aaron smith

bearded, 2009, oil on panel, 24" x 22"
i love the colors and loose brush strokes in his "bearded blokes" series.
http://aaronsmithart.com/
http://tinyurl.com/3qyoayx

robert mearns

"robert mearns takes traditional portraiture and gives it a contemporary twist with a little splash of color here and there."
http://robertmearns.com/
http://tinyurl.com/6joxd2h

egor shapovalov

beautiful photograph by egor shapovalov.
http://egorshapovalov.ru/
http://yayeveryday.com/post/11784

pedro matos

beautiful portraits by pedro matos.
http://www.pedromatos.org/
http://tinyurl.com/29wb884

craig redman

bold graphic illustrations by craig redman. i love the bright colors and use of pattern, especially in his portrait series. kanye if featured above.
http://www.craigredman.com/

gregory bradford

photographer gregory bradford has some nice work on his website.
i love her haircut.
http://www.bradfordgregory.com/
http://tinyurl.com/2vujpch

luke dixon

love this drawing by luke dixon.
http://paintranche.com/luke-dixon
http://tinyurl.com/32ff5x8
http://tinyurl.com/2wwm5kv

charmaine olivia

beautiful drawings and paintings by charmaine olivia.
http://charmaineolivia.com/
http://tinyurl.com/2eqql8v

pauline automatique

pauline experiments with illustration, design, and photography.
http://www.pauline-automatique.com/
http://tinyurl.com/y6n9nb6

zuhal koçan

i love this photograph by zuhal koçan.
http://tinyurl.com/yjydvaz
http://tinyurl.com/ylxkrny

morgan blair

"1970" guache, acrylic, and ink on paper.
morgan blair has some beautiful work on her website.
http://www.morganblair.com/index.html

photographer simon duhamel

"valerie"
"Part of a series of 23 images produced for Kaaz hair salon for the 2009 Contessa Hair Stylists photo contest."
these portraits are great - i love the hair, outfits, and lighting! more photographs can be found on duhamel's flickr page
http://tinyurl.com/ybn54us

photographer ferederico erra

"music for man" los angeles, model mini anden
erra has some beautiful photographs on his flickr page.
i especially like his "supermodels" and "hands" series.
http://tinyurl.com/2yjw4n
http://tinyurl.com/ydrn23r

bobby neel adams

familytree is a series of portraits of immediate family members (father/son, mother/daughter, for example). each person is photographed individually, and then sized and printed at the same proportions. the photographs are ripped in half and glued together to make one portrait.
http://www.bobbyneeladams.com/
http://tinyurl.com/l2c9qy

anthony micallef

"christ head" oil on linen, 140cm x 140cm
the gestural brush strokes and thin lines scratched into the paint add to the eerie quality of micallef's paintings. he has a solo show coming up at the lazarides gallery in london from september 25th to october 22nd.
http://www.antonymicallef.com/
http://tinyurl.com/nz8t85

photographers jeremy and claire weiss

i love their series of polaroid portraits.
they have a lot of great photography on their website.
http://www.day19.com/v6/

ladyorlando

hundreds of beautiful drawings in "ladyorlando's" moleskin notebooks
check out her "miniature disasters" and "journal" sets on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladyorlando/

james jean

"sasha" by james jean
acrylic ink and pastel on rives bfk, 20 x 30", 2008
james jean is an artist out of santa monica, california.
find more of jean's work on his website, and blog, "processrecess"
http://processrecess.com/index.php
http://www.jamesjean.com/

zoefield

"zoefield" is an artist out of brooklyn, ny.
she has some beautiful photographs and drawings on her flickr site.
i love the photographs of this girl with black makeup.
http://tinyurl.com/ngapvk
http://tinyurl.com/me44a7

photographer ryan pfluger

"Ryan Pfluger completed his MFA at the School of Visual Arts in 2007 and is a New York native. Ryan feels that there is a strong, vulnerable connection between the individual, their sense of self, their surroundings, and their bodies. He is constantly evaluating the contemporary role of photography."

ryan has an excellent portfolio of both personal and editorial work on his website
http://www.ryanpfluger.com/portfolio/