Diem Chau: Carved Crayons

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Art

These are Storytelling Crayons, carved meticulously to show the absolute finest details of honor, courage, and sometimes humor in the characters faces. The artist Diem Chau was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1979, and says "I consider myself an artist…

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Gwon O-sang

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Art

Korean artist Gwon O-sang calls his work a new method of playing with illusion and reality. We agree-- his 3 dimensional paper sculptures are mind boggling. You can read an interview of him here or an in-depth article here. The…

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Ryder Robison: PantherAttack

Posted on November 2, 2006 Under Art

Ryder Robison was born in Oslo, Norway, currently lives in New York, and is an artist we dig. He spent the greater part of the last decade as the bass player in the Denver-born, major label band VAUX, but he…

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Chuck Anderson: Good Parts of Bad Dreams

Posted on November 1, 2006 Under Art

Chuck Anderson has a nice little update to his site No Pattern, including a pretty bad-ass print titled Good Parts of Bad Dreams (left). It's an 18x24 signed matte print in a limited edition of 300. $25, a small price…

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Ingi Erlingsson

Posted on October 24, 2006 Under Art

We know Iceland for two things: Pretty girls and Bjork. Thanks to our friends over at Flavorpill we can now add a third to our knowledge of all things Icelandic-- the beautiful artwork and illustration of Ingi Erlingsson. Ingi's work…

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Markus Hofer

Posted on October 23, 2006 Under Art

My German is (still) rusty, but that doesn't stop me from totally admiring Markus Hofer's unique and borderline genius work. Due to the language barrier (any German readers want to offer a translation of his about page?), I can't tell…

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Kozyndan Panoramas

Posted on October 19, 2006 Under Art

If you're unfamiliar with Kozyndan, aka Kozy and Dan, they're an awesomely talented illustration star duo out of LA, California. They just updated their site with a handful of new Panorama drawings-- and words can not describe how sick they…

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Pietari Posti

Posted on October 16, 2006 Under Art

We're huge fans of Barcelona based freelance artist Pietari Posti's work. Originally from Helsinki, Finland, Pietari says during his childhood other kids would ask him to play, but he preferred to stay inside and draw. Sooner than later they stopped…

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5oup

Posted on October 11, 2006 Under Design

Our U.K. based buddy Tom Judd (who is a very talented designer/animator/illustrator in his own right) has just launched a new version of 5oup, an online collective of art and design students from around the world. While the previous version…

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Adhemas Batista: Graphic Goodness

Posted on October 11, 2006 Under Design

I can't tell you much about Brazilian based graphic designer and illustrator Adhemas Batista, but I love everything I see. He juxtaposes real life figures with fantasy-scribbles, bright colors and pop-culture icons. Jokingly, his portfolio site declares he's 'selling colors',…

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