Our May 2011 issue is about to hit newsstands, and we are pleased to announce that Los Angeles-based fine artist, Eric Yahnker, is the cover of both our newsstand and subscriber covers. After a successful solo exhibition, Cracks of Dawn, earlier this year with Ambach & Rice at Kunsthalle in LA, we sat down with the artist and talked about lifting weights and process. Covers after the jump . . .

Aled Lewis, whom we just had a chance to connect with in the magazine, is fast-becoming one of our favorite new artists. Aled has enough wit to fill up this entire, or his entire blog, because he is in the midst of "Make Something Cool Everyday" Project, where he makes something cool everyday. Right now, we are into his toy story pieces. Lots more after the jump . . .