Absolutely loving the illustration stylings of the talented Russian artist Merdanchik.

A hand drawn typographic series of works by ill studio, a French collective of creative collaborators “devoted to the fine arts”. Their goal is to bring ten individuals together, working in various artistic areas such as graphic design, photography, typography, illustration, video, motion design, etc.

The studio provides an environment wherein its member’s complementary influences meet, and contribute to the stimulation and development of the whole, whether the works produced are created collectively, or individually.

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Banksy has pulled off one of his most daring stunts to date - an enormous protest against Britain’s surveillance society painted just feet from a CCTV (Closed-circuit television) surveillance camera. Believed to be his biggest work yet in central London, the secretive graffiti artist managed to erect three storeys of scaffolding behind a security fence despite being watched by a CCTV camera.

The guerrilla artwork appeared on a wall above a Post Office yard off Oxford Street in central London on Monday morning. It features a boy in a red jacket painting the slogan “One Nation Under CCTV” in stark white capitals. His actions are filmed by a policeman next to a barking dog.

Frequently touching on political issues in his work, last month a Banksy-style painting depicting two children pledging allegiance to supermarket giant Tesco appeared on the wall of a north London pharmacy. It was interpreted as support for the growing campaign to ban free plastic bags.

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I had to share these fun and colorful collage pieces by artist Melissa Gable. It’s a series of vintage ephemera collages she is creating with animals in indoor environments.

There have been a lot of innovative advances in graffiti art to expand the artists canvas. “Tagged in Motion” is a project created by Hamburg graffiti artist DAIM, that eliminates a graffer canvas of a solid matter and unveils the ability to be able to tag in mid air, creating real-time graffiti in 3D, a virtual world of graffiti visible through 3D glasses.

The graffiti is captured using three camcorders with motion capturing. They record the graffer position and his exact motions he executes with a virtual spray can. By using the 3D glasses, the graffer can view his art in real time. Using a Bluetooth controller, the artist can pick and choose his colors, brush strokes and textures to enhance his floating 3D graffiti experience.

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Some fresh illustrations from Sam Glynn, a 22 year old artist based in London, England. In his own words, describing his creative process:

I create my illustrations using anything I can get my hands on, whether its pens, pencils, spray paint, ink, print rollers or photography. I love dirty found textures, patterns and muted colours. I enjoy anything that makes interesting marks on the page. I utilise the computer to deconstruct my images with hand made elements and generally make a nice looking mess on the screen.