2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-17 17:22
Pop art is a movement in art that originated in the 50s, first in Great Britain, then in the United States, in which mass culture and classical fine art come into contact. With the development of computer technology, this kind of art sooner or later had to reach a qualitatively new level, and it was Mel Marcelo who contributed to this, whom many call the “Prince of Pop Art” for his vector portraits of celebrities.
Vector graphics are digital art new generation for those who think in generations old. Ultra-modern yet vintage art. We've already written about at least two favorites in vector graphics - Autumn Whitehurst, who uses dots and lines to portray beauty queens for over 40 international companies, and Tom Wellen, who uses this technique to create vintage posters for the most famous films of the past. But many put Mel Marcelo even higher, calling him the main artist working in the field of vector graphics of the next generation.
Alas, Mel does not have a website, but all of his work can be viewed on his page on flickr. To create his pop art masterpieces, he mainly uses Photoshop and some basic illustration programs. His work covers a wide range of creativity: from vector portraits of Barack Obama, Lady Gaga, Michael Douglas, Megan Fox and other celebrities and magazine illustrations to concept posters and fashion works.
Mel Marcelo, our “Prince of Pop Art”, was born in California and is now based in San Diego. He writes that he loves running, music and running to music. His works are really new generation pop art because it manages to turn cultural references into powerful illustrations that the artist has collected over the years and that speaks to us today.
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