The Imagination of Maleonn

"Shanghai artist Maleonn creates spectacular staged works that delve into the surreal. His work encompasses many themes but in all his work there is the feeling that Maleonn is a magician conjuring up visions of his imagination. Some works reference childhood memory, lost hopes and dreams and the symbolism of traditional Chinese arts. 

Maleonn’s photographic work has cinematographic qualities, his works are narrative and require some form of staged setting with props, actors and costumes. Unlike film, the audience is invited to view each frame at their own pace in order to fathom the complexity of the scene. Maleonn uses detail and layering of imagery to construct meaning."

“Art is mirrors and windows: you see yourself in it, and you see yourself in relation to the outside world.” - Maleonn

Light Paintings By Janne Parviainen

Originally hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Janne Parviainen creates his “light painting photography” without the use of any post digital editing…everything is straight from the camera. Parviainen uses various light sources, ranging from colored strobes, flash lights, an assortment of light toys, or other tools especially engineered for light painting, with long exposure times to produce these awesome images.

“What interests me most in light painting is the ability to draw in three dimensional space and the possibility to alter the reality without post processing programs. I like to use in my photos different kind of figures such as skeletons and ghostly light creatures. By using these figures I can add more humane stories into my photos and alter the cultural learned feelings they cause in the viewer of the photo. I especially like to use the skeleton figure because of it’s strong pre-learned emotional concept and place it in totally different situations and emotional stages than in which it’s usually seen in popular culture.”

F**K YEAH CONCEPT ART →

Concept Art :: a form of illustration where the main goal is to convey a visual representation of a design, idea, and/or mood for use in movies, video games, animation, or comic books before it is put into the final product. Concept art is also referred to as visual development and/or concept design. This is a tumblr dedicated to concept art, with an emphasis on the skilled artists who created them.

http://fuckyeahconceptart.tumblr.com/