Creep Machine Magazine – Contemporary Art & Culture

Author: Creep

  • “Blood Will Tell” animated short

    alienNoText.jpgI haven’t reviewed anything for a while, so it’s great to be able to get back at it with this killer animated movie.

    “Blood Will Tell” is an animated short made by Andrew McPhillips, a British born CG Artist. He has done work on AI : Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Shrek II & Mighty Joe Young. This 3d animated short comes in at around 6 minutes. And for those who have seen Aphex Twin’s Chris Cunningham directed short “Rubber Johnny”, you know 6 minutes is plenty.

    Andrew has a background in film & photography, it shows with the great shots this short has. The overall effect on the film looks like your watching a Victorian “tin-type” photographic process in motion. (more…)

  • Steven Daily art sale, with new vinyl toy

    azure_sketch.jpgA while back I posted about an art sale that Steven Daily was having. A huge amount of work was for sale. A lot of work has sold and there is now some more, along with a limited vinyl toy that was designed by Steven and in “collaberation with big shot toy works and toy qube.” There are only 11 of these little guys left, check them out here.

    Otherwise you can just take a look at all the cool art that he is selling, like the one shown. It’s graphite on paper, and is sold already. These are going fast.

    Steven Daily Art Sale

  • Halloween Portrait giclee by Tara McPherson

    halloweenportrait_mcpherson.jpgThe two versions of her Neurosis/Mastadon posters will be available to buy February 11th here. This print entitled “Halloween Portrait” is available to buy right now.

    The print is on Somerset Velvet Paper, 17″ x15″ with an image area of 15″ x13″. It’s signed and numbered and limited to 100. It’s a great colorful piece, and contains a good amount of her iconic imagery in it. Such as the ballons and skullflowers. This print is really an updated version of her 2006 concert poster for Beck seen here.
    It’s the same character really and scene, but with more pleasing colors, well to me at least.

    If you want to grab the print head on over. Halloween Portrait print

  • Shows this weekend: The Trinity, Pop Subversion & Solo Shows

    deer4.jpgThe “Trinity” opens on Feb 8th at the Thinkspace Gallery. This is a three person show featuring the work of Marion Bolognesi, Zack Johnsen & Tony Philippou. Along with this show the project room will feature “Pins & Needles”, featuring the work of Scott Radke and Kevin Titzer. Scott Radke makes such killer work (shown). Both shows are also online for you to view: Visit Here

    “Demimonde: The Art of Molly Crabapple” opens on the 8th at the Arena Studio in New York. Visit Here

    “Pop Subversion” presented by Ad Hoc Art opens the 8th. This group show featured work by: Molly Crabapple, Jenn Porreca, Kris Lewis, Sarah Joncas, Brendan Danielsson, Joe Vaux, Kenichi Hoshine and many more. The work is also online to see/purchase. Visit Here

    Josh Taylor has a solo show at Distinction Art on the 9th. The work for his new show is available on the site as well, and these new works from him are looking very cool. Visit Here

    “Supernatural Selection” is a new solo show featuring work from Mike Maxwell. This show opens on the Feb 9th and is at the Shooting Gallery in SF. Right next door at the White Walls gallery, there is a two person show featuring work by Ian Johnson & Albert Reyes. All the work for both of these show are now online. Visit Here

  • aotd: “For The Birds”

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    Today’s piece is from the amazing David Macdowell. He told me he was going to work on a piece inspired by Molly Ringwald, well of course he made one that was far cooler than I had imagined.

    It’s acrylic on canvas and is a hefty 20″ x24″. I would love it if David taught classes somewhere on how to paint. I would totally go. Or maybe even just some youtube videos (hint-hint) showing a bit of the process. Well for now we can all just enjoy ogling his paintings, and hope he starts coming out with some prints.

    To see more of his work, head on over to his homepage: David MacDowell Homepage

  • Featured artists for Feb, Joe Dion and Christopher Trenary

    Ok the two featured artists for the month of February are now up. I always attempt to show two artists that fit well being shown with each other. I think this is the first time that it has worked out so well.

    I love the idea that along with being similar in style, one is highly skilled at illustration particularly vector art and the other is skilled with acrylics and spray paint.

    I would love to actually see a show at a gallery featuring these two artists, I think it would be great. Imagine them even collaborating on a few pieces? Blending printed vector work with acrylic and spray paints. Anyway, hit the button on the right there to check out their galleries.

  • “I Want Your Skull #4” on sale now

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    The 4th issue of the I Want Your Skull zine is now available for purchase.

    This issue really looks amazing. There is an interview with Jason Goad and Luke Drozd and artwork from 35 artists in all fields of art. You also get a 3-color serigraph print from Brian Morris, a sticker designed by Justin Kamerer (Angryblue) and it all comes in a hand printed envelope designed by Ryan August. This issue is limited to 500, hand numbered.

    I can’t think of many zines that come with that much cool stuff. If you want to grab this issue head on over to the store section of the I Want Your Skull webpage.

    Get Your Copy Here

  • aotd: “The Pattern Of The Earth 4”

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    Today’s piece is from Natasha Newton, an artist out of the UK that I was just recently re-introduced to. I’ve read that her work reminds people of Edward Gorey, and I can see that but I would also add that it reminds me of Amy Sol’s work, the color palette at least.

    She uses a color palette that is nice and muted similar to Amy’s. The colors really help to create a great mood. It’s not melancholy, at least to me it isn’t. It reminds me a lot of the area close to where I live. In the winter when I’m out taking photos for work this is close to what I see all around me. I’m going to miss those days, but with paintings like Natasha’s I’ll be able to have something to remind me of it all. She also has prints available from her site.

    You can see the rest of her work here:
    Natsha Newton Homepage
    Natasha Newton Blog