The Fantastic Imagination of Illustrator Simón Prades | Inspiration Now. Simón Prades, born in 1985 into a german/spanish family, is living in Saarbrücken, Germany. Since finishing University with a diploma in Graphic Design, he is working as a freelance illustrator for clients in Editorial, Advertising and Film while teaching drawing and illustration at the university of applied siences in Trier, Germany. More stuff you’ll like www.inspiration-now.com. The Quote Illustration Project. Illustrations and quotes are always a good combo as can be seen in these posters. It’s a personal project of Tang Yau Hoong (an illustrator who we’ve featured here several times before) to combine selected illustrations of him and quotes by famous as well as unknown people.
They’re made into art prints and are available here. Enjoy! About The Artist Tang Yau Hoong is a graphic artist/ illustrator/ designer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who loves simplistic design. About the author Hi, my name is Houke de Kwant. New Light Installation is Like a Giant Portal to Another World. Nonotak Studio is back with a new installation that promises to (again) mess with your mind.
Previously, they had created Isotopes v.2, a hypnotizing light experience that was inspired by the devastation in Fukushima. For the Insanitus Festival 2013 in Kaunas, Lithuania, the studio just debuted Daydream V.2, an audiovisual installation that distorts our perception of space. Visitors who are standing in front of it will have light beams pass right through them as if they're about to be teleported into another world. Nonotak describes it this way, "This installation is aimed at establishing a physical connection between the virtual space and the real space, blurring the limits and submerging the audience into a short detachment from reality.
Lights generate abstract spaces while sounds define the echoes of virtual spaces. For the full experience, make sure to watch the video, below. Nonotak Studio website. Ships That Sail Through the Clouds: Meet Luigi Prina, the 83-Year-Old Builder of Flying Model Ships. Photo by Gianluca Giannone courtesy Blinking City Photo by Gianluca Giannone courtesy Blinking City> When he was just 16 years old Luigi Prina entered and won a national aircraft modeling competition. When he went to collect the prize money the organizers asked the boy why his father couldn’t come and collect it himself. Nearly fifty years later the now successful architect met a painter and boat builder named Eugenio Tomiolo and while they were talking made a bet that perhaps Prina could take one of his small model ships and make it fly like an airplane. Tomolio accepted and it wasn’t long before a small flying boat was whirring in circles around his small studio that coincidentally had clouds painted on the ceiling.
A new passion was born and Prina has since dedicated nearly 20 years of his later life to building flying model boats, bicycles and other unconventional aircraft. What children’s drawings would look like if they were painted realistically. The Monster Engine is one of those projects that make me love the Internet for its ability to expose amazing creative talent to a worldwide audience.
Illustrator Dave DeVries started with a simple question: What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically? In his own words: It began at the Jersey Shore in 1998, where my niece Jessica often filled my sketchbook with doodles. While I stared at them, I wondered if color, texture and shading could be applied for a 3D effect. The Monster Engine is the 48-page outcome from that curiosity, and it looks wonderful. I project a child’s drawing with an opaque projector, faithfully tracing each line. Below are some of my favorite illustrations from the project. Buy “The Monster Engine” on Amazon. The Moses Bridge. A series of moats and fortresses were built over the West Brabant Water Line region of the Netherlands during the 17th century in order to provide protection from invasion by France and Spain.
Fort de Roovere was surrounded with a shallow moat that was too deep to march across, and too shallow for boats. In turn the earthen fort had remained protected –until now. From afar, the Moses Bridge is invisible to the eye. The flow of the moat appears continuous, as the water level remains at the same level, reflecting the surrounding foliage. As visitors approach the fort, the bridge appears as a break in the water with its sloping walls containing it. First lying flush with the earth, the bridge then descends deeper into the ground. Lined with wood sheet piling for walls, the deck and stairs sit between. The bridge can’t be seen from a distance because the ground and the water come all the way up to its edge. Ro&Ad-Architects Ad Kil & Ro Koster Via RO&AD Architecten.