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There are so many cool people doing so many cool projects these days. The people over at Untitled Magazine seem to be a bit cooler than the rest. Except for the girl in the video below, she is hot.

I can't put my finger on it but there is just something mysterious, a bit confusing and whole lot intriguing about this Untitled Magazine and it's creators. I can't put a name to the feeling I get when I look through the pages of Untitled magazine, but I know I like it. ???? What? I don't know? Call me. What's your number? Ok, call me! I don't get it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah it's a photo of a bunch of girls looking cute - but it's art I swear. I had an art director describe a website as a woman's body the other day and it was amazing. He is gay(not sexually attracted to women like other less evolved men who make choices on a woman's beauty based on lust -lots and lots of lust) but the fact remains, women are beautiful and art or design will always try to emulate that beauty. So check out the curves and subtle graduation of skin tones on the models above or here and than make a website that expresses the same beauty. Ok, I am not making sense - I always get nervous around pretty girls. This post is done.

Oh wait, also pay attention to the unique poses and awesome group lighting techniques.

There is so many little things to pay attention to concerning beautiful girls.

Here is another VBS video I stumbled upon profiling artist Cai Guo-Qiang. How can you not like a guy's art that is this explosive explosive - he uses gun powder to paint both on canvasses and in the sky. My favorite project of his would be 'Heads On.' It's a bunch of wolves jumping into a glass wall. I am also a big fan of his more subtle gun powder painting - wouldn't ming having one of these in my mansion some day.

I came across this awesome art work for 'Where the Wild things Are' earlier today on Behance

Terrible Yellow Eyes is a collab initiative by Corey Godbey as a tribute and collection of works inspired by the beloved classic, Where the Wild Things Are book of Maurice Sendak. Now a selected number of works are taken in to the art exhibition at Nucleus Gallery in California and THESE are the two pieces I made in a paper-cut form for the show.

A beautiful time-lapse of a destructive fire.

Dane Reynolds is making a movie - that's cool. What is really cool however is that surfers seem to care - a lot! Please check out the comments section of this Stab article to find surfers referencing Machiavelli, articulately there theories on what makes a good artist and batting around the idea of free expression.

Hearts, simplified shapes and minimal color have been of great visual interest to me lately. Blanca Gomez has a bunch of great illustration samples on her web site that exemplify all these design traits and I love it. If anybody can help me figure out what it is about these design traits that are of such great interest to me lately I would greatly appreciate it. My initial hypothesis was that all the chaos of summer in one of the most crowded and angry cities in the world was leaving me anxious for a bit of love and simpler times. However, I don't like that hypothesis because it make me look like a pussy and is a bit trite. So, come on people lets find something better, and while were you are musing ever the deeper meaning of my boring life check out Blanca's prints cause there interesting. Shit, did I say that already - how boring of me.

Just finished up this weird little doodle while listening to this playlist.

Camelia Dobrin is a crazy good illustrator from the UK. Check out the work.

I am lovin the art for "The Phenomenal Handclap Band's" first album. The music, a mix of funky psychedelic grooves, is not bad either. More info via we like it indie

One of the most entertaining flicker accounts I have looked at in a while!

Jay Watson has couple quick tips for all us budding artists out there. Read em, do em, be em.

Number ten is my favorite: Make “art” a part of your lifestyle. There are small things you can do everyday. Read about art, write in your journal, go to a gallery, research, learn a new technique, work on your portfolio, contact a person in your homeboy list, work on your website, work on new pieces. Do something art related everyday.

Behance has a cool design contest going on. All you have to do is show them the future of music. There are a bunch of cool entries posted all ready. My favorite is the mp3 player made to look like a tape cassette. Check it out and enter if you have time. I think the the prize is like
$2500 dollars.

Oh Caitlin Kuhwald how I wish I could express my full and absolute love for your illustration in words. I wish I could describe how the colors you use burn into my brain leaving me with thoughts of your work all day. Oh how I wish I could...oh fuck it I just going to say it...I love you Caitland Kuhwald!

I made this in my bed as I was falling asleep last night. I really don't know what my design goals were for this, but there is a heart in the middle so I am just going to go ahead and claim this as one of my most heart felt pieces of work. Actually, I think I just needed to design something messy.