Art[s]ense: A Year In Review - 2011

Before I start anything new this year, I just want to take a moment and talk about my experience at Swide.

2011 was an interesting year for me as I was lucky to have the chance to write for Dolce & Gabbana's Swide online magazine. I have been a contributor for the magazine for almost a year now and almost every week I introduced a talented fashion photographer/illustrator to the international audience. It was quite a journey for me and I was (and still am) fortunate to be able to discover so many talented artists around the world. I have to admit, this is a true blessing for me to be surrounded by so many wonderful people and I cannot thank enough the Swide team for making my writing job so fun!

This year I will continue to be a writer for the magazine and you will continue to see some awesome art works by different illustrators/ photographers around the world. I promise you the quality of these artists will just get better! Below is a little taste of who I have featured in the past year.

Dimitris Theocharis (fashion photographer)

Jonathan Bartlett (illustrator)

November 2011 Memories

November is just another great month for us and we actually did not imagine so many things could happen at the same time!

With our 12 Months of [Pop Up] Flavors almost coming to an end, we have teamed up with 3 different people to bring you some intense contents. First up, we have Wendy Ding to show us the final wave of her Fashion Journal, and we are in love with the entire project! So inspiring and we wish her all the best in the future! Then, our postcard project is on again this year and we have teamed up Lisa Nishimura to create another one of a kind Christmas postcard. If you have not received it, you will get to see the image sometime in December! Thanks for entering the contest and we hope you enjoy the card!

Last but not least, we collaborated with Miss SLY for an one on one interview. In this interview, you will get to know what she thinks about the fashion industry here and what brands she wants you to know. This is a very interesting collaboration and we hope we will be able to work with you more in the future!

As for our regular [Un]Discovers features, this month we have 3 talented artists and they are illustrator Marianna Ignataki, photographers Alexander James and Andrew B Myers! Now, our [Un]Discovers section will be on hiatus until January 2012, see you soon!

Of course, how can we forget Swide? For this month, we have 4 great features! The artists are: illustrator Jonathan Bartlett, and fashion photographers Dimitris Theocharis, Ashley Lebedev and Lucia Giacani. We will have 2 more features in December and we promise you one of them is one of our biggest features in 2011 (You will have to guess who is our last feature on Swide this year (hint: a model)! December 10 is when you will find out the answer)!

December marks our 2nd anniversary and we promise something great is waiting for you to explore! Stay tuned!

Art[s]cene: Jonathan Bartlett

This week, I have Jonathan Barlett as the featured artist on Swide. I really like his work which he blends modern and classic elements in his works. This is definitely one of my favourite interviews on Swide and I urge to get to know this talented artist!

Graphicology: Illustrations by Jonathan Bartlett

Wow, this is a talent you cannot miss!

Recently I have come across Jonathan Bartlett's works and they are like magnet to my eyes. I like his illustration style a lot which it has a very retro vibe. Also, at some point, the images are very mysterious so somehow your brain will start to think about the meanings of those works. Below are some of my favourites and make sure you check out his website to see more of his amazing works!