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Mike Mitchell: The Portrait Show.
Mike Mitchell, one of my favorite artists, currently has a show running at Mondo in Austin. Here’s a small sampling of the works that are displayed right now (all of which I want hanging on my walls immediately). You can see the entire collection at Mike’s website.
Beetlejuice by Ken Taylor
Horrorgami by Marc Hagan-Guirey
Artist Marc Hagan-Guirey is in the midst of creating a series of iconic horror houses using the art of kirigami (a form of origami in which the paper is not only folded, but cut). Each of these houses is made from a single sheet of paper. It’s pretty incredible stuff and if you keep an eye on his website, more will be revealed in the coming days, including the Psycho house and the Ghostbusters HQ.
Here’s a bit more information on the process from the artist himself:
Quite early on, I knew the best way to display the buildings was to use light boxes. The models themselves have a dual personality. In daylight they are at their most innocent: you can see exactly how the piece has been engineered and crafted, but at night when backlit, the model takes on a new character. Theatrical silhouettes bring the kirigami to life and the imagination takes over, filling in the blanks and embellishing the model with details remembered from the film. I liken this to the effect of watching a horror movie during the day as opposed the much more fearful experience of watching it a night. Horror films of the ‘70s and ‘80s are in a completely different class to those of today. At the mere mention of films such as The Shining and The Exorcist I’m always blown away by the reaction I get from people and their personal experiences of watching them. They almost have a “Where were you when” feel to them. This is why I think people have such strong reactions to Horrorgami and for me why they’re such a joy to make.
Son of Heisenberg by Casey Callender
French designer Nicolas Obery has given a few well-known comic book characters a stunning new look to match his uniquely rendered Fantasmagorik series of illustrations. Check out more of his stylized work at Behance.net.
Fantasmagorik Marvel & DC Faces by Nicolas Obery (Facebook) (Twitter)
The Imp!
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Here is the Poster Art for Doctor Who Series 7, Episode 1: Asylum of the Daleks.
When Steven Moffat said that each episode would feel like a mini movie, he wasn’t kidding.
Deadpool #1 cover by Geof Darrow.
This is one of my favorite covers this year.
Lots more info about the new Deadpool series by Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and Tony Moore.
Geof Darrow should do every comic book cover. I had a chance to meet him at Heroes Con last year and he was super cool and signed my copy of Hard Boiled (and doodled a bird shitting out his own name on a Shaolin Cowboy print that I bought).
Slice of Fried Gold by Bennett Slater / Blog / Store
Part of the ’Crazy4Cult NYC’ art show at Gallery1988 / Tumblr.
How could I not reblog this?
“Crazy 4 Cult: New York” Preview
I love all of these, but my favorite pieces I’ve seen from the show so far have been the Iron Giant piece that I posted earlier and the Jason Edmiston piece (at the very top) that’s serving as the promotional image for the show. I need that framed and on my wall.
See more of these over at /Film.
I must own this.
Part of Rodolfo Loaiza’s Disasterland show. See more of the pieces of the show here.
You can’t get there from here.
Banksy quote illustrated by Lisa Currie :: via busybody-lazybones
