Lauren Albert aka “PLSLALA” is an illustrator from Brooklyn, NY.
Check out more of her crazy work at http://plslala.com.
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Once in a while, I’ll come across an artist so talented that it kicks me in the balls…and I beg for another wallop.

Stephan Balleux is an amazingly talented artist living and working in both Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany. Balleux’s range of work consists of paintings on canvas, works on paper, sculptures, and even stunning 3D animation pieces.

Balleux’s rendering capabilities are quite remarkable. Most of the time whenever rendering abilities are discussed about a particular artist, it usually revolves around how photorealistic their works may be. In the case of Balleux’s work, he takes his technical painting abilities in a different direction to where his paintings almost only capture the gestural movement to bring the image and theme to life in his works.

…But don’t think that Balleux can’t pull off some photorealisitic pieces!

All the works shown below are oil paintings, and are fairly large-scale works! Be sure to visit Balleux’s site to view the 3D animation pieces, as well as his other art series, all of which are just amazing.

http://stephan-balleux.com

Eric Skillman is a resident designer for Criterion (the world’s greatest and classiest film collection), and a writer of comics.

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Greg Broadmore is “a friend to robots,” an illustrator, a writer, a conceptual designer for Weta Workshop, and most importantly a “male shaped human with a tendency to draw pictures and make up stories.”

Broadmore has done many conceptual designs for motion pictures, such as, King Kong, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and most recently District 9…

http://thebattery.co.nz

http://gregbroadmore.blogspot.com

Not much is known about ƒenk besides the fact that he’s only 19 years old. Absolutely stunning and breathtaking.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fenk
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Sebastian Szwajczak is a photographer based out of Poland. Most of Szwajczak’s work has been fashion and advertising related photography work.

Szwajczak also runs an advertising agency BIART.

http://gaapstudio.pl

http://biart.com.pl

Rasmus Mogensen is a photographer who has done work for fashion, beauty, and advertising to just name a few.

http://rasmusmogensen.com

http://www.heiditaillefer.com

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Eric Daigh is an artist from Orange County, CA, currently residing in Northern Michigan. Daigh incorporates regular household colored push pins in his portraiture work to create a these pointillism pieces.

Eric Daigh uses the same 5 colored push pins (red, yellow, blue, white, black) to elaborately build up tones and contrasts in his work, in the end, creating these wonderfully detailed portraits.

http://daigh.com

Daniel Simon is a concept artist with a concentration in futuristic design, fine art, as well as photography. Being the low-level sci-fi geek that I can be, I’m a big admirer of Simon’s work, as it is truly of another world.

In 2007, Simon published a design art book entitled, “Cosmic Motors,” which is filled with beautiful concept designs, futuristic machines, and definitely not short of a whole lot of creative imagination.

…And I can not agree more as the always articulate Kanye West stated on his blog in June of 2008 speaking of Simon’s work, “Ok…The very best space ships.”

Well put, Mr. West, well put.

http://danielsimon.net

http://cosmic-motors.com

Artist Brooks Shane Salzwedel uses a very interesting layering technique with resin and mixed media to create a haunting, misty effect in his fantastical landscape pieces.

http://brookssalzwedel.com

Magnus Muhr is one creative photographer that’s for sure.

http://muhrfoto.se

Slot. K is a photographer from Taipei, Taiwan.
http://kay1025.blogspot.com
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Diego Diaz is a Spanish fashion photographer, who is currently based out of Italy. Diaz is a completely self-taught photographer, having learned how to use Adobe Photoshop at the age of 8 and taking photos.

http://diegodiazphotographer.esp.vg

Jordan Meadows designed the Metalback motorcycle, which combines alternative fuels, recycled materials, and a unique design style in a missle-shape machine.

The concept is powered by a v4 engine running on bio diesel. This increases the range and MPG well above conventional gasoline bikes while running on a fuel which is more environmentally-friendly. Its frame and skin are crafted from recycled aluminum. This has the advantage of saving weight to enhance performance while reclaiming pre-used material. In the manufacturing process, the alloy is treated to patina and age naturally without expensive and harmful paint applications. The net effect is a raw natural surface which suits the classic cafe racer and recalls the romance and power of vintage WW2 fighter planes.

Scope out more of Meadows’ exclusive designs at his website.

http://jordanmeadowsdesign.com

Liu Bolin (born 1973 in Shandong, China) is a Chinese artist.
He makes photographs of himself camouflage painted to blend in with the background. This series is called “Hiding In The City”. To celebrate US President Obama’s visit to China, he made an effigy of Obama in his honor.
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Chayamai has to be one of my favorite photographer. Everything she shoots is so straight forward and raw. Okinawan native, she also produces her own films. Chayamai is also another photographer from Empty Kingdom Media’s Flickr Pool.
Visit her at http://www.philosykos.com/
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I happen to stumble onto this site by happenstance while doing my daily research for new artists.

That Hipster Porn is a blog site that posts artwork, mainly photography, from various anonymous artists. Some of the work up on the site is pretty cool I must say, but be warned, I know that some folks out there may be a bit offended by some images.

There is a lot of nude and erotic photographic works that I know some people may just call it pornography rather than art. Well, whether it’s porn over art, art over porn, or porn being another form of art, the site is full of…interesting images.

(Friendly Recommendation fom EKM: If you work at an office space, or you’re around a lot of people…you may want to wait until you’re in private, or in a space where viewing nude art is accecptable.)

http://thathipsterporn.tumblr.com