Ben Heine.

Ben Heine born in 1983 is a Belgian artist. He has produced many pieces of artwork and some of his best known pieces are 'Pencil Vs Camera', 'Digital Circlism and 'Flesh and Acrylic'. He is interested in a variety of art movements such as Surrealism, Pop Art, Geometric Abstraction, Expressionism and Social Realism. He has exhibited his work in many countries such as; South Korea, UK, Brazil, Romania, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, US and Turkey.

'Pencil Vs Camera was invented by Ben himself. It is his trademark and one of the most creative art concepts which has influenced many other artists. The style combines drawing and photography in a unique and unusual way. You can always see his hand in his pieces because it represents the connection between the viewer, artist and the piece itself. His pieces he tells a story using imagination, illusion, poetry and Surrealism.

'Flesh and Acrylic' was a project started in 2011. In this he creates abstract paintings on wooden panels using acrylic paint. He then uses a living model to blend into the background by painting them as well, he does this because he wants the model to become invisible. The unusual fact about this project is that a living person is incorporated into the piece itself and becomes part of the composition, this makes it more intriguing to look at because it almost becomes and illusion.

'Digital Circlism' was a project started in 2010. With this project he created portraits of celebrities digitally using only circles. The style of the pieces take elements from the art styles of Pop Art and Pointillism. He recreates iconic faces from history and pop culture with circles in a range of colours and sizes which gives them a 3D look.

This is an example of one of the pieces from his 'Pencil Vs Camera' series.

This is an example of one of the pieces from his 'Flesh and Acrylic' series.

This is an example of one of the pieces from his 'Digital Circlism' series.

The pieces of his work that most interest me are his photography and illustration pieces because he makes his own interpretations and stories from the photographs he uses. This adds interest to the piece and may lead to the viewer having to look twice as the subject of the illustration of the piece is unexpected. Ben Heine has influenced my own multi-disciplinary outcome because I have used the same technique using my own photograph and illustration. I have used a different style of photograph because I have used a portrait of an animal whereas Heine usually used landscapes in his pieces, however I have still used the idea of imagery you would not normally see together which is linked to the theme of exquisite corpse.