Here is some great artwork by Lawrence Yang. The surprising thing is painting is only a hobby for Lawrence. He is an information architect by trade. Lawrence is heavily influenced by graffiti art and traditional Chinese painting. His works are mostly created with ink, marker and watercolor. Here's how Lawrence describes his paintings:
"Lawrence's paintings make use of color to communicate atmosphere and emotion, and they are concerned primarily with creating order out of chaos (and vice versa)."
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This is an unbelievable road journal by Natalie Ratkovski. She is a talented designer and illustrator currently living in Hattingen, Germany. It's truly incredible to see how much work was put into this journal. I love all the different elements that went into it. Normally you would expect a few sketches from a journal but Natalie's includes things that pop out, layered cards/images/mementos from different places she visited, and an especially nice touch in a pocket for her receipt. To truly understand how much time, effort and creativity went into this project, check out her Live Journal post. It is truly one of the most inspiring projects I've seen lately.
James Hance is an incredibly talented character artist and painter. His art features a wide range of Stars Wars, Muppets, celebrity and pop culture references.
Here's an exerpt from his website explaining his three distinct styles:"James appears to have three styles of painting, extremely expressive such as in one of a few depictions of Heath Ledger in the role of Joker, highly painterly in pieces such as his Starwars influenced tribute to the classic Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest and photorealistic "digitally enhanced" paintings such as The Gentle Sith. There are plenty of in-jokes in Hance's portfolio, and it does, from time to time, veer close to socio-cultural comment such as his hauntingly disturbing piece entitled 'Music and Me'."
James features his work at Artbreak, where you can purchase some of his amazing paintings and prints. If you enjoy his work, you can follow his art and updates on Twitter and Facebook.
Valérie Maugeri is a self taught artist. Instead of attending school to fine tune her skills, she learned and grew through observation and practice. Her painting style makes use of collage, warm colors, patterns and strong use of details.
