Hua Tunan

This video advertises Neocha's iPhone protective covers, which if it helps continue Neocha's coverage of Chinese artists, all the power to them. The time reversal is really gimmicky, but the art in it is rather intriguing. Particularly, the way Hua Tunan does his marker lines is very reminiscent of Chinese calligraphy.

 

More coverage of Hua Tunan's works are available here.

I particularly like his "Breaking the Stone" work, with the energy in the spatterings bringing to mind Jackson Pollack.

Blog Title Images (Ver 4)

Just about the only creative outlet I have these days is the image atop my blogs and I thought I'd post a few variations and drafts and the images over the years.

Final - Ver 4
Here are the final images of version 4 that I currently have on now:

Variations nixed:

Blog Title Images (Ver 3)

Just about the only creative outlet I have these days is the image atop my blogs and I thought I'd post a few variations and drafts and the images over the years.

Final - Ver 3
Here are the final images of version 3 I had on my blog for some time:

And here are some of the draft variations I considered as well:

Didn't like the background photo, esp. with all of the stickers on the fruits.

I actually really liked this and had it up on my site for a little bit.

Thought this was a bit boring.

Thought it was difficult to read the title.

A bit dark.  What am I, a goth high schooler?

Actually loved the neon colors, but some of the text didn't come out as clear
with the image compression and it didn't gel with some of the other blog images.

Blog Title Images (Ver 2.5)

Just about the only creative outlet I have these days is the image atop my blogs and I thought I'd post a few variations and drafts and the images over the years.

Final - Ver 2.5
About halfway through Version 2.5, I ran out of creative juices to make cartoony images for the other three blogs.   I do still like the ones I did post though

Blog Title Images (Ver 2)

Just about the only creative outlet I have these days is the image atop my blogs and I thought I'd post a few variations and drafts and the images over the years.

Final - Ver 2 
Here are the final images of version 2 I had on my blog for some time:

Variations considered:

Can you help identifying a sketch & a watercolor painting?

My wife and I recently bought two small pieces of artwork that we love, but cannot for the life of us decipher the signature on the pieces.  Can anyone help us identify the artists, so that we can find out more about them?

The first is a pencil sketch that we purchased in a random market in Bologna, Italy.   

The second is a watercolor (and ink) piece that we picked up in an antique shop in Atlanta.

Thanks in advance!

Metropolis II

Pretty frickn' cool:


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Porcelain sculptures

Love the ornateness of the color that the porcelain lends these sculptures
Lagalerie - Ma Jun
Ma jun
Flower of Ah Xian

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Silhouettes in a toilet paper roll

Simplistic and middle-school-project-sounding, but so very cool.  All of them at Anastessia-elias.com

Tomokazu Matsuyama

Japanese meets pop art sensibilities: Tomokazu Matsuyama

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