"Replaceface" series by Steve Payne
In Artists Inspire Artists’s “Artists Series” we single out one amazing artist who’s work could stand alone. Today we have Steve Payne, who created the Replaceface series, where Steve took digital copies of George Dawe’s paintings of russian generals and added celebrities faces to the portrait using photoshop. So as always, enjoy & live inspired! Related Artists Series #17 - Michael Kutsche
27 Beautiful Digital Portraits by Melanie Delon
Melanie Delon is a digital painter from Paris, France, who works as a freelance illustrator. She works primarily with Photoshop and Painter, along with a drawing tablet, to create stunning and realistic digital portraits. She has won a variety of awards and has had her work featured in many publications as well. In this post, we’ll look at 27 beautiful digital portraits from Melanie, selected from her website:
The Persuaders
FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar "persuasion industries" of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper into the fabric of our lives. Through sophisticated market research methods to better understand consumers and by turning to the little-understood techniques of public relations to make sure their messages come from sources we trust, marketers are crafting messages that resonate with an increasingly cynical public. In this documentary essay, correspondent Douglas Rushkoff (correspondent for FRONTLINE's "The Merchants of Cool") also explores how the culture of marketing has come to shape the way Americans understand the world and themselves and how the techniques of the persuasion industries have migrated to politics, shaping the way our leaders formulate policy, influence public opinion, make decisions, and stay in power.
Batman's Rogues Gallery by Jegang
Check out the wonderful graphic illustrations created by deviantART user Jegang which showcase the mightiest of Gotham City’s rogues gallery through both simple imagery and signature messages. Click to see larger image. via [deviantART]
A Showcase of Amazing Fantasy Photomanipulations
Arbenting > Inspiration > A Showcase of Amazing Fantasy Photomanipulations When it comes to inspiration, we always tend to get a huge charge from the galleries of graphic artists who have a penchant for manipulating photos. While recently searching for an inspirational refill, we turned that direction and dove in head first. Then we realized how selfish we were being, so we decided that we should bring our readers along with us. After all, we know for a fact we are not alone in our love for photomanipulations. So here is a breathtaking showcase of some amazing artists’ fantasy themed photomanipulations.
5 Clever Product Packages That Dissolve After Use
These days, any designer worth his or her salt is grappling with ideas of waste and sustainability, trying to come up with ways to do more with less. This is especially pressing in the realm of product packaging: According to the EPA, Americans alone throw away some 70 million tons of boxes, bags, containers, and inserts each year. It’s a staggering statistic, and any place where we can cut back will help stem the tide.
47 (More) Brilliant Advertisements
Last week we gave you 35 Brilliant Advertisements and the story blew up on the web. Hundreds of Repins on Pinterest, 78K shares on StumbleUpon, great action on Facebook & Twitter. All in all it was an awesome story so we decided to pull together 47 more brilliant advertisements for you to enjoy.
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Adam Martinakis - "Metaphysical Objectivity in Comparison to Realism"
Digital artist Adam Martinakis (previously) was born Poland in 1972 and currently lives and works in in Cannock, UK. His computer-generated artworks employ aspects of photorealism and surrealism to explore the human condition which he says results in a “mixture of post-fantasy futurism and abstract symbolism”. Above are a handful of works from the last year or so, several of which were on view at The Lloyd Gill Gallery through last week as part of a group show titled Metaphysical Objectivity in Comparison to Realism. You can see much more here.
Fractal World Gallery Thumbnails : cosmic recursive fractal flames or flame fractals
Fractal World Gallery contains a collection of Pure flame fractals, fractal flame composites, fractals, etc: established 1998 Flame Fractals date from 1998 to the Present. by Cory Ench © 2007 Images from this gallery may only be used with artist's permission Fractal software includes Frax Flame and Apophysis for cosmic recursive fractal flames. FAQ I CONTACT I PRINTS More artwork by Cory Ench at www.enchgallery.com 164 images in room 7 click on the thumbnails for full view fractal image 164 images in room 7 120 images in room 6 120 images in room 5 120 images in room 4 120 images in room 3 132 images in room 2 120 images in room 1 Other non fractal art by Cory Ench at home Thanks for viewing the Fractal World Gallery. Please go to next gallery room for more cosmic recursive flame fractals.
