Found this shortly after my last post about Audrey Kawasaki. Just scrolls through a bunch of her work.

Video of work by Audrey Kawasaki

Audrey Kawasaki – Oiran

More Audrey Kawasaki

Totally sexual in a beautiful artistic way. She works mostly with Oil on wood and incorporates varies other things. I really really enjoy her work.

Audrey Kawasaki – Ishiki

Audrey Kawasaki – Amai

Audrey Kawasaki – fishigi

Audrey Kawasaki – Nest Hair

Audrey Kawasaki – Oyasum

Audrey Kawasaki – Uminoyami

Audrey Kawasaki – Oiran

Tim Biskup is a Southern California fine artist whose work has been shown worldwide, including galleries and museums in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Kyoto, Barcelona, Berlin and Melbourne. He’s collaborated with artists and designers around the globe and organized art auctions and exhibitions. Read More…

Samurai Jack Monster Stack
Digital Art For Giclee/Iris Print
2003

A Decade Of Decadence
Poster Design For Juxtapoz Magazine
2004

Calli Garden
Gouache On Paper 24″ x 18″
2006

White Dragon
Gouache On Paper 12″ x 9″
2005

Injected
Cel Vinyl Acrylic On Wood 24” x 18”
2007

Pretty cool add by Häagen-Dazs. Well done although it lost direction of its main message somehow. The flower did look might delicious.

Mysteries and Manners was an exhibition held at the Jonathan LeVine gallery in new York. Alex Gross uses mostly oil on canvas.

Alex Gross – Mysteries and Manners Exhibition

Alex Gross – Ice Cream Conedespair

Alex Gross – Last Judgement

Alex Gross – Oblivion

Alex Gross and Wife

Illustrations by Brandi Milne.

Fawn Fruits (AKA) Daniel Hyun Lim is a New York based artist.

Gallery 2008

Website

This post marks the beginning of a new category – Comics. In truth I have never really been an avid comic reader. I did once collect Ghost Rider, about 10 comic books in total. However there is defiantly something to be said for the artistic skill that goes into these comics. Here are a couple images from varies comics and publishers.

Above: This illustration is a snip it from the Marvel Superhero Team “Thunderbolts“.

For those of you not familiar with the world of comics, me being one, there is a whole universe that has been created around these superhuman characters. With political faction and superheroes joining each other to form teams and rally against other heroes. Much like Tolkien and his imaginary world of Orks, Hobbits and speaking trees.

Above: Achebe from Marvel Comics: “Reverend Doctor Michael Ibn al-Hajj Achebe’s true identity remains unknown. Stories persist that he was originally a Ghudazian farmer until Ujankan guerillas took refuge in his home, repaying his hospitality by stabbing him repeatedly, burning his farm, and stealing his unfaithful wife. Refusing to die, the farmer sold his soul to the devil for revenge, hunting down and slaying everyone associated with his wife, from close family to casual acquaintances.” Read More…

Above: “A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) is an organization of brilliant scientists and their hirelings dedicated to the acquisition of power and the overthrow of all government by technological means.” Read More…

The stories are rather elaborate. If you go to the site there is a publishers rating for thing like power and intelligence. There is also a user rating. Then you have a full profile breakdown. What color hair, occupation (E.G.: Revolutionary, minister; former farmer, co-regent of Wakanda), Education (E.G: Ph.D. in Law (Yale)), Relatives (E.G: Unidentified alleged wife (deceased)) etc…

There you have it.

Woodcut is a artistic technique in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level while the non-printing parts are removed. The block is cut along the grain of the wood. In Europe beechwood was commonly used and in Japan cherry wood was used.

The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink covered roller. Multiple colors can be printed using this technique – a different block is used for each color.

It did not originate in Japan as some people believe. It came originally from China and was later adopted by the West and Japan.

The most popularized form of woodcut Art is called Ukiyo-e. It originated in Japan and it is probably what you have seen. Ukiyo-e means: “pictures of the floating world”. More specifically Ukiyo-e is woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings. They where popular between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Ukiyo-e were affordable because they could be mass-produced. They were, therefore, meant for people who were not wealthy enough to afford an original painting. The original subject of ukiyo-e was city life, in particular activities and scenes from the entertainment district.

This is probably one of the most famous Ukiyo-e’s. It is called “The Great Wave”. (Why do you look surprised?). Artist is Hokusai and it is part of his subscription series, “Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji,” completed between 1826 and 1833.

Artist: Kobayakawa Kiyoshi Nationality: Japanese, 1896-1948 Title: Eyes, Hitomi, from the series Modern Styles of Makeup Date: 1931.

Evening Snow at Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

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Aram was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1978. He has had solo exhibitions at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA; Wilkinson Gallery, London; and Oliver Kamm Gallery, New York as well as being included in varies other exhibitions.

Kamrooz Aram is a contemporary artist whose paintings and drawings bring together traditional and contemporary cultural references to create scenes reflecting magical and weird present day.

Kamrooz Aram – Enduring Continuing Eternal
(Oil on canvas)

Kamrooz Aram – Phosphorus Visions
(Oil on canvas)

Kamrooz Aram – Revolutionary Dreams
(Pen on Paper)

Kamrooz Aram – The Gleam Of The Mornings First Beam
(Oil and collage on canvas)

Gajin Fujita’s was born in 1972 to Japanese parents but grew up in Los Angeles. Fujita blends Eastern techniques such as anime and old school elements like geishas, warriors and demons with Western, urban imagery to create his unique style – (hip-hop, urban graffiti meets traditional Japanese painting.)

His works embody the cultural and class contradictions that are an integral part of our global village.

By Gajin Fujita
Name: Loca

By Gajin Fujita
Name: Drawing From Fatal Match

By Gajin Fujita
Name: Fatal Match

By Gajin Fujita
Name: The Mack

By Gajin Fujita
Name: True Blue Dragon

Sam Weber was born in Alaska but grew up in Canada. He moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. Sam worked part time as an assistant art director of the OpEd page at the New York Times. His studio is now in Brooklyn.

Matt Haber is from San Diego. He lives and works in Los Angeles and New York. He has done work for Walt Disney Animation and Fox Animation as a storyboard artist and assistant animator, all of which have helped to shape his style. Below are couple of his works.

Art by Matt Haber:

Illustration by Matt Haber
Name: Daytime Forever

Illustration by Matt Haber
Name: Giant Slayer

Illustration by Matt Haber
Name: Girl Missle

Illustration by Matt Haber
Name: Moonrise

Illustration by Matt Haber
Name: Strike Like Swords

“Last year Nadia Plesner started a Simple campaign to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to raise money for the helping organization “Divest for Darfur”.

On February 13, 2008, Nadia received a letter from Louis Vuitton’s, asking her to firmly end the campaign immediately, as they believe one of their products is being portrayed in the illustration.

Nadia Plesner is standing up for her artistic freedom to express her view of the world as she sees it without restrictions from anybody.

On February 20, 2008, she informed Louis Vuitton’s Intellectual Property Director that she intend to continue her campaign to support the victims of Darfur.“

Nadia Plesner startet her own campaige in 2007 to support the Victims of Darfur. 100% of the takings from the t-shirt and poster are donated to Darfur.

To support her please go to: www.nadiaplesner.com

The illustration Nadia is getting suede for:

I could not find very much information on Olly Moss but here are a couple illustrations I found. I really like some of his concepts.

Illustration by Olly Moss
Name: 88 Ghosts

Illustration by Olly Moss
Name: Consumable

Illustration by Olly Moss
Name: Nostalgia

Illustration by Olly Moss
Name: Walk Instead

Illustration by Olly Moss
Name: A Refuge Poster

There has been popularity around James so I thought id find some more of his work. Mr Marshall loves bright colors and creating symmetry in complete madness.

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Here is more of Dalek:

Greg Simikins can defiantly not be faulted for unoriginal work. Each illustration is like a twisted fairytale or something out of a weird dream. How he conjures up these different characters and scenery God only knows. His work is interesting and rich in character. Simkins has been a complete sell out all over the US.

He is now based in California.

Illustrations by Greg:

Illustration by Greg Simkins

Illustration by Greg Simkins

Illustration by Greg Simkins
Name: Winter Night

Illustration by Greg Simkins

Illustration by Greg Simkins

The New York Times Magazine illustrates 2007’s interesting and amazing developments.

Illustrated campaign for The Economist. Six illustrators where brought in by the agency AMV.BBDO. It was quite a drastic change from there old stuff but I think it works.

The Economist – Fine n Dandy

The Economist – Geoff Mcfetridge

The Economist – Matthew Green