In the spirit of October and the ever approaching Halloween I wanted to share some of the works of Clifton Harvey, an Ohio based illustrator and digital artist. His Left Behind series is just mysterious and ominous and the details are just astonishing. Clifton takes normal photographs and then adds some anthropomorphic characters and effects and creates a whole new image to narrate a bit of abandoned history.

I’m fond of the delicate illustrations found in children’s picture books and the way artists visually describe narratives. I’m also drawn to the moralizing stories told in old fables and the harsh realities they depict. I used both of these deliberate narrative approaches as a foundation for my series Left Behind, in which drawn characters are integrated into photographic environments using the computer. The creatures depicted in this series exist as lingering manifestations of overindulgence and the festering shame of having one’s dignity stripped from them. Their temperaments range from passive and complacent to wretched and perverse. Once abandoned, they play out a narrative that echoes personal histories in skewed environments that mimic reality.

These digitally modified photographs are very detailed as you can see. They almost look like they have been hand drawn. What I like about these anthropomorphic characters is that it gives the images a more scary and empty feel to them that makes them dark and chilling. I would highly recommend checking out more of Clifton's work. If you're interested in buying some of his work, his store will be opening soon.

Dan Mountford is a graphic designer/photographer who has a skill of making great double exposures. His works are all made first in camera without photoshop overlays. He does use photoshop and illustrator to edit the photo but the initial double exposure was all done in camera. If you want to check out more of his work then check out his Flickr account.





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Di Liu a 25 year old Chinese photographer, has been awarded the 2010 Lacoste Elysee prize. I can see why. He is known for his works which deals with conflicting relationships between nature and human society. So in his series he chose to depict different animals in different cities and the overwhelming part of their daily life in the city.

On a side note. What would you do if you saw an animal like this in your city. Leave a comment in the section below.








via: Designboom

Thorsten Schmidtkord has a new series called Head on Top. You can see from the images below that Schmidtkord must have had a fun time working these images. It's definitely an interesting series where he reverses your head picture with surprising results. It also makes you wonder how he went about manipulating these images. Check out more of his projects.






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I came across Ben Heine who is a Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer. Will just call him a man with many artistic abilities. In his collection Pencil vs. Camera I was enjoying his use of photography and then his use of his creative drawing style and then combining them into one. Take a look at some of these pictures from his collection. You should also checkout his other works on his site.

I'm always on the look out for new artists and designers that catch my attention. Drew Rois is one of those artist that caught my attention with his collection of Space Posters. He started a little studio called Rokk Hard which he states is a amalgamation of two very different genres of music; Metal and Disco. With powerful visual hailing from both genres, they are inseparable in my mind, and this is what drives my work.

What I like about his space poster collections is that what seems to be a simple design can really be seen as a multitude of layers which comprises to make a modern simple look. I would have to say though my favorite one is the Astroknot posters with its vintage style look and its great choice of colors to match the style in which he was going for. It's like looking at a rip in the universe and you only get a strange glimpse of Earth. (Sorry had to geek out for a minute). If you want to check out more of his work or follow him on his social networks check out his website.