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Visual Inspiration from China, Vol. 8

NeochaEDGE — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:52:24 +0000

Visual Inspiration from China brings Koi Koi Koi readers examples of fresh creative content from five emerging Chinese creatives. The series is courtesy of K3 guest contributor NeochaEDGE, a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China.

#1 Waver_h – graphic designer

#2 Nato – urban artist

#3 Minikinpo – accessory design

#4 Luo Yang – photographer

#5 Graphicairlines – illustration

Visual Inspiration from China, Vol. 7

NeochaEDGE — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:23:01 +0000

#1 Brainempty – illustrator

#2 Phoebe Jin – photographer

#3 Kim227 – painter

#4 Wang Meng – animator (“Back to the Future” MV for Chinese 8-bit music producer Baifan)

Click here to view the embedded video.

#5 ABS crew – street art collective

Pretty polymer clay toys by Matei Apostolescu

Danilo — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:40:12 +0000

Born in 1983 in Bucharest, Romania Apostolescu Matei is an artist and freelance illustrator, proud member of the DepthCore collective. Recently begun experimenting, creating pretty toys polymer clay (wikipedia). He has worked for various international clients and had exhibitions in London, Berlin, Bucharest, Istanbul.

> 013a.com

Other works by Matei Apostolescu

Visual Inspiration from China, Vol. 6

NeochaEDGE — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:58:34 +0000

#1 Shadow Chen – Graphic Designer

#2 Little Kong – Illustrator

#3 Nini Sum – Painter

#4 Ting.G – Street Artist

#5 Ma Kuang Pei (aka Keats) – Animator (here is his award-winning animation “The Soliloquist”)

Click here to view the embedded video.

Pulpo Corporate

Danilo — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:24:57 +0000

Fernando Hereñú (AKA Pulpo) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1977. In 2002, Pulpo completed his Graphic Design studies at the Universty of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Between 2003 and 2007, he worked as a designer an artist for Cartoon Network. His surrealistic free-style recalls 1970s comicbook illustration, with dark colors and back shapes outlining typically used in character and comic design. Pulpo is currently dividing his time between his work as the creative director (and partner) of an online games company, and his artistic career.

> pulpocorporate.com.ar

Illustrations by Gabriel Moreno

Danilo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:02:47 +0000

Illustrator, engraver and painter based in Madrid, graduated of Fine Arts in the University of Sevilla in ’98. Since then he worked in different design studios and ad agencies in Andalusia. In June 2007 he begins to show his portfolio and after being selected amongst the 20 new talents of illustration, by the London based magazine Computer Arts, he begins his succesful carreer as an illustrator.

At present he has worked with virtually every major national agencies, and is starting with his first commissions and international expansion. He has worked with numerous national and international publications, last August by the cover of the North American publishing Los Angeles Times Magazine.

> gabrielmoreno.com

> gabrielmorenoillustrating.blogspot.com

Goni Montes’ illustrations

Rubens — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:30:04 +0000

Goni Montes was born in Puerto Rico where he took a degree in Fine Arts. He started his career as a scientific illustrator before moving to Atlanta (USA) to obtain a Master in illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Nowadays he’s freelancing in Georgia (US) for editorial and illustration projects and teaching some classes.

Dan Stafford’s Illustrations

Jellyfish — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:59:06 +0000

Dan Stafford is a young London-based illustrator exploring visual communication in a post-modern context.He grew up in Manchester and graduated from Loughborough University School of Art & Design with First Class Honours in Visual Communication. Dan uses a mix of vibrant colors and shapes to address provocative subject matters. He is influenced by theories of representation as well as contemporary cinema (Lynch, Kubrick) and constructivism.

“My work discusses and confronts ideas of duplicity and identity in a culture lacking a vision of the real.”

Visual Inspiration from China, Vol. 5

NeochaEDGE — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:16:37 +0000

#1 Graphicairlines – Street Art Collective

See below for a light graffiti video with Graphicairlines

Click here to view the embedded video.

#2 Yuan Xiaopeng – Photographer

#3 Nisky – Illustrator

#4 Ou-Bau Tsai – Animator (here is his award-winning animation “Dark Rain”)

Click here to view the embedded video.

#5 Zhou Fan – Painter

Stina Persson’s Illustrations

Jellyfish — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:10:09 +0000

Stina Persson is an incredibly talented illustrator from Sweden. She works in a wide range of mediums and techniques (photography, water color, paper, ink etc.). See below some of her fantastic work and visit her website to admire her entire portfolio.