Make a Monster, daVinci style, at the Universal Leonardo site.

Gale Kaseguma is one of those artists whose website I’ve had in my bookmarks for ages, and I kinda forgot about, until today when I received an email from her mailing list announcing updates to her site, Kidmodern.com. It’s clean and pretty, easy to navigate, and full of colorful happy art intended for children. Gale’s [...]

thinkspace gallery is sponsoring Re:Mission, a charity art event benefiting children with cancer at the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. The proceeds will support the creation of an art book displaying all the donated works, as well as the Mark Taper and Johnny Mercer Artists Program at the hospital.
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Simple simple simple. And beautiful bright and sunny. That’s how I’d describe Yamauchi Kazuaki’s illustration. I’m a big fan of anything that uses only a few lines or shapes or strokes to convey an image… and Kazuaki seems to be a master. Prepare for a smile when you visit the site… It’s like candy.

I was admiring Luis Vázquez’s work and came across a blog entry of his showing his very first drawing. I thought - wow! How fun would it be to collect early drawings from art makers all over the web?
So here’s my challenge - if you have any of your doodlings from early childhood, post ‘em [...]

I have long been a fan of fellow Canadian Isabelle Arsenault’s editorial work, her subtle palettes, rounded shapes, graphic but painterly presentation and brilliant conceptual ability, but looking thru her on-line portfolio yesterday, it was her children’s work that really grabbed me. The colors are brighter, happier, there’s more depth and detail to the [...]

I don’t have children. I don’t buy children’s furniture or toys. I have, however, received the Land of Nod’s catalogs in the mail for 5 years. Why? Because a) the cover is always, always illustrated beautifully, b) the patterns and colors on their products are cheery and inspiring, and 3) I did work in toys [...]

In my personal pantheon, children’s artist Peter McCarty is absolutely king (where he reigns benevolently, with plenty of chocolate, graphite and quality paper for all) . I haven’t been able to find a tremendous amount about him online, but just take a peek at the (thankfully large) images under the “books” section of his personal [...]