Papercraft Self Portrait - 2009 by Eric Testroete

for all those who celebrate Halloween...

A costume inspired by big-head mode seen in videogames. Eric Testroete has been working as a 3d artist in the Vancouver game industry for 9 years. The majority of his career has been as a character artist.

artist website:  http://testroete.com

2010 | the year of DO IT OURSELVES

On the 1st of January 2010 I read in a respectful newspaper, a list of the HOT trends that will define the new decade. One of the HOT trends is a new movement of DO IT OURSELVES. It was written that this tendency is expressed by individuals volunteering to develop services and applications for public use, usually non-profit.

Although I already wrote about WHcreation in this blog, I would like to present it again in this context of the DO IT OURSELVES trend. I think these new initiatives in the art scene are worthy of appreciation, so here are some examples you can enjoy.

WHcreation is a non-profit international online art gallery, I created with my partner Limor Weisberg.

Exhibiting multimedia artistic discussion by artists and designers from around the world. Including: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, video art, performance, installation, design, architecture, commix, illustration, animation, graphic art, and sound.

Each subject is presented as a WH question in a call for entries sent by email.

The first exhibition “WHat is authentic?” Is now available at: http://www.whcreation.org/

Bertha Mag is an online non-profit photography magazine: http://www.berthamag.com/index.php?/2/statement/

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

PechKucha global site: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

PechKucha in TLV: http://www.pechakuchatlv.com/

A5 magazine, presenting art and design from around the world in an A5 printed magazine. Each issue has a different concept and design. http://www.thea5magazine.com/

Forno is an independent printed magazine dedicated to the art of sex. Each issue presents a different sex aspect. Forno invites artists of all media to participate by creating one double spread according to the concept of the issue. http://www.forno-magazine.com/

Journals and Ideas books

One of my passions in life is beautiful books. I collect designed books, artist’s books, journals and sketch books.

At 2005 I designed, illustrated and wrote a journal called “Imal’e – a pregnancy diary” published by Babel publishing. It is a creative diary in which the pregnant woman can follow a designed grid and fill in her thoughts and emotions every week. She can write, draw, collage and use it as a sketch book. The text in the book is sincere and blunt written by experienced mothers. It is made to be a keepsake and a time capsule of an unforgettable time in a woman’s life.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Jill Bliss is an artist and a designer. She creates beautiful paper and fabric goods and designs very special journals. You can check out her work at: http://www.jillbliss.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few years ago I bought a journal called “This book will change your life” by Benrik. It is a crazy book, chaotic and colorful design and gives 365 daily instructions for hysterical living. Since then they published more journals of this kind called: This Diary Will Change Your Life, The Couple's Book, Lose Weight! Get Laid! Find God! Find out more at: http://www.benrik.co.uk/content/books.asp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another special “ideas book” is “The Guerilla art kit” by Keri Smith. http://www.kerismith.com/