Illustration

Jeremy Deveraturda is an illustrator and digital painter who studied at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and moved from his initial love of watercolor into the appealing freedom of digital art. His light-filled digital seascapes and landscapes have something of the feeling of gouache, and display his admiration for artists like Sorolla and JWM Turner. Deveraturda’s website has galleries of both personal work and illustration. In addition he maintains a blog, Paint My Brains Out. There is an interview with Deveraturda on STAMP magazine.

Like his remarkable Hare, Albrecht Durer’s study in watercolor, pen and ink of a clump of earth containing an assortment of wild plants, known as the Great Piece of Turf, is a remarkable example of the artist’s penetrating powers of observation and brilliant rendering. Like his Hare, the Great Piece of Turf has become one of the most well known of Durer’s works, in spite of — or perhaps because of — its unassuming subject matter. This work, along with 90 other watercolors, drawings and prints from the extraordinary collection of the Albertina, is still on view here in the U.S. as part of an exhibition titled: Albrecht Durer: Master Drawings, Watercolors and Prints from the Albertina, at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. until June 9, 2013

“The Beauty” by Ji Yeo, is a series depicting the prevalence of plastic surgery in Korea culture. See more below. View the whole post: Ji Yeo over on BOOOOOOOM!.

Incredible music video for Etta Bond’s “Under the Knife”. Watch it below! View the whole post: Etta Bond “Under The Knife” over on BOOOOOOOM!.

Those who don’t, like me, use a shortcut for search in a browser bar, but instead actually go to the Google homepage, will frequently see Google Doodles. These are versions of the Google logo made of illustrated elements that, to one degree or anther, suggest or form the letters of the word. Google has artists who work on these, and they can be wonderfully clever, imaginative and entertaining, as I’ve mentioned on occasion. For the past 6 years, Google has been sponsoring a Doodle 4 Google competition for K-12 students in U.S. schools in which the participants create their own Google Doodles based on a theme. The national winner gets their Doodle featured on the Google home page, is awarded a $30,000 college scholarship, a Wacom tablet (grin) and other prizes, and brings home a $50,000 grant to their school for establishment of a computer or technology lab. This years theme was “My Best Day Ever…”, and the national winning entry (images above, bottom) from Sabrina Brady of Sparta High School, Wisconsin, is posted on the Google homepage today (May 23, 2013). The pages devoted to the contest feature the national and state finalists and winners. For those interested in next year’s competition, there is a FAQ page. Despite the obvious self promotional aspect for Google, I like this because it not only encourages drawing, but creative thinking in the arrangement of graphic elements to make or contain the logo’s letters. I was also pleased to see a high percentage of girls’ names among the finalists and winners. Images above: Maria I, Chestnut Ridge Middle School, NJ [6-7] Madelyn K, Homeschool, IN [6-7] Lauren S, Sheridan High School, WY [8-9] Marissa F, Urbandale Middle School, IA [8-9] Andrea S-L, Washington High School, WV [10-12] Drexel B, Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School, VT [8-9] Natasha D, Lake City Junior Academy, ID [K-3] Amy L, Highland Park High School, TX [10-12] Audrey Z, Michael F. Stokes Elementary School, NY [4-5] Sabrina Brady, Sparta High School, Wisconsin, [10-12]

Will be at Anime North this weekend - going to be on a couple of panels, and doing a presentation on Hayao Miyasaki's visual storytelling techniques.

Photos by Toshiaki Kitaoka. Submitted via Tumblr. View the whole post: Toshiaki Kitaoka over on BOOOOOOOM!.

Jun Cen’s thesis animation looks incredible, watch the trailer below! Submitted via Tumblr. View the whole post: “Mutual Tunnels” by Jun Cen over on BOOOOOOOM!.

Paintings by Jane Lee. View the whole post: Jane Lee over on BOOOOOOOM!.

Love this doormat! Spotted by Tina (swissmiss).View the whole post: Doormat over on BOOOOOOOM!.