For some reason, Japanese illustrator Satsuma likes to work with his Northern White-Faced owl perched on his hand.
It’s really quite mesmALL HAIL HYPNO-OWL…
Category Archives: Art/Craft
Exquisitely rendered graphite drawings by Ethan Murrow inspired by historical archive, infused with fantasy and open to whatever interpretation you’re having yourself.
A mere glimpse of the wonderful caricatures of Greek illustrator Stavros Damos.
From top: Burton, Jagger, Watts, Wood, Richards, Gilliam, Merkel, Turturro, Elliot and Penn.
Lots more here.
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Chile-based photographer John Jacobsen’s digitally warped portraits, rendered as 2D illustrations and animated GIF cinemagraphs.
Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson’s collaboraton with Stephan Pastis for his strip Pearls Before Swine – the famously reclusive artist’s first published comic work since Calvin & Hobbes finished (the only other piece is his poster for an upcoming documentary Stripped).
The collaboration, which Pastis describes as “A glimpse of Bigfoot“, was only revealed with the publication of the 3rd strip today.
Bill Watterson’s Strips For Pearls Before Swine (Bleeding Cool)
Clawsome
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Jizai Okimono is a niche Japanese craft dating back to the late 1700s when metalsmiths found themselves with a lot of time on their hands as the demand for multi-plate armour waned. It involves the meticulous carving of hyperrealistic animals with fully articulating, anatomically correct joints.
Here, 25 year-old sculptor Ryosuke Ohtake carves a lobster from boxwood for an exhibition at Tokyu Department Store – a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that it was apparently his first attempt at the craft.
Faith47
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New works on the streets of London and in her native South Africa by artist Faith47.
Her themes – explored in more detail in this 2013 CIMA interview – focus on nature and the human condition with special emphasis on inequality, injustice and poverty in South Africa
Rooty
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Transarquitetônica – a huge installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo by Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira.
Composed entirely of recycled materials, the structure – which visitors can walk through – transitions from the cavernous interior of knotted roots to brick walls and painted corridors, symbolising our evolution from primitive shelter to modern urban architecture.
Russian artist and animator Natalia Mirzoyan’s adorable short (made using different varieties of tea-leaves, if you don’t mind) about the life, times and grand designs of an independent-minded ant.