Artists On Our Radar: Hakim Callwood
Illustrator / Designer: Hakim Callwood ( Instagram ) Hakim Callwood is a 24 year old freelance illustrator/designer from Columbus, Ohio. His work ranges from painting, animation, and teaching. His influences stem from Japanese animation, video games, and comic art. His long term goal is to create educational hands on visual art workspaces. You can view more of his work on his website and donate to his Patreon account here. Black Panther Untitled Flowers Pomegranate Space Woman Spaceboy
Isle in the Fog
Visual Artist / Designer / Photographer: Joanne Jones ( Instagram ) Joanne Jones’ series “Isle in the Fog” was shot at Coney Island on Kodak Portra 800 in August, 2017. It’s a contemplative look at a place that blurs the line between our dreams and our reality, our pasts and our present.
Photography: Primary Rags by Betty Liu
Designer/Stylist: Betty Liu Photographer: Mary Chen MUA/Hair: Chloe Rose Models: Ruby Jurecka & Kaavya Sivakumar ‘Primary Rags’ features multi-functional garments made from disposed clothing that can also transform to household items such as blanket covers. As a commentary on fast fashion and the way we dispose clothes so easily, this series asks us to seek inventive ways to minimise the production of waste by reusing and recreating unwanted and disposed clothing.
Watch Out… Sloane Lenz Is Taking Over!
Carrie Bickley (Calliope Musicals) shot by Thom Washburn wearing This Is Sloane Sloane Lenz is a 21 year old avant-garde fashion designer living in Austin, TX. Growing up mostly in the rural town of Athens, Texas, she began creating unusual pieces for herself to wear, made from materials she could source at her local hardware and grocery stores. She creates striking garments utilizing many unconventional materials, with a preference for plastic and canvas. Sloane has been sewing since just 8 years old. But in addition to her love for designing, Sloane is Co-Creator of a blog called ALLUMER, which focuses on music, style, and culture, and she also enjoys creating films and…
Photography: Replacement by Vladimir Lyovin
Photographer: Vladimir Lyovin Stylist: Evgenia Lyovina Assistant Stylist: Olga Shiyan Makeup: Vlada Korosteleva Model: Xenia / Tann Model Management Clothing: Juliya Neva / Doch / Anna Mariengoff Designer: Darya Pyatibratova
Photography: Defense Mechanisms by Vladimir Lyovin
Photographer: Vladimir Lyovin Stylist: Evgenya Lyovina Designer: Anna Mariengof Model: Kristen Linn The main idea of Defense Mechanisms is defense against cruel social invasions. Without explaining why, society makes women perform actions of certain character: getting married, having children, being successful, beautiful and so on. Do we want that? Is it our own desire? — every woman should be able to ask herself. The dress by Anna Mariengof was designed to create space around the person wearing it and makes it possible to think. Trespassing is doomed to fail. Thick military cloth and big brass spikes protect your body. The weight of the dress is over 30 lbs. It’s…
Photography: Techno Top of the World by Vladimir Lyovin
Photographer: Vladimir Lyovin ( Instagram ) Stylist: Evgenya Lyovina ( Instagram ) Make Up: Violetta Knaub ( Instagram ) Designer: Kristina Sofi ( Instagram ) Models: Shivkina Darya ( Instagram ) / Victorya Dorina ( Instagram ) / Adryana Lander ( Instagram )
Doodles Homme X Kickstarter
Here at ANON, we’re all about helping out small businesses, hometown artists, independent designers, an so on. With that said, our friends at Doodles Homme (located out of Los Angeles) are working to grow their business and produce even more rad clothing for you men. So what does that mean? They need YOUR help! Doodles Homme is a wonderful menswear brand that has transformed art into fashion. They’re one of our favorite brands here at ANON, which is exactly why we chose them to be featured in our upcoming, first-ever printed issue. So please, take the time to check out their line, and help them out so they can…
Series: Machine Aesthetic (I,II,III)
James Thompson, an upperclassmen at Texas A&M University, is an artists of many sorts. His intricate styles of both digital and film photography, painting, and graphic design make you want to contemplate the deeper meanings behind each piece of work that he produces. After hearing about ANON | Magazine, he sent in a portion of his portfolio to us entitled “Machine Aesthetic,” which, is a series of pieces. He sent us piece I, piece II, and piece III. If there is more to come in this series, we definitely can’t wait. “In a society where art has become just about as industrialized as culinary products, authenticity has lost its place.…