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Artist Pascal Campion Turns Ordinary City Moments Into Cinematic Illustrated Keyframes
Source Design You Trust Pascal Campion is a French-American illustrator, concept designer, and storyteller based in Los Angeles, with nearly a million followers on his personal art account @pascalcampionart. He has worked with major studios including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Marvel, and Illumination, and his covers have appeared on The New Yorker. His signature…
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Francisco Fonseca Paints Houses Like Portraits of the People Who Once Lived Inside Them
Source Design You Trust Francisco Fonseca, known as _francis.co, is an illustrator from Paço de Sousa, a small village in Portugal. He completed a master’s degree in Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto in 2018 and has worked as a full-time illustrator ever since, building an audience of over…
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Filip Mirazovic Paints Bodies as If They Were Made of Marble, Porcelain, and Old Leather
Source Design You Trust Filip Mirazovic is a Serbian-born painter, based in Paris, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Vladimir Velickovic, Christian Boltanski, and Dominique Gauthier. He situates his practice within the lineage of classical painting, working primarily in oil on linen and canvas. His paintings merge landscapes, interiors, and human figures, often…
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Innovation Meets Heritage in West African Contemporary Artists’ Masquerade Ensembles
Source Colossal Across West Africa, Indigenous communities mark holidays, rites, and sacred events with a remarkable variety of ceremonies ranging from dances to processions. These masquerade traditions incorporate meticulously carved masks and full-body costumes that often facilitate links between humans and the spiritual world. There’s evidence of masked customs dating back millennia, and today, artists…
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Marketing Art When You Hate Self-Promotion
Source Artsy Shark You don’t have to become an influencer to become a successful artist. Reframe your thinking so you don’t consider marketing onerous. The post Marketing Art When You Hate Self-Promotion appeared first on Artsy Shark.
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Lucy Sparrow Invokes ’90s Supermarket Nostalgia in ‘The Beginning of Convenience’
Source Colossal Bentonville is a small town in Northwest Arkansas that has, over time, become synonymous with massive retail operations and corporate ecosystems. The bustling hub is ingrained with the legacy of Walton’s, a small nickel and dime convenience store that opened on Bentonville’s downtown square in 1950 to serve its surrounding community. The shop…
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Nature or Culture? Europeans Can Vote on the New Banknote Design
Source Colossal What best represents European life? The eternal dichotomy of nature vs. culture structures the Central Bank’s quest for a new banknote design, and now, the public can vote and offer feedback on ten proposals. A panel of jurors selected the designs, which follow one of two themes: European places and ideas or birds…
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Featured Artist Joani Share
Source Artsy Shark Color, pattern, texture, and imagination come together in the expressive mixed media artwork of Joani Share. The post Featured Artist Joani Share appeared first on Artsy Shark.
