You can now add the Belgian ward_zwart to your list of underground-talent-that-you-can-tell-your-friends-you-knew-back-when-they- were-sweet-young-things-on-flickr-and-could-buy-their-work-for-$16. The kid works hard, churning out limited edition books of his portraits, flyers, illustrations for Bolshoi Gorod, Moscow's weekly city newspaper (I'd love to hear how that connection came about!), skateboards, and of course, the de rigueur tote bag and t-shirts. And he has that scratched out sketched out look down! Definitely worth a journey through his stream. Enjoy...

 

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lonesome coboj

 

 

nr. 18

 

 

transbeerwebsinjoor.gif

 

 

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To view more of ward_zwart's stream, click here.

Tedementa!! Wow, who are you!?!? I see you make tote-bags and pillowcases and t-shirts and love your arts and crafts. You're from Argentina, right? You seem to be in a lot of exhibits and turn your whole world into your vision. Your friends look cool, and I love how they don't mind becoming triangles and circles and rainbows and pinetrees. Everything you do just has that little bit more, from your doodles to your collages to your self portraits with drawn in friends. I guess in the end, this is just a fan letter to you, dear tedementa, whoever you may be!

 

fiesta de cumpleaños

 

 

volcano and pine

 

 

home O▲■

 

 

how to explain it o cómo explicarlo?

 

 

reach by lala

 

 

nublado

 

 

jugo de naranja

 

 

mujer y varon

 

 

To view more of tedementa's stream, click here.

There are some streams that words will never do justice. Litsy's is one of them. Her illustrations play right on that line when cute becomes freaky. Let's just say I'm happy I didn't see these pics back in second grade. The stuff of dreams and nightmares, where strange cat-things play melodica to animal skulls, conehead babies tie up happy cats, and siamese unicorns stab animal astronauts. One of the most sophisticated and original flickr illustration streams that I've seen in a while. Enjoy...

 

nem deuses nem astronautas

 

 

escaleta player

 

 

am'zad

 

 

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we are your friends

 

 

wéw

 

 

untitled - birdmouth

 

 

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To view more of litsy's stream, click here.

Flickr streams usually come in a few forms. There are the snapshot streams, the portfolio sites, the open sketchbooks, the historical resource sets, and every once in a while you get to those super tight themed streams. I'm going to put the SWAMPDONKEY in that category.

 

Ok, I have to admit that the SWAMPDONKEY's stream is not completely single minded and has a somewhat varied stream of photos and illustrations. But there is one element that keeps coming up in his work: a half skull with horns and tusks. What I love about the SWAMPDONKEY is that he consistently portrays this beast and yet constantly varies its portrayal. He has T-shirt desgins, tattoos, graffiti, modified photos, rough sketches, and clean computerized illustrations of this skull. I've never seen someone riff on one theme in such a surprising yet dedicated way. Gotta give it up to the SWAMPDONKEY - may we all have such focus in our lives! Enjoy...

 

tooth slinger

 

 

deth

 

 

streetwise

 

 

Jodi's tattoo

 

 

romance

 

 

jason lee

 

 

the skull

 

 

To view more of the SWAMPDONKEY's stream, click here.

Hey!

 

As many of you may already know, we just launched a new Flickr group called Caught 8handed.

 

The group is a showcase of our favorite streams, as well as a place for us to discover new people. We're always on the lookout for talent to feature in Caught 8handed, so check out our group and post your best pics to the pool.

 

Who knows, we may just feature you next!