Japanese Monsters in Children’s Book Art by Gojin Ishihara
August 21, 2010 by admin
Filed under Art and Design, Odd World
When we was a kid, we went through a phase where we was way into monsters — Draculas, Frankensteins, demons from the pits of Hell, all that good stuff — and, as these were the dark days before the Internet, I would hit the library on a weekly basis checking out books illustrated with the scarier pieces of pop culture and mythology. Well, I’ve got to say that right now, seven year-old Chris Sims is insanely jealous of his Japanese counterparts, because they had Gojin Ishihara, a manga artist whose work on numerous children’s books from the 1970s is both terrifying and awesome.
Here is a collection of wonderfully weird illustrations by Gōjin Ishihara, whose work graced the pages of numerous kids’ books in the 1970s. The first 16 images below appeared in the “Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters” (1972), which profiled supernatural creatures from Japanese legend. The other illustrations appeared in various educational and entertainment-oriented publications for children.
Amazing Light Drawings and Graffiti
August 15, 2010 by admin
Filed under Art and Design, Places and Nature
It’s so amazing what you can do when you find a dark space, slow your shutter, crank your imagination in high gear and start playing with light. Light paintings, known as light drawing or light graffiti, are a photography technique very popular today. We wanted to share with you what we consider great examples of light paintings. Check them out!
Incredible Sand Animator Kseniya Simonova
August 11, 2010 by admin
Filed under Art and Design, Lifestyle
Kseniya Simonova (born 1985 as Ксения Симонова) is a Ukrainian sand animator who is the winner of “2009 Ukraine’s Got Talent.” She started drawing with sand after her business collapsed due to the early 21st century credit crunch and had been drawing for less than a year when she entered Ukraine’s Got Talent. She performed her talent in that show by constructing an animation that portrayed life during the USSR’s Great Patriotic War against the Third Reich in World War II using a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and her “sand painting” skills. She is a great artist as well as a story teller; she tells story with her sand painting skill.
Unique Collection of Acrylic Paintings by Carol Manasse
July 26, 2010 by admin
Filed under Art and Design, Misc
Carol Manasse is a contemporary artist known for her unique and entirely original designs. Her engaging portrayals challenge the viewer’s perception of depth, reality and motion. Born in Massachusetts in 1958, Carol showed a unique aptitude for drawing. After moving to California, she studied art under the tutelage of artist Susanna Mueller who declared “…she is one of the most talented and creative pupils I have had in 30 years ….” Carol obtained her degree from Thomas Edison State University. After 20 years of working as a successful real estate broker in the San Francisco Bay area, Carol has decided to offer her unique collection of acrylic paintings for public display. Her solo exhibit entitled “Double Vision: Explorations in Cubism” has been described as “beautiful, “…like walking into a kaleidoscope,” and “…a striking presentation of 21st century cubism.” See our selected collection for further information!
Creation Temptation & Fall
He Is Risen
Gazelles
Galloping Horses
4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Polo
Prancing Around the Moon
Bridle Path at Sunrise
Elegant White Background Fractal Designs
July 15, 2010 by admin
Filed under Art and Design, Misc
‘Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson
This was author motto when he designed these elegant white fractal designs. Something special in these picture is white background. That is the reason why you can feel pictures depth, or space depth. They look like they were sketched with a pencil, too.
Amazing Large-scale Drawings in Sand by Jim Denevan
May 24, 2010 by admin
Filed under Art and Design, Featured
Have you already heard of Jim Denevan or seen his artwork? This guy, who is an artist and a surfer, creates large scale drawings in sand that are nothing short of amazing. The drawings are mostly created by dragging a stick on the ground. By using only this single stick of wood wet, Jim Denevan makes huge geometric shapes in the sand, which for some may take up to seven hours of work! Generally composed of circles and lines, it is a real mammoth task and patience.
His amazing drawings in the sand art is done on a very large scale. Everything Jim does seems to be 100% perfection like the images in this gallery show.
Children’s Drawing Brought to Life
This is exactly what happens when you let children use oil crayons or pencils to express their imagination through drawing sketches. You get silliest, wackiest, the most unbelievable scenes that look like the are out of this world. But, what would happen if you tried to bring these absurd children’s drawing into life by reconstructing them.
Firstly, you would need to put a lot of effort into bringing such scenes into our realm.
But the important thing is that the results would be highly entertaining to all. The following photo gallery of 16 funniest and most humorous images proves my point. This is how children’s drawings brought to life look like. Cool isn’t it?
