Flickr Round Up (3) Nov 10

A mixture of contemporary and retro imagery here with another round up of my recent Flickr favourites. Here are the notes on this selection:

Top: ‘My Chemical Romance – Sing’ Cover art by Director/Photographer Neil Krug. I’ve been meaning to post some of Neils work for a while. He uses a really beautiful, distinctive and warm technicolour-style that oozes class.

Much of Neils work has a real dreamlike quality and although I can’t say I’m a fan Chemical Romance (tbh I don’t really know anything about them!) I do love this portrait, great costume. Then again who’s not going to look good in a 70’s Ski Jacket and Soviet Tank Helmet?

2nd top: ‘Lake Bride’ by Vangel Naumovski (1924-2006). This one I bookmarked via another Flickr Photostream I highly recommend: A Journey Round My Skull curated by Will Schofield who regularly posts some truly jaw drop art and illustration, this image by the late Macedonian Artist Vangel Naumovski being no exception.

See a full set of Vangel’s work at http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/2010/10/black-cradle-of-bright-life.html

3rd top: Matthew Leibowitz ‘Apollo’. Photomontage Graphic for American defence contractor General Dynamics, this dates from 1965.

4th top: ‘The Green Lady’ a Vladimir Tretchikoff contemporary tribute by Manchester based Illustrator Stan Chow. I’m a big fan of Stans work and in particular his gorgeous Adobe Illustrator portraiture, a really confident style with subtle shapes and colouring – excellent stuff!

Just to jog your memory the original Green Lady looks like this which was once (60s/70’s) one of the worlds most popular reproduced paintings.

5th top: ‘The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon’ A SF Book Cover Art dating from 1972, by David Meltzer. This unusual illustration caught my eye and I was thinking the sinister river of demon-eyed wolf heads would make a pretty cool tattoos, perhaps spewing down the back from the nape of one’s neck? Just a thought! I won’t be getting it done. Via Flickr user Jim Linwood

Bottom: ‘Roadside Picnic’ Another strange and slightly deranged airbrushed SF Book Cover from Adrian Chesterman this one dates from 1979. I’m not sure exactly what the “Simon-esque” console is perhaps? Anyway, this piece just screams late 70’s early 80’s. Art via Flickr user qualityapeman (quality user name!)