Ben Heine Art and Music Blog: December 2009

MIKA

This is a quick painting, it's kind of unfinished
(especially the hair and t-shirt), but I like it this way.
I intend to make at least 10 other portraits and
caricatures of the great Mika in the coming weeks.

MIKA is a London-based, Grammy-nominated
and BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter.

Carbon Tax

(Note: this is an illustration I made for the magazine
"Imagine Demain le Monde" www.imagine-magazine.com)

A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas. The purpose of a carbon tax is to protect the environment by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, helping to mitigate climate change.

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© 2009 - Ben Heine

Top of the World

The Atomium

One of Belgium's most famous monuments...

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© 2009 - Ben Heine

I see Barcodes Everywhere!
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Yes I Love Winter!
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Chri$tmas

Ok, sorry. Bad mood today.
Because Christmas = Capitalism, this is just
a concept to buy more, spend more...
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© 2009 - Ben Heine

Pure Minimalism

Please, have a look to my other minimalist photos.
I added 6 of them in the following slideshow.

Just a Saturday Afternoon

Two Seasons - 2 -

Two Seasons - 1 -
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I Believe in God

Karl Marx

Just a quick painting...
Merry Christmas :D

(Full resolution, for printing purposes,
8168 x 8458 pixels, 300 dpi, available HERE)

Publication in

'New Acropolis'

"New Acropolis" is the name of a philosophy school and a non-profit organization. It has branches in more than 50 counties around the world. More info on their website: www.acropolis.org/

My photo "Listen to Wisdom" was published on the cover of their official magazine in 16000 copies.

That is my original photo:
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See all my photos on Flickr

John Lennon
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Just a quick work, please enlarge. This is a digital
portrait made with small triangles mainly. There are
some 30000 of them plus a few lines and squares...

John Winston Ono Lennon was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney, Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century and wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history. He is ranked the second most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history after McCartney. More

Ecotax

Ecotax refers to taxes intended to promote ecologically sustainable activities via economic incentives. Such a policy can complement or avert the need for regulatory (command and control) approaches. More

Just Waking Up

Consumption Society
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Powerful People
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Even the most powerful ones are just primates

Don't go too Far

Love is in the Air

Sketch - Love Theme

Just in Love

Big Brother

(Speed Painting)
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This is my first attempt to make a digital painting of a robot.
This is a speed painting that took me some 20 minutes
of work. I made the first sketch in about 2 minutes
in Alchemy and then went on in Photoshop CS4