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January 17, 2018
Andy Smith

The Flamboyant Digital Work of Kota Yamaji

The flamboyant, eye-popping works of digital artist Kota Yamaji carry touches of psychedelia and surrealism. Using both stills and motion work, his pieces blend textures and patterns to absorbing effect. The Tokyo-based artist has also created music videos for tilt-six and INNOCENT in FORMAL.

“His artwork is mainly created by computer graphics,” a statement says. “He creates not only graphic art but also video art. The characteristic of his artwork is pleasant colors, surrealistic visuals and motifs. He is inspired by surrealism artists such as Salvador Dali, Giorgio de Chirico, René Magritte.”

Yamaji is a graduate of Tama Art University in Tokyo. See more of his recent work, including video, below.

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digital art, illustration, Kota Yamaji

Arnus, drawing, illustration

December 1, 2018

Using pop culture and his distinct distortion of scale, artist Arnus crafts humorous, engrossing illustrations. His self-description as an "Ugly illustrator since 1982” offers a hint at his sense of humor, moving between both terrifying and playful characters. These pop characters include Alice Cooper, Batman, and a slew of smiling demons.

Cal Redback’s Unsettling Photographs of People Fused with Nature

Cal Redback, digital art, Hellraiser, Photography, The Lord of the Rings

July 31, 2015

For his latest series, French photographer and digital artist Cal Redback has created slightly unsettling portraits of people fused with nature. Many of his subjects are inspired by those of fantasy and horror, as in his version of "Treebeard" of The Lord of the Rings or "Hellraiser". Redback adds a plant-like appearance to his own characters by photographing them and then digitally manipulating the image in Photoshop. Botanicals sprout from their cheeks and eye sockets in beautiful and sometimes painful looking displays, even more alarming by their casual demeanor.

Bill Carman’s Whimsical Illustrations with a Dark Edge

Bill Carman, illustration, painting

August 28, 2014

Creepy creatures, spindly figures and quirky narratives compose the illustrations of Bill Carman. Pigs in suits and yin-and-yang armored headgear stare at one another – snouts pressed together – with eyes wrinkled with age of wisdom. An angry bronze-faced rabbit sits in the foreground holding a screwdriver, gazing at the viewer and threatening to unscrew the boars’ masks. Though Conunganger has an Animal Farm aesthetic, They have My Eyes evokes a Tim Burton sentiment.

The Illustrations of Jasjyot Singh Hans

drawing, illustration, Jasjyot Singh Hans

January 29, 2019

The illustrations of Jasjyot Singh Hans explore body positivity, fashion, and pop culture. The artist's background in animation film design also plays a role in his stylized figures, with the artist's knack for conveying movement shining in the above works. The artist's choice of canvas, elsewhere, show a spin on the domestic.

The Flamboyant Digital Work of Kota Yamaji

The Humorous, Horror-Filled Illustrations of Arnus

Cal Redback’s Unsettling Photographs of People Fused with Nature

Bill Carman’s Whimsical Illustrations with a Dark Edge

The Illustrations of Jasjyot Singh Hans

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