lunes, 5 de septiembre de 2011

me & oli

Rarely in "Blanco White & Negro Black " we featured a website but this one is just so different and it's completely far from the boring vector glossy websites we are so used to. With its unique style designer Lalita Lu made a perfect site to show her whimsical designs, echoing her patterns and her fairy tale like illustration. Visit me & oli and try not to buy everything and go and check a short profile of Lalita Lu here.

domingo, 4 de septiembre de 2011

Joe Fenton's Solitude

Joe Fenton's work is amazingly intricate and full of detail, it cross-references religious iconic images of all cultures and time with cartoon aesthetic. Check out the process for the work above (Solitude) here. His Behance profile and his website are ver interesting as well.

lunes, 22 de agosto de 2011

Milk and blood, feathers and claws and an ocean between.



On one side of the ocean you can find Amanda Nedham, an artist that uses graphite on watercolour to create violently realistic images of animals (or humans turn into animals?). On the other side an old favourite of mine: Dan Hillier. He alters Victorian Engravings to make very strong new images. This time I bring you his latest work Feathers and claws. One from Canada and the other from the UK they both explore the limits between animal and human through their images.

lunes, 18 de julio de 2011

McBess is back





A long time ago I posted a video of this artist with his band Dead Pirates. Well he is back again to the blog with an amazing 1 meter long illustration, full of detail and wonder. It's called the South Park because he made it while watching all 15 seasons of the show. He has this mix of an extremely new illustration and an old psychedelic caricature influence. Enjoy the zoom and see the intricate details of it and to finish go visit his website.

jueves, 9 de junio de 2011

Written by hand


We all can see the magical value of a piece of calligraphy or lettering made by hand because it reflects the unique personality of their maker in every angle, pressure and thickness of line. The imperfections, mistakes and slight traces of previous sketching leave in the final handlettering a reminder of the time and work spend in the making. Lettering is also a reminder of predigital signs when each one was a labour of love and originality. Artists like Dana Tanamachi, Margaret Kilgallen, Nate Williams, Luca Barcellona are all unique as handlettering should be.

jueves, 26 de mayo de 2011

Tom Berry


I just realized they are so many things I like that are from Bristol: Tricky, Portishead and Massive Attack, Bansky, and Rony Size. Maybe there's something in the water that makes you extremely creative! Tom berry is a young illustrator from this southern city and he got some of this artistic vibe too. Check his website

martes, 26 de abril de 2011

B&W TATOOS

Woodkid - Iron from WOODKID on Vimeo.


N.Y. Adorned “Tradition” from Evan Owen Dennis on Vimeo.


Good tattoos tell a story, they go deep beyond the skin into the soul and these videos see that, they make tattoos come alive. The first one is a video by YOANN LEMOINE, film director, photographer and musician under the name of WOODKID. And the second one is a short documentary about N.Y: Adorned, directed by Evan Owen Dennis.

jueves, 17 de marzo de 2011

Johanna Basford...our kind of illustrator


"Tumble down the rabbit hole (and go to visit her website) and find yourself in my (her) inky black and white Wonderland...". Fantastic pattern and other illustrations from this british illustrator. She says she is "on a mission to cover the world with her hand drawn patterns and motifs" and I really hope she achieves it!

miércoles, 19 de enero de 2011

New year, new energy



Happy New year to all the followers! This year I hope I will continue my blogging. Ussually I never find something when I am looking for it on the web, and my entries just come. Today I was reminded of an illustrator/street artist/skateboarder that I really like, his name is Mike Giant. He is definetely a giant when it comes to black and white illustrations. His website is very complete and here is an interview of him. Enjoy!

Mike Giant GUERRERO GALLERY from Jan Wayne Swayze on Vimeo.