CBrajkovich Ramblings

I love watching an artist at work, and My Modern Met led me to another amazing artist who created a beautiful vision entitled “Circulation”. Minjae Lee is a South Korean artist who uses vibrant colors that stagger the mind with their brilliance. If I hadn’t seen the making of video above, I wouldn’t have believed that this is accomplished with a free hand and a wide open mind. This is some serious dedication to art, and it’s a pleasure to have experienced just a little of his love for his passion. Beautiful!

Find out more about Minjae Lee from Artflow Magazine’s interview here.

I was going through my tweets when I came across a link that was tweeted by @AnandWrites and @jennydeluxe which led to Intro to Narratives in Emoji 101.

What I ran into were short stories written in Emoji. It takes a bit to adjust your eyes, but the story pops right out and fills your head with the actual image of what the writer is trying to convey very clearly. Take this story about Christmas shopping –

Boy, do i relate to this story (as do we all)! You have to chuckle at the creativity that we all have in using just about anything at our disposal to build something new. Language comes in all forms, and some people won’t recognize such an amazing creation because they can’t get past the surface of that new language form. But this is how our language, all language started…with images. That they became written words specific to a region only shows the ingenuity in creating things that bind us together in familiarity. And now we’ve just taken a step back and embraced our past in a really cute and endearing way. The language of Emoji is all about emotions, and it seems to easily inspire that emotion because of the images that we relate to through our feelings.

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From the Comic Archive (2011):

Today (well, most days) is one of those days that I wish I were rich. There’s so much in this world that needs fixing. So much that is unfair. When I just checked back into Twitter, I saw a tweet that had me wondering about what was going on with Jason Pearson, who is another comic artist that I LOVE! Just a few clicks through and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. How can a man as talented as Jason possibly be pushed aside by the big studios until he’s suffering?! I haven’t followed him as long as most of his fans, but I fell in love with his creation Body Bags and again through Dead Pool, The Ride, and so many more titles. You can see his skewed sense of humor in his work, and that’s what drew me to him. Whenever I see his name, I click to see what’s going on. I would love to meet him in person to tell him that he has one more fan who thinks that he’s AMAZING. It’s so sad that someone of his caliber is feeling the pummeling that we’re all going through. This shouldn’t be happening! I’m so glad that the comic industry and fans are as close as they are, because they managed to get to him in time.

Best wishes, Jason. You will return stronger than ever. I don’t know you personally, but I am a huge fan! And I feel your pain.

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I found another amazing illustrator by the name of Mateusz Kolek, who lives and works in Cracow, Poland. He’s definitely popular if you seen the amount of people who are linking to his various works, and it’s easy to see why from his print, Yakuza, shown above. His use of color is understated and yet so powerful, while his characterization is playful. A pretty wonderful combination. Follow him on his site or his Behance page.

– thanks for this find, where the drifts get deeper (Chris). You’ve got a pretty wonderful Tumblr page yourself!

Everyone wants to grow up to be a secret agent, right? It looks like that’s what Calvin and Hobbes want to be. Kizer180 makes their dreams come true in this image that puts the cool into grown up Calvin and Hobbes. Pretty different from the playful images that we’re used to, huh? I love how laid back Hobbes still is though he’s now an adult. Great imagination there, Kizer180! Keep on creating and we’ll keep cheering.

– found through a GoodFinder post

p.s. check out the rest of his gallery, as well as his blog, because he’s got some sweet art!

We all know and love Van Gogh’s Starry Night. We’ve seen so many variations of it, all of them inspiring. But we haven’t seen one made up from spices that we use. Kelly McCollam is a photographer that uses the spice of life to create tributes to masterpieces in her series of the same name. What blows my mind are the shaded nuances exhibited as she manipulates each grain to get the right effect. It a masterpiece in its own right, along with being a tribute to something that we sometimes take for granted (the spices, that is). The art even takes on the appearance of a Zen garden. Kelly really does understand the Spice of Life.

– thanks again, My Modern Met

After a day of being disgusted with ads, I fell back in love with them because of an ad campaign that was done by Team Detroit for the College for Creative Studies. It’s a tongue-in-cheek approach to pursuing a degree in art, done as a PSA. Check out the entire line of ads that can currently be seen around Detroit, though I found them on My Modern Met and Breaking Copy. Bravo, Team Detroit, for a hilarious yet thought-provoking way to get us to see the real message.

Don’t just know the warning signs of art. Embrace them and use them to create and inspire. It really is becoming a necessity in today’s world! Excuse me while I go create…