December 2009
11 posts
SAM WEBER
Sam Weber brilliance. www.sampaints.com
SNOW BALL FIGHT IN TIMES SQUARE
These pictures are so great.
PALATINE
Palatine from A. N. Fischer on Vimeo.
Soo badass. Palatine directed by A.N. Fischer.
Captive
Title sequence by Captive for Pocko/Magma. Click here to watch the titles. Very cool.
GIFT GUIDE 09 PT 1 = LADIES.
Click through on titles. Thief and Bandit choker:
Celapiu: The new fox fur scarf: Little White Dresser: Belts and headbands built for princesses (or Taylor Swift):
“Walk” by Felix Sockwell for NYT. BUT REALLY. Felix Sockwell’s site.
EMILY RYAN
I love Emily Ryan’s dresses. They are ALL about structure. They’re like architecture dresses. Emily works out of Portland, and says she is inspired by “1920’s couture, science fiction, and Japanese fashions.”
Emily Ryan on Etsy
13
This was just posted over at Motionographer recently, but this is way too stunning to not re-post. Main titles by Superfad for the web series 13 (since renamed “Circle of Eight”). GORGEOUS. I love that they have cited Giambologna’s Rape of the Sabine Women as a main inspiration. It’s one of my favorite sculptures and you can totally see the influence. This is more...
INDIA RICHER
Decorative finisher by day, painter of wonderful yet tainted fairy tale-like scenes by night. India Richer’s watercolor drawings and paintings use children and animals as vehicles for self examination and exploring emotional conundrums. Her pictures are surreal and sparse, muted in color but dramatic in content. To me they feel like being stuck inside a child’s dream (or nightmare)....
DWITT
DWITT (David Witt) combines the aesthetics of 1960’s psychedelic posters, 1990’s grunge, and underground comics. Bold, colorful, dirty, and just plain good. I would love to have one of these on my walls.
The sheer volume of work he has on GigPosters is reassurance that the concert poster is still very much alive and kicking!
You can find original silkscreens, monoprints,...
AMBERA WELLMANN
I found Ambera Wellmann’s work on Etsy sometime last year - and instantly fell in love with her cloud oil paintings. Her paintings carry a connotation of things northern and cold. She strikes a perfect balance between meticulously blended areas and broader, sweeping, opaque color. Each cloud takes on a distinct character and personality; the paintings are portrait-like. Ambera...