Monthly Archives: February 2011

Memories Never Fade: Bleached paintings by Jon Delgado

Posted at 4 pm on February 27, 2011 by jo fallon

Posted in: Ink Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting

This is a guest post from UK-based, Tokyo-born illustrator Jo Fallon.

London based Artist and Illustrator Jon Delgado, uniquely uses bleach and ink to create his beautiful, almost luminescent work which preserve fond memories of his childhood in Essex.

Mixed Media Art and Design from Nick White

Posted at 6 pm on February 25, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Mixed Media, Paper Illustration

Drawing, painting, collage, moving image, design, pattern, humour, and wit are all part of Nick White‘s varied and continually interesting work. The depth and and quantity of styles on his site alone is a good example of how flexible and skilled he is as an artist.

Church Building Collage Illustration by Mark Lazenby

Posted at 1 pm on February 23, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Mixed Media, Paper Illustration

With an obvious love for finding beautiful pieces of paper, Mark Lazenby uses what he finds to create work that is so much more than the sum of its components. Worn, aged photographs, along with anything else he can find, are sliced, juggled and pieced together in the best of collage traditions. The examples that can be seen here are from an ongoing set of personal work entitled, ‘Make Mountains’.

'Family Tree' by Bobby Neel Adams

Posted at 2 pm on February 22, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Photographic Illustration

Bobby Neel Adams is interested in facial features, how our DNA is passed down in our family, and the effect ageing and environment have on the way we look. He explores this in a set of portraits called ‘Family Tree’. Here, similar photographs of family members are taken, torn in half, and then placed together to produce interesting melds of the characters. By placing the faces together, all the differences and similarities are highlighted while also making you think about your own identity and where your fundamental traits come from.

Crisp but Textural Lotta Nieminen

Posted at 7 pm on February 20, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Mixed Media, Photoshop

Finnish artist, Lotta Nieminen has been working as an illustrator and designer since 2006. She’s picked up a lot of interest along the way, including honourable mentions in various logo competitions, as well as Vuoden Huiput (Best of Finnish advertising and graphic design).

Illustrations for 'Downtown Rocket' by Tatsuro Kiuchi

Posted at 1 pm on February 18, 2011 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Mixed Media

Tokyo-born Tatsuro Kiuchi produced these lovely illustration for a book called ‘Downtown Rocket’/下町ロケット by Jun Ikeido. I think it’s the overall atmosphere that draws me in, there’s something quite film noir about it. There’s a kind of stillness you can feel in the empty city streets, in some ways helping you to imagine those kinds of familiar sounds more than a bustling, packed scene might.

Dan Holdsworth Blackout Series of Photographs

Posted at 12 pm on February 17, 2011 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Photography

I’ve been a mega fan of English photographer Dan Holdsworth for years now, so I wanted to share a recent series of his entitled ‘Blackout’. Dan’s pictures frequently feature geographical landmarks and features, usually skewed somehow, using extended exposures or unique lighting effects.