Inspirations & Influences; Ignasi Monreal

Well I think I've found my new best friend, sorry Ki I still love you but Ignasi Monreal is just... just amazing. Working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer; He studied Comic & Illustration, Communication, Total Design and graduated from Fashion Creative Direction (which I've never heard of in my life) Ignasi has a CV that rivals everyone in my entire family..

Versace for VSPAIN

Dior for VSPAIN

Atlantis; Alexander McQueen

 

 

I love the way Ignasi brings elements of natural forms into a few of his pieces; birds, butterflies and even snakes were what made the Haute Couture Collections for V Magazine Spain extremely beautiful.

RJ King

Ignasi is one to watch,only born in 1990 yet his work shows a lifetime of experience, he is definitely an inspiration of mine, Chow!.

Check out some of Ignasi's work  http://www.ignasimonreal.com/

Inspirations & Influences; Stella Im Hultberg

Stella Im Hultberg is a painter born in South Korea and is currently living in Brooklyn. Stella's work depicts feminine beauty with the flow of her soft hues, beautiful colour contrasts and flowing lines. 

Foregone Broken

Bold as Love

Like I said before Stella's work shows feminine beauty and how serene, fragile and vulnerable women, are this is shown through the type of media she uses in her pieces; ink, oils, water colours, wood and canvas however not everything she makes is flat as a pancake. Stella has created wood panels with ceramic sculptures attached and even figures...

Figure 1

Figure 8

Figure 4

Chrysalis

Well she's good with her hands (No pun intended).. If your interested in Stella's pieces or would like to check out her blog you know what to do, click the links below... Chow!

www.stellaimhultberg.com/

http://thinkspacegallery.com/artists/bio/?artist=Stella%20Im%20Hultberg

Inspirations & Influences; Esra Roise

With a name as beautiful as this it's not a surprise, Esra Roise is able to make me and many others stare at her work in awe. Esra is a freelance illustrator whose work is fashion influenced and inspired by Famous icons, celebrities, people and my favourite Awkward moments.

Ms Wasson for Euroman

Plan B magazine

Illustration for DET NYE

Dry and Dusty

Esra is amazing, I mean come on awkward moments, who would think awkward moments would look so beautiful.. well my media lesson is ending now so Chow!

Inspirations & influences; Marco Migani

After seeing Erika Lawlor Schmidt work, I began looking for collage artists and I came across Marco Migani. Sadly I was unable to find much Information on Marco himself but I really like his pieces and decided to go ahead and upload a few of my favourites.

like I said earlier, I wasn't able to find much info so I'm gonna have to go in blindly and guess that there has been a few elements of photo manipulation in his work, in fact some of his pieces are so neat photo manipulation must be something he used. His work uses lots of magazine clippings, newspapers, images and like all the other artists on this blog.. natural forms (ohkay maybe i have an obsession with natural forms) 

In the future no matter how much i like an artist i think its best i find a background on there work...

...but his work is so cooooool just look at it  

Marco if you see this please, please, pleeeeeease tell us about yourself, what inspired your work, maybe what type of media you use.. Chow!

Inspirations & Influences; Erika Lawlor Schmidt

Well let me just say one thing, I literally just found Erika's work & I'm kinda impressed.

Erika Lawlor Schmidt is a visual and performing artist; whose work has elements of Indian Mysticism and Eastern Philosophy. Her collages and prints are very surrealistic even though it has cultural, religious, pop iconography references and pieces from maps, books and magazines. Her work is extremely simple.

The Reincarnation of Lincoln

Drawn to the center of things

Listen Like Spring

I personally wouldn't say Erika is a huge inspiration of mine however her style is so neat, polished and simple that I'm instantly drawn to her pieces plus I think Its time I slow down on the natural forms pieces (even though their are elements of natural forms in her work) too much natural forms is going to drive me crazy and with that Chow!

Check out some of Erika's work http://erikalawlorschmidt.com/index.php

Music; Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

I don't know if any of you know this but I'm a huge Nirvana fan, ohkay maybe I wasn't born in 1993 (only 2 years behind) but I am a 90's baby & this has to be one of my favourite Nirvana songs.

The video confuses the hell out of me but I love this song and will always. (I've already played it 9 times today... talk about over kill)

Well this is the song of the day, I hope you enjoy it.. Chow!

Inspirations & Influences; Caitlin Hackett

Caitlin Hackett is an artist who specializes in Illustration, Painting, Drawing & Digital retouching. As a child she grew up around mountains and redwood trees which is probably one of the main reasons why her work is inspired by nature, mythology and animals. Like Marco Mazzoni, Caitlin's work merges many types of natural forms like birds, fishes, mammals, females & even dragons. 

Vulpes Masquerade

Insatiable

A Flightless Bird

There is something just so alluring about Caitlin's work and I can honestly say I can look at her work for hours (ohkay maybe a few minutes) because every time you analyze her work there is always something to discover and that really is the beauty of her work.

Caitlin uses a range of media from ballpoint pen, acrylic, water colour, coloured pencil & digitally painted(on selected pieces). I really like Caitlin's work & I hope that one day I could be as good as this *fingers crossed* Chow! 

Check out some of Caitlin's work http://caitlinhackett.carbonmade.com/

Inspirations & Influences; Marco Mazzoni

Marco Mazzoni is an Artist who's work just fascinates me... there is no words that can describe how beautifully grotesque his pieces are. Marco's pieces are influenced by Italian Folklore and from my perspective they are highly influenced by Natural Forms. Each piece has similar themes from birds, animals, feathers, women, butterflies and flowers.

Unlike many other Artists, when Marco is drawing women he purposely leaves out the eyes for he believes they are a distraction.

Marco also uses pencil crayon and rejects all persuasion to use oil paints. (Good on you mate) His work reminds me of another artist Caitlin Hackett who is amaaaaaaaazing and you will be seeing some of her work soon but for now Chow!

Check out some of Marco's work http://www.coatesandscarry.com/originals/marco-mazzoni

Inspirations & Influences; Audrey Kawasaki

Whenever i look at Audrey Kawasaki's work, I immediately think of the Yin Yang and how there is always two sides to something; The good & the bad, Male & Female, Positive & Negative. Innocent and Erotic. 

Using wood panels, Audrey is able to create sharp and smooth graphic pieces with oil, graphite and acrylic...

 I'm a huge fan of Audrey's work so expect more images in the future. Chow!