If you work all day in front of a computer then you will without a doubt relate to this Modeselektor video  where two figures battle it out in a world full of videos within videos. I myself am always in a battle with my computer monitor where one window is closed only to reveal another window full of work and information that I have to digest.  The entire scenarios takes place on a computer monitor with the figures jumping back and forth from screen to screen creating a clever and playful effect courtesy of director Dent de Cuir.  Watch the full video after the jump!

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Homeless is a beautifully executed short story by creative duo Vjsuave that blends video footage of city streets with playful animations of fantastic happenings. Watch the full video after the jump.

The guys over at Change The Thought recently updated their design portfolio with a ton of great work for the surf/skate/snow worlds. Check out their bold graphics and layered motion work after the jump.

Aya Kato’s illustrations suck you into her world of star-crossed lovers, intergalactic space travel and art deco reverie on first contact. As a Beautiful/Decay cover artist on long since sold out Issue K, her posters, t-shirts and books have been amongst the most sought after the publication has produced.  We spot her Mermaid shirt on fans at least once a month. She recently teamed up with Mr. Chiizu, an artist’s decoration iPhone app that gives art and illustration lovers a chance to get inside works of their favorite artists. She was a natural choice for a Mr. Chiizu collaboration, giving fans a chance to step into her rich fantasy world. Her theme has been flying off the iTunes store shelves since its release earlier this week.

How old were you when you started drawing?

I have drawn pictures since I was a small kid.  I started to do full illustrations when I was 21 years old.

You can see Rococo and Art Deco influences in your work, what else inspires your work?

My influences are ukiyoe, comics, and animation. There were always around me since I was small, so they are a natural influence for me. They gave me the origin and the meaning describing a picture. My passion for drawing started with them.

How do your pieces begin? As sketches? On the computer? What is your process?

I draw a sketch first. Then I draw it in pen, then scan and finish a color on PC.

What projects are you working on right now?

I have participated in the TV commercial and advertising of HITACHI Environmental vision 2025. They began broadcasting it recently. Since  then I’m  working on several TV commercials, which will last until spring of next year.

And, Saganoaya chocolate for Valentine’s Day will be put on the market also in 2012. I drew all of these plans by the same theme. It is the world of the bloom of the earth, the universe, people that live there, and all their lives. The world of an earth symphony.

Who are some of your favourite illustrators and why?

Errol Le Cain, and Arthur Rackham. I learned how to make artwork with rich narratives from Errol Le Cain. I find Arthur Rackham’s lines very attractive, they seem to be flowing and alive. I feel the flow of  life from their work.

Recently you worked on your first iphone app with Mr.Chiizu. What was the inspiration for your themed pack?

My theme is the world of a fairy tale. The theme of “Wonderland” is all the world’s fairy tales wrapped in one. The illustrations are based on Red Riding Hood, Kaguyahime, Cinderella, Momotaro, Tanabata, and Peter Pan. I wanted people to get the feeling that you are travelling into a different world, into a fairy tale world,  and go play:-)

I would be glad if everyone played in my “Wonderland”.

Mr. Chiizu, the artist’s iPhone app, is available at get.mrchiizu.com and is on sale for the Holidays.

Bang! Bang! Studio, based in Russia, collaborated with IT company Yandex to create an interactive weather application for the iPad. Utilizing the studio’s rich variety of illustrations, 70 works are animated to keep your daily check of the weather fresh. Best part? App is totally FREE and available in Russian and English. Reviews suggest the size of the app makes it a bit slow, but the pictures are still nice to look at, and I like the idea of adding some art to a daily activity without losing functionality.

Amalgamation is 1:24 minutes of morphing, rippling, mutating, animated goodness. Watch the full video after the jump and see if you can find your face within the ripples.

Can video games be art? If you ask me, I’d say “Yep,” and I’m sure you would be hard-pressed to find anyone under 30 who would say “Nope”. I just asked because you still have people like this, but he also thought this, so he’s not very credible now is he. Anyway, we’ve got a couple of games (BNPJ.exe and Mansion) created by the versatile Tabor Robak available for free download.

Mansion (2010) didn’t really do much for me, and it seems like a warm-up for Tabor. BNPJ.exe (2011), on the other hand, is certainly more developed, but still a bit too linear. He does insure that BNPJ.exe will be viewed as an attempt at art simply because he wraps most of these strange worlds in famous paintings. Frankly, I am not fond of this tendency in contemporary art to reference itself as a safety net, but I don’t believe it is a primary aspect of the game. I admit it is hard to judge, because the criteria for games is far different than the criteria for art, but sometimes you should just have a good time and resist assessing the shit out of something.  BNPJ.exe is not without its moments of beauty though, and when I came upon this image directly below I was insured of a promising future (I did come upon this in a non-linear fashion, and it took me multiple tries to find it). I don’t know of any similar types of “art games”, and I think Tabor Robak could really create something powerful with his next game.  I know I’ll being waiting in anticipation to see where he takes these “art games”, and I’m curious to hear what you dudes think about these interactive experiments.

Screenshots of Manison (next three below)

Acid Drops is a breathtakingly exquisite yet simple ongoing animation series by Matt Box that psychedelically captures the individual styles of influential skateboarders.First up is one of my favorite skaters, Jason Dill. Watch the full video in all its technicolor glory after the jump.