Soap Magazine. I haven’t been able to find out any more about this Czech magazine. Issue 1 and 1 are downloadable as PDF files but it’s issue 3 where it looks like they’ve really upped the ante and come up with the goods.
“Rodeo 27 is a non profit playground for graphics and art. We only serve the few who care and we do little to please the masses. We oppose against the general idea, that all Internet content should be light, focused on profit, and built for 10 second browsing”.
Check it out, 6 “issues” featuring great grungey pieces from various designers published by the super talented Jakob Printzlau.
Published 3 times a year and in very limited numbers, Visionaire is a multi-format album featuring fashion and art submitted by individuals all over the world. Check their past issues for an idea of the kind of publication this is. Only for the elite!!!
Deliciae Vitae is an international magazine that aims to be classy, luxurious and sexy but fundamentally not about porn. We’ve got a couple off issues here and they feature erotic and glamorous photographic works from world-famous fashion photographers such as Ellen Von Unworth, Bettina Rhemis and Lee Jenkins just to name a few.
Ideafixa is yet another online “magazine” where contributions are made from talented photographers, artists, designers and illustrators from all over the world. What makes this magazine so cool is that their 1st issue is based on the theme of “sex”. Some great contributions have been made by some of the talent we’ve featured on Sex in Art so be sure to check it out.
Manifesto – we love the idea of this book. 150 Fashion professionals and 150 non-professionals are given a disposable camera and are asked to capture their view on fashion. All 300 images will be featured in the book which is due for release in 2007.
Lost At E Minor is a website and weekly email newsletter that sources out and features the best new illustration, photography, art and music from around the world.
It is the product of a collaboration between brothers Zac Zavos and Zolton Zavos who come from backgrounds in IT and magazine editing respectively and who wanted to work together on a project which tapped into their unique skill base and interest in various mediums of creative expression.
A MUST subscribe (hey it’s free!), it’s super nice to get their inspirational smack in the face directly in your inbox.
Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine is a magazine created by painter Robert Williams (the artist famous for the Guns n’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction Robot Rape scene sleeve artwork) to celebrate the genius of low brow art.
The magazine itself is available in all good newsagents all over the world, their web site features news (hey thanks for the plug guys, we appreciate it!), low brow art related events and perhaps the coolest section “Reader Art Gallery” where they feature great art submitted by artists from all over the word.
Faesthetic’s 5th anniversary issue is 174 pages of original black & white art, photography, graffiti and design submitted by the creative elite. There’s only 1,000 copies available and it’s only printed once a year so be quick to grab one before you miss out.
Nudes on the internet are great, but there’s nothing quite like being able to physically hold a quality magazine in your hands (and away from the PC).
The New Nude has been created to bring sensual, high-quality, and cutting edge figurative photography to the world in a magazine format. Printed on a quarterly basis, every issue features over 100 pages of full color artwork and detailed information about the photographers. Combine that with reviews of the latest trends in books, photography equipment, as well as the art market, and you have a magazine delivered right to your door (everywhere internationally) that covers every aspect of what has to be the most complicating and fascinating genre to ever hit the spotlight.
The New Nude Magazine is also accompanied by the launch of The New Nude On-line with full access limited exclusively to subscribers.
We’re sitting tight and waiting for our copy of the magazine to hit our mailbox. We’re excited! We’ll review it once it’s in!
Head Magazine is probably one of the classier PDF magazines out there at this moment. I find navigating through the issues a little annoying but the content is top notch.
Forno is a cool sex-art/porn/erotica magazine from Israel. Each issue presents a different sex aspect through a variety of original images created especially for the magazine.
We’re fans of Vice Magazine. It’s gross, sick, funny and above all, fucked up (in a good way!). Their writing style is crass as fuck and makes you wanna fucking write like they do too (yeah now I feel naughty, and/or stupid… whatever). Anyways, get ready to have a spew, check out issue 11 of Vice Magazine, the photo issue.
WOW LOL WTF?! New Porker is an awesome PDF Magazine (hint, check Issue 6: Sex, it’s worth the download) Oink!!!
Vektorika Magazine is a downloadable PDF magazine which features vector art sent in by artists from all over the world. Be sure to check out their past issues: vektorika magazine #8 LOVE ISSUE, vektorika magazine #6 BEAUTY ISSUE and vektorika magazine #4 EROTIKA ISSUE.
When I was a naughty little kid, I used to often take a sneek peek at a book full of nudes that was hiding in my parent’s bedroom. It was a Playboy book of illustrated nudes by Alberto Vargas (I still have it today!!!).
Alberto Vargas was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1896 (he passed away in 1982). His name has become synonymous with pin-up girls. Esquire magazine made him famous and later in his life, Vargas (who signed his work “Varga”) was signed up by Mr Playboy himself, Hugh Hefner. His regular Playboy slot in the 1960s and ’70s elevated Vargas to the legend he is today.
Check out Varga works here, here and some essays here. Also research George Petty, the man who inspired Vargas. He’s perhaps most famous for painting the girl on the Memphis Belle.
