Graphic Design

(Photo by: Dara Scully, EK Flickr Pool Submission) Welcome, ladies n’ gentlemen, lads n’ lasses… gems n’ germs. The EMPTY KINGDOM Top 100 Artist of 2011 is here!
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Drew Millward is an illustrator from Coventry, UK. Millward prefers his illustration done ‘the old fashioned way’ using primarily pencils and pens rather than taking an exclusively digital route. His subject matter and style ranges from methodically detailed to a sort of psychedelic art nouveau.  His work has been commissioned by clients such as Arctic Monkeys, Nike, Epitaph Records, Disturbia Clothing, Bon Iver, Sonic Youth and Flight of The...
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Becha is an illustrator and graphic designer hailing from Novi Sad, Serbia. I went a little happy with this post…and by happy, I mean putting more images than I usually do. Happy Sunday.
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Michael Schmid is a graphic designer hailing from Germany.
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Tim Jarosz is a photographer and graphic designer currently based out of Chicago, Illonios, USA.
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Brock Lefferts is a graphic designer, photographer, and illustrator based out of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Ladies and gentlemen ready your hallucinogens…not that EK endorses illegal drug use or would know what that would be like.
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Richard Perez is a designer and illustrator originally hailing from Pico Rivera, California, USA. Perez has a really cool retro look and feel in his work that we’re digging. Perez is currently based out of our own very backyard of San Francisco, California.
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Anthony Neil Dart is a graphic designer, motion designer, photographer, and director all in one…kind of like a Swiss Army Knife, only that he’s not Swedish nor is he a knife. I’m thinking more of a human multi-art tool of sorts. Apologies if the page takes a little slower to load than the others…it’s...
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Through the medium of graphic design, Propaganda Times creates straight forward messages in the form of “graphicle” posters of the smart and witty kind that any intellectual would appreciate.
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(photo credit: Marc West) Hello beautiful people! Last year our impromptu Top 100 mega-post spread like wildfire on the internet, causing both acclamation and controversy (although none of the artists we selected seemed to argue with us)  …so you better believe we’re gearing up for another mega-post featuring our top one hundred favorite artists...
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Evan Stremke is a Designer and Art Director with Planet Propaganda based out of Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Stremke’s series, “The Invitation to an Assassination”, examines how seemingly routine and casual occurrences can quickly become extraordinary events with a profound global impact the moment a powerful figure, whether it be a world leader or pop...
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“Find what you love.” -Steve Jobs
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Flavorwire has a post on ten cool posters from the Grunge era.  I’m digging them, it’s nice to see their lo-fi approach still looks cool.  Except for the Lollapalooza poster, which I’m not including below.  I miss my Nirvana shirt.
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Claire Oring is a photographer based out of Los Angeles, California, USA. Oring’s expertise is not just limited to photography…she also specializes in many areas ranging from art direction, visual branding, illustration, and general design.
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Cityabyss Illustration (the creative work of Beata Szczecinska) is an illustrator and designer currently based out of Poland.
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Hailing from Thailand, Tarin Yuangtrakul is working it.
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Marius Roosendaal is a graphic designer and art director based out of Amersfoort, Netherlands. All hail the mighty astronaut!
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Rook Floro is an artist hailing from Birmingham, UK who initially grabbed our attention with his sculptures. Inspired by Carl Jung’s psychological theory about the shadow, Floro presents his sculptural/performance piece which deals with the “hidden desires to be different and become perfect in own right.”
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