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Cute, clever and quite bitter. Judith Ann Braun's Fingers Are Magical. With an art career spanning more than three decades, Judith Ann Braun has tested the limits of her artistic musculature. She began as a self-described “realistic figure painter,” and worked through the struggles common to anyone who endeavors upon an artistic pursuit, that of searching for one’s own voice in the chosen medium. Fast forward to the 21st century where the evolution of Braun’s work has brought us to the Fingerings series, a collection of charcoal dust landscapes and abstracts “painted” using not brushes but her fingertips.

Braun has a specific interest in symmetry, as evidenced by the patterns she follows in a number of the Fingerings pieces as well as work in the Symmetrical Procedures collection. Her fingerprints are obvious up close in some of the paintings, though a step back and the grandeur of Braun’s imagination sprawls into a landscape of soft hills, overhanging trees, delicate florals, and a reflective waterway. Share With Your Friends. Angelique Houtkamp. Pin-ups, broken hearts, swallows, ships, black panthers, mermaids, cowgirls, horseshoes, cactus, tattoo old school mixes with mythological dreams, nautical iconography and disturbing love stories of Hollywood, this is the world of Angelique Houtkamp, artist, tattoo artist, painter and shoes designer, from Holland.

Angelique Houtkamp

October 2007 [50 Images] Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from October 2007.

October 2007 [50 Images]

Best images of October 2007 These images are found randomly around the net. I didn't take the pictures. Please contact me if you're the rightful owner of the picture, and I'll make sure your copyright will me mentioned with the picture. Make sure you have proof that the image is yours. Previous Imagedumps: [Imagedump] September 2007 [25 Images]Tags: imagedump image fun october best Interested in this topic? Фото и рисунки, арт и креативная реклама. Reinterpreting Disney Princess Costumes Through a Historical Lens. If you grew up watching Disney movies, then you can probably picture the evening gown that Cinderella wore to Prince Charming’s ball or what Jasmine was wearing when she took that magic carpet ride with Aladdin.

Reinterpreting Disney Princess Costumes Through a Historical Lens

What you probably never considered was whether or not these signature ensembles were historically accurate. LA-based illustrator Claire Hummel, an artist for Microsoft Game Studios Publishing, decided to do some research on the subject, and the resulting images, while not necessarily the stuff of childhood memories, provide an interesting glimpse into the history of fashion. Click through for a narrated look at the work that she’s done on the project so far; if you like what you see, prints from the series are available here. Claire Hummel, Pocahontas. All images via My Modern Met. “Oh, Pocahontas. Claire Hummel, Cinderella “I went with the mid-1860s for Cinderella’s dress, the transitory period where the cage crinoline takes on a more elliptical shape and moves towards the back. Aryz. The Art of Joe Wierenga. Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011.

Download the PDF of these ideas : Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011 (2mb) [ New American Public Art ]

Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011

Words as Images by Ji Lee. Whenever we read a news story, book, letter, or any other form of text our brain relates specific words with previously seen images.

Words as Images by Ji Lee

By accessing our past memories, like a hard drive, our brain is able to create a visual illustration simply out of words. Taking this one step further, Ji Lee eliminates the need for our brain to do this process. Ji Lee takes popular words and brings them to life by adding a sense of character, fun and playfulness to them. “When we were children, letters were like fun toys. We played with them through our building blocks. Today we will feature creative examples from Ji’s book titled “Word As Image.” “This project started nearly twenty years ago as an assignment in my typography class at art school. Anyone can create a word as image. Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light.

This is kind of flying all over the internet right now, but I couldn’t resist sharing.

Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light

Artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan uses suspended translucent objects and other found materials to create light and shadow paintings on walls. The jaw-dropping light painting above, made with an array of colored airplanes is currently on view at the Fly to Baku exhibition at De Pury Gallery in London through January 29th. Awesome Character Illustrations by Pablo Lobato.