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Very Cool Illustrations!!!

seen better over at DA…

but these are ok.. i guess

Killer article!
I’m in troubble: after this I want start drawing again, but I must/want study JSF too! I don’t have time to do both at the same time… oooh… God.

Disappointing article. Not the best from Smashing :(

don’t leave out Joe Sorren. I suspect many of these fine illustrators were influenced by him.
http://joesorren.com/

Oooohhh my iphone is gonna love these new backgrounds ;)

where do you get all these from ??…man, amazing..

It continues to depress me that only skinny and/or anorexic women are considered “beautiful and inspiring”. At least there are a few healthy beautiful children.

Like eating a bowl of saccharine. I look forward to the death of this kitsch cuteness fad.

if one were to make feminine artwork that didn’t include the human form, apparently, one would only need to include balloons, bubbles, flowers and candy. i’m not sure how i feel about that. oh and voluminous hair and crowns, those seem quite popular too. why is femininity linked so closely to childhood? it feels lolita-esque. i’d like to see anti-feminine illustrations–and by that i don’t mean masculine, but art work of women that go beyond what we already know as being representative of femininity.

i like

Very nice!

wow..very nice.lovely..thank you

There are some really talented people out there. Man I like them all.

fresh.
nice varied collection.
some of them are super dooope!

my works are feminine too! xD it should be part of this! hahaha

carambatack

wow they are really wonderful, and inspiring, thanks for posting!!!

Some of the piece are nice some of the piece are still in development. What I see is a lot of is decoration, similar to what someone posted earlier. Art does not need to be defended, but it is always opened for criticism. I think intellectual discussions are for science and math forums, art is about expression and yes, these artist are expressing, but one thing I would like to see it a posting of their ages. That would give clarity on the development level of each artist and better understanding to the work they put out. If I had to guess average age is around 22. I enjoyed the view. Thanks.

Nick,
The assumption that intellectual discussions should be a feature exclusively of “science and math forums” is absolute foolishness! Art is not just about expression, but about interpretation and dissection. Jackson Pollock–who led Abstract Expressionism–would be nothing, would never have been folded into the publics’ skeptical conscience, without Clement Greenberg’s critiques.

“Development level” has nothing to do with age, and it makes me wonder about your own age and how it would correspond to your maturity as a thoughtful person, a thoughtfulness which you, of course, reserve for left brain forums.

As to the pieces being “decoration”, I think that a lot of these artists are doing what MANY artists are striving for these days: They are straddling two worlds that used to be–only a decade ago–very separate, the fine art world and the illustrative world. Traditionally, fine art allows for a constantly evolving style and elusive and abstract concepts to be displayed, requiring analytical thought; due to the demands of art directors, illustration is much more about a direct and consistent style with a clear visual message, often corresponding to provided text. The effort to reconcile the disparities between these two worlds is a tough one, and it is what many of these artists seem to be working toward.

nice !

Is there some sort of clan out there whose only mission is to post stupid negative comments on Smashing Magazine?

First, many thanks for including my pieces among such beautiful work.

To those responding to the negative comments, thank you, as one of the featured artists, for speaking out on our behalf.

As an artist who does “cute” however — I’ve grown sort of accustomed to hearing that sort of thing. If it has big eyes or could be fit in with the decor of a child’s room, it’s somehow not valid as “art”.

That’s okay. I know that not everyone has the same taste and some people will not like my work. That’s cool and doesn’t really bother me to read these types of things anymore.

One thing that does still manage to get under my skin a teensy bit is when people assume that cute paintings with big-eyed girls are just a trend — that it’s just some bandwagon everyone jumped on simply because it was what everyone else was doing. Since I first picked up a paintbrush and tube of paint, cute girls (and to a lesser extent, critters, and the occasional boy or two) were what appeared on the canvas.

Do I consider my art “fine art” or believe that it will ever wind up on museum walls? Nope. I don’t think I am Picasso and have never claimed to be — but I do not create my art because it’s trendy or I want to be famous or remembered as one of the greats — I create my art because it makes me happy, it is what fills my head and my heart.

And for the record, I am 31 (but young at heart, so if someone wants to think I’m 22, that’s cool with me). Yes, I do believe artists develop skills and techniques and become better with practice. Though I’ve been creative and crafty all my life, I just seriously begain painting about four or five years ago — and yes, the early stuff makes me cringe a little, so I have definitely improved and hope to continue to — but from the very beginning, my style, though evolved a bit, has been my style. Some people like it, some people don’t….and I’m okay with that.

Thank you again!

KJ

Superb selection, very neat topic !

impressive!!!

wonderful collection! really enjoyed it. congrats to all that were featured.

You know posting here is a little like writing stuff on the walls of bathrooms.

Lot of great work here, and I would like to apologize if I offended anyone, but art should speak for it’s self.

Peace.

haha, the “where’s stuntkid” jason wasn’t me!

Great collection of works by the way :)

yeah, they have a lot of very art-nouveau elements. i think they’re quite pretty.

What is up with think necks?

no entiendo inglesssssssssss ayudenme ¿ como ago para pasar esta pagina en españo?

Thanks so much for the mention about Joe and his work. FYI, he has recently put all of the prints at his store at 30% off. http://www.joesorren.com.
peace,
kristi, studio manager
joe sorren studios