Derek Stenning creates great Sci-Fi illustrations for the likes of Endeavor Snowboards but with a really unusual angle. The artworks have evolved around research into ‘Entartete Kunst’ (Degenerate Art), a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art.

“I find these discriminating ideas absurd, but I have adopted the Judeo-Bolshevist theme in this work (the cosmonauts, the hexagram etc.) as a starting point to create these images. As mentioned in a previous post this project is about returning to a more expressive way of creating art (after 10 years as a production artist), and about overcoming my own discriminating views on expressive art.”

Visit: http://borninconcrete.blogspot.com/

Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_art

All images copyright Derek Stenning

Phil Noto’s fine art prints and comic book illustrations have a very nice aesthetic reflecting his past experience at Walt Disney Animation. His sexy vintage spy girls can be bought as prints on his website or you can try to pickup his out of print book ‘Jet Seven’.

“While attending the Ringling School of Design, Phil Noto began his career as an intern at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida. After two more years of illustration study, he returned to Disney Animation as a clean-up artist. His credits there include The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, and Lilo and Stitch.”

Visit: http://www.notoart.com/

All images copyright Phil Noto and respective clients.

These illustrations by Dan McPharlain take me back to the book jackets and record covers I used to find in the local library. I love the grainy airbrush style and flat compositional elements that are slightly like cell shading.

Homepage: http://www.danmcpharlin.com/

Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/

All images copyright Dan McPharlin.

Brilliantly eerie oil paintings by Austrailian artist Jeremy Geddes. The Cosmonaut series features suspended and drifting cosmonauts in urban and abstract environments. His style of oil painting on linen and board is very realistic and often slightly disturbing. A weird mix between reality and sci-fi.

Homepage: http://www.jeremygeddesart.com/
Blog: http://jeremygeddesart.blogspot.com/

All images copyright Jeremy Geddes.

I’m loving these retro artworks by Spanish illustrator Gianmarco Magnani. Really beautiful combinations of technical manual style and evocative water painted scenes. Some of it’s very ‘Akiraesque’. You can also buy the prints in his online shop, very tempting!

“At first the series was just called ‘Riders’. But I decided to give it a focus of rivalry between good and bad, with another side: ‘Villains’.”

http://www.silencetv.com/work.html

All images copyright Gianmarco Magnani – go and buy some of the lovely prints in the shop!

Third year students at The University for the Creative Arts are holding an online auction titled Beg, Steal or Borrow. The auction includes a great collection of design goodies that have been sourced by the students from notable designers and illustrators.

The money raised from the auction, which begins on 21st March and lasts for 10 days, will go towards funding the students end of year Graphic Communication degree show at the University and the D&AD New Blood show.

A great way to help support this years graduating students get some much needed industry exposure. Get bidding! http://www.graphicsfarnham.org/auction/

Some samples of the lots:

http://www.graphicsfarnham.org/auction/

I’ve just been pouring through the past blog entries of Tebe Interesno on his LiveJournal. He’s got a great imagination in his use of abstract characters blended into everyday photographic scenes. They’ve got a weird vibe halfway between cute and evil!

http://tebe-interesno.livejournal.com/

Watch out for the eyes blinking and antennas flashing in the Gif based versions.

I’ve recently been working with Designhive on an architectural visualisation project for the Swiss elevator company Schindler. Work includes elevation artworks of modern and period buildings with external shots and cross sections.