Flashback Friday: Artist Q&A’s

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Over the years, we’ve gotten our hands on some great artists and accumulated some interesting Q&A’s. I am a fan of all these dudes, which is why I reached out to them in the first place. These guys are still doing great stuff and you should recognize some of these names by now if you follow the art world. If not, click below to check out the interviews. They are are all worth revisiting.

Andrew Holder

Mark Weaver

Jon Contino

Frank Chimero

Wilmer Murillo

Grotesk

Radical Rick

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Maaaaaan, I always thought it would be sweet to interview the dude who did the Radical Rick comics one day. Jeremy Pavia got it done.

Hit up The Union to check out Jeremy’s interview with Damian Fulton.

By The Numbers: Michael Sieben

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We’ve written down 100 random questions and assorted topics, all of which are unbeknownst to our victims. We will be asking people to pick 20 random numbers from 1-100 and then supplying them with those questions/topics to answer. Who knows what might come up!?!?!

Up next, we have artist Michael Sieben. Michael’s latest project (he was commissioned to illustrate the Wizard of OZ) is available now, so be sure to check that out.

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Wallpaper: Broc Raiford

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If you follow Broc Raiford on Instagram, than you know the dude likes to draw. If you’re a fan of tattoo style images, you are doubly in luck. I knew Broc would be a great candidate to whip up a wallpaper for us, so I hit him up to do so.

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DEEZ NUTS

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Shout out to Mark Drew for pairing Peanuts together with some rap shit. Made me laugh.

Hit up BUZZFEED for some pics from his DEEZ NUTS show in OZ. DEEZ NUTS is such a good name for this show (and his zine).

WALLPAPER: Tom Grunwald

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This new DEFGRIP wallpaper comes to us from Tom Grunwald, whose name you might be familiar with. Check out his SITE and find your wallpaper size below.

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Wallpaper: Andreu Zaragoza

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Here’s a wallaper that Andreu Zaragoza sent through. Find your size below.

Be sure to check out Andreu’s work HERE.

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Wall Dogs of New York

If you’ve been through NYC (or other major cities), you’ve definitely seen stuff from Colossal Media. Large scale hand painted sweetness.

It’s definitely worth checking out their work.

Smithe

Just came across Smithe’s stuff. Feelin it.

If you’re into skeletons and assorted gory abstract-ness, then click below to check out more and follow him HERE.

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Jon Contino

If you’re a regular to this site, than you know that we are fans of Jon Contino. I’ve done a Q&A with him and we had him take over photo of the day for a month. Dude’s good.

I just came across this cool piece on him, check it out. Dude seems to have that cool inspiring vibe that could rub off on you.

John Baldessari

“John Baldessari is so successful that he carries absolutely nothing in his pockets.” A great short doc about artist John Baldessari, narrated by Tom Waits.

New Chris Piascik Site

Chris Piascik’s new site has hit the internets as of last week. Go HERE and poke around.

Also, go grab his Defgrip wallpaper in case you missed it.

Defgrip Wallpaper Series: Robert Louthan

Here’s our latest wallpaper submission courtesy of Robert Louthan. Thanks Robert!

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Andrew Holder

Andrew Holder has a new site up. Eyeball that HERE.

While you’re at it, check out the Q&A I did with Andrew back in 2009. Definitely a fan of this dude’s stuff.

Flickr: Hollis Brown Thornton

All kinds of interesting weirdness on his Flickr stream.

Industry Standard

Are you an artist? Need prints? Check out Industry Standard.

From Dylan Haigh:
On Feb 1, myself and 3 talented artists/printers launched a new company called Industry Standard that specializes in screen printing FOR ARTISTS ONLY. No little league t-shirts, no yard signs. We only make prints and posters for other artists.

Ian Coyle

Letterpress action via Ian Coyle.

Julien Pacaud

Check out some cool illustrations by Julien Pacaud.

WALLPAPER: Chris Piascik

You may remember that I posted about Chris Piascik a little while ago. Well, I hit him up and he was more than down to contribute a wallpaper for the site. I’m stoked with the results.

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Chris Piascik

Damn, just came across Chris Piascik’s stuff.

His SITE is full of all kinds of sweet illustrations that I just spent a 1/2 hour looking through. Extra bonus for the background in BMX.

Cool stuff.

Wallpaper: Adam Roye

Here’s a wallpaper that Adam Roye whipped up for us. Click below to find the resolution size for your monitor.

Enjoy!

Look forward to more wallpapers from us in the future.

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Jean Paul Goude

I’ve been a fan of Jean Paul Goude for years, but just spent some time over the weekend, digging through his site again… and I thought I’d post a bunch of the images that I saved. Keep reading to check them out and make sure to brush up on your Jean Paul Goude via his site or the documentary (basically just a three part montage of his work) that you can find on youtube, So Far So Goude.

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Nicolas Ouchenir

NOWNESS has a great feature on calligrapher Nicolas Ouchenier, who is basically in charge of creating all the had written invitations for Fashion Week, working with all the big brands and creates original alphabets and letterforms for each client. Check out the interview and more on NOWNESS and keep reading to see a few more photos.

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TRNSPRTNATION

If you live in Boston, Chicago, London, New York City, San Francisco or Washington DC and admire their transit system and like poster art, than TRNSPRTNATION is for you!!!