Archive for the 'Art' Category

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Steps In The Race To Outer Space

American Bosch Arma, 1959 by Frank Tinsley

A really nice collection of 1950’s space-inspired artworks.

Sophie Griotto

Scene 1 by Sophie Griotto

Typically French, typically feminine; the illustration of Sophie Griotto.

[via Design You Trust]

Juan Molinet’s Useless Deities and Demigods

God of Sound by Juan Molinet

Including the ‘The Ogoh Ogoh Demigod of Cartoon Movies’, ‘The Malayan Sacred Ox of Partial Wisdom’ and the God of Sound (pictured).

Dmitry Maksimov

Photographic Illustration by Dmitry Maksimov

A truly wonderful balance of photography, illustration and execution by Dmitry Maksimov.

[via Design You Trust]

Kunstformen der Natur

Hexacoralla from Kunstformen der Natur by Ernst Haeckel

Loosely translated as “The Artforms of Nature”, this is an online version of this stunning book of biological imagery from the 1900’s by Ernst Haeckel.

Rod Hunt

Christmas Office Party by Rod Hunt

I have always been a fan of these isometric, well-detailed life illustrations, Rod Hunt is up there with the best.

BMW Kinetic Sculpture

Video of the fantastic kinetic sculpture at the newly opened BMW Museum in Munich. A set of silver balls suspended by strings, pulled like a puppet to create wonderful 3d flowing shapes.

[via engadget]

Will Murai

Old Punk by Will Murai

Excellent paintings by Brazilian artist; Will Murai.

Computer Game Sprites in Real Life

Retro Tower - Donkey Kong by Lee Vidal

A brilliant mixture of 8-bit sprites and real life imagery, Lee Vidal shows us all what would happen if the computer games of old came to life.

[via Geekologie]

Reverse Graffiti

Reverse Graffiti by Paul Curtis

Awesome idea, reverse graffiti is the technique of using stencils to clean urban walls creating fantastic street art without the spray paint.

Watch the documentary about the ‘professor of dirt’ Paul Curtis.

[via BoingBoing]

Stewart Swan’s Everyday Faces

A Suitable Ending by Stewart Swan

The work of Stewart Swan captures and exaggerates the odd expressions of everyday people in an unsettling manor, truly unique.

Enigma Series

Enigma 04 by Drew Europeo

The enigma series by Drew Europeo, colourful, psychedelic and biological.

Substrate

Substrate, computational pattern algorythm by Jarad Tarbell.

Stunning computational pattern makers by Jarad Tarbell; substrate combines perpendicular growth with a slight water-colour effect to create these wonderful random city-like images. There are other algorithms in the gallery, but so far substrate is the best I have seen.

[via phidelity.com]

David Dessens’ Superformula

Renderings of the Superforumula by Sanch

Experimental, algorithmic artworks by David (Sanch) Dessens.