Not really related to design but it’s saturday after all and this live performance of Voodoo Child by Robert Randolph and Rob Thomas put me in a great great mood! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
February, 2010
Robert Randolph - Voodoo Child Live
Frank Gonzales - Paintings
Excellent and unusual theme for a modern painter! The bird subject might appear as “old fashion” but the way Frank Gonzales creates his paintings has a really edgy and contemporary style to it! Love it! Apparently I’m not the only one as Frank’s artwork and talent seems to be recognised all over America and Europe…
Archan Nair - Illustration
Very colourful illustrations and mixed media artworks by Indian visual artist Archan Nair. Archan’s been working for big names like Canon, Tiger Beer, Microsoft, GQ, Hugo Boss… This selection is not quite as representative as expected colourwise but if you visit Archan’s website your eyes will be filled with vivid and bright colours that he uses with talent.
Apricot - Short film
Magnificient short film by Director Ben Briand working with Moonwalk films. Moonwalk is behind the Nokia trailer for one of the best TV series I’ve seen recently: misfits.
Silent Order - Photography
Really really cold and dark photographs by Silent Order from Halle in Germany… Although Silent Order’s universe is dark and gloomy there is always an element of bright color in his photography captivating the attention and making all photographs so attractive. There must be a lot of post prod and image retouching but the presented pieces keep their entire integrity. Not very surprisingly, if you dig up a bit of info about Silent Order (or is it Silent View??), you’ll find he’s quite into this dark universe loving films like Sleepy Hollow, Saw, Se7en and video games like Silent Hill…
Rik Oostenbroek - Graphic Design
Colourful and quite geometrical designs by Netherlands graphic designer Rik Oostenbroek aka NKeo.
Amber Gray - Photography
Excellent and professional photographs by Amber Gray. Her section named “conceptual” is absolutely amazing. It sinks the user in a fairy world of subtle tones, well managed blurs and washed out tinted lightings. The composition on the last photograph is sublime. If you could eye-track people looking at it, I guess 99% of them would follow the same path ending without any doubt with the person’s face under the dress (although it’s not in any way prominent at first glance). With such a creative mind and technical abilities to back it up it’s not surprising to see Maybelline NY, Mont Blanc or Marie Claire on Amber Gray’s client list. If you like her work and generally the atmosphere she immerses into, you can follow her blog and find more things she produced or simply inspire her.
Codehunter by Axis Animation
Wouahou! By Axis Animation studio based in Glasgow (UK)…
Mr Qui - Illustration
Superb illustrations by French illustrator Mr Qui. Monsieur Qui not only creates stunning illustrations for paper but he also loves to work on a wide range of materials from plates, skateboard decks, guitar, shoes… Selecting only a few images was a real struggle, there was at least 20 of them that could have been showcased here!! Some of MrQui’s work is available to buy on my favourite art & design shop: Amkashop.
Walee - 3D - Photography
Some interesting 3D modeling and 3D integration within excellent photographs by Waldo Lee aka Walee. Walee’s 3D is absolutely sublime and only a few samples are shown here. His Flash website/portfolio showcases even more outsanding 3D and photography pieces for clients like Playstation, Vogue, Redbull, Renault, Gillette, Garnier… I particularly like his mix of graf / street art 3D with photography…











































