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Dadu Shin - illustrating with a point

carrdora — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:17:23 +0000

A young American artist with an ice-cream company name (in his own words) Dadu Shin does highly original illustration with strong concepts. Some of them are images of written ideas, collaborating with financial issue PLANSPONSOR being one of the proudest moments for the artist. A fresh graduate from Rhode Island Institute of Design, Dadu Shin experiments with various techniques and trains his drawing skills with fashion illustration. For his commissioned works he uses or mixes painting with digital rendering tehnology, admittedly for the beauty of firm lines and shapes.

Dadu Shin, Re-culture

Dadu Shin, Inside or Outside

Dadu Shin, Getting an Upgrade

Dadu Shin, Reusing the Junkyard

Dadu Shin, Lots to Consider

Dadu Shin, Indecent Exposure

illustration by Dadu Shin

Dadu Shin, Sick Day

Enchanting porcelain beauties

carrdora — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:19:45 +0000

Marina Bychkova, originally from Siberia, accomplished her doll making art in Vancouver, Canada after studying Fine Art at Emily Carr Institute and taking advanced jewelry design classes. The result took shape as the Enchanted Doll the artist’s own label of exquisite porcelain ball jointed dolls. There are many doll artists out there but few of them can create a thrilling universe of their own. The name was inspired by Paul Gallico’s fictional short story called Enchanted Doll, “where a young woman creates dolls with so much love that they enchant people at first sight with their compelling, delicate, life-like beauty”. I think we all can agree that Marina Bychkova brought this story to life.

Echo doll by Marina Bychkova

Alice doll by Marina Bychkova

Cixi doll by Marina Bychkova

Cinderella doll by Marina Bychkova

Elena doll by Marina Bychkova

Agnetha doll by Marina Bychkova

Lotus doll by Marina Bychkova

Nitocris doll by Marina Bychkova

Swan Princess doll by Marina Bychkova

Imperial Concubine doll by Marina Bychkova

Countess Bathory doll by Marina Bychkova

Dunyazade and Scheherazade dolls by Marina Bychkova

Heather Mattoon's fashionable cats

carrdora — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:36:36 +0000

"We should be more like cats: soulful, stylish, and entirely unconcerned with others’ opinions" says artist Heather Mattoon, motivating her lovely Cats in Clothes series of paintings. Each portrait shows a unique character, each cat having a distinct personality and an outfit to match. Also every art piece comes with a brief description, a teaser to a fun possible story.

Savannah by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Alan by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Rose by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Morris by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Margaret by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Alex by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Violet by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Cooper by Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

Dreams revealed in Moon’s photographs

pavelina — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:36:46 +0000

I’ve always loved dream-like, surreal photography. I’m a big fan of Man Ray’s works and recently I have discovered another incredible artist: photographer and filmmaker Sarah Moon.

Sarah Moon Photography

Sarah Moon Photography

Fantastic photographs of Dariusz Klimczak

pavelina — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:44:20 +0000

I spent so many days trying to figure out how Dariusz Klimczak took these splendid photographs. Klimczak definitely charmed me with his surreal artworks, based on perfect compositions, eerie, fascinating characters, fictional sets and accurate technique.

Dariusz Klimczak photography

Dariusz Klimczak photography

The marvelous world of Gabriel Pacheco

pavelina — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:40:36 +0000

Gabriel Pacheco is a remarkable Mexican illustrator. He became a published artist after his sister asked him to illustrate a story. Fortunately, Pacheco continued to explore his native talent and created a splendid portfolio of illustrations for children books, poetry volumes and fantastic literature.

Gabriel Pacheco, The Little Mermaid

Gabriel Pacheco, Me vuelvo noche

Gabriel Pacheco, El Viaje

Gabriel Pacheco, Lontananza

Gabriel Pacheco, Los Cuatro Amigos

Gabriel Pacheco, Taller de corazones

Gabriel Pacheco, Carmen

Gabriel Pacheco, Swan Lake

Gabriel Pacheco, Tres ninas

The illustrated satire of Pawel Kuczynski

pavelina — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:16:07 +0000

When I first saw Pawel Kuczynski’s illustrations I feared I had too little words to describe them. In brief, I must say that his works are absolutely incredible. And I’m not talking only about their fine, sharp lines, their vibrant characters and colors, but about the stories beneath them. Pawel is famous for his satirical style and his various themes.

Pawel Kuczynski, Apple

Pawel Kuczynski, Swan Lake

Pawel Kuczynski, Slave

Pawel Kuczynski, Christmas

Pawel Kuczynski, Cleaner

Pawel Kuczynski, Dynamite

Pawel Kuczynski, Integration

Pawel Kuczynski, Noah

Pawel Kuczynski, Passion

Pawel Kuczynski, Speech

Kazuhiko Nakamura's 3D mechanical portraits

pavelina — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:17:20 +0000

It was ten years ago when visionary Kazuhiko Nakamura began to work as a 3D digital artist, a decision that got him important awards in this art branch such as CG Choice Awards (2009), Animago (2006 - Rank 1), Museum of Digital Arts - Surrealism today Award (2nd Place). His works has been exhibited at Festival international des Arts visionnaires CHIMERIA in 2010 and used as cover image for books and music CDs.

Kazuhiko Nakamura, Triceratops

Kazuhiko Nakamura, Rhinoceros 1515

Kazuhiko Nakamura, Requiem for Industry

Kazuhiko Nakamura, The End of Flight Zone

Kazuhiko Nakamura, Bug Chair

Kazuhiko Nakamura, Shell in the Darkness

Kazuhiko Nakamura, Automaton

Freedom and literature

carrdora — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:45:53 +0000

Hysterical Minds is an international art group of Hispanic language, started in 2009. It has built a noteworthy repertory of projects (digital illustration, traditional painting, photography, mixed media) of approx 80 artists from 15 countries and is constant growing. The main goal of the artistic online collective is “getting better”, focusing on the promotion of its members and on various online and “offline” collaborations.

Hysterical Minds - Freedom Expression

Titania by Tom Bagshaw

Pop-art satire of Ion Barladeanu

pavelina — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:15:36 +0000

Life hasn't been kind with Romanian artist Ion Barladeanu. During the communist regime he worked as grave digger and doorman, and after year 1989 he was reduced to a homeless condition. And, despite his incredible talent, his life didn’t change much after the whole world discovered his witty parodic pop-art collages. Born in 1946, in Zapodeni, a small Romanian village, which he left at the age of 18, Barladeanu started making collages as a way to escape his dark reality.

Romanian artist Ion Barladeanu

Ion Barladeanu collage

Ion Barladeanu collage, 1983

Ion Barladeanu collage, 1990

Ion Barladeanu collage

Urban decay - digitally rendered

pavelina — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:47:51 +0000

Belgian artist Jonas De Ro has a bachelor degree and a master degree in audio-visual arts and his portfolio includes works from various fields like concept art, animation, matte painting, photography, visual effects and sound design. Without any doubt, he proves great skills in every of the above fields. But if we have to pick a favorite, we would definitely choose his concept art gallery.

Jonas De Ro, New York Ruins

Jonas De Ro, Alleyway

Jonas De Ro, Chromatism

Jonas De Ro, Dereliction

Jonas De Ro, Dubai Ruins

Jonas De Ro, Ridgeway Village

Girls with hearts on a sleeve

pavelina — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:11:14 +0000

Nom Kinnear-King is a young British painter focused on female imagery, as projections of her passion for literature, travelling, folklore. Some of her works are results of special encounters; others are inspired by theatre, circus, and Balkan music, films of Jean Pierre Jeunet or famous artists like Toulouse Lautrec, Marc Chagall and Frieda Kahlo.

Nom Kinnear-King, Cafe Rose

Nom Kinnear-King, Poppy

Nom Kinnear-King, The Night Walker

Nom Kinnear-King, Darina

Nom Kinnear-King, Incognito

Nom Kinnear-King, Luna Wood

Nom Kinnear-King, Maude

Nom Kinnear-King, Margarita

Optimistic brushes of color

pavelina — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:54:11 +0000

Sad experiences can be very inspiring in art but Estera prefers feeding her creativity with happiness, meeting nice people, enjoying beautiful mornings with good cups of coffee. It seems familiar, so far, I might say. Estera is a young Romanian painter who uses acrylics, watercolors, colored pens, sometimes make-up, to create splendid, cheerful paintings.

Estera, Perfect Morning

Estera, Oana Bijoux

Estera, Oana

Estera, Little Ioana

Estera, Dream Family

Estera, Con Toda Palabra

Estera, Clara

Estera, Cat Therapy

Estera, Beni and Oana

Estera, Angels in Love

Melancholic vision of desire

pavelina — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:20:35 +0000

Audrey Kawasaki’s artworks are based on splendid contradictions. Her painted heroines and heroes are erotic and innocent, young but wise, disturbingly beautiful, intentionally ambiguous. Audrey’s style is influenced by both Manga comics and Art Nouveau, her ideas being brought to life with unique, flawless painting techniques.

Audrey Kawasaki, My Dishonest Heart

Audrey Kawasaki, Yuuwaku

Audrey Kawasaki, Plucked

Audrey Kawasaki, Negaigoto

Audrey Kawasaki, Mayakashi

Audrey Kawasaki, Night Parade

Audrey Kawasaki, Flutter Away

Audrey Kawasaki, Carry On

Audrey Kawasaki, Boy in Static

Audrey Kawasaki, Blue

Nastplas: when pixels turn to dreams

pavelina — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:01:35 +0000

Ever since I began studying photography, I fell in love with the art of photo manipulation for the way it pushes the limits of my imagination. But instead of trying to understand the technical process, I prefer “diving” into the story, admiring the beauty of the artwork I lay my eyes on. When I first saw Nastplas designs, I had mixed feelings; I was overwhelmed by the multitude of ideas and sensations that came out of those artworks, as in front of an open soul. They look like dreams unraveled in front of my eyes.

Nastplas, Aria Desktopography, 2010

Nastplas, Black Horses

Nastplas, Akar Wolf

Nastplas, Elyon

Nastplas, Helmet in the bush

Nastplas, Sensations

Nastplas, Sextant

Nastplas, The face

Nastplas, The King

Nastplas, XVO I

Spring solo shows at London Miles

carrdora — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:07:14 +0000

If you happen to be in London at the second half of March you must make a stop at the London Miles contemporary art gallery. UK's top venue for surrealist, pop, lowbrow, comic book and illustration art will put on show the works of two amazing American artists Stella Im Hultberg and Scott Belcastro.

"Fragmented is the highly anticipated solo show from Stella Im Hultberg. Her paintings are conceived in varying combinations of ink, watercolor, and oils on paper, wood and canvas. Her portraits of women are rendered in easy, flowing lines with soft hues that transcend the typical critiques of feminine beauty, inherent in today's self conscious society."

Fragmented, by Stella Im Hultberg

Wednesday by Stella Im Hultberg

Equinox by Stella Im Hultberg

Scott Belcastro at London Miles Gallery

Marie Larkin's unapologetic quirky girls

carrdora — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:09:56 +0000

Inspired by fairytales and nursery rhymes Australian artist Marie Larkin creates dainty feminine art with a dark humorous twist. Richly colored and detailed like a lavish couture embroidery Marie’s oil and acrylic paintings weave quirky little narratives. Fragile, dollish heroines with fascinating eyes subtly wink at us as they get their sweet revenge.

Later Jack by Marie Larkin

Marie Larkin, "Mis-Muffet"

Marie Larkin, "The Farmer's Wife"

Marie Larkin, "Never Lend A Pony"

Marie Larkin, "Waiting for the North Wind"

Marie Larkin, "When A Child Loves..."

Marie Larkin, "Butterfly Wishes"

Marie Larkin, "Winter Frost"

Marie Larkin, "The While Rabbit"

Marie Larkin, "Ahoy Ahoy"

A magic world for fearless ladies

pavelina — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:21:35 +0000

Jonas Löfgren is a young Swedish illustrator who draws sulky, mysterious young feminine figures. His graphite and watercolor heroines remind me of Wednesday Adams or of Amelie, both intelligent, fearless, young ladies with a quirky persona.

Jonas Löfgren - Diamond no.5

Jonas Löfgren - A Perfect Mess, Lula Magazine

Jonas Löfgren - Bath

Jonas Löfgren - Five Birds

Jonas Löfgren - Lula Magazine, Lydia Deetz

Jonas Löfgren - Rooftop

Jonas Löfgren - The Cellar

Jonas Löfgren - The Diamond

Jonas Löfgren - The House

Jonas Löfgren - Whale Hunt

Alexey Kurbatov, the illustrator

carrdora — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:31:11 +0000

Moscow-based Russian illustrator and graphic artist Alexey Kurbatov shows the skill of an old master even if he is still in his twenties. Drawing from the age of 7 years old, even if “somehow left without an Arts education” it was pretty certain he would eventually embrace an artistic career. Working previous as a textile designer he eventually focused on illustration and now his works can be seen in the pages of Russian magazine Snob. on album covers, posters and books and thankfully on Alexey’s online portfolios.

Marlene Dietrich by Alexey Kurbatov

Alexey Kurbatov, Luna de Monte Carlo

Alexey Kurbatov, Woodstock 1969

Alexey Kurbatov, Troubled slumber

Alexey Kurbatov, Diogenes syndrome

Alexey Kurbatov, Insomnia

Alexey Kurbatov, Oviedo

Alexey Kurbatov for Snob Magazine

Alexey Kurbatov, Clint Eastwood

Alexey Kurbatov, Frida Kahlo

Doll marvels from a Tireless Artist

carrdora — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:30:24 +0000

Dorote Zaukaite Villela from Kaunas, Lithuania brings beauty to the world with her amazing art dolls. Under the label of TirelessArtist, Dorote creates and sells delicate masterpieces sculpted mostly from air-dry clay and painted with fine acrylic or oil paints.