LEGO in the City

Temujin Doran is an illustrator based in London. He created an advertising portfolio for LEGO by superimposing LEGO pieces and minifigs over real life. You can view six more examples at the link.

Link | Artist’s Website, Via: Neatorama

Weird And Wonderful Objects From The First Ripley's In St. Augustine, Florida

Robert Ripley (1890 - 1949) was a cartoonist, explorer, reporter, adventurer, illustrator, collector and seeker of the odd and unusual, a man who lived a life that can only be summed up by the statement he himself created: 'Believe It or Not!'

There are several 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!' locations around the globe, but the location in St. Augustine is unique. This was the first Ripley's in a collection of museums. LINK: The Presurfer

Excel as Illustrator

We have seen Microsoft Excel used as a drawing tool before, but not like this. YouTube user and artist shukei01 put this time-lapse video together that shows almost 13 hours of work. ”Autoshape can be used to do lineart, colors, shadows, lighting effects and layers, like some drawing software.” LINK, Via: Youtube

Surrealistic cartoon by illustrator Jean-Philippe Masson

Muzorama from Muzorama Team on Vimeo.

This fun video by illustrator Jean-Philippe Masson (aka Muzo) was produced in just 6 weeks. Its sense of absurdity reminds me of Betty Boop cartoons. LINK

Norman Rockwell's Photo Realism

Norman Rockwell was a 20th century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades.

Norman Rockwell's rosy illustrations of small town American life looked so photographic because his method was to copy photographs that he conceived and meticulously directed, working with various photographers and using friends and neighbors as his models. LINK: The Presurfer

Sexy Sketchwork - Sarah Hankinson: Melbourne, Australia

These sketches are hot. Melbourne Illustrator Sarah Hankinson creates feminine yet striking works which play off broken lines and occasional splashes of color. Sarah’s illustration style is elegant, youthful, and strongly fashion orientated, many of her pieces focusing on the female form and made up from a variety of mediums including inks, charcoal, pencils, cut paper and fabrics. LINK