Surreal Black and White Drawings with a Message

Ukrainian artist Vitaliy Gonikman spent a long time creating art and trying to find a style and a subject that could use to represent him as an artist.  He found surreal art to be the one that most inspired him and that gave him the greatest chance to express his thoughts and feelings through his drawings.

Photographs of Darth Vader away from Star Wars

Brilliantly imaginative Web designer and photographer from Poland, Pawel Kadysz gives us some insight into what the Lord Sith, Darth Vader,  might have been doing with his spare time when he wasn't at work.  With the latest instalment of Star Wars just out on the big screen, we can see one of the main protagonists of the previous 2 trilogies at his best, during his time off. 

Future Architecture with The Green Magic Homes

Green Magic Homes have come up with these prefabricated vaulted composite laminate materials that can be produced in a factory and then taken on site, erected in a matter of days, to form your house.  Not only can you have a customised home but these types of constructions can be used for offices, carports, small workshops and anything you can think of.  The soil above can be planted with crops, flowers or grass and as well as having a visual impact, they provide further insulation to your home.  You can find more information in the video below and under the pictures that follow.

Architecture meets Body Painting in, Lost in Wonder

Body Painter Trina Merry shows us once again, why she is one of the best in her field.  Merry and UK model Kyle James travelled around the world to visit and experience the Modern Wonders of the World.  She visited each site at least 3 times.  The fist, was to join a tour, to find out more about the history of the place, the people and the architecture.  The second time was to soak in the atmosphere and to get in tune with her surroundings.  The third was devoted to painting, that took 1 to 3 hours to complete.  In these pictures Marry hopes to ignite our interest in the architectural wonder but also the people, the life they lived and the meaning behind the construction of these imposing structures.  Following are links to more of Mary's work on DesignStack:  "Astrology and Camouflage in Body Painting Art" and "Body Painting Artworks".

Details in the Large Oasis Drawing

Samuel Gomez is well known for producing very large drawings with a lot of detail in every part of it, his latest one is Oasis, drawn and painted in 2015 with Graphite, Ink & Acrylic on paper, it measures: 8.5ft by 3.5ft (2.6m by 1m).  We have featured Gomez at the beginning of the year with this post link "Massive Detailed Drawings and a Guitar".  We have included sketches and details so that you can appreciate more, the amount of work that goes into one of his illustrations.

Star Wars Miniature Drawings

British Artist Paul Jackson now works in Toronto and this is a direct quote from him "I love drawing stuff - the weirder the better."  This is the second post on Star Wars this week, but with the new film having just come out, we thought we would celebrate the occasion.  Even though this post is about miniature Star Wars Drawings, we wanted to add just a few more of his illustrations, as they are really cool, like for example, Charles Darwin with his Brain being 3D Printed, very deep and full of symbolism.

Star Wars & other Miniature Paintings and drawings

Karen Libecap has been immersed in art since she was born, as her mother is a painter and wood carver.  Libecap owns and operates her own photography studio and loves to express her art in may different mediums such as watercolor, acrylics, clay and wax.  Today we are going to have a look at her miniature Drawings and Paintings that for their size, contain a lot of detail.

Detailed Fantasy Digital Art

French Artist Sylvain Dolisi aka Sylvanor works as a College Teacher-Librarian.  In his spare time he loves to create digital drawing and video games, specifically Western RPG inspired ones.  In this post we are going to have a look at his detailed, black and white, drawings.  We suggest that you enlarge them so that you don't miss any of the amazing detail he painstakingly puts into them.  He creates beautifully complex and rich imagery, that could be snapshots of your dreams or your nightmares...

Black and White Night Photography

Jason M Peterson grew up playing in hardcore punk rock bands, with an in interest in photography and design.  When he realised that music was not going to be as big a part of his future as it had been of his past, so he concentrated on the other two.  This is a sample of the lovely work that Peterson produces, we mostly picked his architecturally inspired photographs, as these are the ones we love the most.

Architecture in the Book and Bed in Tokyo

Book and Bed Tokyo is a form of accommodation that you will not find easily elsewhere.  It is a combination of a library and Hotel / Hostel.  The experience is centred around reading, the 1,700 and growing collection of books and comics in English and Japanese.  There are 30 beds some standard and some Compact that are located behind the bookshelf and fitted with with a mattress, cushion, light and power with free WiFi. The Book and Bed provides seating area, shared showers and toilet facilities.  The Compact bed is 80cm x 200cm (31.5in in x78.5in) and costs about US$29 per night.  The Standard bed is 120cm x 200cm (47in x 78.5in) and costs about US$37 per night.  Below more pictures and a quick video that will show a bit more of the Book and Bed.

Architectural Street Drawings and Sketches

French artist Bruno Mollière has a love for nature, which he sketches and draws whilst hiking.  He created a company called Randocroquis, though which he teaches others to draw during hiking expeditions, writes books and a newspaper that has had 25 issues.  Mollière takes an interest in anything that can be used to share his love for nature and art including, leaning how to code to set-up his own customised website, to invite people around the planet into his world.

Cartography in Large Intricate Detailed Drawings

Ben Sack describes himself like this: "I'm Ben Sack, artist, cartographer and maker of worlds."  Most of the cities he draws, are taken from his imagination, others are real life representations of existing Architecture.  He is meticulous, patient with good attention for detail and a great eye for the big picture.  We have included below, 2 videos in which he fills in the page, creating roads, waterways, houses and churches in such a fluid way, that it almost looks like he pours architecture in liquid form.  When creating these worlds, his instrument of choice is not a wand, but a black 0.05 Staedtler Pigment Liner Pen.

Comic Book Heroes in Super Shadows Illustrations

American Artist Jason Ratliff has a background in Fine Art & Design and is the creator of these fascinating Comic Book Heroes Illustrations.  It originally started with another project the “Walking Shadows”, one of the images depicted, was of this little boy with the shadow of a superhero.  This particular image was was popular that, Ratliff decided to illustrate a series around this theme.  The superhero represents the dreams and aspirations of a young mind, with a potential that might be realised in time...

Miniature Movie Sets and Realistic Sculptures

Company the Musée Cinéma et Miniature, was created by miniaturist Artist Dan Ohlmann.  These Hyper-Realistic miniature sculptures and recreations are built by him and the other talented artists that form his team.  They are listed with each image.  We have also included restoration works, that have been undertaken by Musée Cinéma et Miniature, like the Capitol building from Independence Day and the Alien Queen from the movie franchise, Alien.  Enlarge the images to see all of the amazing and realistic details in the models.

Precise Engineering in Transformer Cubrick Cabinet

This is the lovely Cubrick Cabinet, made by company, Yard Sale Project.  The cabinet has a twisting mechanism that when rotated opens and closes.  It is a way of keeping your room clean and tidy and it has no need for doors.  The company was set-up in 2010 and all the pieces are produced by Ian Spencer and Cairn Young in their workshop and studio in South London UK.

Architecture in the Greenhouse Home

Marie Granmar and Charles Sacilotto converted an old summer house on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden into a "Nature House" by enclosing it with a green house.  They got the idea from architect Bengt Warne, who designed the greenhouse.  The Glass structure was built in 2005 (we think) out of 4mm security glass for the cost of 80,000 Euros.  The sunlight can make a real difference as, a bit of sunshine in January, can bring the internal temperature upstairs, to 15-20°C, compared with -2°C outside.  They collect rainwater and recycle grey water and toilet waste with an ingenious system designed by Sacilotto.  They grow tomatoes, cucumbers, figs, grapes and have an internal fish pond.  The structure is not there to maintain the temperature at a specific temperature, but rather, cuts their winter from 8 months about 5-6 months, and during the colder parts, it helps mitigate the weather, when the sun is out. via faircompanies.

Miniature Paintings on Matchboxes and Pumpkin Seeds

Salavat Fidai (Салават Фидаи) is an experimental artist from Russia.  As we have said in a previous post, he is a multi disciplinary Artist, he is a Painter, Photographer, Sculptor and Carver.  Today's post will focus on his miniature paintings, depicted on matchboxes and Pumpkin Seeds.  Fidai has a great love for Vincent Van Gogh which, you will be able to see in the post below.  We have included a video of Fidai's painting on a Pumpkin Seed.  Following is a link to Fidai's post, here on DesignStack:  Architectural and Movie - Pencil Sculpture and Carving.

Hyper-Realistic Paintings of Everyday Scenes

Ralph Goings is considered to be one of the original members of the Hyper-Realistic or Photo-Realistic group of the late 1960s.  As you can imagine, he has produced a large number of paintings.  Today we are going to visit a few in this post, looking and capturing snippets of life during an ordinary day.

Drawing, Painting, Tips, and Digital Art

Dino Tomic aka AtomiccircuS, works as a tattooist as his day-job and produces a lot of art in different mediums, in his spare time, Traditional and Digital Art drawings and paintings.  Tomic pushes himself to try and experiment with new styles and new mediums, looking around at artists that peak his interest, once he learns the technique he personalise it making it is his own.  One thing he seems convinced about is that, you have to perfect the art and style that you know and you have to strive to learn more from the people around you, to increase your knowledge of art, never stay static, experiment.  We have included a video comprising tips, from Tomic + one of his sped-up video drawings, this is the one, of Gollum, from Lord of the Rings.

Drawings of Characters from the Underworld, among us

Erick M Gonzaga who's direct quote is "I´m not an artist, and I don't make art either, I just love to draw and paint. I also dress like a bat and fight crime during night." seems to be drawn to the darker colorful side of art (figure of speech, his drawings are in black and white).  His drawings are precise, imaginative and full of detail, a very skilled illustrator.  At least part of Gonzaga's work is produced for commissions, for tattoos or for t-shirt designs, you can see more below.

Surreal Paintings of the World of Lemons and More

Vitaly Urzhumov is a Russian Surrealist painter, he has had an interest in art since he was very young and has developed that love through the years.  He laments that art is not very popular in his city and that he has to work in an office to allow him to pay the bills and his art supplies.  He is hoping that if he can earn more money he can dedicate himself full time to what he thinks is his real calling.

Dreams Started, with Watercolor Paintings

Polish Artist Grzegorz Chudy aka sanderus, has many interests and a varied life as he is a Teacher, Musician and a Watercolor Painter. The last one, is the one we are going to concentrate on, today.  Chudy was born during what he refers to as, martial law in Poland, a difficult time that has had an influence on his art and his need to express it in his paintings.  His watercolors have a dreamlike quality, as not every part of the painting is in focus, with some sections of it, depicting an almost smoky effect.

Fan Art Drawings and Illustrations

American artist Rachel Sharp aka sharkie19 loves to draw and paint, expressing her art in both Traditional and Digital Art.  Today we are going to look at her ink drawings, mostly based on Fan Art, cartoons, movies, video games, both present and past.  Allow Sharp to take you down memory lane, with some amazing gems from the past...

Fantasy Illustrations in the Scrap Metal Universe

Alejandro Burdisio is a talented Argentinian artist that describes himself as a Cartoonist and an Illustrator.  One of his universes, the one we are going to have a look in this post, is the Scrap Metal one.  It is quite a fascinating one, as it has elements of the past, in the use of old machines and new ones in the fact that they are flying cars, vans and motorcycles.  Enlarge the images so that you can pick up all of the details.

Drawings of Minimalist Hyper Realistic Portraits

TS Abe is a very accomplished British artist that uses, in the drawings we are showing in this post, the minimalist approach to hyper realistic drawings.  We have a bit of everything to help pick up some pointers, on how to accomplish this effect.  There is a sped-up video, GIF animations and still images with enlarged details.  If you want to learn more about drawings there are other posts, here on DesignStack, just go on the top right hand side of the page and in the search bar, under Search This Blog, key-in  "how to draw" and you will get a lot more posts to help you learn.

Face and Tattoo Body Video Mapping Live

Amazing work by OSKAr & Gaspar who have over 15 years experience in the Video, TV and Video-Mapping Areas.  These effects were created live and not later in post production.  We have chosen two of their projects to showcase their work, the Tattoo Video Mapping and Human Face Video Mapping.  Have a look at the videos and the amazing effect that they are able to achieve live, while these events take place.  We have also added a few Animated GIFs that are excerpt of the larger videos.

Eternal - Painting for the Guillermo Del Toro Art Show + Film

Eternal is Joe Fenton's homage to Guillermo Del Toro's work, specifically his first film called "Cronos".  This beautiful painting and more artwork from other Artists, were exhibited in a group art show called "In Service of Monsters" in Los Angeles.  Fenton not only gives us a WIP (work in progress) in the form of images, but also a video that shows his painting in various stages of completeness.  Within the video, Fenton shows us a bit of the technique that is involved in applying gold leaf to the painting and to the wooden frame. Following, is a link to his previous work, here on DesignStack: Large Drawings Super Detailed - The Landing

Drawing Portraits with Packaging Tape on Acrylic Panel

Ukrainian Artist Mark Khaisman, has had a varied carer, working for decades in the fields of Architecture, Animation and Stained Glass Design.  The part of his art that we are going to feature in this post, is his Packaging Tape on Acrylic Panel, with translucent resin light box.  The light and dark relief, is created on the images, by applying more or less layers of tape.  The more layers you apply, the darker the image.  Khaisman started exhibiting his work in 2004 and if you look at the various images, the layering techniques are different, showing that there is more than one way of achieving beautiful effect the effect.

If you like this post, have a look at the link "Packing Tape Art"

Abstract Quilling using the Canvas on Edge Technique

Stephen Stum + Jason Hallman = Stallman (the name of their company) are partners in life and in work, they work together to produce their art that closely resembles Quilling.  Quilling is rolled paper or card which is positioned to create intricate shapes.  Stallman use painted canvas to play with the definitions of sculpture and paintings, creating these beautiful abstract creations.  They use the background colors and the colors on the painted canvas strips, to bring about beautiful effects as the light reflects off of them, giving life to hues and shadows that change as your position in front of the piece changes.  Lovely patters and colors but, the only way to receive the full experience, seems to be in-front of one of them.  

If you key in quilling in the search bar in the top right hand corner of the page you will find many more quilling posts on DesignStack.

Charming Architectural wobbly Drawings and Paintings

British artist Chris Lee loves, to capture images of buildings, mostly off of the trodden path, in places where most people don't venture, in order to see architectural beauties. His About page, starts with "why I draw, and why I wobble" on this page he explains how he does not use photographs as references, nor pencil outlines. or rulers and erasers, just an ink pen.  The really interesting thing is, the reaction he gets from fascinated and inquisitive people that crowd around him when he starts working.  This happens in places where a tourist with a camera capturing the scene, would be seen as an intruder, someone invading the privacy of an area.

Painting Classic Vintage Films Posters with Dad's Help

Jason Edmiston has been a Commercial Illustrator since 1996, producing work for advertisers, editorials, packaging and book publishing clients internationally.  He creates his paintings with acrylic of watercolors, on paper or wood panels.  The cool thing about his process is that, he uses his father as a model, to set-up the scene.  He will take likenesses from screen grabs or photo references, but makes it his own by portraying the characters in novel, original poses.  Quote from the artist: "When I have a concept sketch for a piece worked out, I pop over to my parents’ house and get my dad to dress up like the character while I set up lighting to match the scene. He’s very accommodating, and willing to pose in all sorts of ways, and always manages to get into character."