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Jorge Colombo brings a whole new meaning to finger painting. If you saw him on the sidewalk, cradling an iPhone in his hand, you'd think he was texting a friend or e-mailing his wife.
But pull in a little closer and you'll see something else. Lively street corners. Graceful silhouettes. New York City skyscrapers stretching past the clouds. All captured by a fingertip dancing across an iPhone screen.
Using the Brushes application, one of thousands of available for the iPhone and iPod touch, he has digitally painted dozens of iconic New York scenes, including Grand Central Terminal, classic downtown delicatessens and the Empire State Building.
One of his sketches assumed a spot coveted by artists in New York and all over the world: the cover of The New Yorker magazine on May 26.
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There’s a companion application, Brushes Viewer, that makes a video recapitulating each step of how Colombo composed the picture. (Watch how he drew this week’s cover above.) Colombo leans heavily on the Undo feature: “It looks like I draw everything with supernatural assurance and very fast—it gets rid of all the hesitations.”
La China Loca is a milliner (hat designer) based in New York City. Nurtured by the warm glow of television; she found herself immersed in film noir, classic western, kung fu and old mobster cinema. These early experiences became aesthetic inspirations. La China bought her first felt hat when she was a student studying fashion in NYC. It was an electric blue bowler that excited her senses and sparked her fascination. After over a decade, she has returned to feverishly bringing her visions into elegant reality. Rive Magazine met up with La China Loca at her design studio to discuss some of her favorite pieces; video below. Her designs are stunning, fresh and highly unique while still using traditional foundations. Shop at: lachinaloca.com
Brazilian born artist, Fernando Carpaneda, creates sculptures and paintings. In memory of New York City's infamous club, CBGB (which closed in October 2006), Fernando recently produced a beautiful sculpture that extremely mimics one of their toilets. CBGB was a venue for such bands like: Blondie, The Ramones, Misfits, Murphy's Law, Sick of It All, Youth of Today and many other. For more of Fernando's work, visit his website at: www.fernandocarpaneda.com
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