college st

blowing glass

cocrete central

3d paintings

French artist known as Shaka creates amazing three-dimensional paintings.

He sculpts the shapes of familiar objects directly on the canvas and covers them with layers of paint to create the desired 3D effect

the extreme detail is what drew me to these because of the careful planning and time consuming work that was put into these to make them beautiful.

i also love the use of external space beyond the canvas making the image come to life

this one is my favorite of the bunch, it seems almost devious because of the design on the person clashed against the red background making a bold statement

also hes holding what appears to be a mask.... Im curious as to what the artist would say about this painting. it reminds me of someone who is removing there mask to show himself

Gehard Demetz is a mystery artist, the only thing that we know about him is that he was born in 1972, Italy, and that he currently lives in the mountains of Selva Gardena. does more need to be said when he creates works of art that are so serene and yet have a dark feeling to them. his absolutely marvelous wooden sculptures evoke a sadness to me, the children depicted in these sculptures seem to take the playful innocence from children and shed new light on a otherwise stereotypical model . They look at you and it seems that they are inviting you to torture them. Or to pay for having tortured them in the past, as if they were the habitants of a forgotten orphanage where bad things were happening.

Your monsters are just like mine, 2006 © Gehard Demetz
wood, 168,5 x 38 x 35 cm, detail

children are our future

'in the playroom' by canadian photographer and art director jonathan hobin 

the words that are used to describe children... cute, innocent, adorable etc. but what we don't think is that these cute adorable and innocent spawns can turn into anyone

playtime is all fun and games until someone gets hurt, an environment can sculpt and mold a child, i think if we paid a little more attention to the preliminary problems we wouldnt live in a world with so many.

check it out

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2twu7Z/:1dtsZRZwL:KCrkXLY-/www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/14285/jonathan-hobin-in-the-playroom.html/

MEGATHERIUM

his name is Andre De Freitas a photographer and illustrator. he studied at Full Sail University and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation. he focuses more on illustration as he explains on his website. 

these images are a part of his double exposure section, they stood out to me because of the multiple things going on in the same still image. he manages to match the subjects closely although being very vastly different. as in the picture above where the woman almost emulates the same somber effect as the dark cold architecture.  i also love this image because the city is always a cool place where "all the action happens" people come visit and trive off the energy, aswell as smooking, itsa cool thing to do and an addict will thrive from it aswell

art collection #3

unfortunately when it comes to graffiti most times an artist is either an alias or unknown but these pictures have brouught color and beauty to otherwise lifeless and dull city walls.

art collection #2

At first glance its a jumble of colors and obscure images......But with a new light It can bring together the elements and the idea of the artist.With red light to illuminate the busy walls it simplifies the image Although i do find it interesting that the red light extracts the images more than the other two hues, is it because of the color pallet, or the saturation of the color?

either way i love the idea of making multiple art pieces into one and also creating multiple pieces by changing the environment. enhancing the idea that art can change and develop depending on how you present it....perception is everything :)