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Creative and Inspiring Colored Pencil Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

Ferman — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:08:38 +0000

If someone is after creativity and uniqueness that person should not restrict himself to only one medium. Jennifer Maestre, Massachusetts-based artist, is that kind of person and internationally known for her unique pencil sculptures. Those sculptures are very creative and inspiring, she derives most of her inspiration from the form and texture of the sea urchin. To make the pencil sculptures, Jennifer makes use of a variety pencils, nails and stitching. She takes hundreds of pencils, cut them into 1-inch sections, drill a hole in each section (to turn them into beads), sharpen them all and sew them together.

Here i am showcasing some of colored pencil sculptures created by her, hope you will enjoy and share your feelings. To check more of her work, visit her online portfolio. If you have creative and unique portfolio too, share with us, I will showcase it on PelFusion.

Surrealism Art: Everything But Ordinary

Michelle — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:20:22 +0000

Surrealist artworks are described to be inspired by the imagination, subconscious and fantasy. This surrealism art movement from the 1920′s was influenced by the psychologist Sigmund Freud, who pioneered studies of the human’s subconscious mind. Thus, Surrealism presents subjects in a dreamlike , if not strange, way.

In line with the teachings of Freud, a French poet, Andre Breton, in his book Manifeste du Surrealisme, said that rational thinking (conscious mind) represses the creative mind (subconscious) when composing art. He defined surrealism as getting in touch with the repressed mind to try and expressing absurd images and ideas such as insects coming out of a human body or a hand holding a human brain, among others.

Today, the movement is still practiced in painting on canvas, sketches and digital art. Here are examples of modern Surrealist art pieces:

These bizarre art works portray normal subjects in an irrational way that can make people feel uncomfortable. However, the abstract themes conveyed by the images stretch our imagination and encourages us to look beyond their absurdity.

40 Examples of Innovative Nintendo Game Boy Box Artwork

Jake Rocheleau — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:05:14 +0000

Nintendo has introduced us to a wide array of classic video games. From the release of Nintendo Entertainment System in 1984 video games have advanced tremendously and built a strong market into society. Similarly the handheld generation has left its mark in time and matured into many directions.

Most notably, the first mobile gaming system Game Boy was a popular seller amongst kids during the 1990’s. Publishers were looking for a new outlet of video game design and the Game Boy system offered cheap development costs with powerful branding techniques. Even today we see Nintendo DS and 3DS exploding into blogs and magazines everywhere.

Below I’ve accounted for 40 unique Game Boy box artwork collections. These include all classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, many of which originated from Nintendo themselves. Hopefully these may inspire some ideas and allow a few of your to relive that nostalgic taste of life from not so long ago.

Ghosts ‘n Goblins

Mole Mania

Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble

Dexter’s Laboratory GBC

Alice in Wonderland

Code Monkeys

Powerpuff Girls: Battle Him

Monsters Inc.

Harvest Moon GB

Kirby’s Dreamland

Scooby Doo! Classic Creep Capers

Magi Nation

102 Dalmations: Puppies to the Rescue

Survival Kids

Wacky Races

Donkey Kong Country

Tabaluga

Dragon’s Lair

Pokemon Puzzle Challenge

The Flintstone’s: Burger Time in Bedrock

Rayman GBC

Shantae

Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite!

Puzzled

Tetris GB

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Saves the Day

Balloon Kid

Warioland II

Dragon Warrior III

Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories

Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

Mario Golf GBC

Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors

Land Before Time GBC

Disneys A Bug’s Life

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Monster Rancher Battle Card

Harvest Moon 3

Bomberman GB

Heroes of Might and Magic

Creative And Imaginative World Of Ben Goossens

Ferman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:57:51 +0000

Every designer has an imaginative world of his own but to make it real is an Art, those who are able to express their feelings and imagination in their work they become artist. Not all designers can do that but Ben Goossens is one of them who expressed his imaginative world in a very creative way.

Goossens’ images have received awards in a number of prestigious international photography competitions including Gold and Silver medals at the Trierenberg Super Circuit, the world’s largest annual photography salon. Goossens has also seen his work widely published, including an in-depth 10 page exposition in the March 2007 edition of Photo Art International. His composite photos are remarkable for their seamless yet painterly renderings of Surrealism dreamscapes.

Here i have collected the amazing art work done by him to learn more about him you can visit following links:

Ben Goossens Bio
Ben Goossens Portfolio

Indeed Mr. Professor !

Who is afraid of a tree?

I think, I’m a dreamer

Up to an higher level

The land of antopicitca

Bubble maker

Story of the very beginning

Piquant

Love and sorrow

Caged!!!

Take a seat

End of story

Sweet songs of the sea

A souvenir from the coast

Above all troubles

A home

Singing in the rain

Spring will be there soon

… a burdon

Time to go

Broken heart

Global heating!!!

Catch the power of communication

VIP

Sensitivity

Heartbreak hotel

Reborn

Brainwashed

It’s a real nowhere man

The survivor

Hope

Transparency

Magic in the air

Snip…snip

Exodus

Gate of eden

Drawing leaf

Stone headed visitor

Decay

Feeling blue

Like a virgin

40+ Stunning and Creative Graffiti Artworks

Ferman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:13:32 +0000

Most people have the impression that graffiti was started by young vandals trying to “make a statement”, however graffiti has been known to go as far back as 30 000BC. The Ancient Romans and Ancient Greeks, used to scribble on their walls, descriptions of their current day events. Then, in the 1900′s, graffiti in the form of vandalism, started appearing all of the world. With pointless scribbles of “crew” names being tainted all over cities, it’s not surprising that for a long while graffiti had such a negative connotation associated with it.

However, as the years have passed on, a few people have taken graffiti to the next level. Taking it from something that people generally frown at, to something that makes people go WOW! Most people are even going as far as calling graffiti street art. The truth is, that there is a sense of beauty in a lot of the graffiti being created today. Beautiful portraits of people, or abstract art that makes you look twice. A graffiti artist is, essentially, a modern day artist, his choice of canvas is just different, unique and grabs the attention of a myriad of people.

To honour the true graffiti artists, we have found a collection of some of the most stunning, creative graffiti pieces across the world, so join us in being wow-ed over and over again as we unveil our collection.

Stunning Art Of Digital Artist Kerem Beyit

Ferman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:58:09 +0000

While browsing i came across interview of an amazing digital artist Kerem Beyit on PSDTuts. Interview was really informative and creative work of Kerem Beyit was stunning.

Kerem Beyit is from Turkey and currently working as a freelancer. He has been in digital area for four years and has been awarded on many CG related sites. He is really successful at Illustration, concept design and working in Photoshop. To know more about him you can read his interview on Psdtuts and visit his personal site, but here i have collected his stunning work for your inspiration.

Animals In Medieval Art

Ferman — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:53:11 +0000

Designers and Artists existed in all time frames only the medium they used was different. Today i tried to grab something from Medieval Art and wanted to compile something which is not web related but inspiring.

According to wikipedia, “The Medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art history in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.” The art at that time was produced in many media and the works that remain in large numbers include sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork and mosaics.

Today while browsing internet i saw an article on animals in medieval art. Which says, “Animals, both real and fantastic, occupied an important place in medieval art and thought. Artists readily employed animal motifs, along with foliate designs, as part of their decorative vocabulary.”

Here i have showcased some images from that article, which you can visit here.

Brooch in the Form of a Bird of Prey

Bow Brooch

Plaque with Agnus Dei and Four Evangelists

Bowl with Fish

Plaque with the Creation of Animals

Horn

Lion from a Frieze

Narbonne Arch

Eucharistic Dove

Panel with a Griffin

Aquamanile in the Form of a Cock

Aquamanile in the Form of a Ram

Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion

Lion mask door pull

40 Photoshop Tutorials To Create Fantastic Art

Ferman — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:13:30 +0000

Using photoshop you can do amazing things. You can manipulate photos, create textures or create beautiful art. There are always new things to learn about photoshop and there is never end to it. Creating beautiful art using photoshop is a real fun. You can give artistic touch to scanned or hand drawn pictures. Here i have listed 40 photoshop tutorials to create fantastic art.