What better way to signal my return to the blogging world than to highlight one of the most exciting and ground breaking UK bands i've heard this year.That band are Rolo Tomassi.Coming from Sheffield in the UK, Rolo Tomassi are a five piece led by frontlady Eva Spence. The band's sound is extremly hard to summarize; such is their diversity from anything that might resemble a "genre". Alongside the
Congratulations to Sandra T. who was the winner of the July Scrapbooking Sketch Challenge!!! Sandra collected 62% of the 34 votes cast. This was Sandra's first win and her first entry into any contest!!!! For her efforts, Sandra wins a...
And now (that I am back from Convention) back to our regularly scheduled program... Congratulations to Michelle R for winning July's Bag o' Supplies Challenge!!! Michelle collected 75% of the 24 votes cast and wins a $10 gift certificate from...
Featured Artist of the Month: Jonas BrothersIt's the begining of another new month and we now have a new Artist of the Month!! Due to the pushing back of Michelle Williams new album we decided on a poll to have her run for October when she needs the promotion. Which automatically makes runner-ups the Jonas Brothers the winners. With their new album "A Little Bit Longer" just a few weeks from being
Happy Sunday! Today's Featured Artist is Ian C. Here is the card Ian submitted for the Bag o' Supplies Challenge - isn't it cute?? Aside from the supplies that were given to him, Ian used: a Stampin' Up! stamp (I...
Today's Featured Artist is Sandra T. Sandra submitted her very first layout (for any contest) and I think it's great!!!! She has wonderful photographs to accompany her layout. I love her combination of the nature in the photos to the...
Today's Featured Artist is (again) Michelle R. I think the Bag o' Supplies Challenge sparked a little creativity, because Michelle submitted the first layout in the July Scrapbooking Sketch Challenge. In her email, Michelle wrote, "....this (sketch) was a great...
Today's Featured Artist is Michelle R. Michelle submitted a beautiful card for this month's Bag o' Supplies Contest. Michelle had taken a break from her scrapbooking & paper crafting & was hoping this challenge could spark her creativity and get...
Featured Artist of the Month: POLL IS UP!!Were two weeks into July and It's once again time to announce the contestants that are running for Featured Artist next month(August)!! Our Contestants for next month are: Jon McLaughlin who is preparing to release his sophomore album "OK Now" in October but It's never bad to get some early exposure. The Jonas Brothers who are currently "Burnin' Up" the ch
I was recently sent the new single from Nottingham based band, Nephu Huzzband. Despite being the shortest single i've heard this year, (1 minute 27 seconds!), "Nurse! Nurse!" is quite possible one of the most vital pieces of new music to surface in 2008. The band combine various influences from the likes of Post-Hardcore, Indie, Electronica, and Punk, to create a sound which is progressive and to
Congratulations to Alicia D for being today's Featured Artist!! Alicia submitted the only layout for the June Sketch Challenge, so she wins a $10 gift certificate from me!! Alicia's layout, Logan, is all about her friend's nephew doing something we...
For the second month in a row, congratulations go to Nancy for winning the Bag o' Supplies Card Contest!!! Nancy's creative use of the supplies led to a very adorable pool party invitation. Thanks to all of those who participated....
Cristophe Huet is Managing Director at Asile Retouching Studio and he’s doing a great job so far having contracts with a lot of big companies like Adidas, Nike, Citroen, Playstation, Motorola and so much more. Combining photography, illustration and photomanipulation he gets some of the following superb creations.
More of these superb works can be found [...]
Tony, who is currently in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, has an impressive collection of programs which he can use and an interesting portfolio to show. Beautiful illustrations and vector pieces that are just waiting for you to see.
You can view more of his artwork on his personal site or on his deviantart gallery.
Today's Featured Artist is Nancy N (last month's Bag o' Supplies Winner). Nancy did not disappoint this month. I love her creativity!!! Here is her sample: Front of the Card Back of the Card Inside of the Card Isn't she...
Featured Artist of the Month: POLL IS UP!!Time has passed and It's once again time to announce the contestants that are running for Featured Artist next month(July)!! Our contestants for next month are: Vanessa Hudgens who is giving music another shot when dropping her sophomore album "Identified" next month. Newcomers Girlicious who will be dropping a new single soon aswell as dropping their debu
Every once in a while you hear an album that just does it for you. It's one of the best feelings in the world, hearing an album for the first time and really digging every track. Well, the lovely chaps from Sonic Dice recently sent me an album to review, and fortunatley for me I was totally blown over by it. The album is the debut long player from Los Angeles trio, The Outline. You may have notic
Based out of Brooklyn, Alan Wilkis is a multi talented instrumentalist and producer, who has recently released his debut album "Babies Dream Big".Pretty much everything you hear on the record Alan has recorded himself, and then also produced the whole thing in his own way too. He's created a quite stunning collection of tracks, which when put together leads to a pretty hot debut release. He's a ni
Vitaly Samarin Alexiuss is a digital artist born in Novokuznetsk, Rusia in 1984.
He studied art as a child and had the chance to move to Canada in 1998. He completed his studies there and is currently doing a great job with his skills.
As he sais “currently I’m working as a photographer and an illustrator, painting [...]
I am always happy to support other living artists and, of course, over the moon when I am supported as well! I was glad to receive Pamela's message telling me that she had written a feature about my work on her blog Pamela E Miller Contemporary Abstract Art.Pamela E MillerI feel that creating art is a way of sharing your soul with others. As you will see in my artwork: sometimes I am very flamboy
My featured artist of the day, Lynn Anne, is the first entry in the "Bag O'Supplies Card Contest". Each month my newsletter readers can take part in a contest where they are given a bag of supplies (each person gets...
Featured Artist of the Month: POLL IS UP!!Time has passed and It's time once again to announce the contestants that are running for Featured Artist next month(June)!! Our contestants for next month are: Ashanti who despite all the push backs will be releasing her new album "The Declaration" on June 3rd!! English band Coldplay who after a long break are finally dropping their much anticipated album
Check out Jonay…….
Hey my name is Jonay and I’m an artist/producer from Sweden.
I just released my debut album, “The Darker The Sky Is The Brighter The Stars Shine”
For free on my homepage www.jonay.com
My first single is called Fly Away, which I will shoot a video for it next week, if you got some time [...]
Please tell us a brief info about yourself.My name is Benjamin FRIESS, I am 30 years old, I live in the Ardèche, in the south of France, I have been married for 2 years, I worked as a webmaster in an association that deals with the integration of people with disabilities.When did you first decide to become a graphic artist / illustrator? Since he was young I always drew, but it was around the age of 17 that I really started to create my own characters. At 22 I started oil painting, and it was a turning point in my artistic life. 2 years ago I tried digital painting by creating "Emerveillement", is where it all really started.What do you prefer: mouse, tablet, brush or pen and ink? and why? I prefer oil painting, it is a pleasure to work on the textures. But the tablet can do a lot more th
Please tell us a brief info about yourself. Hi. My name is Archan Nair, aka archanN as mostly people know me in the digital and virtual web. I’m a 25 year old Artist, Designer and Illustrator based in New Delhi, India.I’m also the co-founder of a Creative and Design Agency called Cropped Circles. I specialize in Interactive Design, Branding & Identity, Graphic and Photo Illustration, Art Direction, Fine arts and Progressive Solutions.When did you first decide to become a graphic artist / illustrator? Well, I come from an entirely different industry which is Fashion. As a family business I was running an apparel manufacturing and export industry since I was 18 years old. I always had the creative stint in my family since my childhood days, but I guess I never discovered it proper
Courtney Autumn Martin entered the world one fine day in 1984 and she hasn’t left since. From that day on, she has been fascinated by many things including kittens, carnivals, children's books, cumulonimbus cloud formations, old things, and balloons floating off into the sky. Courtney graduated with honors from Rhode Island School of Design in 2006 and has since gone on to pursue her career as a freelance children's illustrator. Please tell us a brief info about yourself.I'm twenty-three years old and I have been working as a freelance illustrator and designer for almost two years.When did you first decide to become a graphic artist / illustrator? During high school I applied to a few art schools and thought I was interested in pursing graphic design or illustration. I was accepted to RI
Real Name: Steven E. GordonPlease tell us a brief info about yourself.[Steve G] I've been in the animation business for over 30 years starting with Ralph Bakshi on "Lord of the Rings". I've worked as an animator, storyboard artist, development artist, character designer and director on too many films and shows to quickly name. When did you first decide to become a graphic artist / illustrator?[Steve G] When I was in High School I had planned to go to art school to become an illustrator and was sidetracked by the animation business before I graduated. What do you prefer: mouse, tablet, brush or pen and ink? and why? [Steve G] I work mostly in pencil (HB Staedtler Mars Lumograph) because I'm most comfortable that way, but I do most of my color work in Photoshop with a Wacom pad and
Real Name: Jean-Sébastien MonzaniPlease tell us a brief info about yourself. I am a Swiss and French self-taught photographer born in 1975 who is specialized in graphic design and portrait photography. I was born in France and moved at 18 to Lausanne, Switzerland, where I live now.Elegance, simplicity, a strong sense of composition and emotions are key elements in my work. My images are often constructed as photo-series - something between fashion photography and movie storyboards. I mainly shoot on-location, almost exclusively in Lausanne (Switzerland). I don’t shoot professional models but rather pick up regular persons that will carry the emotions I’m looking for.This sentence of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry sums it up pretty well to me: Perfection in design is not achieved when ther
Real Name: Igor ScekicPlease tell us a brief info about yourself.My name is Igor Scekic. I'm 22(almost 23) years old student of Graphic design from Zagreb, Croatia. I like to be creative so I'm experimenting with traditional drawing, digital art and photography.When did you first decide to become a graphic artist / illustrator? Actually it started just for fun. About 4 years ago some friends of mine were making some stuff in Photoshop, nothing special, but I started to like this digital way of making art so I decided to try it by myself. it wasn't serious until two years ago when I started making my first surreal photo manipulations.What do you prefer: mouse, tablet, brush or pen and ink? and why?Definitely the tablet, because it is the more natural way of doing things than with the mouse.
Name: AntifanReal Name: Gary TongePlease tell us a brief info about yourself.My name is Gary Tonge and I am a full time Art Director in the games industry, a freelance illustrator and concept artist and have recently completed work on a book about my art and how I produce it.When did you first decide to become a graphic artist / illustrator?Hmm.. Good question, I know I wanted to do something in art and games way back when I was about 16 (I am 37 now) so I started painting a lot on my Atari ST to create a body of work to get me a job in that sort of industry. However I did not really consider myself to be an illustrator until about 10 years ago – I felt up until then that I was not definitely better at illustration than I was at 3D or other areas of art in the arena.What do you prefer: m
POLL IS UP!! (Featured Artist Of The Month)It's time to vote for who you think should be September's for Featured Artist Of The Month. It's gonna be a tough decision so choose wisely. This month's contestants are: 50 Cent who will be releasing his third studio album "Curtis". Hip-Hop Diva Eve who is making her comeback into music with her new album "Here I Am". 50's competition Kayne West who is also releasing his third studio album "Graduation" on the same day. and last is R&B Diva Keyshia Cole who is getting ready to release her sophomore album on the same day as Eve.CAST YOUR VOTE BY SCROLLING DOWN & VOTING ON THE POLL (SIDEBAR)
When I first looked at the paintings by artist Michael Story in an email he sent me, I thought they were photoshopped landscape photographs.
But of course, they are the work of an amazing artist, Michael Story. Michael’s work not only shows a beauty of the landscapes painted, but a great understanding of them as well.
Michael shares a little bit about his background below:
Art and music are rooted in my family history. My great uncle and grandmother were jazz musicians, and my grandfather, who was a professional artist, was my first teacher. From a very young age, I knew that I wanted to be an artist so I feel fortunate to have always been encouraged by my family to follow that dream. Starting as a sign painter, working summers during high school, I’ve never wavered from pursuing my goal. In the years since, I’ve followed a career path that has taken me down many roads. From designer to illustrator, portrait artist to landscape painter, I feel as though I’ve come full ci
POLL IS UP!! (Featured Artist Of The Month)It's that time again to vote for Featured Artist Of The Month for August. Not to much is going on for next month so it was hard choosing. This month's contestants are: Cast Of HSM2 the sequel to the musical is set to release along with the soundtrack. Newbie Kat DeLuna's single "Whine Up" is burning up the charts and is dropping her debut album. Kanye West is back and is getting ready to release his new album "Graduation" will it live up to expectations. and last is the Jonas Brothers who are also releasing thier new album. There they are, get to voting!CAST YOUR VOTE BY SCROLLING DOWN & VOTING ON THE POLL (SIDEBAR)
Featured Artist Of The Month: Kelly ClarksonJune is over, and another month as started. Meaning voting for this month's featured artist is over. With 1,627 votes all together, and recieving more then half of those votes is winner Kelly Clarkson. She was a clear lead for this month, but Kelly Rowland & Aly and AJ put a good fight. But don't worry they will get thier chance again. Kelly has just released her new album "My December" this week, and rumors say it's selling well. I have put up the new banner, and have left you guys a couple goodies. Enjoy, Poll for next month will be up in two weeks.DL: Kelly Clarkson - Never Again (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video on iTunes: HEREDL: Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video on iTunes: HEREDL: Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video on iTunes: HEREDL: Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREHere Are Wallpapers I Made, Enjoy: (YOUR THOUGHTS ON ARTIST? DOWNLOADS = CO
POLL IS UP!! (Featured Artist Of The Month)It's time to start voting for July's Featured Artist Of The Month. This month's contestants are: Kelly Clarkson who has one of the most anticipated albums this year and is soon to release, and will be going on tour. T.I who's about to release his fourth album. Kelly Rowland who is making her solo comeback, and releasing a new album. And Last teen queens Aly & AJ who will also be releasing thier new album "Insomniatic". There they are, get to voting!CAST YOUR VOTE BY SCROLLING DOWN & VOTING ON THE POLL (SIDEBAR)
Featured Artist Of The Month: RihannaIt's the begining of a new month and voting is over with 963 votes in total, Rihanna won and recieved more then half of your votes. She was clearly ahead of the competition, but AI Winner and Mandy Moore had a pretty good fight at the end to. I think she really deserves it and it came on perfect timing. Her current single "Umbrella" is #1 almost worldwide, her album is just days of release, and she will be performing soon on the MTV Movie Awards. To celebrate the new banner is up, and I gathered some goodies. Poll for next month will be up next week.DL: Rihanna Feat.Jay-Z - Umbrella (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video On Itunes: HEREDL: Rihanna - We Ride (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video On Itunes: HEREDL: Rihanna - S.O.S (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video On Itunes: HEREDL: Rihanna - If It's Lovin' That You Want (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video On Itunes: HEREDL: Rihanna - Pon De Replay (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREBUY Video On Itunes: HEREHere Are Wa
One media and form of art that continually amazes me, particularly because of it’s constant and enduring state is glass.
Glass is one of those medias that I’ve never been able to try myself, but I believe is one of the most subtle and enchanting forms of art. It can take the form of a spoon rest in your kitchen or a fine goblet. Completely art, completely unique and practical in its use and application.
Christine Masters knows this. From the above mentioned spoon rest to the glass earrings, there is a grace to the craftsmanship in her work. I have been reading her blogs (1, 2, & 3) for the last few months and have been impressed greatly that glass artists are truly unique people to work with this temperamental form of art.
Check out these samples of Christine’s art below.
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One of my favorite things is opening up my email first thing in the morning and seeing the submissions that readers send my way. Today, I found this beautiful work by artist Ralph Jones
Ralph even told me a little bit more about himself which I found interesting:
Ralph Jones, b.1954, BFA University of Wisconsin, Painting and Drawing Major, grad. 1981, history, archaeology, and museum interests and work experience.
Original multimedia drawing and painting elements combined with various materials arranged in temporary fluorescent assemblages photographed under black light by the artist and converted to digital format for further art software manipulation.
Wow, that’s a lot of work for one project, but it’s amazing to behold. Ralph, you should really make these into posters or prints and sell them through cafepress, ArtFlock or something. I’d buy one of these.
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POLL IS UP!! (Featured Artist Of The Month)Okay it's back to that time where you guys need to start voting for who should be next month's(June) FEATURED ARTIST. This month's contestants are: Rihanna who has just been everywhere latly and will releasing a album, and performing at the MTV Movie Awards. Daddy Yankee who will also be releasing an album, and will be our first latino. Mandy Moore who is trying to make her comeback into the music world with releasing her new album "Wild Hope". Last is the Winner of American Idol (Season 6) will it be Blake, Melinda, or Jordin. So get to the voting!CAST YOUR VOTE BY SCROLLING DOWN AND VOTING ON THE POLL (SIDEBAR)
Featured Artist Of The Month: Avril LavigneSo the voting is over with 875 votes in total the artist you choose and got the most votes to be featured this month is Avril Lavigne. The Race was pretty tight between her & Beyonce, but at the end she took it. She has the #1 single and album right now so it's perfect. I would've been happy with either so great choice guys. We'll I hope you like the new banner, enjoy these Avril goodies I gathered and made.DL: Avril Lavigne - Complicated (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREDL: Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREDL: Avril Lavigne - I'm With You (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREDL: Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREDL: Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (DVD Rip)DL Link 2: HEREHere Are Wallpapers I Made, Enjoy: (YOUR THOUGHTS ON ARTIST? DOWNLAODS = COMMENTS!)
Today I was pleasantly surprised with my inbox. Artist, Roman Gumanyuk, had emailed and had asked to show some of his work here. Initially, I am always skeptical when an artist sends more than five works at any given time. Then again, that was until I scrolled down a little and beheld the caliber of his work. Roman has a ethereal quality to his work which depicts a very solitary and peaceful nature.
Thanks for your submissions Roman.
Here’s a brief biography from his site:
Roman Gumanyuk was born in Bishkek in 3 July 1985. He has begun to draw since he was a little boy. Roman has been painting since 5 years old. He has finished the school and Art studio .He is a participant and prize winner of a lot of competitions and art exhibitions including “Young Talents-97″ International Festival held in the Issyk-Kul , “World Modern Art-98″ Competition held in Los Angeles and My World in 2000 “International Competition held by ICAF in Washington. The Nat
Well now let's see what is new on the agenda today! Friday of course is open Mic. Dan will be running it again. We have been having some success with open mic and we are getting a variety of talented people to come in and share. It is turning out to be a lot of fun and it is regular! Since scheduling open mic we have not had one night where we have not had people in to entertain!Saturday is Clem Floyd again. Clem is truly a treat! To hear his music check out our entry for February 24th. We have three videos of him playing that night. Better yet come check him out in person this Saturday!I finally got Wendy Lee Lynds pieces up and her name on our board. I am enclosing some pics of her pieces. Wendy is a local artist and one that I am representing here at Rockhoppers. I hope you enjoy her pieces. If you care to find out more info about her work or a specific piece just ask. Again, all her work is for sale here at Rockhoppers as well as all of the other art in the store. The painted furn
