Jake Weidmann – Forging the Future with the Tip of the Pen

“In all of the art forms that I pursue I strive for excellence. As proper diction is to a great speaker, so technical skill is to me as an artist. But, a great communicator does not repeat annunciation drills when he takes the stage rather, he conveys compelling messages and articulates profound thought. So it is with me and my art. I use the skill in my hand to express the thoughts of my mind and the yearnings of my heart. A good artist is one who has a voice of his own, but a great artist is one who is the voice of those around him.

Through my art I have the ability to identify those common passions, struggles and truths that we all share as humans. I can enlighten the soul through the eyes to the beauty it has grown jaded to. A work of art has that rare ability to be the perfect silent facilitator to conversation. In a world that is flying by, it stands still and constant for all time; preserving within it each thought it conveys. If my art is to be timeless then the truth expressed through it should be timeless as well.”

Jake Weidmann is one of eleven master penmen in the world.

(Jake Weidmann)

Azuma Makoto – Underwater Bonsai

(Azuma Makoto)

via [Spoon & Tamago]

Sagaki Keita – Doodle Works!

(Sagaki Keita)

via [Colossal]

Yuri Suzuki

via [iGNANT]

(Yuri Suzuki)

 

Keith Loutit – the Lion City

“Small Worlds is Loutit’s most ambitious project to date, documenting the world’s great cities, landscapes and monuments of the ancient world in miniature. In a time of population explosion, impacts to our environment, and concern over limited resources our world feels smaller than ever. But through Loutit’s lens the world seems simple and uncomplicated, the differences between people are reduced, and obstacles seem easily overcome. By presenting a view of the world from ‘the outside in’ Loutit aims to tell an inspirational story of mankind working together as one. We will see cities being built, the world’s great events, and daily life all in Loutit’s trademark style of miniaturization.”

and on the Lion City

“For ‘The Lion City’, the idea behind the extension of the tilt shift technique is for focus and distance to be something the viewer can experience. It also doubles to communicate the constant heat and humidity that hits you whenever you leave the comfort of air conditioning in Singapore.”

It’s just like a Miniatur Wunderland version of Singapore. Love it!

(Keith Loutit)

Super Cool Food Art Photography

via [DesignHey]

Interiors

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Eran Amir – Black and White

Apparently this “black and white” video was made by painting the room (and the main character himself) in shades of grey. No colour correction was used to alter the footage in any way. Cool!

Tim Noble & Sue Webster – Nihilistic Optimistic

“Tim Noble and Sue Webster take ordinary things including rubbish, to make assemblages and then point light to create projected shadows which show a great likeness to something identifiable including self-portraits. The art of projection is emblematic of transformative art. The process of transformation, from discarded waste, scrap metal or even taxidermy creatures to a recognizable image, echoes the idea of ‘perceptual psychology’ a form of evaluation used for psychological patients. Noble and Webster are familiar with this process and how people evaluate abstract forms. Throughout their careers they have played with the idea of how humans perceive abstract images and define them with meaning. The result is surprising and powerful as it redefines how abstract forms can transform into figurative ones.”

(Tim Noble & Sue Webster)

via [Colossal]

Birth of a book

Reblogged from LA GRAPHIC DESIGN:

http://vimeo.com/38681202