victongai:

The Cobol Braindarin

Victo Ngai

This cover illustration is for the latest ComputerWorld magazine.The story: when the last Cobol programers retire, 50 years of business processes within the softwares they created may be lost. I was playing with the term “braindrain, and came up with the idea of a giant creature mourning over the lost of his precious programer blood from his third eye (the gateway to higher consciousness and knowledge). 

Initially, the editors were a bit concerned the image may be too bloody. Big thanks to AD April Montgomery who fought for the idea as she was insightful to know that my style would balance out the gore factors. We also decided a more robotic form would address the concern. Nothing beats working with someone who speaks the same visual language.

I love April’s layout and type treatment and am very happy with how the piece turned out.  

This is one of the projects that made me go -” I get paid to have this much fun? Life is pretty sweet!”

Happy Memorial long weekend guysss! 

bookspaperscissors:

Ceramic art by Carol Gouthro

“I have a strong interest in natural forms, cultural artifacts and personal mementos. I am drawn to ornament, embellishment, pattern, and texture. For the last ten years the vessel forms in my ceramic work have slowly been evolving into botanically inspired hybrid sculptural forms. In working on these pieces I have become more involved with the details, the close ups, the abstract, the peering into. My interest in detail, layers and encrustations has been heightened by repeated travels to India and China. I am fascinated by the complexity, diversity, beauty and danger of the natural world and this leads to thoughts about growth, nourishment, attraction, and sexuality. Built into these hybrids are some of the artifacts and mementos that form my DNA.”

From Nepal by Piet Flour

From Nepal by Piet Flour

From Under the Tuscan Sky by Piet Flour

By Eastmonkey

bookspaperscissors:

• “Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped.” ~Virginia Woolf
• “Ah Carl, while you are not safe I am not safe.” ~Allen Ginsberg
• “Is this real, Ben? Or some strange and twisted dream?” ~David Lynch
• “I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.” ~Sylvia Plath

Jannak Laevers, on Tumblr

theartofanimation:

Saryth charernpanitkul

Oh dear god there’s Sun Wukong on my dash. *weeping from happiness*

Top: Guan Yin Mountain by Unknown
Bottom: Palace by Unknown

(Note: These were entries for 创想中国新生代设计大赛, which roughly translates to Think Creative China: Next Gen Design Competition. Presumably the artists will be revealed when the entries have all been judged. The contest gallery is here.)