by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi A category in the branch of visual arts that is too often neglected is that of illustrators. These artists have the tricky task of translating into images the storytelling of others, glorifying the text and characters in an engaging way. Paolo Barbieri is an Italian established fantasy illustrator who majestically fulfils  [ Read More ]

by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi The author of the ‘Twilight’ franchise, Stephanie Meyer has written the novel ‘The Host,’ adapted on screen by the film-maker from New-Zealand Andrew Niccol. The sci-fi thiller romance reveals a future in which Earth has been occupied by a parasitic alien species that overtakes the human race by controlling their bodies and  [ Read More ]

Oz the Great and Powerful the review by Chiara Spagnoli Are you prepared to discover how it all began before Dorothy was thrust by a whirlwind Somewhere Over the Rainbow? Disney’s fantastical adventure ‘Oz The Great and Powerful,’ directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs  [ Read More ]

Beautiful Creatures review by Chiara Spagnoli After obsessive-Twilight-saga years, people have grown a certain allergic reaction to romantic dramas between mortals and supernatural creatures. And yet ‘Beautiful Creatures’ is undoubtably a delightful surprise. The film directed by Richard LaGravenese is based on the New York Times bestselling fantasy young adult novel, written by the girl-power  [ Read More ]

The President of The National Chamber for Italian Fashion introduces  2012’s  trends Mario Boselli, appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro in 1990, Commandeur de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur in 2002 and Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2007, is unstoppable in his quest to enhance the Italian Fashion Industry. What  [ Read More ]

Unique mixture between childhood mood, malice, fright, nightmares and subconscious instinct, London born artist Ray Caesar makes illustrations and paintings able to suspend daily fears into a vortex of genial creativity, perversion and obsessions. What do you feel  staring at his latest artworks? So scaring, so true, so lovely. http://www.raycaesar.com all images: © Ray Caesar  [ Read More ]

Here the final list of the nominations of the 84th Academy Awards 2012, that will take place next feb 26th. Actor in a Leading Role Demián Bichir in “A Better Life” George Clooney in “The Descendants” Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” Actor in a  [ Read More ]

Darrell K. Sweet (1934 –2011), died last December 5th. He’s been one of the most important illustrators in contemporary art, since 1975 covering about over 3000 images mostly for fantasy and science fiction novels, best known for covers of “The Wheel of Time” saga. Here’s only a short gallery of his artistic effort to contemporary  [ Read More ]

“A world without Art and Creativity, is like a Harry Potter novel without Magic. With every stroke, the wish is to enliven every piece of Art with spells of enchantment from a “magic wand” dipped in the ink of an artist’s soul”. From Hong-Kong comes this amazing artist in illustration, comics and design world: Man-Tsun.  [ Read More ]

Immortality behind reality: that’s Shreya Shetty’s art. She’s one of the most interesting illustrators-artists in digital painting, with  3 years of VFX experience at Rhythm and Hues Studios where she worked as a Look Development artist, writing shaders and painting textures for characters and props for films and commercials: Shreya’s creatures are amazingly stolen from  [ Read More ]