Surreal Pencil Illustrations – Mario Hugo

Stylesight’s Graphic Team loves the work of Mario Hugo, a New York-based artist, designer and illustrator.  His surreal and almost haunting graphics are often sketched with graphite on found paper, offering a fresh, modern take on hand-rendered artworks.  The fine pencil illustrations are so detailed they could quite easily be mistaken for photographs. Mario tends to work with a tonal color ...
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Editor’s choice: Visual Inspiration Week of June 18

Stylesight’s Senior Graphics Editor brings you a selection of the most inspirational and directional visuals seen on the web recently. This weekly snapshot gives you a quick fix of  illustrations, advertising posters, graphic design work, packaging and street art. (Click on images for information on the artists).
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Vintage Inspiration – Airline Baggage Tag Collection

We love vintage graphics here at Stylesight and get a real buzz from well-organized collections. We recently saw this extensive lot of stunning vintage airline graphics from a Flickr member, known only as MR38. As an inspiration point these sorts of graphics collections are a great visual resource. It’s all here, typography inspiration, cool color plays, great textured effects and beautiful layouts, ...
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Paintball Tennis Art – Nike Nadal Unstoppable Campaign

Social media and art interact in this clever paintball visual statement to support Rafael Nadal's latest title campaign. After Nadal’s record-breaking seventh title win at the French Open we saw this jaw dropping graphic campaign . NIKE Tennis encouraged Rafa’s fans to send messages of support through their Facebook site. 5000 fan names were written onto small paint balls. These balls were ...
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Illustrative Typography – T. M. Addison

When illustration and typography collide, the results can create real visual excitement. Stylesight's Graphic team recently saw these amazing typographical experiments from T M Addison.  Addison, originally from New Zealand has now settled in London as Art Director of Tribal DDB studio. This stylish collection of custom lettering started as submissions for the LetterCult Alphabattle site.  A mix of surreal elements and tattooed ...
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Editor’s choice: Visual Inspiration Week of June 4

Stylesight’s Senior Graphics Editor brings you a selection of the most inspirational and directional visuals seen on the web recently. This weekly snapshot gives you a quick fix of  illustrations, advertising posters, graphic design work, packaging and street art. (Click on images for information on the artists).
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Illustrated Coffee Hit – Coffee Supreme Reband

The Stylesight Graphics Team loves to keep track of new packaging and branding developments. We spotted this illustration-driven rebrand of Coffee Supreme, one of the largest independent coffee roasters and suppliers in New Zealand. U.K. design studio Hardhat was brought in for the rebrand and went about hand-drawing 18 different illustrations for the black, white and red cups. We love the unstructured ...
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All Things Mystical – David M.Cook

Stylesight's Graphics Team love David M. Cook’s expressive and striking collage and mixed media work. New York based Cook is a self-taught, color blind artist and illustrator. His art, which is a mix of maker pen and collage, is strongly inspired by traditional Americana and sailor tattoos, with some pop influences. The imagery is intense, but combined with David’s sense of ...
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Vintage Sign Language – Marc Shur

The Stylesight Graphics Team stumbled across these beautifully inspiring signage shots by U.S. designer Marc Shur. West Coast vintage signage is such a great source of inspiration. Check out Marc Shur’s Flickr photoset of gorgeous, sometimes forgotten California signs.  They are a fantastic visual aid for color, typography and distressed visual effects.        
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Digital Anatomy – Olga Feldman

Anatomy created through digital media can produce some stunning visual effects. This project is the work of Saint Petersburg based conceptual illustrator Olga Feldman. Feldman’s anatomy studies use intense and contrasting black and white tones to portray form. These incredible digital drawings come into their own when they distort and warp. Intense stripe formations and chevron patterns create an array of ...
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Editor’s choice: Visual Inspiration Week of May 18

Stylesight’s Senior Graphics Editor brings you a selection of the most inspirational and directional visuals seen on the web recently. This weekly snapshot gives you a quick fix of  illustrations, advertising posters, graphic design work, packaging and street art. (Click on images for information on the artists)      
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Visual Inspiration – Tokyo Time

This week the Stylesight Graphics team are exploring the rich and visually inspiring city of Tokyo. Tokyo offers a unique and refreshing treat for any designer and we are here to absorb as much as possible from random signage to vintage graphic finds. One of our first stops was Tokyo's Design Festa, a creative showcase for local artists. The show had a real ...
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Editor’s choice: Visual Inspiration Week of May 7

  Stylesight’s Senior Graphics Editor brings you a selection of the most inspirational and directional visuals seen on the web recently. This weekly snapshot gives you a quick fix of  illustrations, advertising posters, graphic design work, packaging and street art. (Click on images for information on the artists). Making of: The Tattooed Poster – a retrospective to 2011 from mnoesel on Vimeo.
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Cross-Stitched Statements – Evelin Kasikov

We’ve been tracking a big trend in thread-based imagery and art installations. The team spotted these incredible cross-stitched crafty graphics and typographical pieces by Evelin Kasikov the other day. Evelin Kasikov is a graphic designer specializing in print and editorial design. Born in Estonia and now living and working in London, Kasikov is a Master of embroidery. She recently began a ...
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The Camera Collection – Antonio Vicentini

This cool pixel-based study of the history of the camera is a real visual treat. Using the snappy pixel visuals of Billy Brown, Brazilian producer Antonio Vicentini created a short animation that tracks various iconic cameras. The minute-long 16-bit animation looks at everything from 80s disposables and DSLRs to point-and-shoots and Polaroids. the camera collection from antonio vicentini on Vimeo.  
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