Swimming In The Sky

Working as an Environment and Concept Artist for the video game industry, Roland Tamayo spent his personal time with his twin boys before finding any spare time to paint. Much of his inspiration was from the birth and the development of his boys. He quoted, "My feelings and these emotions have been a big part of my art lately and what it has been evolving toward." Looking closely, you could see some references of his family life with selected pieces. Roland is planning to make book with his paintings, covering all the alphabets to show the weirdness to his kids, hence "The Black Widow Flower is for B" painting displayed below.

Roland Tamayo is an illustrator, graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He worked on game titles such as Ratchet and Clank, Resistance: Fall Of Man, and Resistance II. He is currently working toward his next exhibition "Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" show in Los Angeles, January 8 at Gallery 1988, as well as a 4 person show, February 5, at Gallery 1998 in San Francisco.

All his environmental illustrations are beautiful as well as his ink and pencil on wood. Check out his website for further artwork.

Patterns By Design

Philippe Intraligi is a graphic designer who loves pattern design. He was inspired by his grand father who was a traditional graphic designer from old school. Upon graduating from University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf, Germany, he worked at many places from advertising agencies to design firms, becoming a stronger designer each step of the way, learning from the creative directors. Philippe, aka Studio Intraligi, is now working as a freelancer in New York with international clients in fashion design, corporate branding, logos and illustrations.

Spiritual Journey

Previewing Ewelina Ferruso's Everlasting Gobstopper at Crazy 4 Cult 3D made me curious about the ideology behind her additional work. Much of the iconic imagery relates to youth by innocence, exploratory, and fear. The little girl is a self portrait, and the giraffe is a giant toy she had as a child. Ewelina's work is journalistic, capturing her inner spiritual growth as it evolves.

Her work is captivating, and hypnotic in a surreal sense. The beauty of her work must be seen in person in order to receive the true effect. The relief of the textures and the polka-dots on her painting gives dimension to her work. Ewelina Ferruso graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design. She is currently busy working on her next exhibition at Last Rites Gallery in New York in April 2010.