Vania Zouravliov - Illustration - NSFW

I am well aware it has been over a month since my last post. My excuse is that I just got a new job, so I am spending all day concentrating on my own designing, which doesn't leave me a lot of time to blog. Oh noes.

But anyone who has been following Trendspiration for a long time will know that even if I take little breaks, I ALWAYS come back eventually and so today I have taken the opportunity to go back through all of my posts and organise them a bit.

I have a massive saved drafts folder full of work that people have sent me, which I will hopefully get around to publishing as some point.

This is a draft from way back in 2009, when I was really into tattoos and tattoo art (even though I don't have any myself) and I actually discovered the work of Russian born illustrator Vania Zouravliov in a book in a tattoo studio. I was absolutely amazed by the detail and the imagination of the subject matter.

Zouravliov was a child prodigy whose work was showing internationally by the age of 13, he became somewhat of a celebrity and even had a TV programme made about him.

He currently lives and work in the UK and his influences include: the Bible, Dante’s Divine Comedy, early Disney animation, Japan, Rococo, North American Indians and boobs apparently.

His work is beautifully layered with detail and symbolism he creates the kind of pieces that you really need to stare at for a long time to get a true grip on what the hell is actually going on.

Nicola Formichetti's Muse Rick Genest AKA Zombie Boy for Vogue Hommes Japan

I wonder how long the media's obsession with Nicola Formichetti’s male muse Zombie Boy AKA Rick Genest will last?

I personally think he looks amazing so here is a Mugler spread for Vogue Hommes Japan, the magazine where Formichetti works as fashion director. Formichetti, of course, styled the shoot, which was shot by photographer Mariano Vivanco.

Mark Welser - Poster Design

Vintage style movie posters by Mark Welser, a comic book artist based Erie, Pennsylvania.

Nicki Minaj, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin For V Magazine Spring 2011

It's good to see Nicki Minaj moving away from her usual face-tourettes look (see here, here and here) in a few of the pictures from this spread for V Magazine's Spring 2011 issue.

Photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and wearing Versace and Mark Fast she really pulls of the zombie body paint.

If you are into it and want to create your own look or you just want to watch a stranger putting on make-up really fast for 10 minutes then I have already found a tutorial for you...

Kristian Hammerstad - Illustrator

Kristian Hammerstad's work is really cool. He comes from Oslo in Norway, which seems to be full of talented and creative people. His horror style pop-culture themed pieces have real impact without loosing any of the impressive detail. They sort of make me smile too, I love the kitsch morbidity of them all.