Simon Tofield by Catherine Lewanski

If you have spent any amount of time surfing the internet, chances are you have come across a histerical series of short films called "Simon's Cat". These quaint anecdotes of the mischief cats somehow seem to get themselves into started a craze quite by accident. The first film (avaliable for viewing below), titled "Cat Man Do" was "...just a personal film I made while trying to teach myself Flash...it was never meant to be seen by other people. But I put it on my animation showreel, and next thiing I knew, someone had taken the video without asking me and put it on YouTube. By the time I found out, Cat Man do had been viewed millions of times." (from an interview, found on http://lovemeow.com/2009/12/special-interview-with-simons-cat-simon-tofield/)

Now a full out career, Simon Tofield has created a small army of these films and has published several books with more of the nameless cat's various adventures. His website can be found at http://www.simonscat.com/

Now for the film. It'll be just this one this time, I promise:

Cris Ortega by Catherine Lewanski

One artist I greatly admire I found during another, very similar art project for an online digital arts class. Cris Ortega, born in Valladolid, Spain, is a published comic book author, whose ditigal art pieces are entrancing to look at with their almost blurry dreamlike quality to them.

She began her writing/drawing career at 19, when she drew a comic for one of the short stories she had written. Realizing this was the profession she wanted (not the aeronautics or astronomy career she had been persuing at the time) she began seriously working on her art.

Cris Ortega has had a wide variety of experience, ranging from graphic design to advertising to game figure design to comics and even photography. But her strong suit will always remain her digital pictures, two examples of which are provided below.

Gate of Destinies

Ice Maiden

Ex Machina

Lady of the Rhine

Queen of Shame

Till death do us part

Wheel of Time

Oops. That's a lot more than two. Sorry. Got carried away. And in case anyone is interested, the first work I found while doing the aforementioned project was the one at the bottom of the list, titled "Wheel of Time".

If you are interested in seeing more of her artwork, her website is: http://crisortega.com/index.html . I highly recomend it.

Mr. Brainwash- Chris Collins

The Anti-Bansky, as I have come to know him. Mr. Brainwash was the main subject of Bansky's film "Exit Through the Gift Shop" which described how he was an artist that uses others to spread his art, where as others copy Bansky, but he his goal is to just make art. Mr. Brainwash began as an owner of a clothing store and videographer who started to be a street artist and gallery artist after being influenced by the street artists he documented through videos over the years.

Bansky- By Chris Collins

Parented by an English photocopier, Bansky's roots as a artist started at home when he was born 1974 in Bristol, England. He's an enigma of sorts, no one has ever seen his face or heard his voice, people only know him by his quotes and street graffiti that are literally all over the world. "Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet. " - Banksy.   He inspires me because he does art in spray paint, wherever and whenever, which helped me to start making my own spray art.

Carved Leaf Art By Aes

Have you ever seen a leaf on the ground and thought the design was cool? Well you haven't seen anything till you see the striking colors of carved leaf art. The patterns and shapes are amazing! When you see them u can hardly tell your looking at an actual leaf, the shading and colors make it appear to be a painting. I love these pieces; however, I wasn't able to find a specific artist for this awestruck medium. 

         

Tiziano Vecellio - jordan gross

Tiziano Vecellio was a painter in the High Renaissance movement. my favorite piece by him is the flaying of marsyas i just really like the way everythings put together in that painting
http://totallyhistory.com/titian/

Lou Bunin - Jordan gross

lou Bunin did allot of stop-motion animation. he had a version of Disney's Alice in wounder land.. that Disney blocked. http://www.loubunin.com