Specializing in hi-quality, creative websites and illustrations, Ars Thanea is an agency gem set up in Warsaw, Poland. With their many years experience in the interactive market, they have had a chance to work with many great global brands: Red Bull, Nike and Playstation 3, for example. Focusing mainly on new technologies, creation, and design, this team will continue to dominate the world with their intense knowledge of this medium.
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Fri, July 18th 7-10PM ($35 admission / after 10PM - $25 admission)
Club 740
740 S. Broadway in Los Angeles
“Art Visionary Los Angeles” put together by Alex and Allyson Grey with Chet Zar, Guy Aitchison, Michelle Wortman, Saber, Wendy Klein, Jarrett DeMartino and more all painting live along with a number of panel discussions before the main live painting performance, video art, music and dance commence – a very rare opportunity to see these masters paint live
www.740la.com
www.cosm.org

Fri, July 18th 9PM-2AM
Eye Candy Gallery
4622 Van Nuys Blvd. in Sherman Oaks / 818.501.0332
“What Big Eyes You Have” – new works from Misha
(One-night only event)

Sat, July 19th 5-8PM
George Billis Gallery
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd in Culver City / 310.838.3685
“Ne-O-Re-Al-Ism” – group show featuring works from an array of the leading photo realistic painters in the scene including Juxtapoz featured artist Jorge Santos and many more
(On view through August 30th)
www.georgebillis.com

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Fri, July 11th 7-11PM
thinkspace
4210 Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles / 323.913.3375
“Un autre Monde” featuring new works from Joshua Clay + “Royals & Crocodiles” featuring new works from Erik Siador & Jose “Emroca” Flores in our project room + select new works also on view from Brandi Read
(Both exhibits on view through August 1st)
www.thinkspacegallery.com

Fri, July 11th 8-10PM
Japanese American National Museum
369 East First Street in Los Angeles / 213.625.0414
“Glorious Excess (Born)” featuring new paintings from Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda - this opening coincides with the release of Shinoda’s new DC Remix Shoe. All proceeds from sales of his artwork and shoe go toward the Michael K. Shinoda Endowed Scholarship at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena
(On view through August 3rd)
www.janm.org

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Custom car graphics add instant coolness to your ride but with the way trends tend to go, what’s cool one year isn’t always cool the next. What if you could change your car’s appearance every year or every month or almost everyday? The team over at Infectious understands that a lot of us value our car’s appearance but sometimes want to dress it up without any costly consequences.

Working with artists from around the world they came up with durable car art that is easy to install and easy to remove when you feel its time for a new look. Choose from icons, accent kits, hood pieces and door kits from artists like Si Scott and Dalek. All of them last through hot summers, cold winters and soapy car washes, but be sure and read their FAQs before you decide to purchase for Vintage Cars or cars with old and peeling paint jobs.

Loïc Sattler is a French Art Director experienced in web, multimedia, print, clothes styling, and corporate identity. Back in 2003, he was working at a creative studio and the manager told Sattler that his abstract compositions with intense colors looked as if they were created by an artist that was on acid. Taking it as a compliment, he came up with the name for his online sanctuary, Lysergid.com which portrays his freelance and artistic works. This extreme portfolio is quite a mind blower and we just wonder how he does it all. Such intricate work and an insane attention to detail. How does one even dream up works like these? Completely breathtaking and mind numbing to say the very least!
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Nicholas Di Genova is the dreamer, builder and maker of all things crazy looking in his little post-apocalyptic world of drawings. You won’t need to pop any hallucinogens for this one, this is served straight up and messed up with heavy doses of visual insanity. Di Genova’s portfolio is packed with things he that calls Bi-Faced Attack-Toads, a Cowterpillar Walker, an Elephant-Faced-Fowl, and Shark-Toothed Terriers to name a frightful few. “For a lot of my work, my technique is pretty straightforward, ink and watercolor on paper,” says Di Genova. “I use a lot of source materials in my work, so my studio is totally covered in layers of books. For the mylar paintings (the stuff with color), the technique is very similar to that of traditional animators: ink on one side of the mylar, animation paint on the other.”

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Be sure to check out the new Featured Artist – Mr. Brainwash for tons of pics and an interview with the man himself. We attended his debut show “Life is Beautiful,” and it was everything we’d hoped and more.

Our hearts start to race a little bit every time we find out about some new designs from DB Clay. After much anticipation, DB Clay has released it’s Version 3.1 wallets (check out our previous posts on earlier releases here and here). These eco-friendly designs are PVC Free, water, heat and cold resistant, printed with non toxic inks, free of chlorine chemicals, abrasion resistant, extremely durable and decompose once buried all thanks to a wonderful material called Tope. Purchase a bit of what they call pocket art at DB Clay’s Online Store.

Freelance creative director, and illustrator, Miika Saksi wows us with his colorful array splashed through out his body of work. Hailing from Finland Saksi specializes in illustrations, photo manipulations, and graphically design art pieces. Our personal favorite is the Stormtrooper Women piece he did for Stupido Records which is the only serious competition for dogs with lasers we’ve ever seen.
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Love the Robot is the digital canvas for illustrator Phil Dunne. At the ripe old age of 26 Phil is quite the accomplished Irishman. Candy Collective called him “the most exciting up and coming talent in Ireland today.” I can’t say that we disagree.

I think what I love most about this site is, it’s not only a portfolio site for Dunne. Much of the best work on this site is personal and listed as a creative outlet. I love the idea that the sketch book makes a seamless transition onto the site, almost literally.

Via Design You Trust