Archive for 'Art and Photography'

Charles Dodgson and the Hidden plane by Alex CF

Alex CF is a busy bloke. He seems to have the uncanny ability to construct more in several weeks than some of us can in a season. Not satisfied with making beautiful yet blistering music with his band Lightbearer, he has a physical artistic output which warrants your grubby attention for a few moments. Charles [...]

Awesome HP Lovecraft / Tintin Mashup

Check out these fantastic Tintin / HP Lovcraft mashups by Murray Groat I like the recent rise in alternative posters and fantasy covers that have been appearing. I’d read any of these books in a heartbeat! You can see more of Groat’s stuff HERE

Gasp! It’s…Yer Uncle Ghastly

Do you know what you could be doing right now? No, not that, you filthy beast. You could be looking at the blog of Uncle Ghastly, who creates magnificent little monster maquettes for you to download, print, cut out and stick. His haunted houses, hot rods and monsters are delightful. It’s a great way for [...]

Hollywood Is Dead : Iconic Posters Reanimated

It’s exactly the kind of thing you want to show to a film buff buddy

Hunting The Zombie Yeti

Zombie Yeti is an illustrator whose biography may read slightly different to what you see printed above.

Sit and Listen. Look and Love.

This is not art that is viewed to be enjoyed, it is art to be absorbed.

Roadkill Family Album by Nigel Grimmer

One artist who has taken the ready availability of kith and kin and put it to good use is the English artist Nigel Grimmer.

Joshua Hoffine is back up to his old tricks again.

There is an element that lives inside Hoffine’s work that pushes you against a cold wall with a knife pressed firmly into your jugular

Chris Ware Gets Fortune 500 Cover Commission. Inevitably, It Gets Rejected.

Creator of the sublime Acme Novelty Library, Chris Ware was recently commissioned to submit a cover for Fortune Magazine’s 500 issue. This is an economic magazine which annualy publishes it’s listings of the 500 wealthiest and most influential businesses and individuals. Chris Ware may not have been the most sensible person to ask for this. [...]

Something Wicked This Way Comes

It is with great excitement that I write this. It is no well kept secret that I am a great fan of the Cryptozoological Scientific artwork of the immensely talented Alex CF. His nightmarish visions assimilate well composed back stories to astonishing tangible displays of the bizarre and the grotesque. The references and allusions to [...]