Julie Heffernan from Julie Heffernan’s Constructions of Self Julie Heffernan creates sensuous figurative painting, like co-Yale MFAS, John Currin and Linda Yuskavage, but her luminous oils are patently unique among them and most working artists today. A Victorian impetus to conjoin, edging toward pastiche, creates artfully staged Surrealist environments. They avoid the mawkish or macabre by virtue of an evocative 17th century Baroque styling and the dignity with which she handles her primary subject, herself. Julie Heffernan at P.P.O.W Gallery Julie Heffernan at Catherine Clark Gallery Thanks to Modern Art Obsession for finding this artist!
Hand Drawn Rotoscoping Gifs and Other Animation Experiments by Matthias Brown I recently stumbled onto the Tumblr of animator Matthias Brown who shares his numerous experiments with rotoscoping and other animation techniques in quick looped gifs. In case you’re unfamiliar, rotoscoping is method where animators trace real footage frame by frame to create live-action animations with a hand drawn feel, a technique invented in 1915 by Max Fleischer who used it in his series Out of the Inkwell. While the technique is a century old it’s oddly refreshing to see it appear in today’s barrage of animated gifs, gritty imperfections and all. You can see much more of Brown’s work over on his aptly titled site TraceLoops, and he talks a bit more about his process here.
Des peintures de paysages marins au couteau Le peintre polonais Justyna Kopania crée ces paysages marins habités par des bateaux qui semble détaillés en quelques coups de couteau à peinture qui forment des aplats. Page D'accueil Toute utitlisation, reproduction non autorisée et plagiat, se mérite un doigt d'honneur de ma part. Baptiste Raphael François | Étendard vol.1 Par le passé les territoires étaient représentés par des armoiries (blason, écu…), toujours en vigueur aujourd’hui, mais ne répondant plus aux besoins en matière d’utilisation et communication. Souvent riches en détails, leur lisibilité déjà compliquée dépend souvent de contrastes colorés pouvant poser problème lors d’utilisation en noir et blanc ou lors de mauvaise impression. Ils sont donc peu adaptés à une utilisation logotype au sens contemporain où on l’entend. Cependant ils ont une légitimité de représentation historique du territoire, Étendard est le fruit d’un long travail de synthétisation et de stylisation de ces symboles. Puisque nous ne pouvons pas techniquement, nous permettre une telle richesse de détails en logotype, projetons l’ombre de ces symboles pour en obtenir une synthèse techniquement utilisable en logotype, qui pourra faire facilement le lien avec les symboles historiques complets.
Terrible Yellow Eyes The Daily Sketches of Guy Denning Every single day since November 2010, without fail, Bristol-based artist Guy Denning (previously) posts a daily sketch to his Drawing a Day blog (occasionally mirrored on his Facebook page). It’s well worth following. For more of his work head over to Signal Gallery where he had a solo show in October, and you can see much more on his website. wallpaper The wallpaper of this week is a photo I took in Hong Kong of one of the Space Invaders artwork. The exhibition was titled WIPE OUT and there were several amazing pieces from this legendary French artist. Invader is internationally known for his pixelated mosaic “space invaders” which he has placed in over 60 cities around the world for almost 20 years. In January 2014, the artist launched the third wave of his “invasion” in Hong Kong 13 years after he first hit the city.The works showed a significant evolution, displaying characters from local culture and classic cartoons, but still in the artist’s immediately recognisable pixel aesthetic. I define myself as an ULA, an unidentified living artist. I chose Invader as my pseudonym and I always appear behind a mask.
Swirling, Psychedelic Self-Portraits by Nikos Gyftakis Greek artist Nikos Gyftakis created this wonderful series of swirling self-portraits between 2004-2005. The works are made with oil pastels on canvas and are actually quite large, with a few of the pieces taller than 5′ (1.5m). You can see many more from this series and more of his recent work in his work gallery. (via empty kingdom) Speakerdog Paper Toys! Portraits Drawn with Tea, Vodka, Whiskey and Ink by Carne Griffiths UK-based illustrator Carne Griffiths creates these striking portraits with uncommon mediums such as tea brandy, vodka, whiskey, graphite and calligraphy ink. His drawings most frequently explore human and floral forms, as says he’s “fascinated by the flow of line and the ‘invisible lines’ that connect us to the natural world.” The four pieces above are part of a limited edition postcard set just released by Griffiths, each of which comes in a fancy custom-illustrated, wax-sealed envelope. He also has a solo show at Ink-d Gallery in Brighton that closes this Saturday.