Focus on Shane Devries
Australia-based Shane Devries is an excellent illustrator and captures the heart of a character’s emotion. The facial expressions he put on his creations tell the whole story, even if nothing else were visible. Shane is twenty-five, and ”likes to draw.” Check out his blog (link below)
Focus on Digital Illustrator Glenn Robinson
Glenn Robinson, who works as Creative Director for Intrinsic Nature and also maintains his personal site FreshIsrael.com, is an entirely self-taught illustrator living in Sacremento, CA, USA. His illustrative style ranges from abstract to that flashy Photoshop style you can imitate yourself and just plain have fun with.
An Update on the Server Errors
So about mid-week Pixellica.com went down due to an unknown 500 error — an internal server glitch. Our hosting provider, Eleven2.com, said the problem was with PHP coding being included in the
13 Wonderful Nature Illustrations by Josh Keyes
Josh Keyes is one of the rare brand of illustrators whose work looks like it belongs in a serious, educational brochure, even though several of his pieces seem to have a touch of irony about them. Josh is a meticulous artist, having graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago receiving his MFA in painting from Yale University.
Awesome Typographic Illustrations by Tariq Yosef
Every once in a while there’s an artist who kind of blows your mind. Tariq’s style of rendering illustrations and portraits in typography is nothing short of breathtaking. Tariq is on Behance, on Flickr, and you can check out his personal website as well.
Focus on Digital Painter Raphaël Lacoste
Paris-born digital artist Raphaël Lacoste is the man behind such well-known video game covers as Assassin’s Creed & Prince of Persia, which both won awards. He worked at game maker Ubisoft for seven years before moving to Rodeo FX. Catch up with the rest of his artwork at his personal site, Raphael-Lacoste.com.
Fantastic Art by Vladimir Kush
Vladimir Kush is an artist similar in style to Rob Gonzalves, although he takes a bit more fantastical of a perspective. Kush is remarkable at using simple, natural elements as fixtures in his paintings, and brings a feeling of humanity and emotion to his work.
Focus on Artist Rob Gonsalves at RobGonsalves.com
Twisting perspectives is nothing new: Maurits Escher had been creating mind-boggling sketches since the 1930s, and other artists have either mimicked the style or given it new life. But Robert Gonsalves takes the motif and turns it on it’s head using bright colours and paint. Check out his website to see many more examples of his work.
Focus on Artist Ofal Hajek of OlafHajek.de
Olaf Hajek is an illustrator in Germany, and has created artwork for editorial, advertising & fashion genres as well portraits and his own collection of personal pieces. See more of Olaf’s work on his website
Focus on Artist Sam Nielson of ArtSammich(.BlogSpot.com)
Sam Nielson is a artist at Disney Interactive Studios – and his unique style of illustration can be seen in films like the animated Disney feature “Bolt”. Sam’s work captures a caracaturesque quality and cool lighting style, and delights people of all ages. Check out more of Sam’s art at his blog.
Focus on Artist Erik Johansson of AlltEllerInget.com
Swedish-based photographer & digital manipulator Erik Johansson cites painters Dali, Magritte, as well as Escher and Rob Gonsalves as his sources of inspiration, and the inspiration is evident. However Erik puts his own unique angle on abstract art – and accomplishes it seamlessly. Erik pulls it off so perfectly, the only thing standing in the way of their believability is common sense.
The Unconventional Artwork of Scott Wade
Expression rears its head in so many forms it’s impossible to count – but most often, it’s in some form we can keep, or at least that’s publicly appreciable. Ice sculpture melts within a few hours but is eye-catching and sparkly; sidewalk art from the likes of Julian Beever just washes away with the next rain but can be loved by throngs of people who walk by. Scott Wade has neither of these luxuries.
