I enjoyed the first ‘Your Art Here’ Instagram Challenge I took part in so much, I had another go – this time with a piece of artwork by Eryck Webb Graphics. You can see more of Eryck’s work here: http://www.eryckwebbgraphics.com
Just took part in a ‘Your Art Here’ Challenge on Instagram. Amazing illustrator Belle Dee (@belledee) provided the top half of a black cat and invited artists to finish the bottom half in their own style. I went for a cyborg cat design on the bottom with a porthole hatch to remove the dead mice….
Had some fun raiding the amazing British Library’s image collection which they have made available on Flickr. You can view the collection for yourself here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary They say of the collection: “The British Library’s collections on Flickr Commons offer access to millions of public domain images, which we encourage you to explore and re-use. The…
I became aware of the existence of these amazing handpainted Ghanaian movie posters, after seeing them collected in a fanzine in Gosh Comics, Soho. The backstory goes that with the emergence of VHS in Ghana in the late eighties, entrepreneurs would purchase a copy of a Hollywood action movie or the latest Bollywood release or…
I’ve been having great fun, working on a personal project, experimenting making some digital collages using retro comic book art from the Comic Book + archive, a huge online repository of Golden and Silver Age comic books. You can check it out for yourself here: https://comicbookplus.com
I’ve been working my way through the ultra-violent animated TV series, Primal on All4 at the moment. Created and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, who was responsible for the brilliant Samurai Jack, the series follows the unlikely friendship between a caveman, Spear, and a female Tyrannosaurus, Fang, after both suffer tragedies. Until the last episode it…
Just watched the beautifully animated Santa origin story, Klaus, on Netflix, It’s a traditionally-animated feature with computer enhanced lighting and texture. Every single shot is an absolute feast for the eyes and is jaw-droppingly beautiful – definitely worth checking out.
I absolutely loved Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but the thing I enjoyed most were the fake movie posters for the films Rick Dalton had made throughout his career and during his time in Italy. The posters by various artists including the great Renato Casaro (responsible for hundreds of classic movie posters including Conan…
Hedgehog’s Home is a lovely Canadian stop-motion animated film, directed by Eva Cvijanović, and made with felted characters. Check it out below:
I recently accidentally stumbled upon (and fell in love with) the Post-It Monsters of John Kenn Mortensen. John is a Danish artist who lives and works in Copenhagen. During the day he writes and directs television shows for kids. At night he unwinds by drawing, on Post-It notes, amazing (and extremely unsettling) scenes of monsters…