http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:24:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/international-artist-teams-up-with-demin-brand-to-create-live-installation-for-charity.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:35:59 +0000 PSFK Favorites Shantell Martin and 3x1 team up for an exciting in-store month long project.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/psfks-office-mural-shantell-martin-on-where-inspiration-comes-from-video.html Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:34:46 +0000 PSFK chats with the artist--and creator of our office artwork--about the motivations and drive behind her craft. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/artist-shantell-martin-leaves-her-message-on-a-bottle.html Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:31:15 +0000 U.K. based artist Shantell Martin takes up residency in Florida for a gallery show whose profits will go in part to charity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/events-papier-fashion-insideout-techcrunch-disrupt4-urban-art.html Wed, 19 May 2010 18:15:45 +0000 A selection of upcoming inspirational events and conferences being held around the world.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/video-shantell-martin-psfk-conference-new-york-2010.html Thu, 06 May 2010 19:14:14 +0000 Creator, Illustrator & VJ Shantell Martin encourages us to “rediscover our creative seed” in a rousing talk about creativity, passion, and connectivity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/what-we-really-are-and-want-to-be-psfk-conference-good-ideas-on-creative-refocus.html Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:46:19 +0000 In the second segment of talks at PSFK Conference NYC, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Erik Proulx, Adam Wells and Shantell Martin discussed approaches to refocus creative aspirations and careers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/shantell-martin-interview-psfk-conference-2010.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:36:41 +0000 Shantell Martin will be one of the speakers at our upcoming PSFK Conference 2010. Shantell is an illustrator & VJ who uses both modern technology and traditional mediums to create evolving experiences based around simple drawings.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/psfk-conference-new-york-2010-speakers-announced.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:49:40 +0000 On April 9, PSFK will return for the fourth year to Manhattan to host one of the most inspirational events available for creative professionals today.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/pics-interactive-artist-shantell-martin-captures-hidden-oras.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:06:03 +0000 Shantell Martin is a live-storytelling VJ who works with light and interactive art to make illustration an engaging experience.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/british-artists-to-invade-the-les.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:47:51 +0000 British light artist Shantell Martin is a busy women. Besides being the definition of Tri-Coastal, spending her time between London, Tokyo, and New York, Shantell has been able to travel across the country VJing and sketch projecting, which according to one recent bio explains as “Using the latest drawing tablet technologies, Shantell illustrates the music that she hears, mesmerizing crowds with art that’s drawn in time with the beat. She projects her unique real-time illustrations onto walls, screens and sometimes the dancers themselves. Shantell says that she isn’t simply drawing, but rather, is reacting to the music, the dancers andRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/conversation-with-shantell-martin.html Fri, 01 May 2009 14:09:19 +0000 After spending the past five years in Japan, artist and VJ Shantell Martin has decided to give NYC a go and is ready to see how her unique form of live storytelling translates in her new home. Despite having only arrived a few days ago, Shantell seemed quite at ease when she swung by the PSFK offices for a chat today. Sporting a recently purchased Peek Pronto and an open attitude, Martin spoke to us about making the transition and her upcoming plans – and even left us a one of kind illustration to keep. Among other things, Shantell discussedRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/letting-the-audience-take-control-to-tell-one-of-a-kind-stories.html Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:39:55 +0000 We’ve written about Shantell Martin a number of times over the past year, yet we remain inspired by both her art as well as her unique form of storytelling.  In the below video, Shantell explains how her style evolved from doing street art and tags in London to doing much smaller and more intense drawings in Tokyo and how that ultimately influenced her current work utilizing projectors and wacomb tablets. Explaining how her recent trip to New York helped develop her style, she describes how drawing in front of live crowds and interacting with the environment puts the audience inRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/pic-shantell-martin-on-skin.html Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:56:27 +0000 Tokyo based Shantell Martin points to some behind the scenes photos from a recent shoot by Sebastian Mayer of her illustration work on skin. Provocative, take-a-second-look, intriguing. Shantell Martin]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/vj-captures-the-moment-with-live-illustration.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:39:30 +0000 Shantell Martin is a VJ in Tokyo. Trained as an illustrator in the UK, she moved to Tokyo in 2004 and started drawing at live events. Initially, she was drawing on paper and having those images projected onto the wall – but when a club asked if she could draw at one of their parties, she started experimenting with drawing on a Wacom Tablet.  She has since evolved into using a wireless tablet slung from her shoulder, so she can wonder through the crowd and illustrate the scene – each line drawn to the beat and simultaneously projected onto theRead more...]]>