Superdeux at Kokoro Studio
Superdeux will be showing a new selection of work this Thursday at Kokoro Studio in San Francisco. I’ve never seen his work in this format or heard of this space. It should make for an exciting evening to say the least. Come hang out.
Josh Holland – Denver Does Denver
The piece above is Josh Holland‘s interpretation of Denver artist, John Fellows for this weekend’s Denver Does Denver event at Illiterate Gallery. The event showcases bands and artists interpreting the work of other bands and artists. Pretty awesome concept for a collaborative show if you ask me…
For a better description of the piece, check out Josh’s blog and for more info on the event itself, the Denver Does Denver site.
QBRK
A pretty outstanding collection of paintings, murals and illustrations on QBRK‘s flickr stream. Head over and take a peek for yourself.
Steve Harrington
Steve Harrington‘s work has always been a solid source for inspiration for me. Although we have entirely different aesthetics, I feel like there’s something extremely tactile about his illustrations that I appreciate. His prominent color palettes, bold line work and type treatments are a pretty brilliant combination. It makes me want to break out a pencil and start sketching right now.
Sebastien Cuypers
Every time I come across Sebastien Cuypers‘s work I get all inspired to sit down and draw. It’s not something I do often anymore, so it’s great to find those little motivators and inspirational resources that make you kick things into “GO”. You can find more of Cuypi’s illustrations and type work on Behance and his blog.
Reka One
Australian artist/painter, RekaOne has a crazy amazing selection of paintings and illustrations. I had a hard time choosing a favorite piece to post… Don’t hesitate to click through and check out some more of his character based painted pieces.
Musclebeaver
Musclebeaver based out of Munich, Germany. More motion/video work on Vimeo. The video above is definitely worth a watch all the way through.
Jan Kallwejt
Jan Kallwejt has a super duper portfolio filled with editorial illustration, patterns and characters. His mastery of the simplified, solid fill illustration style is a personal favorite.
Ian Macarthur
Ian Macarthur‘s illustration work stands out from most… His bizarre arrangement of ethnic inspired pattern work, laid atop mammals, skulls, globule masses and various critters and creatures of unknown origin, all have a special place in my inspiration chamber. A lot of the pieces are black & white and still keep a sharp balance of line weights and tonality without losing any definition or detail. Wild shit for sure.
ARTCRANK DENVER 2010
Background Illustration by Scot Lefavor
Join us in Denver Saturday, September 4th for the Opening of ARTCRANK DENVER 2010. We are putting together a proper little bike poster party with the artwork of 60 Denver artists on display. The show will be hanging for a week following the opening and run in conjunction with BFF Denver!!
We’ve got a few interesting partnerships/collaborations in the works… and will drop more details around the event over the next month leading up to the show… you’ve got plenty of time to work on the perfect pair of cycle legs.
Darcel Disappoints
The man behind Darcel Disappoints is Craig Redman — one of four members in the super collective, Rinzen. His character, Darcel, has big heart and a slew of complex emotions wrapped in misfortune and unintentional charisma. Follow Darcel’s adventures on the Darcel Disappoints blog — recently filled with great collaborations with other fancy artists like, Adrian Johnson, Cody Hudson, Steve Harrington, Saiman Chow and a ton more.
I Am Gabz
Grzegorz Domaradzki‘s portfolio is full of a pretty outstanding selection of illustration work… The thing that makes it stick out so much for me is the use of pencil and Photoshop to put that sort of dreamy haze around everything. Great colorways and solid line work.
Make sure to run through the stuff on his site and on Behance for some nice detail shots.
Nick Deakin
Nick Deakin has a super solid collection of subtly textured, hand rendered illustrations of both characters and type. His minimal color pallets and slightly ironic undertone place his work high on my list of inspiration.
Find more of Nick’s work on his Flickr account, follow him on Twitter and check out his work with/for Lyrics & Type, alongside other fancy artists/designers like ILoveDust, Numskull, Timba Smits, Morning Breath and a long list of others…
Martin Allais
Martin Allais‘s work caught my eye via his recent illustration for an upcoming Mexicans with Guns album cover, which happens to be full of great music; check it out. After a few minutes of digging around his site and on his blog – full of work not on the site – I couldn’t resist sharing a little something, something.
Check both sites, and follow him on Twitter for the day-to-day.
Pen Pencil Stencil
Simple, iconic illustrations, primary colors and a lot of wood. These are only couple things that make me keep clicking around Pen Pencil Stencil.
Mark Giglio is another great example of the ever expanding talent pool in the Bay Area.
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