Work in Progress - Sex, Drugs & Rock n' Roll

First rough of this poster I am doing.. Really like how the letterpress turned out, still wondering if I want to use color and what process I want the eventual poster to be in (screen printed or digital).

Artist - Ryan Hurley

That typography just did it for me... Some really interesting work by London-based designer Ryan Hurley.

Ryan Hurley

Random - Behind the Scenes

You do wonder why there aren't more photographs of things like that...

Behind the Scenes - Photographs

Advertising - Ninja Gaiden

Simply genius..

Artist - Tom Gauld

Always been a fan of his work. Simple and funny illustrations, they're always pleasant and amusing to look at. His latest letter-pressed poster looks really cool, too!

Gauld's Website

Artist - Audrey Kawasaki

Amazingly talented illustrator Audrey Kawasaki has this style.. All her work is simple, beautifully drawn and colored. Most of her last paintings have been on wood, which gives a really nice texture to the illustrations. Even though though the style is recurring in her work, all the illustrations are unique.

Audrey's Website

Advertising - Guiness 'Bring it to Life'

Amazing new advert by Guiness...

Random - Modern Movie Posters

I was looking through the My Modern Met archives and came across this lovely series of posters. Instead of bombarding us with information about all the aspects of the films the posters concentrate on a specific experience or striking scene.

Advertising - CCTV

Beautiful ad for CCTV in China.

CCTV Ink TV Commercial - Directed by Niko Tziopanos from Troublemakers.tv on Vimeo.

Artist - Laurie Hill

We were shown this very nice animation by Laurie Hill for the Getty Images Sweet Film Challenge in our seminar group today talking about the theme of the re-appropriation of images. The rest of the seminar was also quite interesting, but this video is simply amazing.

Artist - Georgie Grie

I've seen his work before and stumbled upon him again so I figure it's about time I post about his work. I've always been a big fan of fantasy both in literature and in art and his digital paintings are quite breathtaking.

 Georgie's Profile

Artist - Nuno Da Costa

Glamorous illustrations by London based self-taught artist Nuno Da Costa.

Nuno's Profile

On a side note: I was looking for an official website and came across this. It isn't the same artist but for some reason there are like 3 Nuno Da Costa's with online portfolio's.

Artist - Peter Sebastien

Nice typographical poster based on subliminal messages by Peter Sebastien.

Word Boner

Music Video - Use Somebody

Time for another weird cover...

Exhibition - Anish Kapoor // Jonas Burgert

A small uni field-trip on thursday brought us to the RCA and its surroundings, so first off was the Anish Kapoor exhibition. Walking through the exhibition almost every single room gave me a head ache, but in a good way. The work is just too impressive. When you're standing in front of this huge square of yellow on the wall with a massive sort of dent in it, you really feel small. All in all the sculptures were all quite interesting and one of the things that struck me the most was a quote from the artist:

"I have often said that I have nothing to say as an artist. Having something to say implies that one is struggling with meaning. The role of the artist is in fact that we don't know what to say, and it is that not knowing that leads to the work."

For more information about Anish Kapoor, I would recommend checking out his page on Artsy. Huge database!

Another exhibition we went to see was that of Jonas Burgert, at the Venison. His paintings were huge, extremely detailed and colorful. All his work has this narrative feel to it: he explores the darkest and most frightening parts of the human mind accentuated by his usage of bright and vivid colors in conjunction with the inhuman scenery.