Archive for 'the art of living'
Ever at a loss for words?
It can happen… perhaps rarely, but eventually. When the day comes that you encounter Blogger’s block and can’t think of a single thing to write about, but want to keep things active and interesting, try something from this list by art and print market expert Barney Davey.
Here are the first ten… out of a total [...]
Posted: September 20th, 2007 under the art of living.
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knitted cupcakes
Completely unrelated to illustration or design but still wonderfully creative! Knitted cupcakes. Can you believe that stuff is made from icing?!?! I am blown away by the cuteness.
I don’t know if I could bring myself to eat em’. I take that back.
Check out more beautiful creations on vegan yum yum, authored by Lolo!
Posted: September 17th, 2007 under the art of living.
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The James Jean Special
my brother and sister celebrate a phenomenon that they call “the tuna fish special.” you have experienced it, i’m sure, when you talk about a movie and, soon afterwards, it airs on tv. they named it the tuna fish special because, once you utter that phrase, you will begin to see it everywhere. on menus. [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2007 under Blogroll, artists, comic, the art of living.
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facehooked!
In my opinion, this t-shirt illustration sums up the majority of society these days. As Luke Ramsey points out on Threadless: “This design is a joke about the online social community ” Facebook.” I for one, have been wasting my time being “face hooked.” I created this design to remind me to spend more time [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2007 under the art of living.
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Happy Birthday!
Great idea, Brianna! What better way to honor the creator of Illustration Friday? Here’s my contribution… an old IF illustration I did when the weekly topic was “Ancient”. O, the irony!:D
Happiest of Birthdays, Penny! Eat LOTS of cake. Or pie. Your choice.
Posted: September 6th, 2007 under the art of living.
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Happy Birthday, Penelope!!
Sept. 5th is Penelope’s birthday, and she’s currently celebrating on a wee vacation. So I thought I’d post a few selections from the IF Topic “Cake” so we could celebrate here with her. Happy Birthday, Penelope!!
Illustration by Erik Brooks
“The Cakewalk” by Sweet Pea
Posted: September 5th, 2007 under artists, the art of living.
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Just Jinky
Our focus here on IF Blog is of course, illustration. And I would have it no other way. But one of my primary sources of inspiration is photography and there is no photographer I find more inspirational, more “jinky” (whatever that means… must be an Aussie thing) than Barb “Jinky” Uil. Her photographs of children [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2007 under photography, the art of living.
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A Cartoonist’s Campaign
my former cartooning teacher, bill brown, is running for president! check out his very appealing platform!
Posted: August 27th, 2007 under cartoon, comic, the art of living.
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