Anthropomorphic Animal

Finding inspirations from vintage illustrators, like Charles Harper, Mary Blair, and Golden Books, Áron Nagy created these fun and creative illustrations. Áron states, "I usually have a character in mind... It's some kind of anthropomorphic animal in an unusual situation."

Áron Nagy begins his process in a vector based software and finalizes on a pixel based software to enhance colors and textures. He is from Budapest, Hungary, and he studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts majoring in Communication Design.

En La Calle

Timing and talent is an amazing gift that brings a smile and joy to all. Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes captured the perfect spontaneous scenario which won him numerous awards for his photography. In this series titled, "Street" aka "En La Calle" is a collection of unprepared scenes of streets, beaches, transportation and urban environment around the world. In 2009, he has been awarded both Epson Digital Photography Awards in Spain and the Caja España Color Photography Award.

Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes studied at the School of Arte Pancho Lasso, in Lanzarote, a Spanish island at the Canary Island. Most days, you will find Alvaro with his camera in Barcelona, Spain.

Cheerless And Melancholic

As stated in the past, black and white art is very powerful, forcing the viewer to concentrate on the subject and the message rather than being distracted by the beauty of colors. These illustrations caught my eye through contrast, a sense of dread in each subject, and the dysfunctional physical and mental statements created by the artist. Bayo, aka Eduardo Flores is from Mexico City who moved to Austin, Texas four years ago. He dreamed to become a fine artist but was forced to study graphic design. Bayo is currently working in the advertising field, but he continues to pursue his passion in painting and illustration during is personal time.

Here is Bayo's statement about his work of art, "My work depicts mostly cheerless and melancholic worlds where the main character is in the center of mental conflicts, sometimes euphoric, sometimes psychotic. My characters tend to avoid frontal sight, denying the exposition of their own fragility and looking for words with their eyes turned back into the darkness of the mind, as they express different emotions and pursuing the cause of their deepest anxiety."