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Wesley Grant

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Feb 2011
Wesley is a Cape Town resident with a love for big ideas and the psychedelic world. A graduate from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, he has worked for several creative businesses including 3d Models, Worldart, Egg Films, Amazon... Currently running Terror Hippie and Revolutionist, Wesley sets to build a revolution. With an insatiable need to be on the cutting-edge, he creates everything from marketing campaigns to psytrance. Wesley also makes music prolifically under the alias Trhip. #TerrorHippie #BeRevolutionary
What's your favorite accomplishment?
Trhip, my psytrance act - www.soundcloud.com/trhip
How do you define cool?
Something that stirs the soul.
What is your secret to uncovering trends?
Hunt like a lion in the wild.
What are your tips for writing a juicy post?
Obsess about the story
What inspires or excites you?
Anything crazy, everything beautiful!
Predict something awesome for 2020?
State-of-the-art bio-tech implants or Armageddon...
Action Hero Auto Ads
Action Hero Auto Ads
Jean Claude Van Damme Does the Splits in Between Two Moving Volvo Trucks
Action hero Jean Claude Van Damme appeared recently in the Volvo Trucks ad doing his famous split between two reversing trucks. The ad does a test to demonstrate the stability and precision of... MORE
African-Dancing Fashion Ads
African-Dancing Fashion Ads
Egg Films' Sunu Captures Daring Tourists Having Fun African Style
Egg Films’ Sunu recently directed ‘Nothing’s More Fun Than a Sho’t Left,’ for Ireland/Davenport, capturing the vibrant spirit of modern African dance styles. Sunu... MORE
Premium Foiled Tabloids
Premium Foiled Tabloids
The Joos Tabloid by Pure Publishing is a Luxurious Design
The Joos tabloid, created by Pure Publishing, is covered with a gold and orange premium foil on A3 white paper and adds a luxurious feel to the newspaper concept. Designed for Joos, a manufacturer... MORE
Imposed Drawing Photography
Imposed Drawing Photography
3D Management Model Rianne Van Dijk Stars in This Mixed Media Shoot
Photo manipulation has given rise to all kinds of interesting photo developments, and this 3D Management shoot captures its glory in a whimsical Paris-themed fashion. Combining playful mixed media... MORE
Pale Skeletal Fashiontography
Pale Skeletal Fashiontography
3D Management Anna Kliewer Captured Stunningly in Skeletal Swimwear
It’s evident in daily life that skeletal fashion is popular across the globe. You see it on television and in the streets and 3D Management takes this concept and embraces it in a beautiful... MORE
Tribal Dubstep Films
Tribal Dubstep Films
Silver Lining Pictures Combines African Culture with Ethereal Film Effects
This Viva Entertainment Production music video for Benedikt Sebastian’s song ‘LOS UIT MY TAAL’ (Leave My Language Alone) brings an unorthodox mix of Afrikaans, angels and dubstep. The... MORE
Unorthodox Paint Fashiontography
Unorthodox Paint Fashiontography
3D Management Model Triin Styles White Paint
Nowadays almost anything can be styled as a fashion piece, even paint. 3D Management super model Triin struts it gloriously in this African-inspired fashion shoot. The beautiful styled white paint... MORE
Cyborg Rugby Players
Cyborg Rugby Players
Lowe Bull's Award-Winning 'Don't Blink' Campaign is Futuristic
If you thought rugby and cyborgs would never meet paths, think again: Lowe Bull has done it and it looks fantastic. The cyborg feel brings a slick hardcore fantasy perception to rugby and I’m not surprised… MORE
Cross-Cultural Illustrations
Cross-Cultural Illustrations
Diane Victor's Paradoxical Lithograph Series Mixes Societal Fab
Designed in one to three colors, Diane Victor’s lithograph series will get you thinking and mesmerized. Taking on issues of China’s relationship to Africa, migrant labor, the poaching of rhinos and sexual… MORE
Skeletal Motion Puppetry
Skeletal Motion Puppetry
Bad Man He Comin' by Mr. Cat & the Jackal is Hilariously Bizarre
If you delight in old school puppetry and innovative musical videos then, Bad Man He Comin' by Mr. Cat & the Jackal will probably fill you with joy. Using skeletal puppetry and funny story plots, the… MORE
Adventurous Multicultural Ads
Adventurous Multicultural Ads
Roadtrip by Jason Fialkov Shows You How to Have a Good Time
The Wimpy and Engen Roadtrip commercial directed by Jason Fialkov captures multicultural South African people singing together in a fun adventure. With the famous theme song ‘I’m so Excited’ by Trevor… MORE
Family Utopia Ads
Family Utopia Ads
Chevrolet Captiva Gold by Jason Fialkov Captures the Magic of Family Adventure
The Chevrolet Captiva Gold commercial by director Jason Fialkov captures golden sunrays and the magic of a family adventure to bring a powerful ad. Taking place in the wonderful tranquility of nature,… MORE
See-Through Ad Effects
See-Through Ad Effects
Go on an Adventurous Journey with 'Always Visible' by Bruno Bossi
The C-Track Intelligent Tracking ‘Always Visible’ commercial by Bruno Bossi cleverly captures see-through film effects to show that nothing obscures from c-track. From rearranging buildings to reorganizing… MORE
Secret Society Illustrations
Secret Society Illustrations
One Horse Town Captures Esoteric Concepts and Illuminati Symbolism
One Horse Town uses a secret language with the use of symbols in the collective's Mexicana illustrations that has Illuminati written all over it. It’s not the subtle symbolism seen in advertisements, but… MORE
Playing Pretend Photography
Playing Pretend Photography
Kass Dea Captures Models in an Endearing Make-Believe Setting
‘Step Out of the Box and Step Into Make Believe’ by Kass Dea takes you into a world of make-believe. From Goldilocks reading storybooks in heels to a lady in pink and black striped leggings surrounded… MORE
Sci-Fi Scarytale Photography
Sci-Fi Scarytale Photography
The 'Project Aiko: Rise of the Machines' Series is Creatively Dark
'Project Aiko: Rise of the Machines' is shot by Stephen Greeff and is a dark sci-fi sensation. It captures three models in creative scarytale themes. Featured in One Small Seed magazine, the series showcases… MORE
Trippy Mirrored Photography
Trippy Mirrored Photography
'Lest We Forget' by Neil Acid Captures Real Life and Wonderland
Imagine everything you captured in the majesty of a drawing and mirroring yourself in a creative childlike portrait. After all of that, then it's possible you've grasped the magical photography style of… MORE
Emission-Free Solar Cars
Emission-Free Solar Cars
The Nau Ecco Design is a Zero-Emission Example of Mobile Living
The Nau Ecco car is the future of vehicles (or at least I hope so). The design is luxuriously futuristic and boasts itself to be a zero-emissions vehicle which offers an eco-friendly solution to commuting… MORE
Swarthy Skate Art
Swarthy Skate Art
The Joshua M. Smith Laser-Etched Pieces Capture Wicked Animal Prints
There are plenty of awesome skateboard designs around, but not many of them capture the swarthy complexion of Joshua M. Smith laser-etched pieces. Created for a show at 1AM Gallery in San Francisco,… MORE
Bizarre Festival Photography
Bizarre Festival Photography
The Sean Mcleod 'Afrika Burns' Series Captures Strange Vehicles
Sean Mcleod captures unconventionally strange and fun-looking vehicles with exciting detail in his Afrika Burns 2011 series. The series captures eight eccentric wagons each unique in concept and design.… MORE
Hunky Redhead Photography
Hunky Redhead Photography
The Michelle Viljoen Photo Series Captures Matching Hair and Fashion
The Michelle Viljoen Photo Series captures a redheaded hunk in a forest with matching fire-colored fashion. Viljoen focuses more on the model and the fashion than on the forest as the combination of… MORE
Racy Reversible Clothing Ads
Racy Reversible Clothing Ads
Zef Leopard Creates a Unique T-Shirt Idea With Sex Appeal
The Zef Leopard reversible clothing ad is racy and clever as it captures a hot chick demonstrating the company's newly launched reversible range of clothing by taking her shirt off and putting it on again… MORE
Faux See-Through Fashion
Faux See-Through Fashion
The Terrance Bray W11 Collection Captures Camouflaged Human Parts
Titled 'The Epidermal Little Mirrors to the Soul,' The Terrance Bray Winter 2011 collection explores camouflaged human parts and psychological duality. From handprints on a shirt's side pockets depicting… MORE
Surreal Scarytale Illustrations
Surreal Scarytale Illustrations
The Olivia Stephan 'Matters of the Heart' Series is Haunted
Olivia Stephan captures the haunting thrill of surreal scarytales in her series titled Matters of the Heart which features on acrylic washes on Fabriano paper. It will take you on an exciting journey of… MORE
Distorted Demonic Paintings
Distorted Demonic Paintings
The Intoxicated Demons Robert Proch Series is Ethereal
What drives people to buy art, especially expensive art? Is it the grand idea, the talented artist’s touch or just a pure love for art? Whatever the reason, the Intoxicated Demons Robert Proch mixed-media… MORE
Geektastic Retrography
Geektastic Retrography
The Hot Fashion Photography of Theunis Stofberg is Weirdly Nerdy
Theunis Stofberg’s fashion photography captures models in nerdy fashion ensembles and geeky glasses with an overall old-school feel. Excellent photography is what Stofberg is all about and this concept… MORE
Coral Accented Ensembles
Coral Accented Ensembles
The Terrence Bray SS11 Collection Will Inspire You to Go Tropical
Lively, imaginative and elegant, this Terrence Bray’s SS11 collection captures these three qualities with an exotic and tropical overall feel. The ladies will love the Japanese-inspired hats, sumptuous… MORE
Spiritual Sci-Fi Illustrations
Spiritual Sci-Fi Illustrations
This Intoxicated Demons Radical Art Will Put You in a Trance
The Intoxicated Demons Danny Figueroa series is filled with enlightened characters of a sci-fi world. Its art style is quite hypnotic and makes you feel the power of this strange and wonderful world depicted… MORE
Detached Skate Art
Detached Skate Art
The 7 Skate Deck Totem by Pale Horse Design Adds Tribal Value to Skating
The 7 Skate Deck Totem from Pale Horse brilliantly captures a unique set of tribal figures. If you’re into art, skateboarding or enlightened themes, you’ll really love this series. The totem pole installation… MORE
Submerged Splash Photography
Submerged Splash Photography
Underwater Splashes by Ilse Moore is Playfully Tempting
The Ilse Moore Underwater Splashes series captures model Anel in a delightful underwater photoshoot. The submerged splash technique is actually quite simple. It seems really fun and can be played with… MORE
Inspiring SOS Films
Inspiring SOS Films
Michael Cina's Creative Boxed Messages Show You How You Can Save People
This film with box art direction and design by Michael Cina for Doc to Dock captures the influential art of boxed messages in films and its powerful SOS social good ploy that aims to save many. Created… MORE
Freaky Family Tale Art
Freaky Family Tale Art
The Andy Hixon Series Shows that Family Should Stick Together
The Andy Hixon series for the graphic novel 'The Tale Of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone,' a book written by Ravi Thornton, conveys a freaky family tale through brilliant artworks. There's no doubt… MORE
Massive Monument Installations
Massive Monument Installations
Anish Kapoor's Cathedral-like Installation in Paris is Incredible
Leading artist Anish Kapoor recently created a temporary, site-specific massive monument installation inside the nave of the Grand Palais’ Monumenta glass-domed hall. Created for the 2011 edition of Monumenta,… MORE
Playful Ball Accessories
Playful Ball Accessories
Henry Holland Brings Colorful Fluffy Pom Pom Earrings
Following a fringe theme, the Man Alive 2011 collection by Henry Holland (of House of Holland) embraced retro fashion with decorated fashion pieces that will get you looking like a hot fashionista from… MORE
Submerged Bubble Photography
Submerged Bubble Photography
Ilse Moore Captures Francois Rocking a Guitar Underwater
Francois en sy kitaar by Ilse Moore is a striking series of images that feature an underwater guitar-rocking photo shoot with bubbles. Moore’s photography showcases Francois wearing ordinary clothes… MORE
Witty Interactive Illustrations
Witty Interactive Illustrations
Infiltrate Media Challenges You With Their Ambiguous Designs
Infiltrate Media, an independent creative studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa, created a series of illustrations with double meanings for an FNB campaign launched in February 2011. There are ambiguous… MORE

Featured Ideas

Futuristic V-Shaped Fashion
Futuristic V-Shaped Fashion
The Vergi SS 2011 Line Shows the Future of Couture
The Vergi SS 2011 collection is a look into the future of fashion. Titled Futuristic Fashion On Demand, this Vergi photo shoot emphasizes the importance of inspiration from concepts of futurism and suggests… MORE
Raver Photography
Raver Photography
Perchance to Dream by Rachel Doyle Captures Surreal Photo Effects
Rachel Doyle’s Perchance to Dream series captures a trippy world with surreal photo effects that shows how photography can capture the magical invisible world around us. Doyle is a South African photographer… MORE
Zany Festival Trailers
Zany Festival Trailers
The Dominator Festival Trailer 2011 Carnival Art is Thrillingly Dark
The Dominator Festival 2011 trailer brings a captivating display of visual arts, a sinister carnival theme and a scary voice unfolding the themes of the event. It's a thrilling innovation in music festival… MORE
Naturalistic Beaded Necklaces
Naturalistic Beaded Necklaces
Thessa Bos Fringe Arts 2011 Brings Unique African-Inspired Designs
Thessa Bos Fringe Arts 2011 brings a quality collection of contemporary South African and uniquely designed crafts that embody an unusual artifact style. The organization recently earned an excess of… MORE
Cross-Cultural Illustrations
Cross-Cultural Illustrations
Diane Victor's Paradoxical Lithograph Series Mixes Societal Fab
Designed in one to three colors, Diane Victor’s lithograph series will get you thinking and mesmerized. Taking on issues of China’s relationship to Africa, migrant labor, the poaching of rhinos and sexual… MORE
Utopian Fashion Videos
Utopian Fashion Videos
The Juicy Couture S/S 2011 Ad Campaign is Dazzlingly Dreamy
Model Viktoriya Sasonkina joins veterans Daria Strokous and Hanne Gaby Odiele for the Juicy Couture Spring/Summer 2011 ad campaign. The team lounges in a utopian scene with girly colors and laid-back musical… MORE
Clashing Spring Collections
Clashing Spring Collections
The Junko Shimada SS 2011 Collection Combines Patterns and Styles
Dots are cool, stripes are dazzling, and feminine sailor couture is hot--but combine the three together as seen in the Junko Shimada SS 2011 collection, and it’s total genius. The Junko Shimada SS 2011… MORE
Futuristic Fashion Films
Futuristic Fashion Films
Ruth Hogben Takes the Gareth Pugh Fall 11 Collection to Heavenly Heights
Gareth Pugh Pitti 2011 is a breathtaking film directed by Ruth Hogben that takes Pugh’s Winter 2011 collection to a mysterious world of rectangular folded designs and body movement. The finished product… MORE
Puppet Fashion Films
Puppet Fashion Films
The Double Identity by Karolina Zmarlak Sickly Sweet
The Double Identity by fashion designer Karolina Zmarlak stars models Flynn Wilhelmina and Anna Schilling in a sickly sweet puppet performance comprised of weird robotic dances and suffocation scenes.… MORE
Intricate Supremacy Collections
Intricate Supremacy Collections
The Medusa Collection by Eugene Lin Brings Magnificent Showpieces
If you’re a luxury fanatic with a special love for detailed fashion and masks, the Medusa 2011 collection by Eugene Lin is perfect for you. From opulent, thick wools and dense stone prints to feminine… MORE
Crystalline Editorials
Crystalline Editorials
The Noire Photo Shoot of Ali Lagarde by Alexis Marcou Exudes Realism
The Noire photo shoot of Ali Lagarde by Alexis Marcou shows off photo-manipulation skills that are detailed and highly original, bringing a new concept to digital illustration. This black-and-white series… MORE
Whimsically Colorful Clocks
Whimsically Colorful Clocks
The Plex Led Cuckoo Clock by Diamantini & Domeniconi is a Must Have
The Plex LED cuckoo clock by Italian designers and manufactures Diamantini and Domeniconi embodies a style of simplicity and luxury. These are original table cuckoo clocks made in birch multilayer with… MORE
Freaky Family Tale Art
Freaky Family Tale Art
The Andy Hixon Series Shows that Family Should Stick Together
The Andy Hixon series for the graphic novel 'The Tale Of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone,' a book written by Ravi Thornton, conveys a freaky family tale through brilliant artworks. There's no doubt… MORE
African-Dancing Fashion Ads
African-Dancing Fashion Ads
Egg Films' Sunu Captures Daring Tourists Having Fun African Style
Egg Films’ Sunu recently directed ‘Nothing’s More Fun Than a Sho’t Left,’ for Ireland/Davenport, capturing the vibrant spirit of modern African dance styles. Sunu... MORE