STEVEN BURKE
Interview with the French artist

Steven Burke is a French illustrator and artist I interviewed.

Steven Burke and I share the same french representative Lezilus.
Steven loves hand made typography, clean drawings, and always comes with fresh, simple but nice ideas. Some people are sick, his style is healthy.
More about the french illustrator Steven Burke.

Steven Burke illustration Paon Paon

Steven Burke illustration Paon Paon

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Steven Burke, 29 years old. I live in Hossegor, South West of France.
I’m a graphic designer specialized in illustration and hand made graphics, letters etc…

Steven Burke artwork for Element skateboards

Steven Burke artwork for Element skateboards

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
My work consist in puting an idea under a very simple shape. I go strait to the point, and try to share something funny or sad to everyone. I love typography and drawings, particulary when they are done by someone who doesn’t know how to draw.

Steven Burke framed art

Steven Burke framed art

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
i draw a lot on paper before starting a work and i write many words down, trying to get as much as directions possible. When i am ready, i start the job with a few guiding lines in my head but improvisation takes a big part in the process.

Steven Burke land art

Steven Burke land art

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
The environnement i live in is very inspiring, between the ocean and the forest, very quiet, excepted in the summer. This makes me want to do simple and clear things.

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
I like many artist’s work like Saul Bass, Takashi Murakami, Steve Powers, Barry McGee, Gonzales and many more…

Steven Burke painting Connected To Myself

Steven Burke painting Connected To Myself

ANY LAST WORD?
Always classy, never ashamed!

Interesni Kazki
STREET ART OF THE WEEK

Interesni Kazki is a street artist duo from Ukraine.

Sometimes street art feels like classic wall painting.
Interesni Kazki is a street artist Ukranian duo from the new generation.
The duo’s member are AEC and Waone.
Their art feels lie it could have been made in an other era.
And I mean that like a nice thing.
Because maybe that’s what happen when your art is timeless.
More about the Ukrainian street art duo Interesni Kazki.

Inspiring street painting on a building

Inspiring street painting on a building

Interesni Kazki wall artwork for an exhibition

Interesni Kazki wall artwork for an exhibition

Huge urban painting

Huge urban painting

Ukrainian street art

Ukrainian street art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQoHJhG_woE

Stanley Lau aka Artgerm
SEXY GIRLS OF THE WEEK

Stanley Lau aka Artgerm is a Singapore artist who draw sexy girls inspired by super heroes.

I like girls.
Every Wednesday, your favorite collection of illustrated babes. This week, Singapore artist Stanley Lau aka Artgerm. Born and bred in Hong Kong, the multifaceted Stanley wears different hats as an illustrator, designer, concept artist, creative director and co-founder of Imaginary Friends Studios — a world acclaimed digital art studio that produces high quality artworks for the likes of Capcom, DC Comics, Square Enix and other giants in the entertainment and gaming industry. Formally trained in graphic design and advertising, Stanley’s art is imbued with a strong sense of aesthetics and visual fluidity. It is a perfect blend of eastern and western art styles. Better known by his handle Artgerm, Stanley’s art continues to infect and inspire new generations of artists and his ever-growing fan base around the world. Recently, Stanley was contracted by Capcom to provide new character artwork for the upcoming releases of Street Fighter III Third Strike Online Edition.
More about the Singapore artist Stanley Lau

Another artwork of a sexy girl with big boobs by artgerm

Another artwork of a sexy girl with big boobs by artgerm

Cat woman artwork by Stanley Lau

Cat woman artwork by Stanley Lau

Drawing of a sexy chinese girl on a breeze day

Drawing of a sexy chinese girl on a breeze day

Black Pussy Cat artwork

Black Pussy Cat artwork

CONCEPT MAG
Mega interview in Indonesian

Concept mag interviewed me in Indonesian for their graphic publication.

Big interview for the summer issue of the number 1 graphic design magazine in Indonesia, Concept mag.
Once again the interview is in Indonesian.
Here is a transcription of the article written by Concept mag, after an interview done during my exhibition in Jakarta.
I was the main article of the issue of this Indonesian art publication.
I also did the artwork for the cover of the issue.
More about Concept.

BERHARAP INSPIRASI DARI DEWA BALI.
Begitu cintanya seniman Perancis ini. Pada Indonesia dan Bali hingga ia rela mengikuti tata cara hidup masyarakat di desa tempat tinggalnya. Mega mengaku tidak memiliki agama, tapi dia senang menggambar Dewa-dewa yang dipercaya oleh masyarakat Hindu Bali, seraya berharap mereka akan menurunkan inspirasi bagi dirinya.

Cover for Concept magazine Indonesia

Cover for Concept magazine, the biggest graphic design publication from Indonesia

MENGAPA ANDA BEGITU TERTARIK DENGAN INDONESIA, KHUSUSNYA BALI?
Sebernarnya semua daerah di Indonesia buat saya sangat menarik. Baik itu Yogyakarta, Bali, ataupun Papua. Semua wilayah Indonesia bagus dan menarik untuk dipelajari. Menurut saya tidak akan bukup seumur hidup untuk bisa mempelajari semua wilayah Indonesia dengan kebudayaannya, warisannya serta bahasanya. Saya sangat suka dengan Indonesia.
Bayangkan saja, ada banyak sekali suku yang ada di Indonesia yang sebenarnya berbeda-beda. Semuanya berbeda, bahasanya, budayanya, warisannya bahkan juga genetikanya. Tapi semuanya masih bisa percaya pada satu negara. Bisa bersatu dan bersama dalam satu negara Indonesia. Apalagi orang Indonesia ini tersebar dalam pulau-pulau, seharusnya sulit untuk hidup bersatu dalam satu nation. Buat saya ini sangat mengagumkan sekali, ada satu nama Indonesia untuk ribuan budaya yang berbeda. Itu sebabnya saya tinggal di Indonesia.

BERAPA BANYAK KARYA ANDA YANG TERINSPIRASI OLEH INDONESIA, KHUSUSNYA BALI?
Wah kalau untuk itu saya rasa sulit untuk menjumlahnya. Karena segala hal tentang Indonesia saat ini telah masuk dan menjadi bagian dari diri saya. sehingga dalam setiap karya saya selalu terdapat unsur Indonesia khususnya Bali di dalamnya. Karena saat membuat karya saya selalu menggalinya dari pengalaman pribadi yang pernah saya jalani. Jadi semuanya menyatu. Baik yang dari Indonesia, Eropa, Amerika Selatan, semuanya mempengaruhi karya-karya saya. Seperti bisa dilihat dalam karya saya yang bertemakan warrior.
Secara pribadi, saya memang sangat menyukai topeng, saya suka pada motif-motif tradisional. Jadi ada yang mengatakan bahwa warrior yang saya buat itu sebagai budaya Bali. “Waah itu pasti warrior Bali karena Mega tinggal di Bali.” Padahal tidak juga. Karena saat membuat artwork tersebut saya tidak pernah meniatkan untuk membuat warrior Bali karena memang ada unsur Bali di dalamnya.

hindu perspective

This is my own artistic take on the human being from an hindu perspective

APAKAH ADA KARYA YANG MEMANG KHUSUS BERTEMAKAN TENTANG BALI SEPERTI BARONG ATAU DEWA MISALNYA?
Ada, seperti yang dipamerakan di Salihara. Walaupun temany “Madu dan Racun”, tapi karena saya tidak lahir di sini dan tidak ada spesialisasi di bidang politik. Maka saya membuat karya tentang Barong dan Rangda. Pesannya adalah, ada yang positif dan ada juga yang negatif. Saya harus membuat yang bagus untuk menggambarkan yang yang posiitf, namun saya harus respek pada yang negatif. Selain itu, saya juga menggambar Dewa dalam kepercayaan Hidu Bali karena mungkin saja mereka mau membantu saya supaya saya bisa mendapatkan inspirasi dalam hidup saya.

KIRA-KIRA SAMPAI KAPAN INGIN MENETAP DI BALI?
Kalau itu saya tidak tahu, saya tidak suka menduga-duga ada yang terjadi di hari esok nanti. Saya tidak bisa membuat proyeksi yang jauh, siapa tahu besok saya mati, harus kembali ke Perancis den meninggalkan Indonesia. Tapi minimal untuk tahun ini dan beberapa tahun ke depan yang bisa saya bisa predikisikan, sepertinya saya masih akan tinggal di Indonesia.

BAGAIMANA PERKEMBANGAN ARTIS-ARTIS INDONESIA MEURUT MEGA?
Bagus sekalih, sangat bagus. Mungkin masih ada yang malu-malu merasa bahwa kemampuan artis Indonesia masih berada di bawah orang Amerika atau Eropa atau belahan lain di duania. Tapi sebenarnya itu tidak betul, karena siapa saja bisa bagus yang penting kerja, kerja dan kerja terus. Apalagi saat ini ada media seperti majalah Concept dan Babyboss yang bisa memberikan dukundan dan informasi bagi komunitas artis-artis Indonesia dan generasi yang lebih baru.

DI FACEBOOK ANDA BANYAK ARTIS MUDA INDONESIA YANG INGIN BELAJAR PADA ANDA. BAGAIMANA TANGGAPAN ANDA?
Saya rasa saya masih terlalu muda untuk menjadi seorang guru tua yang bantu-bantu semua orang. Jadi sebenarnya buat saya sendiri itu lucu sekali. Tapi saya memang suka berkomunikasi dengan siapa saja. Saya pasti senang jika ada orang yang suka dengan karya saya. Biasanya saya jarang berkomunikasi, karena ketika di rumah saya hanya sekali ke luar, sebagian besar waktu saya dihabiskan untuk bekerja saja. Baru ketika saya membuka Facebook atau ada pameran seperti ini saya bisa berkomunikasi dan mendapatkan feedback tentang karya saya. Tapi saya ingin jika ada yang mau berbicara dengan saya, dia juga memberikan sesuatu untuk saya. Dia harus memberi tahu namanya, tinggal di mana, membuat karya apa, dan berbagai informasi yang membuat saya tahu tentang dia.

SEJAK KAPAN ANDA MULAI BERMINAT DENGAN DUNIA GRAFIS?
Wah itu sudah dimulai sejak saya kecil. Saya ingat, dulu ketika umur saya kira-kira 10 tahun, saya mendengarkan musik lewat tape. Saya senang merekam dan membuat cover untuk rekaman saya dengan menggunakan gambar-gambar yang ada di majalah. Beberapa heri saya asyik memilih-milih gambar, memotong dan mencoba beberapa komposisi yang baru. Kemudian ketika berumur 16 atau 17 tahun saya mulai membuat graffiti di tembok dan di kereta api. Ketika membuat graffiti saya tidak suka bila ada aturanaturan tentang gaya atau teknik. Kamu harus ini, kamu harus itu waah saya tidak suka yang seperti itu. Karena buat saya ini hanya cat di tembok dan ini aktivitas yang ilegal. Aktivitas yang seperti itu harusnya ya memang tidak ada aturan khusus.

AKO CASTUERA
Interview with the US artist

Ako Castuera is an artist based in Los Angeles.

Ako is a painter, sculptor, writer, and knitter.
You can’t go wrong with a work that involves nature, humans, and dinosaurs.
More about the LA artist Ako Castuera.

Ako Castuera watercolor

Ako Castuera watercolor

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
My name is Ako Castuera. I like to paint and make things with my hands. I’m currently a storyboard artist on Adventure Time.

Ako Castuera typography art

Ako Castuera typography art

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
My work is colorful and I like to have the freedom to improvise and change. Lately I have been painting landscapes in watercolor. They are often about the relationship between humans and our home planet.

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
Improvisation is a big part of the way I work, and the materials I choose are an important part of that. I try to go for tools and paints that seem to have their own life, which is sort of a willy nilly description, but it’s like a gut reaction that demands to be followed. I have to find materials that I get along with, because we will be working together, I’m not going to control everything. I try to let their characteristics influence my choices while I am working. Lately I’ve been starting with loose, abstracted layers of watercolor on paper. I work wet, and then apply glazes. Sometimes I have a very clear idea of what I’m going for, other times I am looking into the paint to find a way to an image, and either way I start loose, and work towards bringing out detail.

Ako Castuera fox drawing

Ako Castuera fox drawing

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
My environment is absurd. life in a developed country is an ecological disaster, and life in Southern California presents extreme examples of man made living gone wrong. The patterns made by tract housing developments seen from overhead are beautiful, but also starkly terrifying. I just think they look like death. I paint a lot of roads and houses because they represent a conflict between the dream of a cozy, stable middle class life, and the reality of being part of a food chain that on the successful end includes rapacious consumption of the riches of the earth, and on the losing end includes defaulting on home mortgages, debt slavery, and a lot of human misery.
The houses I paint are often built on dinosaurs, and I like to put them together because, number one, it is fun, and I used to think the hills by my house were dino bodies covered in earth. Dinosaurs are a reminder of extinction, and illustrate a childlike understanding of the prehistoric past, which I connect to our present times, and uncertain future. It sounds rather doomsday, but I have a lot of love for my home of Southern California. I have hopes that life here will adapt and flourish.

Ako Castuera artwork Barker

Ako Castuera artwork Barker

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
Like most artists, I have a lot of influences. To name one or two here would leave out a hundred or more. I think people are interested in artists who are couples, so I’ll mention Rob Sato, who is an artist I admire, and have been living with and working around for 13 years.

Ako Castuera painting Another Day

Ako Castuera painting Another Day

ANY LAST WORD?
I wish more drivers would use their turn signal.

DETH P SUN
Interview with the US artist

Interview with the US artist Deth P Sun

Deth P. Sun is a painter and illustrator who lives and works in California.
He exhibits his work about 10-12 times a year, usually in group shows, but sometimes takes up a solo exhibition.
More about the US artist Deth P. Sun.

Inside Deth P Sun working art studio

Inside Deth P Sun working art studio

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
I’m an artist who resides in Berkeley, California. I do illustrations every so often, and I make funny paintings.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
I prefer to just show people what I do.

Various artworks by Deth P Sun

Various artworks by Deth P Sun

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
I usually write down little things to remind me what I’m thinking about, and then I sketch stuff out. And then I paint.

Deth P Sun drawing of his favorite superhero cat

Deth P Sun drawing of his favorite superhero cat

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
I don’t know if does, other than when it gets pretty cold, I don’t particularly like painting. It takes forever for things to dry and most If the weather is warm I feel more like painting. And if the Giants are losing I’m also more incline to work.

Deth P Sun NY Riots artwork

Deth P Sun NY Riots artwork

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?

  • Tove Jannson
  • Richard Scarry
  • Edward Gorey
  • My girlfriend Marci Washington
Deth P Sun illustration

Deth P Sun illustration

ANY LAST WORD?
No.

JESS WORBY
Interview with the US artist

Jess Worby tells us more about his various art activities in a cool interview.

As you know, I do a lot of stuffs, so I had to like Jess Worby.
Jess does everything. Fine art, comics, illustrations, installations, and he also writes stories and essays and does print and web design. He is the author/artist of a short graphic novel called A Walk in the Park and a children’s book, Things I Like: A Kid’s Book.
More about the US artist Jess Worby.

Jess Worby soldiers painting

Jess Worby soldiers painting

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Hi, I am Jess Worby. I am an artist who makes fine art, illustration and comics. I live in New York. We just got hit by a hurricane. It’s ok though.

Jess Worby Oh Boy artwork exhibited

Jess Worby Oh Boy artwork exhibited

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK?
I make pictures and stories about the absurd, dream-like parts of reality. I think a lot about how different people’s perceptions of the world can be and how weird and great that is, which is why I like to experiment with new methods and ways of looking at things. I’ve been drawing a lot of creatures and people in costumes lately.

Jess Worby Koukeri painting

Jess Worby Koukeri painting

PLEASE SHARE WITH US YOUR WORKING PROCESS
Most of the time, it starts in my sketchbook — either drawing from observation or something more iconic and imagined. Some things mutate and become abstract almost to the point of incomprehensibility, which I like just as much as stuff that pokes you in the face with its content. From there, some drawings are the seed of new themes for work or characters for a new story, but most of the time they are just little experiments that help me learn more about what I can do.

Jess Worby installation for an exhibition

Jess Worby installation for an exhibition

HOW DOES YOUR ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE YOUR ART?
Living in New York probably lends an edge to my work. There is so much tension everywhere. That is not to say that I would just be doing watercolor landscapes or plein air stuff if I were elsewhere, just that the stuff I do make has that kind of energy to it. Or maybe I am just more anxious and paranoid here and my work is suffering. Who knows.

Jess Worby heads drawing

Jess Worby heads drawing

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
This is always a hard one for me… For one, I look at a lot of contemporary comics. There seem to be a lot more cartoonists making great work right now despite lack of funds or time than any other kind of artist. The indie comics community is a serious force. I like really contemplative stuff like Anders Nielsen or Kevin Huizenga, but I am also really into more raw, spontaneous stuff like Brian Chippendale. Also, Moebius. For pure craft and imagination there’s no one who comes even close.
Other than that, let’s see… Jim Henson, Saul Steinberg, Ralph Steadman, Egon Schiele, Brad Neely, Taiyo Matsumoto, Edward Gorey, Eiichiro Oda, Haruki Murakami…

ANY LAST WORD?
Mercy?

Jess Worby Phanatic character

Jess Worby Phanatic character

Vhils
STREET ART OF THE WEEK

Vhils is a Portuguese street artist who became first noticed when his work appeared alongside an artwork by Banksy in London.

The Times put a picture of him on its front page, get support from Banksy’s agent, and he became a new star of today’s street art. Unlike others (no names) I think that he really deserves his recognition.
More about the portuguese street artist Vhils aka Alexandre Farto.

It's All About Make Up. Indoor art by Vhils

It’s All About Make Up. Indoor art by Vhils

Artwork by the Portuguese street artist

Artwork by the Portuguese street artist

Reality. Alexandre Farto Exhibition

Reality. Alexandre Farto Exhibition

Vhils street art

Vhils street art

Inspirational street art on a street building

Inspirational street art on a street building

Discover the working process of the artist Alexandre Farto in this cool video.

Old school graffiti
Nostalgic memories and vandalism

Old school graffiti. Nostalgic memories and poor quality pictures by Mega.

Yesterday I found pictures of some of my old school graffiti from around the year 1998.
The quality of the pics is really bad.
I’m actually sorry about that.
The sad truth is that I actually lost almost every old school graffiti painting that I made.

Vandal painting on a bus

Vandal painting on a bus

This graffiti was consider new school in 1998

This graffiti was consider new school in 1998

To make the story short, we are back in the late 90’s.
I’m not that old, but I was really young back then.
Please don’t be nasty or too judgmental because those street art pieces are 13 years old!

This graffiti was made in collaboration with my friend Mant on a 40 meters wall

This graffiti was made in collaboration with my friend Mant on a 40 meters wall

Old school vandalism on a train

Old school vandalism on a train

Believe me or not, but that kind of style was pretty new school for that era.
At the time I had to get into physical fights because I didn’t want to do wild style letters or B-Boys.

Another Mega old school graffiti piece

Another Mega old school graffiti piece

Peper and Mega paint on a 50 meters wall

Peper and Mega paint on a 50 meters wall

But you know what?
If you want to paint on a wall, you better do what you want.
Create the trends, never follow.
For those who wonder, my graffiti name was not Mega yet, but Rustr(e) or Core.
I recently took a decision: this year I’m going to paint again.

So be prepared, because I plan to create nothing less than the new definition of what new-school is.

Rustr aka Mega old school graffiti

Rustr aka Mega old school graffiti

Graffiti on a train

Graffiti on a train

Vandalism feels good

Vandalism feels good

Silver urban graffiti

Silver urban graffiti

Adam Braun
SEXY GIRLS OF THE WEEK

US artist Adam Braun has produced an inspiring collection of sexy artworks.

Discover illustrations and paintings of really exciting sexy babes.
I really love girls myself.
On this blog, I bring you an amazing collection of illustrated babes every Wednesday. This week, a talented artist from Ohio.

Artwork of a naked girl called Anissa by Adam Braun

Artwork of a naked girl called Anissa by Adam Braun

Another sexy drawing by Adam

Another sexy drawing by Adam

Cute girl with big boobs for a nice drawing

Cute girl with big boobs for a nice drawing

Sexy vampi painting

Sexy vampi painting

Lindsay poses naked for an Adam Braun's artwork

Lindsay poses naked for an Adam Braun’s artwork