artwork by Il Lee

Il Lee was born in Korea but lives in the USA. He creates some amazing artwork using apparently as his main tool the ballpoint pens used by students on a daily basis all over the world. He undoubtedly takes much more time to cover a single page than they probably do though. It is hard to imagine how many lines and curves were necessary to complete any of these works.

Visit this page for more information and to view more of his output.

artwork by Eric Freeman

Some amazing artwork by Eric Freeman. Even though you could sometimes believe at first sight that they are more or less heavily treated photographs of neon bulbs, all of them are actually 'oil on canvas' pieces in which hues merge into each other beautifully.

artwork by Pat Rosenmeier

Born in Germany in 1981 but having spent most of her life in North America, Pat Rosenmeier gets inspiration from flowers, namely magnolias, and experiments with colours and contrast in order to offer different perspectives on a single subject. More information there.

artwork by Hush

In his most recent works - best experienced when viewed hanging from the ceiling of a gallery and reaching down to the floor, or spray-painted on a wall -, Hush offers his view on a clash between western and eastern cultures on the one side and between street art and more academic means of expression on the other side.

These inventive and colourful compositions, featuring far-eastern figures or manga characters ornate with graffiti-like scribblings and drawings, often have an intriguing cartoonish quality.

Visit Hush's website for additional information and to view more photographs of his creations in the context of a gallery.

Hypocracy series

These photographs are part of the 'hypocracy' series of Liquid Sphere releases.

It all started with a photograph I took in New Orleans in December 2001. I noticed a graffiti scribbled on a wall and decided it would be appropriate for the artwork of the upcoming Liquid Sphere 3" CDR 'hypocracy' put out by Taalem in 2002. Some variations were found on the 'hypocracy 2 & 3' CDR. More may one day be included in the artwork for the unreleased 'hypocracy 4' EP.

artwork by Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat (شیرین نشاط) is a renowned US-based Iranian artist whose multimedia works often comment on the relationship between women and Islam. Some of her photographs have graced the covers of albums by British artist Muslimgauze (a one-man band led by the late Bryn Jones). 
Shirin Neshat has also produced a handful of films, among which the breathtaking short 'Turbulent' which can be seen here.
You can also view more pictures by Shirin Neshat on this page or on that one.

artwork by Eric Blum

Eric Blum is an artist using mostly beeswax, but also resin - which is how I found out about him, while I was doing some research about epoxy resin, which is a material I use quite often to fix my surf boards, or other things.
Eric Blum creates ethereal "landscapes" - for lack of a more appropriate term - with an uncanny depth. Many more of his works can be seen there.

artwork by Cordell Klier

I already mentioned Cordell's work (both musical and visual) in a previous post regarding the liquid sphere's 'Blissful World' album.
What follows are some examples of how you turn some amazing artwork into great-looking covers.
Once again, I advise you to visit Cordell's website to view more of his artwork and download (for free) many of his releases. Those featured below are among those I would highly recommend you get. They are 'The Knoll (for Lisa Anne Schmidt)' (2003), 'New' (2004) and 'Rebirth (The Physics of Light)' (2005).

Blissful World series

The title for this series may come as a surprise for those familiar with my musical work, since some of these pictures were actually used for the 'Hammer of Wisdom' disc by Liquid Sphere.

This series was actually originally intended for the 'Blissful World' album which was released in 2003 by the label Docsect Media out of Minneapolis. Cordell Klier - the man behind Doctsect Media - wanted something more streamlined for 'Blissful World', so I let him use some design of his own for the release. I don't blame him for that at all. What he created suits more the overall visual image of his label, and image has always been an important aspect of Cordell's output:   http://doctsect.com/

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digital artwork 12Aug2001