Monday, May 14, 2012

CLASSIC OLD SCHOOL TATTOO ART BY ANGELIQUE HOUTKAMP


"Angelique Houtkamp was born in the Netherlands in a town called Uithoorn. She became a tattoo artist at the age of 30 while living in Amsterdam.  Her work is described as “deceptively simple, instantly recognizable and often humorous”.  Along with tattooing and painting she has also published 2 books, Tattoo Darling & Tattoo Mystique."

http://inkbutter.com/the-art-of-angelique-houtkamp
www.salonserpent.com/







Thursday, April 19, 2012

SURREAL ART BY ALEX GARCIA

"I don't know what to label my art as because I don't know what it is. I don't control it. It keeps me awake at night and it doesn't let me sleep. I'll be falling asleep dreaming that I'm in a haunted house wandering the rooms and I'll see a painting hanging on the walls, I'll like the painting so much that it will shock me out of sleep and I'll immediately start sketching it out. Sometimes I don't even feel responsible for my art but rather like I'm just obeying orders from some unknown source. I haven't had any formal art training. I grew up poor as a child and didn't have much but always had pen and paper. I'd be cooped up in my room and would draw through the night. I contribute most of my influences to music, dreams, and random art I've seen as a child in catholic church. maybe thats why I paint what I paint. So much suffering and death painted delicately. So maybe somehow I was saved by Jesus, maybe if it wasn't for being influenced by catholic art I wouldn't have made it through gang violence and drugs... or maybe if I would have finished school I would be a working stiff... maybe drugs were my salvation. either way this is the result." - Alex Garcia








Monday, April 16, 2012

HUMAN SKELETON ART BY FRANCOIS ROBERT

"Francois Robert has created a series of powerful artworks made out of real human bones to remind people about the consequences of violence.  Human skeleton is a strong visual symbol that represents what is left after life has ended, after the flesh and mind cease to function."

If you're interested in taking a further look at Francois Robert's exhibit please follow the link:






Wednesday, February 22, 2012

SKULL-A-DAY

Designer/artist Noah Scalin gets very creative with various mediums to create a skull every day for a year.
He's put together a blog site to display these skull creations and encourages others to submit their own skull creations to him and he will post them. Also included on the site are free stencils and templates.
Here are just a few...







Tuesday, February 21, 2012

TOY-A-DAY

Check out these fun paper toy templates!
Download for free, print and then assemble. That easy!
Every day their is a new character. Here are just a few...


 OBEY- GIANT

 ANDY WARHOL

 EMILY THE STRANGE

 JAY AND SILENT BOB

 MARIO AND LUIGI

 POPEYE

 PEE-WEE HERMAN

GHOSTBUSTER'S STAY PUFT


Friday, February 10, 2012

SKATEBOARD SCULPTURES BY HAROSHI


"Japanese artist Haroshi creates impressive sculptures by recycling old and broken skateboard decks. His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece. Haroshi became infatuated with skateboarding in his early teens, and is still a passionate skater at present."