Tetsuya is a “paper engineer” from Japan, who folds these adorable figurines out of paper. (Though, I hesitate to say origami.)
Just. Adorable.
I’ve taken the liberty of directing you to the Gallery page, instead of letting you get lost in the Japanese.
So, I can’t believe I never uploaded this artist! (If I have, then please forgive me and simply enjoy it again.) I found the whole folder all ready to be uploaded, maybe I just fell asleep mid-process. That happens sometimes.
Enjoy!
I’m sitting here trying to pinpoint the exact thing I like about this artist, and I’m having a hard time. Part of me wants to say its the sheer imagination of it all, the reckless loss of consciousness that really draws me in. But, I also can’t help but love the line-work, the juxtaposition of positive and negative shape, the textures…….
Go see more!
Unfortunately, due to my inability to read Chinese (even WITH Google Translate…) I cannot figure out who this man is. However, it is an incredible blog full of highly interesting pieces, many of them are very informative. I did learn just enough to know that he is younger and more talented than me, though. That’s always good.
An amazing piece of sketch journalism. Here is the first page to lure you in….
Check out the whole comic here:
Henry Darger is the ultimate example of outsider art. He lived and died as a custodian in Chicago, and upon his death when they cleared his room, people found a 15,000+ page manuscript and some several hundred illustrations. Never making art for anyone but himself while in his own little world after work, these illustrations really show some innocence and magic.
Check out the documentary, recently winning the Toronto Independent Film Festival, In the Realms of the Unreal. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390123/
Sanjay Patel is a supervising animator and storyboard artist at Pixar. Recently, I borrowed a book from the library about the Ramayana, an Indian traditional story, and the illustrations were incredible! I highly recommend it, if only as candy for your eye (though the story itself is wonderful! I love mythology!)
In honor of the holiest of holidays, here is Carl Warner. He is most famous for his “still-lifes”, where he composes images of real food into little landscapes. He then lights and photographs them, and VOILA. Foodscapes are born.
See what kind of environments you can create on your plates today. If your mom tells you to stop playing with your food, tell her I said its OK.
http://www.carlwarner.com/index_small.html
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Didn’t want to post a video today, but WordPress seems to be having difficulties with image files……
So, in the meantime, enjoy this video about Japanese sword making. We all need a little more samurai in our life.
Handmade Portraits: The Sword Maker from Etsy on Vimeo.
This is exactly what I want my life to be like. Everyone needs a zombie partner (instead of a partner who acts like a zombie….)
My Bloody Lad – Dead Walter – WIZZprod° from WIZZprod° on Vimeo.
