PERHAPS You'll See More Of This.

My art.

I've finally acquired Adobe Photoshop again. I don't even remember how long it's been since I last had it installed on my computer.

I've been reluctant about posting my own artwork because
a) I'm not sure if it's any good half the time and
b) when I do think it's good, I scan it, my scanner fucks up the quality and makes my nice drawing look like crap.

Now, I can edit and fix up my illustrations so they don't look like ugly scribbles when I share them with you guys!

Here's one.

An illustration I did of Anslee from America's Next Top Model (Cycle 14).

I still don't like the way the hair scanned through, but whatever...

That's all for now!

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

Photographer Tyler Shields has started a magazine project called The Printed Blog. I suggest all bloggers click on the link to the website and check it out, because this project is an amazing opportunity for bloggers (and photographers) everywhere!

That's why we now have a huge badge on the side of our blog. If you think our blog should be printed, click the "Vote" button to vote us in. If you don't.....then you should still vote us in anyway. DUH.

Marilyn Mouse

Ron English has done a bit of work on Marilyn Monroe and incorporated some Disney in it as well. It's so comical. Check it out!

Images from his website and google.
www.popaganda.com

Which is your favourite?

No One Man Should Have All That POWER.

Hey folks! This is our first blog post in a long while. Sorry for being so dead. But we're back, I can ensure you this much.

This monday, I knew I HAD to share this video with you guys for Music Monday. I love the song, too. I really do. But the video is spectacular.

Ladies and Gents, behold:

Kanye West's Power

I am completely blown away by this masterpiece! Kanye collaborated with artist/director Marco Brambilla.

After he saw 'Civilization', a video that Brambilla made for The Standard [Hotel], Kanye blogged about it, and then became interested in working with him on the video for Power.

See the video 'Civilization' below:

Brambilla explained that he thought of the song as "a symbol, an icon of power about to fall, like an emperor about to fall." He describes the video as "a video portrait of Kanye as this symbol of power." On the inspiration for the video, he says "I think the visual inspiration for me was definitely the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel; they are kind of bombastic and iconic." The inspiration is quite evident, since "Power" looks very much like a reinaissance painting.

Kanye makes a bounty of crazy decisions; half good, half bad. Maybe it's a little stupid to exchange your bottom row of teeth for diamonds, but he has always proven himself as a great artist. He's experimental with his music, his visuals, and his overall image. Especially fashion-wise; can we give this boy an award for being the best-dressed rapper? Recall: my personal favourite, the denim-on-denim look.

And that's that. Leave a comment below telling us what you thought of the video!

Sources:
Kanye West's 'Power': What the Video Really Means
Marco Brambilla: From Civilization to Power

Can you draw David Beckham?

...with your FEET?



Nathan Wyburn can.

I've been subscribed to this fellow for quite a while now, always admiring whatever video he puts up of himself making art...


But never have I seen someone draw with their feet. And do it so well, nonetheless.


Bravo, Nathan!

Ale Ale Alejandro!

Warning: Long blog post ahead.

But if you want to read a well-thought analysis on the Alejandro video, please continue. :)

As we have stated a hundred times already, Mustart has been dead, and you can blame school for that. We still have another two weeks until we're done. :(

But Alejandro just came out today! I couldn't help but ditch my school work for one night to blog about this. Oh I love Lady Gaga so much. So so so much. Huge fan over here, yup. In fact I'll be seeing her live at the Monster Ball on July 11. Excited! ♥

Gaga's latest 9-minute masterpiece was directed by the art genius Steven Klein.
Klein, who is a photographer, has a long list of clients, including but not limited to Interview Magazine, V Magazine, Vogue, GQ, POP, Alexander McQueen, Calvin Klein, D&G, Yves Saint Laurent, and the magnificent Madonna. He is well known for his eerie, vulgar, homoerotic imagery he uses in his photography, which evidently maneuvered it's way into the Alejandro video.

Immediately, I had to take matters into my own hands and dissect this video to the best of my ability. You gotta love this woman for her ambiguity; she never limits herself as an artist. She manages to take songs that seemingly have one literal meaning, and twists them through her performances and music videos.

I haven't had the chance to fully comprehend this video as of yet, there's still much to fish out and discover.

Here we go.

Starting off, the video opens with a group of gay men marching together as an army of soldiers. My belief is that they are marching together as united individuals who have a war to win with religious groups in society and the government, who do not accept them and thus, discriminate.

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living

I have a question for you all.

Should there be a limit on art?

Take a look at the following, and perhaps it might help you form an answer.

This is The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1992) by the English artist Damien Hirst. It is a Tiger Shark preserved in formaldehyde in a vitrine. Now this will appear awfully offensive to some, but I actually enjoy this piece very much. Why? Because it has a concept, and it's clear. It's sharp. Maybe part of the reason why it's so clear is because this artwork is a potential offense. When I see this, the word "denial" runs through my head. It's true; when a loved one dies, there is a denial that accompanies their death. But that is a feeling, and this...is a visual. He brought that feeling to life.

Later on in 1993 Hirst did a similar piece known as Mother and Child Divided:

Similar to the first one, this consists of a mother cow and her calf cut in half and once again, preserved in formaldehyde.

Sooooooo...let me ask you again. Do you think there should be a limit on art? Or should the boundaries continue to be pushed?

Drop a comment below telling us your opinion & why!

How many coffins before there's a crown?

I have been neglecting the blog and I feel so bad. School has been killing Fatty Feliux and I, and it will continue to do so until the end of June when exams are over...sigh. But we'll try to blog as much as possible 'til then. Sorry for being slow, loves. x

Anyways, back to the blog post.

Robert Carter is a British-born award-winning Canadian illustrator. His work ranges from realistic to surreal, but all of it is full of great skill and concept. Check out more of his illustrations on his website www.crackedhat.com.

Ignite, Ignite II

Sgt. Shakespeare, What a Waste

Halo, Fraud

The other thing I wanted to share was the new Lights video for Second Go which premiered yesterday. It's so cute, and I love how she just paints everywhere...put simply, this video is a visual pleasure. Very fun to watch. Enjoy!

Mr. Fairey

Shepard Fairey is one of my favourite modern street artists. His art revolves around politics, our fears, the issues we don't want to confront, and his execution is always simple, yet bold and powerful. This man knows how to make a statement. His Obey Giant campaign, started in 1989, changed people's perspective on street art. However, his Hope campaign (Barack Obama) from 2008--which I'm sure most, if not all of you, are familiar with--took his popularity to a whole new level.

He is currently doing a May Day exhibition at Deitch. Read more about that here.

Images from his website, www.obeygiant.com. Check it out!

Xtina and D*Face, Slash and Ron English...

What's next?

It's fabulous that artists like D*Face and Ron English are expanding their names in pop culture by making album covers for artists! Yay!

This is D*Face's album cover for Christina Aguilera's new album Bionic,

And Ron English's for Slash Hudson's solo album R & FN’ R,

 What do YOU think? Who's is better?

You'd Better Find Some Rhythm Cause They're Playing Bad Romance.

It's Music Monday again.

Above Picture by ME! (C) N.B.

Yes, Bad Romance is included in the title of this post, however, the song is actually BEAT DROP by SIMON CURTIS.

Simon Curtis is currently unsigned and unknown in the mainstream world, but that's all about to change. His popularity is growing quickly, and in the last few days his FREE album, 8Bit Heart, has been downloaded a couple thousand times. There's no doubt we're loving the beats he's dropping, so if you haven't downloaded his FREE album yet, join the hype and do so now by going on his website WWW.SIMON-CURTIS.COM. Everyone loves a good dose of pop!

I personally can't wait until he gets signed and starts to get some airplay.

Website: www.simon-curtis.com

MySpace: www.myspace.com/simoncurtismusic

Twitter: www.twitter.com/SimonCurtis

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Curtis

ENJOY and don't forget to download 8Bit Heart! Have a great Monday!!

Realism at it's best.

As realistic as this looks...it's not.

JAMIE SALMON is a British born, Vancouver resident, contemporary sculptor. He specialises in photorealistic sculpture, utilizing materials such as silicone rubber, fibre glass, acrylic and human hair.

The themes of Salmon's work are varied. He says "I like to use the human form as a way of exploring the nature of what we consider to be "real" and how we react when our visual perceptions of this reality are challenged. In our modern society we have become obsessed with our outward appearance, and now with modern technology we are able to alter this in almost anyway we desire. How does this outward change affect us and how we are perceived by others?" (Source)

Source: My Modern Met

fritART #4

Femme by Pablo Picasso

Oil on Canvas

"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

fritART #3

THE ELEPHANTS by Salvador Dali

1948, Oil on Canvas

InformationLeak

 It's...too...much...can't...handle...it...AHH!

This wonderful piece is by Richard J. Evans. Here is his blog: www.richardjevans.blogspot.com

His description: "What I tried to do was visually represent the way information is so easily leaked into today’s society, through the Internet and television. Pretty much anything you can imagine, you can get your hands on. With such an abundance of information, I feel as though it over-flows into our lives and the typography is purposefully hard to read to reflect this."

I think he presented this beautifully and did a fabulous job. Very profound! More photos below the jump.