Agnes Cecile has launched new artwork, some of it is done with just watercolor paint, and other examples combine additional materials like charcoal, acrylic paint and pen. Her portraits actually highlight painting techniques, for instance shown above is a watery-pigment spill that becomes part of the girl’s hair. Like its all connected—the art lives within […]
Author: The Tattoo Journalist
Cisco’s Outline Style
Having recently featured Javier Rodriguez’s tattoos, here is another great artist (Cisco) from the LTW studio in Spain. The latter artist is not only a tattooer but also a well-known graffiti artist, whose artistic style is a mix of old-era imagery with colorful cartoons. You can see a bit of that crossed over to his […]
More Rad Tattoos by Kamil Czapiga
Although Kamil Czapiga’s tattoos were recently featured at Illusion, the artist keeps pumping out new work and it is all fantastic! It is difficult to ignore his latest work which is so diverse in terms of themes, but consistently inked with his dot and line techniques. From a brain and spine swaying down a client’s […]
The Jellyfish Aurora
You are camping under a magical aurora sky, or venturing off with friends in the tall mushroom forest… Alexandra Khitrova’s visuals take you into delightful imaginary worlds. And even when she graphically presents a massive tornado, there is a feel of ease and protection to the spectator, which is quite different from what you would […]
Fresh Old-School Tattoos by Javier Rodriguez
Javier Rodriguez’s tattoos are a revival of traditional Americana designs with bluish-black outlines and bold color fills. Daggered hearts and skulls with roses are modernized with softer color gradients, more depth and line detail. If this style appeals to you, you can find Rodriguez working at the LTW studio in Barcelona, Spain. Images © Javier […]
A Whirlwind of Color
Warning: Contains nudity. New York based artist Erik Jones combines two art styles in his paintings: photo-realism and abstractionism. He paints colorful shapes around and over the model’s face and body as if it were a helmet, or shield. Jones is able to achieve this layered look with the use of various materials such as […]
10 Cleverly Designed Print Ads
As you know, companies invest a lot of money on advertising campaigns in attempt to stand out from the crowd and persuade consumers to buy more. There are also print ads that serve to raise awareness about environmental issues like the WWF poster with an elephant disintegrating into sand, which means desertification has continued to […]
Digital Female Figures
Polish illustrator Tomasz Zawistowski has drawn out these “Girls in Strips” as he calls them, possibly influenced from paper strips, and then vectorizes and perfects each image on the computer. It is interesting how he is able to create 3-D form and a sense of movement with simple colored stripes. Images © Tomasz Zawistowski Via […]
Acrobatic Poses
Bertil Nilsson has just released two new photos from his “Luminescence” series, which includes laser beams screened on the body of acrobatic gymnast champion, Edward Upcott. Nilsson has focused on capturing pictures of the human body in motion, from artistic shots of athletes and dancers to circus performers. Another great example of this is, “Naturally,” […]
Epic Naval Battles
Digital artist Rado Javor can take up to 3 months to perfect an 18th century remake of the Battle of Quiberon Bay shown above, the Battle of Vigo Bay, and more. His work reminisces traditional paintings from an era that artists would take a long time to finalize an oil masterpiece, but Javor prefers today’s […]