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The Hyper realism of Karel Funk

On July 29, 2011, In Artists, Great design, By John Ellis

Karel Funk

Go to almost any review of Karel Funk’s work and it will sound the same. “Hyper this and hyper that.”

But this article in WMagazine does an excellent job of summing his approach. The detail on blue baseball cap is crazy great.

Anyone who has ever ridden the New York subway at rush hour knows the feeling of being pressed so close to your fellow commuters that you can see their every pore, shaving nick and flaking follicle. To artist Karel Funk, newly arrived in Manhattan from his native Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2001, that proximity to strangers on a train proved overwhelming at first—then career changing. He’d been toying with suburban angst in his paintings but felt that route was already well traveled by others. In urban voyeurism, however, he knew he had found his ideal subject.
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Fascinating story: Ribbonesia.

On July 27, 2011, In Great design, By John Ellis

Dog, by Baku, from Ribbonesia.

Fox, by Baku, from Ribbonesia.

Lion, by Baku, from Ribbonesia.

The incredibly detailed and original work of BAKU is inspiring for its simplicity. It’s well worth a few minutes exploring the site and then moving on to the blog. Beautiful, simple stuff.

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Cool stuff from Bored Panda.

On May 19, 2011, In Artists, Great design, By John Ellis

The folks at Bored Panda provide an endless source of inspiration. This is definitely a bookmark worthy site. Thanks to the inestimably cool Tarek Sheta for sending these shots to Ellisism. Check out all the designs here.

Stop & Grow bag from Bored Panda.

YKM bag from Bored Panda.

GREENPEACE bag from Bored Panda.

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Pop Sandbox on the telling of stories.

On May 13, 2011, In Good reads, By John Ellis

This post is a profile of Pop Sandbox and content is taken from their site.

About: Pop Sandbox is an award-winning multimedia production & publishing company with a focus on original projects rooted in graphic novel and film. It is a small boutique operation centered on innovative and meaningful storytelling across platforms.

Pop Sandbox’s inaugural release was the ground-breaking 300-page journalistic comic book, KENK: A Graphic Portrait, which was recently named a Best Book of 2010 by Quill & Quire (Canada’s top literary magazine). It is being released into the US and abroad in 2011, and is currently being developed as a fully animated film.

KENK: A Graphic Portrait is an award-winning 300-page journalistic comic book about Igor Kenk, “the world’s most prolific bicycle thief” (The New York Times and The Guardian). In the summer of 2008, Kenk was arrested and nearly 3,000 hot bicycles were seized in what became one of the biggest news stories of the year. Built from an incredible mix of found footage, filmed interviews and archival material, treated with a dazzling visual style, KENK is a thought-provoking and surprisingly funny journalistic profile (in the tradition of New Yorker masters Joseph Mitchell and A.J. Liebling) of an outsize neighborhood figure and a city in flux.

KENK is a one-of-a-kind profile—a mash-up of mediums that culminates in a marriage of thorough investigative journalism and the comic book form in an entirely new way. A fully animated film treatment is currently in production with award-winning commercial director Craig Small, who helped develop the Academy Award™ nominated animated film Madame Tutli-Putli.

Pop Sandbox. Great home page.

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Moleskine art to inspire your doodling.

On April 28, 2011, In Artists, Great design, By John Ellis

The Moleskine art of Mattias Adolfsson.

As a chronic Moleskine doodler, I’m always blown away by guys who fill their black books with incredible art. Two guys inspire me try harder (a lot harder).

Dave Sylvestre’s Canadian Portraits are meticulous and detailed. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this work in person. It represents years of commitment to a theme. Mattias Adolfsson’s work is just as detailed and very funny. He’s a freelance Illustrator living in Sigtuna just outside of Stockholm Sweden.

The Moleskine art of Dave Sylvestre.

The Moleskine art of Mattias Adolfsson.

The Moleskine art of Dave Sylvestre.

The Moleskine art of Mattias Adolfsson.

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The fabulous type of Nancy Harris Rouemy.

On April 27, 2011, In Great design, By John Ellis

Nancy Harris Rouemy, is the Principal, Creative Director at Go For It Design, Ltd.. I wish there was more to see on the site because her work is wonderful. She specializes in custom type, book covers, invitations, logos and branding.

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Ellisism mourns the passing of Michael Sarrazin.

On April 18, 2011, In Artists, By John Ellis

So long road movie poster.

Without Michael, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, et al., low-cost fuel, and an American obsessive with the auto, the ‘road movie’ and it’s fabulous contribution to poster art might not have happened.

The Gum Ball Rally was a kinder, gentler, unarmed version of The Fast & The Furious (parts 1, 2, 3 and so on). In a lot of ways, it’s as much Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ as it is ‘The Hangover’.

Thank you Michael.

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The Boeing 747-8 may be best of both worlds.

On April 18, 2011, In Great experiential marketing, By John Ellis

The high life before ear buds seat-back movies.

The Internet created thousands of new job titles but can anything beat ”Pianist in the First Class Lounge of a 1971 Boeing 747″. Just look at these cats. They knew how to wail. There’s something to be said for air travel before ear buds, seat-back movies and a la carte Pringles in single serving cans.

That said, spend a few minutes exploring the new Boeing 747-8.

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Kudos to Ivan Cash for the inevitable.

On April 6, 2011, In Great design, By John Ellis

Inforgraphic from Ivan Cash.

An infographic about infographics is long overdue.

Thanks to Dave Sylvestre for sharing the work of Ivan Cash, an Art Director at Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam. How long until we see an infographic about the kinds of people who make infographics about infographics?

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Outstanding outdoor art.

On March 21, 2011, In Artists, By John Ellis

This is an interesting way to get into the work of Alexanre Farto, aka Vhils. He specializes in street art but obviously there’s a lot more to him. This kind of creativity special because it will not last. He begins these outdoor projects knowing that time will erase them. Nonetheless, he puts his soul into the work and hands it over the world. Every piece is original and fragile.

Street art from Vhils.

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The Hyper realism of Karel Funk

Fascinating story: Ribbonesia.

Cool stuff from Bored Panda.

Pop Sandbox on the telling of stories.

Moleskine art to inspire your doodling.

The fabulous type of Nancy Harris Rouemy.

Ellisism mourns the passing of Michael Sarrazin.

The Boeing 747-8 may be best of both worlds.

Kudos to Ivan Cash for the inevitable.

Outstanding outdoor art.

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