Zen Pencils: Make Good Art

For the complete Zen Pencils cartoon, go to this link

We've been going back and forth to the hospital these past few months. My mother and father in-law both suffered a stroke. This Zen Pencils cartoon inspired by Neil Gaiman, made me think of what I did by the hospital bed watching my mother, I made good art. 

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Beautiful Italian Artwork from Nicoletta Ceccoli

 

Nicoletta Ceccoli is an Italian artist who is born and raised in the Republic of San Marino. 

Her works are noted for being dreamy and often depicting girls in a twisted fairy tale setup. 

She studied animation at the Institute of Art In Urbino, Italy.

Her work is influenced by Italian, American, English, Spanish and Lithuanian Artists, namely:
Domenico Gnoli, Paolo Uccello, Mark Ryden, Ray Caesar, Remedios Varo and Stasys Eidrigevicius.
Check their paintings below and you can clearly see how they influenced her work in a major way.

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Featured Artist: Lorena Alvarez

I am so lucky to have stumbled upon the work of a brilliant illustrator from Colombia, Lorena Alvarez-Gomez.

You will love me for showing you yet another talented individual who makes such wonderfully elegant illustrations (aside from her artworks she does photography too).

The merge between traditional drawing techniques and digital media can be seen in her art. You can see her work anywhere now from childrens book (she creates so many cute and interesting characters) to various fashion spreads.

She also is in the 2009 Kokeshi Exhibition

And by the way she makes Plushie Toys too.

Aren't they adorable?

This diorama reminds me of James and the Giant Peach and Coraline.

If she continues on this path she can someday be making stop motion animation. Wow!

Her dream interpretation series in TU magazine.

From one of her childrens book. Very nice.

There's a lot more of these and if you want to see more and I know you want to

please check out her blog, flickr and website.

Kokeshidoll - Flickr - Lorenaalvarez

(Source: Mentioned and linked above)

Most Amazing French Art

I am so loving French artwork now.
But I have been in love with French way back.
I am still a struggling learner with their language.
Observe.

Je m'appelle Rose (My Name is Rose)

Sil vous plait (Please)

Merci (Thank You)

Oui (Yes)

Je n'aime pas faire le menage (I don't like doing the housework)

Je veux une glace! (I want an ice cream!)

These are the key phrases I need to master! :p

Now back to French artwork.

I really adore Marie Desbon's art, you can see that her works are very book worthy.

Her drawings depict so much of what I like about French, smooth and classy.

I think she released books and postcards already with her brilliant illustrations.

Feel free to check out her blog.

If you want to look for more French inspiration, check out the Lamarelle site!

It's got loads of French and Non-French Artists amazing creations.  

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