So we’ve finally closed up the call for contributions to the very first issue of Six Years Later. We’re filtering through them all to select the lucky few that will make up the mag. Mags should be ready for purchase through our online store by December. We figured we’d help you with your Christmas shopping... Read On

85% Of The Art I Made Turned Into A Diamond. American sculptor and photographer, David Murray, created this 0.29 carat diamond made from the cremated remains of 24 attempted projects. It’s small, understated and means so much. Not wanting to get sentimental, but its very much like an engagement ring. The time and effort you... Read On

We’ve listened to your objections and after much pulling and pushing with our sponsors, we’ve decided to ditch them and publish Six Years Later independently. This means no restrictions on the age! We invite artists of all ages to contribute your work and apologise for the mix-up! Free hug? So whether you’re a young artist,... Read On

Melbourne-based motion graphics whizz and insanely awesome illustrator, Donald Lim, is someone to keep an eye on. Born in the tropics of Malaysia, he’s settled down here in Melbourne and is producing some impressive work. While he’s worked with a variety of clients for his motion work, it’s his Threadless t-shirt illustrations that have caught... Read On

We’ve talked about Kate Bingaman-Burt before for her book Obssessive Comsuption. This is an image she photographed of a K-Mart that was closing down a couple of years ago. In this article, she talks about ‘calmness’ supermarkets brought her. Calmness to the point of sheer exhaustion, enough to guarantee a goods night’s rest. However, this... Read On

Combining photography, illustration and just a tad of humour, Belgian artist Ben Heine has created some powerful work. Introducing pencil illustration into his photographs he alters everyday scenes adding that other dimension familiar to surrealists. Check out his blog and his flickr stream for more on his Pencil vs Camera series. Read On

Mattias Adolfsson. Swedish. Wife and two daughters. Oh, how I wish he was under 30 so he could be in the mag. His illustrations gives me a touch of nostalgia when I look at them, because they remind me of Quentin Blake’s illustrations that he did for the Roald Dahl books. Don’t even pretend like... Read On

Ben Mousey, aka Green Glasses, is one of my favourites in the world of illustration. Based in London, he’s gained a client list that anyone would envy and built up a portfolio bursting at the seams with variety. Going from character design to backgrounds, advertising to children’s books, animation to editorial… I want his talent.... Read On

Surprise everyone! It’s a Happy Factory. The production pit of what may be the happiest meal of your life is laid bare for all to see. Sweet work by vector master, Skillicorn, who’s also got this step-by-step tutorial for creating your own vector art. Read On

Italian designer Alberto Antoniazzi does some really clean design and infographics. His work is so minimalist that it diffuses into his personal info, so can’t gush about Antoniazzi more. Just check out his site and Tumblr to gush privately. Read On

Cloud Computing … we’re so totally headed there. Tim Durning you, are psychic. Like the painter on Heroes. Philedephia-based illustrator, he’s worked for big-wigs like The New York Times and UPS, he does film concepts, he does comics, he does.. he does lots! Check out his work and blog for more stuff. Read On

American illustrator John Coulter did this piece for the Seattle Met Magazine. It illustrates the current situation of the real estate market at the moment where many people are opting to rent rather than buy their homes, especially if its their first home. It’s an issue that we’re currently facing here in Australia, which was... Read On

Dave Barnes is a Canadian artist taking recycled elements, faded colours and layering them to bring you back to your childhood. What I’m loving about his work is the use of animal silhouettes rather than the same old rectangular canvas as a surface for work. He paints, he draws, he collages, he’s Canadian and he... Read On

Argentinean designer and typography fiend Pablo Alfieri with his moniker Playful has been showing us the way in terms of applying the simplest geometrical shapes to create something so beautiful and distinct that it could only have been born in the 2000′s. Simplicity and chaos are balanced out and emphasized using what I would like... Read On

Brooklyn-based illustratorJohn W Tomac seems to be a master of editorial illustration. Adapting a visual style similar to something you’d see in Times or The New Yorker, he’s up on Six Years Later today because of his piece above entitled, ‘iGnore’. It pretty much gives us the lowdown on how iPod’s and other personal technologies... Read On