Concept ships by Andree Wallin

Andree Wallin's brand new portfolio site. Clean! Check out ROBOTS.



















Keywords: concept ships spaceship art from by andree wallin freelance concept artist from sweden

Thor Hammer Build

This build of my Thor's Hammer papercraft is by "Fioutch", one of several contributors to a French language blog about superhero comics called Cable's Chronicles. Nice job! I have no explanation for the Pikachu in the photo so don't ask. ^^ A download of the Mjolnir template may be found here.

Other Marvel Comics Papercraft by Tektonten

Doctor Strange's Eye of Agamotto

Captain America's Shield

Spider-Man Mask

Silver Surfer Mask

A Modern Animal Totem for Joyce

Detail of Totem above

© rebecca collins / artpaw.com

( see all proofs)

Creating artwork for friends is always tricky and creating artwork for people with serious art collections can be pretty intimidating. Earlier this year one of my friends and classmates asked me to create an animal totem from pics of her pets, some of which are no longer here.  It has taken me awhile to complete this project because the concept of a totem was sort of brand new to me and I was not sure how to stack everyone up. I was also rather scared since my client is a talented artist herself and has a lovely house full of really incredible artwork by some pretty well known artists ...  I sort of psyched myself out a bit.  I try hard to come across in life as really confident and positive about my art work, but every once in awhile I can have major anxiety attacks about various projects. I usually get over the fear pretty quickly and move forward ... what else can you do?

About the art: I went a bit bolder than I had intended to with color on this project. The background was created from a few different layers. I had a layer with color squares in it and on top of that I did my watercolor looking shadow effect on the animals and then merged those layers, used the spherize filter on that to plump it and make the lines curve, then dry brush then I painted in spot color  here and there. I am very pleased with my modern animal totem and I am crossing fingers that Joyce likes it, if not I hope she asks for design tweaks  ... that is the tricky part ... friends being afraid to hurt your feelings. At least I know her to be a gal that usually speaks her mind.

MONTHLY HEADER #58: Igor's T-shirts

April was crazy busy... I'm a daddy! I've not had time to make a new header so I scrounged one up from my EON contest entry. I think I was disqualified because I used Poser and rendered my logo on the movie... Oh well, I'll follow instructions better on the Syd Mead competition:) Stay tuned for a new artist header for June!





Keywords: animated space shuttle in flight against asteroid thistledown based on the greg bear novel eon patricia and lanier on elevator in asteroid meteor hd high definition animated flash loop scene sequence 24 frames per second fps

Mosaic Monday/ Public Art

Dog mosaic 8th Street Station
Originally uploaded by Satori (Zazoo & Satori)

Found this on Flickr today. Looks like it was taken at the 8th Street Station in NYC. I love the black outlines on the dog and the people legs. The odd choice to make the shadow break out of the circular frame is also a nice design touch. The entire composition is sophisticated and playful.

Wall-E Origami

That lovable Disney robot Wall-E has been featured in several papercraft designs, but this is the only origami I have seen for the little guy. What is amazing about this particular model by Brian Chan is that it was folded out of a single uncut square of paper. A folding diagram and also a video of the folding process may be found at Chan's web page here.

Escape into Life: Issue no. 17

ATMA

Escape into Life continually welcomes new writers onto our team. In this issue, you'll find an eloquent essay on Gauguin by Linnea West, whose art blog, Art Ravels, is a favorite among arts writers. You'll also find contributions from Lou Freshwater, somewhat of a haiku expert, and the German writer, Klaus-Dieter Knoll.

This issue we also introduce a new segment of Escape into Life, called "Arts and Culture Headlines." I wanted to bring together the most interesting art reviews and culture stories from newspapers, blogs, magazines, and art media sources.

Paul Gauguin and Savageness . . . . West explores Gauguin's "idealization of savageness" while giving us an intimate sense of his experiences in the Caribbean and later Polynesia. She intersperses primary materials into the essay, such as letters from Gauguin to his wife and friends.

The Art of Haiku . . . Everything you need to know about writing haiku. Freshwater's essay can serve as both an aid to composing haiku as well as an informed discussion of the Japanese art.

Poetry by Seann McCollum . . . . In McCollum's first poem, "The Twombly Equinox," the poet meditates on Cy Twombly's painting, Quattro Stagioni: Primavera.

The Process of Becoming Intimate: Interview with Danielle Duer . . . I don't believe we've published an interview as deeply touching as this one. Part of the reason for this is Klaus-Dieter Knoll's fond appreciation for the artist and his passion for her work.

New Segment on EIL:

Arts and Culture Headlines . . . I plan to run this every couple days. Culled from blogs, newspapers, magazines, and art media sites, bringing you the most interesting art headlines.

What is Escape into Life?

Escape into Life hosts over 700 contemporary artist profiles, and is also an online arts journal with contributions from nearly 25 different writers. Many of our contributors—ranging from well-known published authors, university professors, and freelance journalists—continue to publish art reviews and art history essays month after month. In addition, our poetry editor selects a new poet to feature in the journal every issue.

The Escape into Life digest comes out about twice monthly and you can subscribe at the top of the website, next to the search bar.

As an organization, we seek to promote the arts in all its forms. Our next milestone is to merge the thriving online publication with a viable online art store and auction.