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20 Illustrated Portraits of Celebrities
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We’ve all seen the super-realistic pencil drawings that street artists like to sketch of celebrities. Popular subjects of late seem to have been Justin Bieber, Cheryl Cole and Roger Federer (of course alongside your classic Michael Jacksons and Gwyneth Paltrows). These artists often combine the sale of these sketches with the offer of a personal caricature.
Today’s post is not about accurate illustrations of celebrities – it’s about quality illustrations of celebrities (some would call them caricatures – I personally don’t like the word). This selection of images showcase some of the world’s most original and exciting illustrators.
Note: See if you can spot the Meryl Streeps.
On Location at London Design Festival
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Anybody visiting London’s V&A Museum this week would have encountered a playful scattering of contemporary exhibits that offer a refreshing contrast to the Museum’s permament collection (rumoured to be in excess of 4.5 million objects).
The V&A is the first port-of-call for this years London Design Festival, nine days in September where the city’s pivotal role in global design is showcased across hundreds of venues in city. Reflex send me (armed with only a camera) to check it out report back…
24 Award Winning Photographs
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“The Three Wisest Monkeys in the World”
Following up from the previous post, here are 24 stunning images from this year’s International Photography Awards. We’re slightly dubious about some of the categorisation, but as far the images are concerned we couldn’t be much more impressed.
Note: Look out in particular for some breathtaking images of storms, tennis and bridges and elephants.
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2011 International Photography Awards: Advertising
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If you love near perfect photography, then look no further that the International Photography Awards. One of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today, this annual spectacle salutes the achievements of the world’s finest photographers. We were so blown away by this year’s winning images that we decided one post wasn’t enough to cover it…
Here are some of our favourite works from the Advertising category.
Don DeLillo Illustrations by Noma Bar
Posted by: Henry Rivers | Comments (0)About 3 weeks ago I bought myself a copy of Don DeLillo’s ‘End Zone‘ for a bit of summer reading. I can unashamedly admit that this choice was strongly influenced by the cover!
Whilst browsing for some inspiration today I was delighted to discover that the cover is part of a series of ten powerful illustrations by ‘It’s Nice That’ and Noma Bar…
Noma Bar:
“After a long process that involved in reading, researching & sketching, I started to pull out some of the main elements of each story and tried to understand how Don DeLillo tailored them together. The result is a bold image for each cover that can looks conventional at first, but at second glimpse reveals the whole story.” (from Picador’s blog)
Note: I have not yet got around to reading ‘End Zone’, but when I do you can be sure I’ll enjoy looking cool on the underground with Noma’s cover.
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Iconic Illustrations by Paul Tebbott
Posted by: Henry Rivers | Comments (1)Here at the reflexstock blog we are fans of simple, minimalist vector design. In our eyes self-taught graphic designer (& electronic musician Horizon Fire) Paul Tebbott can’t put a foot wrong. Here is some of his work for your inspiration.
Awesome Creative Advertising from Leagas Delaney
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Today’s inspiration comes from International Advertising House Leagas Delaney. Their beautifully polished images and witty concepts get two thumbs up from us. Enjoy!
A Selection of Cool Portraits
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No messing about today. Here are 13 portraits. All of them are cool.
20 Surreal Photographs (that want your captions!)
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How this post works:
These great photographs are literally begging for captions. All you need to do is scroll through these awesome images (hopefully enjoying the captions as you go)… once you’re done, simply put any captions into the comment box and we’ll add them to the pictures!
Example:
Penguin & Girl on Sofa – “Oh dear Mum, I think the man at the Pet Shop has been lying to you again. This isn’t a cat.”
Note:
All captions will be accepted*
When face painting gets serious…
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Today we’ve put together a showcase of works from some of the most creative minds in fine art body painting. If you thought face painting was all about pink butterflies and comedy moustaches, prepare to think differently.
Note: this post does feature a spotty leopard painting… but not the sort you would find at a village fête.
