Vector Art. 2007

Lim kis’ a young Russian illustrator and designer. Her online gallery consists of raster art, drawings, comics, graphics, and a unique set of vector Illustrations (example vector above), of which, are very pleasing to the eye. Her creation process consists of using a multitude of brush combinations, semi transparent layering and different color combinations to produce very painterly and unique stylized imagery. It’s advised you visit Lim’s gallery for a more in depth look at this compelling vector art.

Europa, 3ds max, Photoshop, April 2006

The woman is Europa, a main actress of the myth for Taurus. I thought she should have an audacious, modern and warm glitter in her eyes, as she was a princess. So, I referenced the image of Scalett Johansson, but it didn’t resemble her after many additions of images that I desired (looking younger, bold etc.) The gem of Taurus in May is emerald and the flower of the month is romantic rose. As I think she likes the nature, I put a flower coronet on her head. There is the bull-shaped brooch on her chest. - Soa Lee.

Soa Lee

3-D modeling or 3-D CGI Illustration has become somewhat sophisticated in recent years, but still often plagued from an unnaturalness and artificiality except in the hands of South Korean Soa Lee and a few other adept 3-D artists. Soa’s lustrous career started from being a traditional cell animator, to being one of the most highly-prized 3D artist of our time. It isn’t hard to figure out why. Her female characters and fantasy-themed images appear fluid, dreamy, sublime, picturesque and have a naturalism, or a “classical painting” quality that isn’t often present in 3-D renderings. Soa’s finessed command of rendering more…

Audrey (Close-up), Oil on Board 24 x 36

• Lori Early

Lori Earley (born in Rye, New York) is a pop surrealist painter specializing in stunning surreal portraits of esoteric women. Earley’s oil paintings have a unique eerie style; she interestingly combines classical realistic rendering with her innate desire to create the world she feels that’s often inspired by the imagination of high-end fashion icons such as Alexander McQueen or the exotic wardrobes of Jennifer Nicholson. Earley’s central focus of expression in her portraits are the large exaggerated eyes. These are dramatic illuminations in paintings riddled with desire, implicit emotion, and very mysterious atmospheres. more…

CrisVector (Cristiano Siqueira), is an illustrator from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has been working with vector illustration and graphic design since 1999. Nowadays, Cris works in his own office as professional illustrator. His main tool-of-the-trade is Illustrator; using reference pictures, hand sketches or Poser images as underlays. Cris’ style is bold and colorfully delightful, and fused somewhere between realism and comic (especially the pictured). Take a look at CrisVector V.2 for some excellent illustrations and graphics work. You can also check other works by Cris at his Deviant galley.

Moist As A Snack Cake

This fiberglass and silicone sculpture is just under 7 feet tall. This was my first real attempt at silicone. I wanted to achieve a true cartoon realism, not hyper real. The silicone is soft to the touch in contrast to the hard fiber glass. Also the combination of flat and gloss finishes is something that I will continue to do from now on… - Colin Christian

• Colin Christian

Pop surrealist Colin Christian creates fantastic, larger than life pin-up girl sculptures. These are made out of fiberglass and silicone and they’re typically around seven feet tall. Silcone by the way, is a very difficult material to use but one that helps Colin achieve his goal of true cartoon realism, a line drawing made flesh. more…

Harmonic Dissonance, 2006, 66″ x 84″, oil on linen

“These paintings look at our extraordinary isolation in a world seemingly crowded with significance, meaning, relationship, and purported intimacy. The figures in my paintings are not present to the world immediately surrounding them. They can’t interpret what’s directly in front of their eyes,” Rodgers says. “We’re all stranded in our very own solo spaces.”

Terry Rodgers

Note: Terry’s art contains adult material that is not suitable for children and is NSFW

There is no greater painter of social reportage than American realist painter Terry Rodgers, who has emerged as one of the most gifted figurative painters of our time. This is not soley due to his incredible painting techniques and intricate compositions, but also his immense ability to evoke the viewer to participate in a disillusioned world where money, sex and beauty is not all it’s cracked up to be. more…