urban taster » illustration http://urbantaster.com a quick (almost daily) taste of the urban landscape Thu, 17 May 2012 08:41:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 drawing apparatushttp://urbantaster.com/2012/03/25/drawing-apparatus/ http://urbantaster.com/2012/03/25/drawing-apparatus/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:51:30 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=13273 Repurposing two old record machines, Robert Howsare created his own spirograph machine, generating endlessly mesmerising single line drawings that reminds me of that old school windows screensaver.

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2012/03/25/drawing-apparatus/feed/ 0 olaf hajek at thumbtack presshttp://urbantaster.com/2012/03/22/olaf-hajek-at-thumbtack-press/ http://urbantaster.com/2012/03/22/olaf-hajek-at-thumbtack-press/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:29:15 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=13266 More of our favourite German artist Olaf Hajek, this time available for sale at Thumbtack Press. All that’s left for you to decide is how you want your print to be delivered… Will that be stretched canvas or framed print for you sir?

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]]> http://urbantaster.com/2012/03/07/bitmap-narratives/feed/ 0 guise by craig & karlhttp://urbantaster.com/2012/01/20/guise-by-craig-karl/ http://urbantaster.com/2012/01/20/guise-by-craig-karl/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:01:09 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12944

Illustrated portraits of global and local pop culture icons by New York based Craig Redman and Sydney based Karl Maier collaborating as Craig & Karl.

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]]> http://urbantaster.com/2012/01/08/animals-in-alphabets/feed/ 0 http://urbantaster.com/2011/12/28/12754/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/12/28/12754/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:44:01 +0000 kaleb http://urbantaster.com/?p=12754 With a 0.5 mechanical pencil, a large 5ft by 8 ft blank piece of paper and  10 months at 10 hours a day, pop surreal artist Todd Schorr created this intriguing work called Solitude.

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/12/28/12754/feed/ 0 charles and ray eames explain the information machinehttp://urbantaster.com/2011/12/21/charles-and-ray-eames-explain-the-information-machine/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/12/21/charles-and-ray-eames-explain-the-information-machine/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:02:54 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12719 A delightfully ‘low-tech’ way to explain the very much high-tech, done in classic Eames clarity.

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]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/12/12/realistic-hair-paintings/feed/ 0 dali’s wonderlandhttp://urbantaster.com/2011/11/17/dalis-wonderland/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/17/dalis-wonderland/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:24:31 +0000 kaleb http://urbantaster.com/?p=12426 My favourite book of all time, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by my favorite artist, Salvador Dali. Published in 1969 by Maecenas Press-Random House in New York, it is one of the rarest and most sought after of Dali’s suites.

 

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/17/dalis-wonderland/feed/ 0 sagaki keitahttp://urbantaster.com/2011/11/16/sagaki-keita/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/16/sagaki-keita/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:59:52 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12405 Mind-blowing work by Sagaki Keita, who creates images of roman sculptures with numerous Manga inspired sketches.

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/16/sagaki-keita/feed/ 0 angles with dirty faceshttp://urbantaster.com/2011/11/09/angles-with-dirty-faces/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/09/angles-with-dirty-faces/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:49:44 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12300 Illustrator Lauren Kaiser recounts the childhoods of famous serial killers, and the moments that inspired their infamy.

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/09/angles-with-dirty-faces/feed/ 0 the birds & the birdshttp://urbantaster.com/2011/11/06/the-birds-the-birds/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/06/the-birds-the-birds/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:40:09 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12258 Nigel Payne is obsessed with birds, drawing one every weekday. Aren’t we glad he kept it up?

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/06/the-birds-the-birds/feed/ 0 tania blancohttp://urbantaster.com/2011/11/03/tania-blanco/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/03/tania-blanco/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:48:03 +0000 yeowyeong http://urbantaster.com/?p=12214 Something absurdly twisted by yet calming and mesmerizing… Tania Blanco is born in Valencia, but now lives and works in Paris, France and Valencia, Spain.

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/11/03/tania-blanco/feed/ 0 tenso graphicshttp://urbantaster.com/2011/10/24/tenso-graphics/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/24/tenso-graphics/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:33:31 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12096 Quite simply put… Tenso Graphics makes t-shirt illustrations… with awesome titles.

Math

Pole-bear

Chain-smoker

Book Jackets

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/24/tenso-graphics/feed/ 0 jim houserhttp://urbantaster.com/2011/10/21/jim-houser/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/21/jim-houser/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:47:26 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12035 The brilliantly playful and childlike paintings of Jim Houser. A crack in space? Wonderful!!

 

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/21/jim-houser/feed/ 0 hu lulu hong longlong hua lalahttp://urbantaster.com/2011/10/20/hu-lulu-hong-longlong-hua-lala/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/20/hu-lulu-hong-longlong-hua-lala/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:28:45 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12030 Getting the name from the sounds of wind, thunder and rain, the wonderfully immaginative and brightly coloured world of animator and illustrator Ray (Lei Lei).

The story is about a small village. One day, the heavy rain disrupts the people’s peaceful life, and a brave child swims across the Universe to save the world.

“Hu Lulu”, Oh! My hat flew off!
“Hong longlong” Cover your ears!
“Hua Lala” Let’s dance together.
“Ah yaya” Is the sewer blocked ?
“La lala” Singing on the rainbow.

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]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/19/sanna-annukka/feed/ 0 chris labrooyhttp://urbantaster.com/2011/10/18/chris-labrooy/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/18/chris-labrooy/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:18:29 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=12021 UK-based digital artist Chris Labrooy does amazingly intricate and detailed designs with 3D graphics that makes you do a double take… Real? or fake? May favourite is the shrink wrap series, with all the bright, happy colours anyone would ever need!

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/18/chris-labrooy/feed/ 0 tang yau hoonghttp://urbantaster.com/2011/10/09/tang-yau-hoong/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/09/tang-yau-hoong/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:38:16 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=11957 Malaysian illustrator Tang Yau Hoong plays an amazing game of hide the graphics, using negative and positive space to bend perception and tease the mind.

]]> http://urbantaster.com/2011/10/09/tang-yau-hoong/feed/ 0 vello vinnhttp://urbantaster.com/2011/09/26/vello-vinn/ http://urbantaster.com/2011/09/26/vello-vinn/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:27:41 +0000 bjorn http://urbantaster.com/?p=11783 Amazingly detailed etchings by Estonian illustrator Vello Vinn. via 50watts

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