Drawn Together: The Evolution of Architectural Scale Figures
As they evolved, illustrated figures in architecture (sometimes called ‘scalies') have grown to have more personality, color and life, serving as more than a means to measure ...
Category: Drawing & Digital
Expect new twists on old traditions as new tools and unique techniques allow artists to draw, paint and illustrate in radically different ways. From coffee-cup pen artists to people who paint whole rooms with colored markers, here are some seriously innovative creatives. The digital age has put on dramatic new spin on the the world of art, from three-dimensional realism to fresh forms of abstraction. Here you will find some of the most creative and innovative forms of computer-generated expression and futuristic artistic representation.
Gritty Cities: Oil Painter Captures Cityscapes at Dusk & Dawn
Artist Jeremy Mann works in early in the day or evening, and it shows in the dark, smudged and ultimately riveting way in which he captures streetscapes of major cities from New York to San ...
Street Origami: Vivid Urban Art Installations in Folded Paper
Busting out beyond small proportions, delicate materials and indoor settings, origami has a chance to bloom, bringing bold colors and unexpected patterns to urban surfaces around the world. ...
Shazam for Art: Phone App Identifies, Prices & Compares Artwork
Whether at a gallery without wall plaques, visiting a business establishment or hanging out at a friend's home, having Magnus on your smartphone will let you see what the wall art around you is ...
Buildings in Motion: 15 Most Mesmerizing Architecture Gifs
Architecture spins, zooms, slides, grows, shrinks and blooms like oversized artificial flowers in animated GIF form, with the effects originating from both fantasy motions that the real-life ...
Machine 3D-Paints ‘New’ Rembrandt After Studying the Master
As part of The Next Rembrandt, a multi-year collaborative project, a team of engineers trained a computer not only to understand the works of this famous Dutch master but also to expand his ...
Famous Figures: How 21 Different Architects Draw Scale Humans
Many contemporary architects cut and paste scale figures into their renderings to show depth and dimension, but in cases where they draw their own, aspects of their style and personality become ...
400 Years of London’s Skyline: Watch it Evolve in Seconds
A city with a history dating back over 2,000 years, London has transformed dramatically over the last four centuries in particular, rising from the ashes of a 17th century fire that practically ...
Masterpiece Mashups: Classic Art Gets the GIF Treatment
Vincent Van Gogh is having a good pop culture week on the interwebs with multiple humorous GIF treatments and stunning animations of his works exposing classic art to new generations. In this ...
Oil-Painted Van Gogh Film Features 12 Paintings Per Second
It took over 100 artists to paint this full-length movie, the first of its kind: a work where every frame was hand-painted, then combined into an epic animation about, in the style and using the ...
