23 year old Gianluca Fallone, a young Argentinian illustrator and designer, has already accomplished much in his short career. Beautifully fluid motion graphics and inspiring & very detailed illustrations, for Cartoon Network, Mtv, and Punga™, are sprinkled throughout his stunning portfolio.
“I love type and design, and particularly when they are both present,” Fallone says. We couldn’t agree more!
ADDENDUM: Apparently this is hoax. According to Wired, Skullphone paid Clear Channel to put up his work rather than hacking their network. So much for street cred pal, I think it’s fair to says your days as a street artist are done.
Graffiti is apparently going high tech these days. Street artist Skullphone found a way to hack several Clear Channel Billboards in Los Angeles and insert his own art into them. While this won’t last as long as spray paint, you could potentially tag every electronic billboard in America at once. How’s that for street cred?
A sideways glance; fluttering eyelashes; a slow drag from a cigarette. Every moment in Dan Martensen’s photography has a brief, ephemeral quality, yielding the sense that the image, much like the moment itself, won’t last but a second longer.
Born in Pleasantville, New York, Martensen has remained loyal to his native NY despite attending RISD in nearby Rhode Island. However, despite his East Coast roots, his beautiful images (mostly of equally beautiful women) reveal a transcendent understanding of the importance of capturing the moment.
An uncut and unedited interview with Steve Jobs about his experience working with Paul Rand while developing the logo for Next. It is as interesting to watch Steve Jobs answer the questions as it is to learn about the graphic design giant. Read the rest of this entry »
Model turned Photographer, Robert Jaso, is a highly sought after man in the world of fashion. Years before his eye-catching photography portfolio, Jaso accidentally stumbled into the world of modeling. After much soul searching and fashion know-how, he turned permanently to a career in fashion photography. His experience in front of the camera comes through in his experience behind it. He knows what models, stylists, and make-up artists are capable of achieving and pushes them to stretch the envelope. Jaso’s use of color and texture are absolutely fantastic, especially when it comes to promoting a product.
Have a look at a ton of amazing photos after the jump.
British/Illustrator Si Scott dazzles us with swirls and curls that we swear are moving even though we know they are standing still. With work for BBC, Nike, and Paul Smith apparently we aren’t the only ones that are impressed. If you love what you see, as much as we do, you can pick up one of his prints at Soma Gallery.
Russian illustrator and artist Evgeny Kiselev has a fun, energetic style that looks like a party is about to explode out of the paper. His highly detailed ilustrations have appeared on brands all over the world and he’s a computer arts fav. This kind of work reminds us that there are artists in corners of the world we’d never expect, yet we seem to relate to them like they live next door.
You can get prints of his work (including the piece shown above) from poster lounge.
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Even if you don’t know who Jill Greenberg is, you’ve probably seen one of her photographs in a magazine or on a billboard somewhere. When we checked out her site (which is an amazing little piece of flash handy work by Group94 BTW) we kept thinking to ourselves “seen that, love that show, have that record, etc.” Jill Greenberg is without a doubt one of the top portrait photographers working today, if you still don’t believe us you can see a few more shots by clicking read more below.
We dug up a very controversial interesting article by Marian Bantjes on Speak Up addressing the generation gap between designers who got started in the Pre-Macintosh days, and those who came into the game after computers had become the norm.
There are a lot of issues in the creative game today surrounding the bar being lowered by cheap access to the tools of the trade and there are some very strong feelings on both sides. We think it’s just as easy for the old school crew to take a “These kids think the computer will design for them” attitude as it is for the new kids to say “My Creative Director is old, he just doesn’t really get it” and neither side is necessarily wrong or right.
In fact we think it’s lamentable that the term “Graphic Designer” has become some what interchangable with “Photoshop Guy”. But what we can say in favor of cheap technological tools is this- If you’re talented and want to work for yourself, it’s possible. Back in the old days you needed a serious bank roll to start a magazine, a clothing line, or a photo studio. Now you need a few computers, a room, and an internet connection and you can sink or swim on your own talent. If you’re a smart business person you can quit your six figure job to build a seven figure business. While we respect the past, we can safely say we like playing today’s game over yesterday’s.
Is it photography, illustration, or art direction? We’ll just call Alberto Seveso’s work impressive and let you figure out which box to put him in. You can check out more of this joint venture with Recycled Area here, here, and here, and if you want to pick up a print you can try Recycled Area’s Online Store.
