Motion To Paper

At age 11, Brian Castleforte knew he wanted to pursue creative work for a living. In 1989, Brian graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, majoring in Graphic Design. He became interested in animation, using After Effects and Cinema 4D. For over 20 years, he has been designing for print and motion graphics for film, television studios and design agencies.

Brian would spend his personal time creating character illustrations and paper craft. In fact, he is the creator of nicebunny.com and nicepapertoys.com, the first and only paper toy social network. Brian is multi-talented, keeping himself busy in different aspect of creativity. Expect to see more of his work through film and television, or his famous paper toys. Brian is based in Los Angeles.

Montreal Is Tagged By Astro

I like the composition and his choice of analogous colors in each artwork. These characters are distinct and full of personality which is humorous. Astro, a graffiti artist in Montreal, Canada. His line of work includes, street art, murals, character design, illustration and painting. His statement of his work, "I prefer simple styles, and like to mix cute characters with vicious attitudes." Click on his link to view more.

Momentary And Surreal

Tessar Lo was born in Indonesia with very few memories of his birthplace before relocated to Canada. He graduated from Sheridan College, and is influence by Batik, Chinese painting and Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. Critics say, Tessar paints with an Asian influence, but according to Tessar, he just paints without any Eastern or Western style in mind. His painting has a surreal, dream-like quality with elements of nature, animals, and young people. Although Tessar is against labeling his work in any category, I will let you be the judge.

Tessar made a statement on Erratic Phenomena which sums it up his thoughts, "I look at my work as a relationship I have with myself - I think the only true way to understand others well is to know yourself first - and in an attempt to keep things interesting, I am never going to have a fulfilled love with my work." Click on the link to read the full quote. Tessar is currently located in Los Angeles, California, and he got his big break from online exposure.