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One Bit Wonder
Designers Camile Orillaneda and Leon Hong make up One Bit Wonder . Their papercraft creations are not only delicate and artful but, they say, made with construction paper, Elmer’s white glue, and child-safe scissors. So, though they don’t offer any step-by-step instructions, let ...
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Nuthin’ But Mech
Nuthin’ But Mech promises robots, and robots is what it delivers. The group blog features mech, robots, and automatica drawn by almost two dozen different artists, including Jake Parker, who work is shown here. Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog |  ...
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Dan Santat’s OH NO! Cover
Dan Santat’s OH NO! Cover
drawn.ca — Children’s book illustrator extraordinaire Dan Santat was inspired by old 1960’s Japanese monster movie posters and vintage... sci-fi magazine covers when he created the cover for his soon-to-be-released book OH NO! (Or, How My Science ... (more) Dan Santat’s OH NO! Cover
Badaboum Twist
What a nice surprise to discover the autobiographical comics of David Libens. His Badaboum Twist boasts an enviable spontaneity and looseness. (via James Sturm ) Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | No comments Tags: Comics , David ...
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Chris Grine’s Chickenhare now a webcomic
After publishing two volumes of his Chickenhare title as black and white graphic novels with Dark Horse Comics, Chris Grine turns the focus of its third volume to the Internet. Chickenhare Vol. 3: Fish & Grymps has debuted as a full-colour webcomic, free to all. I enjoyed the first ...
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In Radiolab We Trust
Radiolab is my favourite thing on the airwaves. Or podwaves, or whatever you want to call them. And now the science and philosophy podcast for the layman has been treated to a tribute by some of my favourite designers and illustrators. In Radiolab We Trust is a set of affordable Gocco ...
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Arcade Expressionism
Loving these expressionistic paintings of classic arcade games by Brock Davis. He created them as part of his Make Something Cool Every Day 2009 project. Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | No comments Tags: Brock Davis , Creative ...
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Ape Lad’s Twitter Avatars
Ape Lad’s Twitter Avatars
drawn.ca — You all know and love Adam Koford , and he’s returning that love: check out this amazing... (and growing) set of Twitter avatars , based on the generic little bird they give you if you haven’t uploaded your own. Srsly awsm!  ... (more) Ape Lad’s Twitter Avatars
Hey You Guys! art auction
illustration by Israel Sanchez The “Hey You Guys” Charity ( previously blogged ) is at it again with another wonderful art auction and movie screening. The auction benefits DonorsChoose.org , an organization dedicated to fulfilling the needs of California teachers and ...
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Alec Jones
Alec Jones pumps out some fun, cartoony work. I like the bold outlines and rounded, geometric shapes. His style seems perfectly suited for translating into paper cut-outs, and that’s just what he’s been doing: Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning ...
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Trichrome Blue
Lois van Baarle ’s graduation animation for the Utrecht School of the Arts, Trichrome Blue , is a hypnotic underwater Through the Looking Glass odyssey presented as a strange, futuristic commercial. Looks like we can expect Trichrome Red and Trichrome Yellow in the future . (One ...
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Cloudy Collection Vol. I, Ed. 4 + Subscriptions
It’s that time again: the newest Cloudy Collection letterpress print set is now available! The seven variations on the idea of a repeating pattern in Repeat/Repeat are created by artists Will Bryant, Dustin “UPSO” Hostetler, Mike Perry, Heather Ross, Julia Rothman, Bob ...
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Marriage Proposal By Illustration
Australian illustrator Guy Shield successfully proposed to his girlfriend (now fiancée) last weekend using a series of carefully designed but seemingly arbitrary illustrations. The illustrations, when folded into a specific structure, spelled out the hidden message . Posted by John ...
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The Christmas Card Art of Arnold Roth
The Christmas Card Art of Arnold Roth
drawn.ca — Hogan’s Alley has shared an early Christmas gift with us today–a collection of cartoonist Arnold Roth’s personal... Christmas cards that he has been sending out since the 1950s. My favourite is 1968’s epic Jekyllesque ... (more) The Christmas Card Art of Arnold Roth
Steffi Schütze
Steffi Schütze, AKA “Miss Matzenbatzen” is a vector artist with a passion for fashion. On her blog she takes designs by Moschino, Versace and many others and dresses ladies of her own creation in them. Steffi is one half of the Berlin art studio “nusillu!” , where ...
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Alex Chechik
Alex Chechik only recently graduated from art school and he’s already doing work this sophisticated. Gorgeous! He currently works in Toronto as a freelance illustrator and designer for animation and says his influences include Nicolas Marlet, Tadahiro Uesugi, and vintage ...
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Abecederia
Nobrow is fast becoming my favourite small press outfit. They keep putting out fantastic small runs of illustrated books and comics, all of them beautifully printed. The latest is an English translation of French comicker Blexbolex ’s graphic novella Abecederia. The book is a ...
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Smart Design Mart this weekend in Montreal
Hey Montreal: I’ll be at Smart Design Mart this weekend with some of my books, prints , framed prints and silkscreens. Smart Design Mart is a design fair organized by some amazing local designers, fashion designers and artists. Check out their blog here for an overview of the ...
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Tar Sands animations by La Moustache and James Braithwaite
Montreal animators Dale Hayward and Sylvie Trouve (who, together, form the dynamic duo, La Moustache ) animated these gorgeous sequences from the new documentary H2Oil . The ornate illustrations were done by James Braithwaite . Posted by Matt Forsythe on Drawn! The Illustration and ...
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Roofus the Canine Cannonball
Dan Bob Thompson is selling handmade editions of his children’s book Roofus the Canine Cannonball . It’s an incredibly fun little book with expressive illustrations, and lovely textures, and I was happy to order mine and support Dan’s work. You can also view the story in ...
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