neozine* because design is made of people

DAILY FEED
YU JINYUNG - ART
When I checked an email from my coworker at neozine* and visited the artist´s page I just standed in pure awe. Strangeness but recognizable way to portray a family, I thought. Hiding themselves from the looks, disguising themselves within the wallpaper, being the idea of a home, a perfect one. Catching the difference between what one thinks of a family and what they really are. Technically is awesome. Looks like a photoshop work in 3D real life and well... This is just the purest poetry. Hope you enjoy

yujinyung

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MICHELLE ANGELO - DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION
Awe! C´mon! Michelle´s Work at his showcase web site is simply awesome. Those Heffalump weird Elephant constructs are simpy great. Graphic design quality is unquestionable and illustration-design techiques with a hand-crafted approach are even better. That organic style... great. Really cool to present it at neozine*

superexepresso

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TIAGO ALBUQUERQUE - ILLUSTRATION
This is the visual blog of Tiago Albuquerque for his illustration work. Style and Technique is great. He can wanders from a borrow retro 50´s to a political style and never loose the concept and main idea. The blending and theme accuracy is what makes the style so unique. Mostly centered on Portugal´s political frame and personalities, this particular piece is quite cool, Left vs Right :-D AH!AH!

tiagoalbuquerque

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COARSE - TOYS
I am amazed with this sense of weirdness and danger that comes from Coarse toys. Toy design is awesome, box design too. Jaws and Paw look great, no wonder they are huge in Japan. You can sense a Manga feel but there´s this non Japan approach too... Just great! Go check their blog!

coarse

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BEC WINNEL - ILLUSTRATION
Bec Winnel´s style is really good. Her pencil technique is great, she masters portraits with great skill. But that´s not all, her unique illustration theme portraits women in a very sexy manner, very fashion but in a pixied and faery likeness. Having it on a pencil and paper creates a very original line of work. Visite her web site, marvel with her work.

becwinnel

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NIARK 1 - DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION
Incredibly awesome creative power totally unleashed by french artist Niark1.
And now for some words about what he does ``I make flyers, identities & logos, illustrations, web design, characters, graphic design, stickers, covers, toys, skateboards, deco, arts and many more ! If you want more infos about myself or my work don´t hesitate to contact me. I´m cool and I´m interested by any connection that i can have and any exciting projects´´. Check his amazing work, he´s cool :-)

niark1

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TIGZ RICE - ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
I personally enjoy Tigz Rice illustration and photography work very much. Besides being quite Gothic, it always presents a kinky side or let´s say... kinky atmosphere. This mix between dark and kinky is evolving as the artist´s photography and illustration composition are evolving towards new levels. We asked Tigz to comment her own work for neozine* so here are some words about the work by the artist itself: ``My name is Tigz and I just graduated from Westminster University with a first in in Illustration. I´ve always been fascinated with all things technological and so the shift into digital arts came really naturally to me. Despite coming from a very traditional fine arts background with oils and charcoal, I hated the mess it all made and the amount of time paint took to dry so when I discovered Photoshop all hell broke loose!
I´m a very experimental artist and love working with different textures to see what I can turn them into. A lot of the textures within my Wonderland series for example are photographed at the the V&A Museum in London. My digital SLR is my most valued possession (after my mac of course!) and between the two pieces of the equipment I come up with all kinds of stuff!
My work is really dark and has a macabre edge to it, which a lot of people ask me about. I´m a huge fan of the work of Tim Burton and Dave McKean, and of course the Harry Potter series, and I think its all just rubbed off on me! ´´.
Well, go check her web site and enjoy the dark.

tigzrice

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RAW TOAST DESIGN - DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION
We enjoy very much the work of Jesse Kuhn AKA RawToast Design. It´s cool, looks good, technique is great and there is always a clever approach to all work concept. From his bio ``Jesse has been recognized and honored through several appearances in illustration and design annuals including Society of Illustrators, Creative Quarterly, Applied Arts, and CMYK magazine´´. This particular work here, of which I´m very fond has got the suggestive name ``A Beacon of Hope´´. Go check his inspiring work.

rawtoastdesign

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MARGARIDA GIRÃO - DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION
We´re very fond of Margarida´s Work, she has been on the web design and design and illustration business for quite a long time. She even had her own design mag with tons of inspirational content named Amostra, a portuguese Web Classic. We´re proud to present you her illustration work, this one here is really cool, guy guiving the lady an eggplant! Technique is great and style too. Go check it out.

margaridagirao

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ESTÚDIO MOPA
Another Huge Personal Fave, Estúdio Mopa from Brazil with their incredible creative power, constantly pulling their work toward new levels between Illustration and Design. Here we present their Visual Identity work for Fernanda Ferrugem inspired in Jane Birkin 60´s Movies. Their photograph style to present their own work is also really cool and original. They Create in any empty space they find.

estudiomopa

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McFAUL STUDIO
Design Agency McFaul Studio with their never ending talent to keep bringing and bringing more amazing work. Editorial personal favorite, hope you enjoy it.

mcfaulstudio

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GIANLUCA FALLONE
What´s not to like in Gianluca´s Work? From Manga to V as Vendetta BD style or Gorillaz, to this tremendous cool retro 80´s Tron meets StarWars illustration, everything fits in my taste as I could almost say the artist has been compiling what is on my visual brain. Coolest thing is that is on most of our visual brains too. Go visit his work, it´s pretty amazing.

gianlucafallone

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PATRICIA KLEEBERG - AKA Neon-O
This is the work of german illustrator resident in Mexico Patricia Kleeberg. Enjoyable style, from collages to ink drawing with cool sense of taste but... If you check Lucha Libre Thesis, man, quite awesome work about mexican Wrestling presented in 4 brochures with cool graphic work. Enjoy

neon-o

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HELLO VON
In 2005 we´ve interviewed Hello Von and 4 years later the style could not be better and more astonishing. Technique is perfected, characters expression too. The characters dynamics are so strong, that you always get the idea of movement. Coolest thing? After 4 years evolved into a graphic design - illustration with such a strong poetic vein that shows how his talent cannot stop growing and stop surprising. Please visit the artist´s web site and check our 2005 interview too.

hellovon

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LIBERDADE 229 - Coworking in Lisbon
I was checking coworking pics on Flickr (personal hobby - who would guess?) and standed in marvel watching this Hyper Creative space with no less Hyper Creative web 2.0 companies. Huge congrats to Liberdade 229 for the vision and splendid taste.

LIBERDADE229

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MARCOS CHIN - Illustration and Fine Arts
This is the impressive work of Marcos Chin. It presents us some calm, some stormy atmospheres and surroundings, with amazing technique on characters. Most known works are the illustrations done for Lavalife´s international advertising campaign; appearing on subways, billboards, print and online. I am quite fond of hair treatment and character expression, very well achieved.

MARCOSCHIN

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RETROIST - Greatest Home Office 1983
``If I worked from home in 1983, I would like to think my desk would look like this, but I know I would never have been this cool. Check out the Return of the Jedi glasses, neatly arranged on the top top shelf. So awesome.´´ Excerpt from Retroist

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TERUNOBU FUJIMORI
What I thought architecture was has definitly changed in my mind after my wife showed me the work of Terunobu Fujimori. I cannot even imagine the world without it after I´ve seen it. Amazing.

TERUNOBUFUJIMORI

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GOTOCHINA
``This website is the result of a study-trip to Shanghai and Beijing, made by 17 Norwegian students in February 2008.´´ Photographs are awesome and interesting. Quite cool web site too, you get that travelling feeling.

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Kim Høltermand
Tremendous photography work by Danish Photographer Kim Høltermand. One can find poetry in cityscapes, urban buildings, nature and concrete as you may see in Grundtvigs Church, bellow picture. I could not find a better way to start my work day. Tops.

KimHøltermand

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Jawa and Midwich
Jawa and Midwich is an award winning studio, founded and run by Nils Davey and Simon Dovar. It provides a design, illustration and art direction service for a wide variety of clients and projects that include music, branding, culture and film. I just love their work, it is tremendously fresh. Tops.

JawaandMidwich

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Shinichi Maruyama
I am always astonished with the work of this japanese photographer.
Real Hokusai waves and amazing stills from action dripping, are some of the aspects of his work. Latest collection Kusho has got swirls of amazing beauty. Nihonga reinvented.

ShinichiMaruyama

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Fernando Chamarelli
This is the work Fernando Chamarelli, brazilian designer and illustrator from São Paulo.
I´m pretty fond of the civilzation crossing that he achieved with his style. The surreal ambience is well achieved too as the characters and styles impose the cultural mix.

FernandoChamarelli

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UrbanMedium
Always worth to check what´s new. Che Trooper Bust Sculpture looks awesome. UrbanMedium is for sure one of the most interesting duo :-) collaborations and projects on the internet. A personal fave.

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Pictopia Festival
For fans of the Pictopia Phenomenon, Festival is now open. During six weeks, Berlin will be transformed into a world of amazing creatures, with works from creators all over the world. Prepare for PICTOPIA! | Berlin | Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 19.03. - 03.05.2009

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Corey Barba
Corey Barba is an illustrator, cartoonist, and animator. This series of characters as you may find on Free Stuff are pretty cool. Check this: ... SHAM, the mischievious beast YAM becomes after drinking the delicious result of a chemistry experiment. Ah!Ah! Now this is fun :-D

CoreyBarba

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Alberto Cerriteño
``Designer and Illustrator from Mexico City who likes animate as well and enjoy whatever looks good with the right colors´´. I´m pretty fond of this monkey artwork, great composition and really interesting detail and technique.

AlbertoCerriteño

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Nick Deakin
This is the cool work of Nick Deakin. You can check interesting pieces such as the ``Balmoral Boards and Burton´´ and the hyper cool ``Love was Here´´. This particular F word here has got a load of nice textures and nicely balanced. Fun Doodles for sure.

NickDeakin

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