The Amazingly Beautiful Work of Mikko Lagerstedt

Gorgeous, Unique, Awe-Inspiring Photographs...

I haven't done an inspiration post in a while, there had been many occasions where I stumbled on someone's fine portfolio and automatically thought that I should showcase them to share with my side of the world, but getting caught up on so many things gives you a short attention span for the moment. LOL.

Though today is different. Since I haven't had the chance to update my galleries, I can't post up anything new of mine. So today I'm going to make a post on a photographer that I have stumbled upon once and have came across to once again.



When I found a feature of Mikko Lagerstedt's work, I was struck with just Ooo's and Awe's. I fell in love with his style and how he composed his work with such complexity of given emotion.



His style really shines through his images, telling a story, imprinting a memory. It's amazing how his works makes one's creative mind run with imagination.



I've always loved landscape photography, I've always been mesmerized by those who can accomplish it so greatly and his landscapes are by far one of those that a favor so deeply. His images are just so dream like that they easily captivate me.




Then, there are his photos that represents just moods and a feeling of mystery behind every frozen time captured.



Such greatness!
You all should check out the rest of his work through his website:
Mikko Lagerstedt Photography & Design
You all won't be disappointed.

Hope you loved the inspiration!
Keep creating,
Nix

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Amazing Paintings By Agnes Cecile

I'm just about getting ready to start on my masterpieces for May's deadline for the art competition here in Saipan. I really want to make sure that I do my strongest and my very best this time, especially cause it's, what I'm hoping to be, my last year here on island.

I've been getting restless, and I want to get into Art School so badly. I'm itching to learn and grow what I have inside me. I always get excited when I think about how well I can create. Every time I compare my work from the beginning to the very present, I get pretty impressed, but in the world of art you really cannot just be good at what you do. So every time I get down with that very thought, I always look to those superior in the same field for inspiration.

I found the incredible work of Agnes on Deviant Art. She creates beautiful abstract and surrealistic paintings that truly grabs your attention. Her style and colors expresses so much emotion that you feel attached to her paintings.




I love how she uses so much texture and movement to express the feeling of each painting, you pretty much understand what she is trying to show you.




Mmmm, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful.
I really urge you to check out her full gallery which you may do by clicking on the images.

Have a great week everyone =]
Stay Positive,
Nix

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Time-Lapse, Stop Motions or Video....

So pretty soon I'm gonna start working on a major painting project for this year's local art competition. I'm hopefully looking at two 30"x40" mixed media paintings with a similar theme as my first entry last year. Since I love flowers and I'm fairly good at drawing/painting them, I'm just going to stick with that.

In the process of thinking up how these paintings should look and where should I start, I saw some awesome videos that documented the Creative Process of a final piece. I found these videos on Abduzeedo and thought that I should try making one.


Tony Riff from itdrewitself on Vimeo.

I really love how the one above was composed. I've always been planning to test out how creative I can be with video and this video sparked up some motivation. On the same list, there where Creative Process videos shot in time-lapse. This style showed the process point by point, and is just a lot of fun to watch.


TEDxBrooklyn by SARA BLAKE of the KDU from Cinecycle on Vimeo.


Time-Lapse reminds me of the first time I've seen them in action through Gizmodo. I was browsing through some photography works on Deviantart when I stumbled on Tilt-Shift photography. After researching it online, Gizmodo had a small list of tilt-shift time-lapse videos. They look soo awesome and you'd actually wonder if this was a model or a the real world cause everything is all miniature.


Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Recently, a bunch of the local photographers I know has/have been doing time-lapse videos and last night J.K. taught me how. I'm not planning on posting mine up though lol, all my settings weren't right and the video so far looks crappy XD. So it might just go into my scrap pile. I would love to feature their videos though, including J.K.'s =D They look pretty tight, and is sure fun to watch!


Garapan Time-lapse from John Kyle on Vimeo.

Triple Double. from silent.gear on Vimeo.

Crater Lake In Time from Jerry Lin on Vimeo.

One Long Sunset from Karen Tenorio Cabrera on Vimeo.

After watching J.K.'s video, I saw one of his fans suggest stop motion, which I still remember from back then. It was how a lot of the old cartoons were created. Frame by frame, centimeters to centimeters, it was a process I highly respected. I tried it once, where you draw a figure and capture it then play it as a whole. It was hella cool, but I lost that copy when my old computer crashed =/

Below are a few examples I found and adore. The light painting one is my favorite =D

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo.

There's soo many different ways for me to document my creative process, and at first it was hard to choose, but now that I've created this whole list, I believe I know what I'm going to go for. I'm gonna try to have all the techniques in one. ^-^ Hopefully it all comes together swell.

Stay Creative!!
-Nix

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AWOL | Format.67 | Bluemotion

"Grab a seat and some popcorn cause these are some dOPE Azz Films!!".....Man oh man oh man, seriously how cool are these guys?!When I browse through all these auto blogs, there would be one thing (aside from photos) that I'd be looking forward to. That one thing are all the sick films independent production groups create featuring sexy azz rides and awesome meets. Because of these guys I got inspired to try it out too, but since Saipan ain't got alotta hot cars and killer car meets, I chose to practice with my model cars XP..




Myreikko Automotive Videography Practice from Myreikko Evangelista on Vimeo.
Clearly, that was a real amateur job hahaha, but I'm all good with that.

Now these guys though are up there. I love how they produce their videos. They are hella professional and seriously feels like a movie. Alotta creative stuff on the details too, like all the special effects they add on.


AWOL.tv
I found AWOL on StanceWorks. They have this unique style of videography where the vids feel like a horror film or an experimental science movie, though it gives their vids alot of character, and I believe the style makes you feel curious so you'd pretty much want to watch it to see what their all about.
AWOL E3 S2 Teaser from AWOL on Vimeo.AWOL Short: Nürburgring: Public Session from AWOL on Vimeo.

FORMAT.67
The famous Honda NSX film, was a vid I found while back on Motor Mavens. This film was Epic and as well as their whole line of work. Not only does their style give a human like impression to an automobile, they also show the beauty of their creation. To many, they just seem like cars, but to the rest, they are living, breathing works of art and Format67 helps us realize this with their creatively produced films.
TRAILER: HONDA NSX from FORMAT67.NET on Vimeo.
VW SCIROCCO BY FORMAT67.NET from FORMAT67.NET on Vimeo.

BLUEMOTION
I also stumbled on the works of Bluemotion through some of the auto blogs I follow. They're styles are more on the lighter side, fun and real cool. I was attracted to the small details you'll notice when you watch their videos, like the placement of their credits and logos or the details they focus on the cars. Their vids are what excited me to hopefully go to my first car meet and try filming as well =D
Simply Clean 2 from Bluemotion on Vimeo.Simply Clean from Bluemotion on Vimeo.

I Hope you guys enjoyed watching my favorite vids from all my top 3 favorite independent film makers =D

MAKE SURE TO VISIT THEM BY CLICKING ON THE LINKS PROVIDED TO VIEW MORE OF THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK!!

XOXO,
Nix

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SiiiC Work by Farrel Dee of Savage Photography

"I'd feature his whole gallery on here if I could!!".....There is only one reason why I love browsing the net and that's purely finding killer talents, especially ones in the fields that totally inspires me. While looking through SOLE Collector, I stumbled upon their Sole Shots, which is a new installment onto their blog that features sneaker photography. Out of all the shots entered, one seriously caught my eyes.

This shot taken by Farrel Dee of Savage Photography looks like something you'd really put in a magazine. It's artistically composed, and the shot is jus hella clean. It's not a surprise though, this isn't the first time Farrel's work has ever been featured on a well known outlet. He's been published onto an issue of SOLE Collector, and recently on Honda Tuning. His work have also been featured in popular blogs such as Motor Mavens and as well as StanceWorks and Hypebeast!


 The Man Himself Behind The Camera















If you have seriously enjoyed this post bout this very talented photographer and is craving for more of his work, make sure to visit his blog and his Flickr account for more if his crazy amazing photos!

Hope you guys found this tastefull!!
Much love,
Nix

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Mind Blowing Photography By Rosie Hardy

"Her work is just absolutely Fantastic".....I discovered Rosie Hardy from an interview with a very talented young photographer, Olivia Bell on Phototuts+ who Olivia looks up to.
Her work it extremely beautiful, her photographs really catches the eyes and your interest. The colors are so warm yet deep with emotion that they have such an impact when you see her photos. There is a lot of creativity when it comes to Rosie's work and you'll easily notice her eye for detail and the stories she tells with her images.












Above are a few of of her self portraits which is a collection of beautiful images that seems surreal. The captures are so artistic and very inspiring.

And as well as the images below which are just a few of her personal work from her gallery.













I highly recommend everyone who stumbles on this post to check her website out and as well as Olivia Bell. You won't be disappointed =].

Much Love and Happy belated New Year lol,
Nix

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Trust Me, You Won't Believe Your Eyes

"PhotoRealistic Paintings By Jason De Graaf".....Are they photographs? Nope. Are they computer generated? Nope.
They are all paintings in acrylic on canvases.
Yup, you read that right. The images below are all painted by hand by one of the pro-est painters I've discovered.

Jason De Graaf is a painter from Canada who's work is so realistic that to a glance or to the untrained eye, you would mistakenly think his work was done with a different medium. He focuses on light and its relationship with reflection and transparency. The goal to his unique style is to give you a different view of things that photography cannot capture, such as the certain depth and feel that paintings have on it's viewers.



















I hope this post inspired yah'll today.
It sure did hit a creative spot with me =D!
AND MAKE SURE TO VISIT JASON DE GRAAF'S DEVIANTART PAGE AND BLOG FOR MORE OF HIS AMAZING ARTWORKS!!

Much love and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
-Nix

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Inspiring Photographs By JLace Photography (Johnny Carracedo)

"His photographs are amazingly AWESOME!!".....
Mr.Jlace himself has one heck of an amazing portfolio on him. I discovered his work through searching Tumblr and seriously fell in love with his style at first glance. There's always goin to be an obvious difference between anyone's work who deals with any form of art and that is the difference of seeing work done by people who just does it and seeing work from people who loves it.
In Johnny's case though, you can clearly see how much he loves what he's doing. He has a keen eye for detail and his chosen style makes his captures feel like a true memory. Could you believe he's only 19, and already he's at an advance level =D.



I totally recommend you guys to check him out, spread the love by following him on his Tumblr, by suggesting him to you're friends or by leavin a shout out =].

Hope you guys enjoyed this post ^-^
Stay Brezzy!
-Nix

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Breathtaking Portraits By Joanna Kustra

"Every bit of beauty".....Discovered from My Modern Metropolis
When I found the inspirational post about Joanna Kustra, I immediately fell in love. Her work is extremely amazing and super crisp in detail. Her sets are very creative and they really draw-in your attention. Aside from that, her colors and tones are very vivid and her black-and-white sets has soo much depth.

I hope you enjoy my favorite photos from her portfolio and I totally recommend you to check out her website, you won't be disappointed with what you'll find ^-^














Love,
Nix

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Angelina Jolie + VOGUE

"Undefeated beauty".....
When I look into photography, I always think of all the professional fashion shoots I would see in magazines. That is the style I wish to master one day, and one that I would love to create using the island's locations. My most favorite fashion shots are those I always find in Vogue magazines.I love how they're full of art, passion and emotions and how their photographers captures the purest feature of their models.
Then there are the images taken of the famous celebrities we all know by heart. One such as Angelina Jolie. Who could forget her? The biggest icon of beauty. Her roles are always remembered and her exotic features will never be forgotten. She is one of the best examples of an incredible model just because she makes photographs of her look legendary.


Photographed by Mario Testino - VOGUE Holiday 2010

Photographed by Mario Testino - VOGUE Holiday 2010

Photographed by Mario Testino - VOGUE March 2004

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz - VOGUE January 2007

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz - VOGUE April 2002

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz - VOGUE April 2002

I hope yahll love this set of inspiration =]
Click the images to see more of Angelina Jolie and Vogue ^-^

Love,
Nix

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