Zombie Portraits

10/15/2012 by chicquero

Nice portraits of zombified famous characters by Andre De Freitas, photographer and illustrator from Lima, Peru. Freitas studied in Full Sail University and got a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation. But oddly enough, the concept of stillness captured his imagination, and he focused more on illustration. Instead of just drawing, he tried to imagine himself taking photos of his subjects. That way the illusion of stillness would be a little more believable, almost like a photograph. After that, his insertion into the world of […]

Categories: Design • Tags: Andre de Freitas, anime, arts, attack, cartoons, characters, comics, cool, costume, drawings, gaming, halloween, illustration, pop culture, scary, super heroes, zombie, zombiefied

Virgin POP Mary!

10/05/2012 by chicquero

French artist / sculptor Soasig Chamaillard created a polemic series of pop culture characters, from found or damaged miniature statues of the iconic Virgin Mary. “I grew up in a Christian Western society. My perspective on life has been a result of my environment and background. The playful interaction of society’s many icons, physical transformations, and the resulting improbable combinations, have culminated in my vision of a woman’s role and place in our society. This inner questioning of a woman’s role, has led me to use […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, artist sculptor, characters, christian, controversy, critics, faith, polemic, pop culture, sacred icon, sacred icons, saint mary, sculpture, Soasig Chamaillard, virgin Mary