Archive for 'technique'
mugs in blueberry
Skinny laMink creates lovely vintage mug tea towels! She also has some great concepts for ceramics, paper and vinyl. Great stuff.
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under everyday art, materials, technique.
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Speaking of Rip-Off Artists
a majority of contemporary paintings are created in dafen, china by talented but anonymous artists who use their skills to recreate famous works of art. an organization called Regional invited some of those craftsmen to paint themselves. “The final works show the technical, creative, and professional facets of the artists identities subsumed by the styles [...]
Posted: April 19th, 2008 under artists, contests/projects, everyday art, technique.
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red and white by Elsa Mora
This 3-D looking paper doll by Elsa Mora is absolutely stunning! Check out more of her stuffs on her blog and flickr and even buy her jazz on etsy. ps. This necklace is also gorgeous :)
Posted: March 11th, 2008 under artists, sculpture, technique.
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Quentin Blake
excerpted from Quentin Blake’s Message to Illustrators: “It is quite difficult to offer advice to an artist starting out in illustration without talking about individual portfolios of work. There are problems about who, artistically, you are; your relationship with your talent and what actually is. You may find something out by discussion with your companions [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2008 under artists, technique.
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Write to Done. A guide to cleaning up.
I happened upon a great little site for those of us who spill our blogging guts through writing. I for one love to write, and though my version of the craft can be choppy and enormously random, I have a great interest in the “right” way to write. Granted, that is a VERY subjective subject, [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2008 under technique.
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child with dove
Rama suggested awhile back that we feature a specific piece of art that we love or inspires us. For me it has always been this piece by Picasso. A big poster print of it hangs in my studio and I have been privileged to see it in person twice at the National Gallery in [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2008 under artists, technique.
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PIXFIX
Check out Bob Staake’s new section on his site called PixFix. He’s uploaded videos to YouTube of how he creates his magnificent illustrations in Photoshop 3.0 … yeah that’s right. VERSION THREEEEEEeeee! Proving it’s not the computer. It’s not the version. It’s the talent that still makes a illustration in the year 2008.
Posted: January 3rd, 2008 under artists, technique, video.
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Miguel Porto of Madrid
Stumbled upon the work of Miguel Porto today. Neat comic stuff on his flickr. Great work!
Posted: September 18th, 2007 under artists, technique.
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