#kirkbell

No, these aren’t Rembrandts, they are works by the contemporary Norwegian artist, Odd Nerdrum. Mr. Nerdrum uses the styles by classic masters and allows those styles to inform contemporary escapism.

Art Martin is a photographer with a knack for landscapes. I love how fantastical his wide format images are composed and I find myself truly transported each time I take a look at his work.

I’m a pop-culture fan. I like seeing how contemporary society is ever-evolving and finding ways to digest it all critically. I also really like video and how it has been molded by our modern times to be used as a vehicle for thought. Nerdwriter1 is a Youtube Channel that I follow that really challenges me to think about the things I find interesting day-in and day-out. His analysis on topics ranging from movies, to comics, to television, to social media, to art in general has always brought new layers of reason and thought to content I’ve enjoyed for years.

Austin Madison is a pixar animator and story designer with a great sense of humor and an inspiring collection of sketches and illustrations. I check into his tumblr to help me ignite my motivation to sketch and draw inspiration on how to quickly capture emotion with simple line strokes.

Cub Studio is a UK motion graphics agency co-founded by animator, Fraser Davidson. I have followed Fraser for several years and took one of his skillshare courses. He does such a good job at masterfully recreating natural movement through very stylized and abstracted methods. Definitely a source for inspiration.

FontsInUse.com is a valuable resource to uncover the ways fonts are implemented in design. This site also does a very good job at helping you look up a typeface you are familiar with and showing how other designers have paired it with a secondary font.