Anime Ghost Sculptures

Kazuki Takamatsu makes an interesting image. They're ghostly sculptures of anime characters, machines and underwear. I have no idea what his personal art story is but the stuff is compelling. Oddly enough it looks like 3D rendered with a super simple lighting setup. Very clever.

Visit his portfolio site here.
(via cgunit)

Katja Rahlwes - Photo Crop

I like Katja's style. Clautrophobic crops on open lighting setups make for a slick, angular portfolio of fashion.

Link to Katja's Portfolio 

IdeaFixa #9 Is Food for Thought

 



IdeaFixa, the South American webazine famous for awesome Spanglish and excellent illustration, photography and art, has released Issue 9 ~ Food.



Credits for featured artists:
1. Cristina Negrau
2. Madame Peripatie
3. Pablo Lacruz

They are now accepting entries for Issue 10 ~ Fear & Loathing.

Large Provocation

I'm on the e-mail blast list of Agent Provocateur, not only because I like women in lingerie but because their web experiences are typically awesome. They partner with some great talent to bring a sense of humour and sophistication to frilly bits covering pink bits. Their latest endeavour, Lessons in Lingerie starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mindy and Tullulah is no exception. It's just fun.



And while Maggie and the girls look amazing trussed up in their silks, it's the illustration that links all the photos together that makes it great. I'm having trouble finding someone to take credit for the work though (so if someone knows please tell me and I can update this blog and heap praise where it should be heaped). The illustration was done by Tim Major, an drawer of the erotic. I haven't found an online portfolio (something about the unwanted attention perhaps?) but if you plug his name into Google Images you'll find some fun stuff.

I can direct some kudos at the branding company behind the AP campaigns, Large. Based in London and Copenhagen they add quite of lot to fill out their clients curves (sales and sexiness). Their rhetoric is not especially ground breaking but the work is beautiful and effective. Which is usually more than enough.

Anyway, back to the AP site. They've tried to expand the experience by putting Mindy on Myspace and Facebook (we're BFBFF) and do-it-yourself book covers that you can share on Flickr. All of which seem to have had an unfortunately luke warm start (I'm not sure about Myspace because I can't find Mindy by searching. Myspace has the worst search on earth!) They also use the drip feed method of quality content fed to you over time. There will be more adventures released over time. If any brand should understand teasing it's this one. In the name of fun and commerce, go visit.

Agent Provocateur
Large



ps. The full credits are in the Comments. Thanks to Large for supplying the names I was missing.

Matthew Woodson - Ghostco Illustrator

Matthew Woodson was born and raised in rural southern Indiana. At a young age he developed a fascination for natural history and the elegant simplicity of silent moments and small deaths. He then moved to Chicago to attend The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, where natural history was non-existent and silent moments / small deaths were few and far between. After graduating in early 2006 Matthew still lives in Chicago, in an apartment full of original hardwood floors, taxidermy, and a cat.

I like Ghostco. His illustration is obviously awesome but he also has something interesting to say.  He's an interesting guy who draws. So make sure you read his blog and look at his portfolio.

Junko Mizuno on Japanorama

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I've been a fan of Junko Mizuno, the Japanese illustrator behind the reimagined Hansel & Gretel and Hell Babies (the vinyl cover is super), forever. So I was very happy to bump into this clip of the BBC's Japanorama on Dadanoias. Junko is as cute as her creations so I'm sure you'll enjoy the interview.



Here is the crash course on Junko Mizuno if you happen to have missed her in your cultural learnings.

Rasmus Mogensen - Photographer

Rasmus Mogensen is a fashion and beauty photographer. Or I could say, Rasmus Mogensen is a fantastic image creator. Or I could just sit here speechless. His fashion sets have some beautiful textural and conceptual elements and he has an amazing finish on his work that makes you want to look closer and closer. It was nearly impossible to choose an image for this post. Awesome work and well worth bookmarking.



Portfolio 

Phamous Update

 

It seemed to take Phorever! I've finally spotted some new content on Phamous 69, everyone's favourite diamante encrusted glam ero-disco magazine. If you haven't seen it yet, picture high-end photography, film and writing applied to slick surfaces (including models) with a whiff of decadence. City kids swear by it.

Phamous 69 

Behind Rikki Kasso

This is probably one of the most prolific creators on the net. Rikki Kasso is from Shibuya, Japan and runs 7 blogs, probably has a real job as well, draws, photographs and exhibits and also , I repeat, finds time to blog about it all. I've mentioned Tokyo Undressed before, and here is another of his projects, Behind The Lines. Impressive if only for the sheer volume of illustrations. If you're a fan of ink and paper and Japanese bondage/furries you'll get a kick out of this site. NSFW.

Behind The Lines

ps. Cool Girl 365 has a feature by Rikki Kasso. You'll have to dig for it but the digging is fun. Again: NSFW.

The Concert-ed Orgy

 

Thomas Brodahl says, "While waiting for Red Hot Chili Peppers to come on stage. I was standing in the photo pit shooting the crowd. Everyone was so sweaty and naked. Looked like a big orgy. Albeit not a very pleasurable one :)".

Careful cropping, a few naked torsos and a little push from the crowd makes for some fun photographs.

Link