationship between art and the environment. 

Paul Villinski. He makes various sculptures out of aluminium cans.

Peter Donnelly. A Kiwi artist who reminds me a little of Andy Goldsworthy but on the beach. 

I'm loving these illustrators right now.

Matthew Woodson.


Evan Hecox - Making the ordinary interesting.


Nick Dewar.


Andrew Holder.


Alison Kendall - A great artist, designer and marine biologist with some quirky imaginings.

Sleeping Beauties.

Stop the Spread on Global Birdalism.

A personal realisation: With every respect to birds, I think I've had it with these types of vector based  bird and flower motifs. It's time to move forward design people of the world. 

Creativity and Education.

Carolyne sent me this. It's great. This is taken from the TED site and reveals footage of a talk given by Sir Ken Robinson on fostering Creativity in Education. Roughly 20 minutes but well worth it.  

Weblove.

I've seen this posted in a couple of places now and wondered whether he ever got the girl?

The answer...

Create your own Snowflake.

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Red Lollies.

This doesn't really belong here on this blog. Maybe 50%. However - it makes an interesting collage doesn't it?

Nature Study 2.

Sourced via ffffound

Nature Study.

Sourced via ffffound