Category: art

Halloween Countdown: Desktop Treat Bag

October 19th, 2010

This post is really just an installment of “desktop goodies” with a Halloween theme. A few things I’ve right clicked…

The Zombanana has been making the online rounds like mad. I can’t recall my first source, but I keep seeing it.

From DWEIG:

A couple of selections from 64 Colors

Anyone know the source of this awesome picture? I wish I remember where I found it! If you blogged it…tell me…

Not many graves feature winged skulls anymore…particularly with bat wings.

A couple from Aurel Schmidt:

Wonderful take on a Suspiria movie poster:

Got runs in your tights? Make your pumpkins sexy!

Now, I’m really not a fan of dressing up animals…but this is rather brilliant:

A few more nightmarish odds and ends…
Sidney Sime

October 11th, 2010

I’m not putting the “Halloween Countdown” title on this post because it IS along the lines of my standard art selections. However, I think these Sidney Sime illustrations are perfectly suitable for the spirit of the season. Each one tells a haunting little story of its own, even when removed from its original context and shown as a single image.

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Halloween Countdown: Calavera Roundup

October 5th, 2010

I’ve posted a series of Day of the Dead paper cutouts, so I figured I’d take a sampling of other calaveras (skulls) in art.

Posada was known for his fantastic engravings, many of which features skulls and skeletons. It was hard to pick which ones to post.

This fellow is adorable!

How romantic…

Wonderful snowflake idea…

And a photo to finish up.
Halloween Countdown: Laurie Lipton

October 1st, 2010

Welcome to a month of Halloween posts! I won’t post about Halloween exclusively, because I know some folks out there get a bit tired of it. But I definitely have a bunch of Halloween goodies to share.

I’m attending the Lowbrow Tarot Art Show tonight. One of my favorite artists, Laurie Lipton, will have a piece on display.

I figured her work would be a great way to usher in the month of October. But PLEASE…do not just look at these images here. Go to her website and see the full sizes. You will not believe how much detail is lost here.

Lipton has an outstanding array of skeleton art to start your month off right (I had to choose just a few but there are many others). Keep in mind, all of these are pencil-on-paper drawings.

And check out these masks!

Really, go in for a closer look!

See my previous posts on Laurie Lipton’s Day of the Dead and Weapons of Mass Delusion

I can’t believe I’m missing her Machine Punk exhibit next month!
Desktop Goodies, 9/30

September 30th, 2010

Let’s start with a few old fashioned hairstyling devices…

You’re never too young to start paying a miserable price for beauty.

Lovely illusion…

This enticing image was a recent Suicide Food entry:

Precursor to the gold mine of sports drinks:

Although it was technically on Cake Wrecks, I think this cake is pretty great:

And for some reason this piece appeals to me.

So do these:

Party hat for the cephalopd inclined?

I would very much like to have this product by my bathtub:

Amazing.

Great new mandala designs by Shepard Fairey:

“Rats off to ya!”

Don’t you feel better, now that the anatomy has been explained? (I think I found this on Monster Brains…not sure)

Let’s put 20 seconds on the clock and see how many things we can find wrong with this picture. Okay…20 minutes…

Here’s something to get your mind off the Cabbage Patch dolls:

Halloween Countdown starts tomorrow so give me a hand with suggestions (*groooooan*)…
Maggie Hurley

September 28th, 2010

Maggie Hurley has a collection of adorable prints. A few characters include…

Sparx

Sprout

Twitch

Bean

And then there is Herbert, a stoic little owl who finds himself in a wide variety of circumstances:

“Herbert Contemplates His New Wallpaper”

“Herbert Finds Himself on a Magic Carpet”

“Herbert Likes Comfy Chairs”

“Herbert is Still Not Afraid of Monsters”

See more here

(Thinking of starting a new tag on here: “you can’t handle the cute!”)
Misc. Summer Show Art

September 26th, 2010

Before I file these away, here’s a random sampling of pieces from various summer art shows that I happened to like. They’ve been hanging out on my desktop, waiting for a nice cozy home on the external hard drive.

Chris Buzelli

Colin Johnson

Femke Heimstra

Jason Limon

Kris Kuksi

Lou Beach

Martin Hsu

Naoto Hattori

Ojimbo

Kukula

Teresa James
Alexa Meade

September 25th, 2010

I am truly astonished by Alexa Meade’s series of hyper-realistic acrylic body paintings. Upon first seeing these, I kept rubbing my eyes…incredible trompe l’oeil effect!

She has a remarkable talent to translate every nuance of how humans are represented with paint on canvas.

I would never guess that these are 3D living installations.

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Charlie Immer

September 20th, 2010

It’s been quite sometime since I first began to adore Charlie Immer’s sweet, de-fleshed creations.

They float somewhere between the horror of a messy crime scene and a child’s toy box. Like Saturday morning cartoons…with some bones and exposed viscera thrown in for good measure.

Precious, no?

See more rainbow madness here
Meagan Segal

September 18th, 2010

After taking a look at Meagan Segal’s artwork, I asked her to email me a few pieces that would be appropriate for SheWalksSoftly. I got a splendid little cornucopia of morbid, lumpy anatomical bits set against classic still life backgrounds.

Dare I even wonder who would decorate their living space like this?

Oh dear…we are in a serial killer movie…

The damask wallpaper is a nice touch.

In addition to the disembodied organs, you will also find cupcakes and chocolates and traditional still life subject matter. Don’t believe me? Explore here.

Thanks, Meagan!