BlogCadre - art

Sketches at Ghostschool

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:14:10 -0500

Wilbur is a designer at BBC Scotland who frequently posts his own sketches on his blog Ghostschool. Check out his work. Link.

Creepy Typewriter Sci-Fi Creatures

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:34:21 -0500

Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, William Gibson and Philip K. Dick, Jeremy Mayer builds sci-fi inspired sculptures by using antique typewriters. Gallery [via]

Stain Glass X-Rays

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:25:27 -0500

Wim Delvoye designed these stain glass windows using real x-rays.

Link

Next-Door Neighbor

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:16:40 -0500

Every Monday you can read new installments of Next-Door Neighbor over at SMITH Magazine:

“Everybody has one. And, no matter how close or how far, we all live next to someone, and we all have a Next-Door Neighbor story,” says NDN Editor Dean Haspiel. “With this in mind, I asked some of my favorite storytellers and cartoonists to create their favorite NDN stories so that we at SMITH Magazine could share them with you over the next year.”

Link [via]

Lizette Greco, kids' drawings brought to life

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:02:39 -0500

Lizette Greco brings their children's drawings to life by creating sewn art based on the drawings. Lizette Greco will also custom make pieces for you if you provide them with your child's drawings.

Lizette Greco's official website - Link
Our Work with Children's Drawings - Link [flickr set]

Clockwork Arachnid

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:19:02 -0500

This clockwork arachnid was designed by Cazouillette. It is made from brass, clockwork and sculpey. Unfortunately this arachnid doesn't have any moving parts. Link.

Previously:
Spider Car
Interactive Hexapod Robot

Boys and the Subway

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:29:22 -0500

Illustrator Christoph Niemann put together a very cute illustrated story of his travels with his boys, Arthur, Gustav and Fritz, through the New York City subway system. Link.

Related:
Christoph Niemann's official website - Link

Previously:
History of Typography in the Toronto Subway, City Hall Station: Photos of a Beautiful Abandoned Subway Station, subway sketches (LwL)

Vector Portraits by Andrew Bush

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:58:03 -0500

Between the years 1989 and 1997, Andrew Bush took photographs of people driving next to him while traveling 50 to 70 miles per hour throughout the southwestern portion of the United States. Link [via]

1000 Beasts by glowingskeleton

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:36:23 -0500

glowingskeleton illustrated a series of one thousand illustrations of beasts which will be appearing in the the Fantagraphics art book Beasts! Volume 2 later on this year.

Jason bought Beasts! last year and it's actually quite a fascinating and eclectic book. The art book describes mythical beasts from around the world and the illustrations were provided by various talented artists.

Link to Flickr set [via]

I am in the Ventura County Star today!

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:43:36 -0500

I made it in the paper! I thought I'd share with all of the blogcadre community. Here's a snippet and the link to the full article:

"A Japanese illustration from her father was the inspiration behind the work of a Camarillo artist whose pieces appear in one of the many extravagant rooms in "The Real World" house on MTV."

LINK TO FULL STORY HERE!

Hyper by Denis Darzacq

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:32:16 -0500

Hyper is a photograph collection of breakdancers (well, I'm not positive if they are breakdancers) floating in common places like convenient stores done by French photographer Denis Darzacq. Link to gallery. La Chute is another one of his collections. It's worth the look.

Childhood Fears Come to Life

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:39:41 -0500

I'm going to have nightmares tonight after viewing agentparanoia's "Childhood Fears" photoset. These photos are down-right scary. View the set if you dare. Link.

beenznrice raising money for American Red Cross China Relief Fund

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:30:10 -0500

BlogCadre pal and contributor, Naomi Valdivia of beenznrice was inspired to create a piece of art after reading a CNN article about a Chinese officer named Jiang Xiaojuan:

This is a portrait of Officer Jiang Xiaojuan who, in the midst of the Chinese Earthquake disaster, is a nursing mother of a 6 month old, and nursed at least 9 babies who found themselves with no parents. Her selfless and maternal act made me think of the Virgin Mary and what her symbol means. When I read the article and saw her picture, she even looked like the iconic figure, so I was moved to create this piece for it.

This piece can be purchased for $20 over at Etsy. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross China Relief Fund.

Chinese Madonna, beenznrice's Etsy shop - link
Donate directly to the American Red Cross China Relief Fun - link
Officer breast-feeds quake orphans (CNN.com) - link

(Thanks, Naomi!)

Font Robots

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:45:22 -0500

Freelance designer Jonathon Yule designed these very cool font bots using Akzidenz Grotesk, Helvetica, and Futura. Link.

My Geisha Muerta Art on The Real World Hollywood!

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:29:47 -0500

If you remember a LONG time ago, I had posted some of my art here on blogcadre. Well since then, it was chosen to be in the Real World house for MTV. You'll be able to see it in the Red Asian style room! Here's the link to photos of the whole house: LINK.