Swiss photographer Oliver Oettli has shot everything from fashion, brands and commercial portraits, all in his trademark direct and natural way. The images shown here are full of sugary colours with models emerging from clouds of pastel powder like creatures from a fairy tale. Images © Oliver Oettli Via Behance
Category: Motion
Throwing Colored Powders: The Ars Thanea Photo Shoot
Advertising agency Ars Thanea was preparing their new website, and as a way to promote its launch they did an exciting photo shoot to display on the Internet. “We had this idea a long time ago. Soaking colors, deep saturation, and a lot of magical dust.” [1] They used Holi colors from India and had […]
Kanemaki Sculpts Human Figures from Logs of Wood
While he is carving a man and skeleton out of wood, Yoshitoshi Kanemaki is analyzing and questioning mortality… he thinks to himself, “What is Life?” “What is Death?” Questions most of us have asked ourselves, yet Kanemaki doesn’t have a clear answer for them. His work is bold with fascinating compositions and it is remarkable how […]
Dancers Captured In Perfect Freeze Frame
The Belgian photographer Jeffrey Vanhoutte has collaborated with creative agency Norvell Jefferson to capture these stunning images of dancers frozen in time. Clouds of powdered milk are sent up in the air alongside the graceful bodies and manipulated into fantastical shapes, from pairs of wings to “The Matrix” bullet-time poses. Images © Jeffrey Vanhoutte Via My Modern […]
Art + Science: Berlin Artist Produces Hypnotic Videos
Susi Sie states that she is on a “mission to explore the physical and mathematical nature of unusual forms, substances and materials to show the hidden beauty and magic of our natural world that constantly surrounds us.” [1] Her videos are indeed magical in the way powder particles form shapes and move in rhythmic manner […]
Pantonio’s Graffiti Art of Rabbits in Motion
Pantonio is an established name in the street art circuit in Portugal. Known for human-animal hybrids in motion, and fishes and lots of rabbits. His characters seem to be part of a moving picture, which are incredibly painted with elongated black bodies and textured lines. One of his newest projects is a partially anamorphic painting […]
Graffiti with an Energetic Flow
He started writing his graffiti name Bacon on walls in Toronto in the early 90s. Twenty years has past since then and his urban art has really evolved. His outlines are perfectly fluid, his color combinations and shading are beautiful, and there is dynamic movement in all of his works. A few murals (like the one […]
Animated GIFs in Bubble Gum Colors
Animated GIFs are often visually addictive, and for those of you constantly on Tumblr, you may have seen plenty there. But as I have mentioned before in past posts (here, here and here), there is an art to making these motion loops; some artists are really going the extra step. Zolloc is another name to […]
Evolving Geometries in a Digital World
Eva Papamargariti is a Greek digital artist and architect. Her GIFs and videos are an erratic fusion of geometry, bright colors, shiny textures, and all around high-strung sensibility. If you like to keep your Tumblr feed filled with super-fun content, don’t overlook her. All motion graphics and stills © Eva Papamargariti Via Thvdermag
10 Fun and Creative Music Videos
MTV isn’t quite the music video haven that it once was. Yet, artists and directors are still finding meaning in making interesting and innovative work. These 10 music videos prove that despite the lack of airtime on mainstream TV, filmmakers, artists, designers, and animators are still exploring the creative possibilities of the format. Directed by […]