We received this submission showcasing the work of two local artists previously unknown by the Egotist yet who clearly need to be featured on this site. Introducing photographer Michael Eastman & designer Carlos Zamora. We were left fairly awestruck by each artist's respective work and applaud their efforts on this latest event:

Join us this Thursday at Brennan's for a Cigar & Spirits Tasting and the presentation of "Havana", Michael Eastman latest book. The book is an exquisite selection of his best photographs after several trips to Cuba in the last 10 years.

Cuban Designer & Illustrator Carlos Zamora, has created the poster for the event. Printed by Elyssia Mann and Steve Brian from All Along Press in Cherokee Street, the poster evokes the faded decadence and melancholy of Havana, once known as "The Paris of the Caribbean".

The sale of the poster will support Cuba Cartel, an online community of contemporary Cuban poster designers living in and out of the Island. "Cartel" is the most used Cuban term for "Poster". The art of poster design in the 60's "armed" the Cuban Revolution with iconic graphic tools that helped to illustrated its social programs. A new generation of Cuban poster designers in the Diaspora -aligned with the ones still in the Island-, are trying to figure it out a way to keep the tradition of illustrating the social evolution of their country. With zero political support, and facing the supply limitations by the American Embargo, Cuban poster designers are challenged by a second graphic revolution: making posters to illustrate the Cuban Transition.

Some of the beautiful mages from the book:

Here's an incredibly informative blog based on the layout and design of the book called The Road to "Havana".

And lastly, the old world ticket design for the event itself:

Clearly we're geeked about everything within this project/event. It's been awhile that we've seen fine art of this standard with St. Louis based artists and we're very excited to introduce them to the community - especially if you've (also) never seen their work before.

Friday, November 11, 6 - 8 pm – join us for our Adobe Muse Workshop! Learn how to create websites as easily you create layouts for print with Muse. Students can register to win a copy of Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium Suite! Bring your laptop and download the free trial of Muse if you want to follow along with the presenter.

Who: Free for members, $5.65 for non-student members, $10.80 for non-professional members (both prices include a service charge for online registration).

More information and RSVP on the website.
Questions? Contact Education Chair, Jessa Wilcoxen at jessa@aigastlouis.org

We love superhero art. Any new way of representing our favorite character from the comic book or film screen completely appeals to the 14 year old boy (and nerdy, cool, geek girl that you looked over for the junior dance, but is now stunningly more attractive than your boring prom queen wife) in all of us.

Something we find fascinating is that these illustrations were created with the polygon-lasso tool in photoshop. We can't even begin to think of how long that would take to edit and how many layers are involved. Just goes to show how skill & creativity kinda smash whatever process you're "supposed" to follow.

Watch a time-lapse below of Spider-Man being created, or if you have $160 laying around, head on over to his Etsy shop and buy a giclee print of your favorite.