‘Swimming Portraits’ is a lovely series of paintings by Ontario-based artist Heather Horton that features women gliding gracefully through shimmering, blue waters. Her paintings are filled with remarkable details such as light reflections, ripples, and bubbles forming from the swimmers’ strokes, giving the illusion that the subjects are just beneath the water’s surface. With their rich textures and cool blue tones, they possess a serene beauty that have a calming effect. Horton said, “There is a prevailing sense of isolation and alienation in my paintings. I want the viewer to wonder what is beyond the borders of the canvas. I like to paint natural people/objects in natural surroundings… environments that are special to them, with minimal posing and no pre-tense.”
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Right on time for Halloween, design agency Creative Spark has created a series of posters inspired by some of pop culture’s most well-known horror movies. Rendered in an illustrative, typographic style, these posters feature famous Halloween favorites like The Shining, Psycho and The Sixth Sense. Available for purchase at the “Little Print Shop of Horrors”, all proceeds from the sale of these posters will be going to Forever Manchester, as part of Creative Spark’s campaign to raise UK£10,000 for the charity.
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London-based graphic designer Lobulo wanted to show the various ways a simple, flat letter can be transformed into a 3D tactile model—thus, his project ‘Atype’ was born. ‘Atype’ features the capital letter ‘A’ of the English alphabet becoming inspiring 3D pieces with the use of handcrafted paper art. Though simple, like Lobulo reckoned, it looks like it takes a lot of patience to craft these letters together neatly and precisely.
Other works by Lobulo are on his website: www.lobulodesign.com
