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Chad Sell’s Drag Race Illustrated
‘What better inspiration could an artist ask for than a bunch of amazing drag queens? They’re stylish, sexy, and sickening! My work captures the fierce personalities and performances of those fabulous fake ladies in a clean, classic style.’
With their larger-than-life presences and glittery costumes, the gender-bending stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race are the perfect subjects for portraiture. Illustrator and comics artist Chad Sell, best known for his his collaboration with Logo on RPDR webcomics, and his work on the upcoming iOS game Dragopolis, pays awesome, witty tribute to the ladies in an extensive series that captures his favorite contestants’ finest moments.
Check out Chad’s work at www.chadsellcomics.com.
Austin Osman Spare — The Bones Go Last
“In fact” says Spare, “I’m almost a ghost myself. However, the bones go last.”
“There is more truth in our erotic zones, than in the whole of religions and mathematics.”
“I Believe What I Will and Will What I Believe”
“Spare Places” is a Psychogeographical film by Jamie Gregory. Made in 2006, “Spare Places” takes us to where Spare lived and breathed, exploring the history of those areas and in doing so offering glimpses into possible inspirations for Spare’s life and works. The film highlights the creativity, diversity and ever changing face of of South London. Layers of fascinating history shudder behind grey buildings as Jamie’s jerky digital lense probes for traces of Austin.
“And remember, you shall suffer all things and again suffer: until you have sufficient sufferance to accept all things.”
— Austin Osman Spare
Leonard Weisgard’s 1949 Alice in Wonderland Illustrations
Here’s the beautiful 1949 edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard — only the second version of the Lewis Carroll classic, and the first with color illustrations. The vibrant, textured artwork exudes a certain mid-century boldness that makes it as much a timeless celebration of the beloved children’s book as it is a time-capsule of bygone aesthetic from the golden age of illustration and graphic design.
A vibrant mid-century homage to one of the most beloved children’s books of all time.
” Alice was beginning to get tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and having nothing to do; once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversation in it, ‘and what is the use of a book’ thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversations?’”
Tales from the Dressing Table
Marquis Franz von Bayros was born in Zagreb in 1866, as the son of a Spanish nobleman. He became an artist, standing out amongst his contemporaries for his enticing and delicate graphic style. He drew a series of erotic drawings, depicting worldly beauties in compromising positions. One of his erotic portfolios, ‘Erzahlungen vom Toilettentisch’ (‘Tales from the Dressing Table’), caused a courtcase and made Von Bayros famous.
Von Bayros was born in Zagreb, in present-day Croatia. At the age of 17, he passed the entrance exam for the Vienna Academy with Eduard von Engerth. Von Bayros mixed in elegant society and soon belonged to the circle of friends of Johann Strauss II, whose stepdaughter Alice he married in 1896. The next year, von Bayros moved to Munich.
In 1911, the Munich police persecuted him because of his illustrations and forced him into exile from Germany. He drew about 2000 illustrations in all his life, for books such as Dante’s ‘Divina Commedia’ and those by Hans Bartsch. His legacy is a wonderful collection of lovely, decadent erotic but elegant masterpieces, with a love for every smallest beautiful detail, rarely found elsewhere. Franz von Bayros died in Vienna on 3 April 1924.
The Art of Illustration
Illustrators articulate what a photograph cannot. Using an array of techniques and styles, illustrators evoke stories and meaning in a variety of mediums, from editorial illustration in magazines and newspapers, to comics books, to activist media.
And as their tasks over the years have become less informational and more expressive, their individual voice as artists becomes all the more critical and beautiful, revealing an exciting and awe-inspiring age of illustration.
MANDALA GIFS
MANDALA GIFS is the work of artist Chaotec Chichiliki. Here’s a blurb from his tumblr:
Mandalas represent to me the fountain of love that forever expands they are rabbit holes that take us to other dimensions. Follow the white rabbit.
Im Elias or thats who they say I am. I studied Interactive Design and live in Mexico City. I paint and sometimes write. Also I like to take photography. Do believe in God (no religion) thankful to he/she .Interested in art, illustration, astral projection, lucid dreaming, mandalas, psychedelics and everything that has to do with the universe. I love psychedelic trance.
Maṇḍala (मण्डल) is a Sanskrit word meaning “circle.” Mandalas have spiritual and ritual significance in Hinduism and Buddhism.
In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.
The Anatomical Collages of Juan Gatti
Argentinian artist Juan Gatti began collaborating with film director Pedro Almodovar in 1988. They have developed an intense artistic complicity between art director and film director, to the extent that Juan Gatti’s artworks directly influence the outcome and aesthetics of Almodovar’s films.
He’s an example of thir work together for the film The Skin I live In (La Piel Que Habito)
Christmas Shizballs
Denis Dubois
Denis Dubois is a french artist whose surreal illustrations appear to be created in another era. His style is very retro, vintage in its treatment but involving current issues and modern objects.
Dubois successfully combines drawing, collage and digital techniques. There is not much information on the web about the career and work of Denis Dubois, but his works are quite striking and it is worth following him on Facebook or visiting his blog.
