AUSTIN - Rey Shaun Madolora is a photographer who loves to shoot with film. People often assume his photographs are shot digitally, but they're in fact taken on vivid color film. www.reyshaunmadolora.com
SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area artist Attaboy lives by the motto that there are entirely way too many nouns and adjectives in the world. Get out and verb something. www.yumfactory.com
DALLAS - Contemporary visual artist C. Kirk draws inspiration from comic books, where he imagines what life would be like if he had super powers. www.ckirkart.com
LOS ANGELES - Wolfiskin presents the By Any Dreams Necessary event featuring art by Timothy Teruo Watters, vinyl toys by Col.Abo, clothing by Teruo Artistry and the release party for DJ Skee's Endangered Species Mixtape. www.wolfiskin.com www.timothywatters.com
CHICAGO - Native Chicagoan Zore 64 brings an improvisational dynamic to the walls he paints, rolling with the punches even when the perfect equipment isn't readily available. www.myspace.com/zore
PHILADELPHIA - Illustrator Leanne Biank loves how forgiving the oil painting medium is. Armed with a unique style, she set out in the freelance world to get her start in the business. www.leannebiank.com
LOS ANGELES - Multi-talented artist Carlos Torres explains his affinity for being able to make people feel what he wants them to feel with various mediums of art. www.carlitoswaytat2.com www.twitter.com/carlostorresart
LOS ANGELES - The Seventh Letter Crew collaborated with New Era on a series of custom fitteds and an art show at Known Gallery in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES - Artist Kim West felt the pressure to take a traditional career path, but in the end, she could not shake her desire to be an artist. She followed her dreams, and the contemporary art world is better for it.
LOS ANGELES - Painter Noah Fine Art uses his airbrush to spread the gospel, using everything that's happened in his life to influence his work. www.noahfineart.com" www.myspace.com/noahfineart"
SAN FRANCISCO - Nate Van Dyke chose to forgo art school scholarships in favor of on the job training. We catch up to him talking furious monkeys. www.n8vandyke.com
SAN FRANCISCO - By the time Philip Milic was 17, he was helping out at his local tattoo shop doing all the dirty work. Now, he's a successful tattoo artist tattooing around the world and an acrylic and mixed media artist. www.pmtattoos.com
SAN FRANCISCO - Vulcan is an amazing graffiti artist, painting walls and collaborating with other artists. See the many colors he's trying to accomplish in this piece. www.vulcandesigns.net
LOS ANGELES - Patrick focuses on the phenomenology of his surroundings. He brings sublime beauty to things that aren%u2019t thought of as conventionally beautiful. www.patrickmartinez.com