The Year of the Horse continues with the month of February! Get the print here, or download the wallpaper for your phone or computer below: 2560 x 1440 1920 x 1080 1440 x 900 1280 x 1024 1280 x 800 320 x 480
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQfMaFKoCI His banjo “surrounds hate and forces it to surrender” – rest in peace Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919-January 27, 2014). This man and his work hold so much meaning for me and I can’t possibly count the number of hours I’ve spent listening to his music, reading his lyrics and writing, and pondering his…
I recently came across this great post from Adam Rex on his process for illustrating the picture book Chu’s Day, written by Neil Gaiman, and thought I’d pass it along. The post is a brief overview of the roughly 6-month process that Adam put into creating Chu’s Day. (Adam mentions in the comments that “I can work on…
(from the Chicago Reader) We’re delighted to announce the return of the Reader‘s Comics Issue, and this time we’d like to open the door to submissions from the midwest’s impressive comics community. While the competition is open to all, we favor submissions from the Chicagoland area. The curator of the issue is none other than…
Since 2006 Pittsburgh-based husband and wife Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth have run the Tugboat Printshop, a traditional printmaking studio where everything is made by hand, starting with the giant slabs of wood into which each of their images are carved. The Moon is their largest hand-carved relief print ever coming in at 36″ x 32″ (91 x…
Utah native Drew Danburry has been nominated for Salt Lake City Weekly’s Best of Music 2013–which will come as no surprise to those familiar with his music. 2013 was an incredible year for music, here in Utah, and Drew has been listed (appropriately) alongside Joshua James, Parlor Hawk, Mideau, and Polytype. I had the unique pleasure of…
Happy weekend, everyone! Enjoy these quick illusions from Zach King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-MIhsx1xg Vines may only be about six seconds long, but that’s all Zach King needs to to pull an awesome trick, illusion or silly stunt. And before you can react or wonder how he did it, boom, he hits you with another neat parlor trick.
(via designsponge) Design: Etch-A-Sketch (originally known as “L’Ecran Magique,” meaning “The Magic Screen”) Designer: André Cassagnes (1926-2013) Date: 1959 Country of Origin: France Manufacturer: Ohio Art Company Background: The Etch-A-Sketch’s inventor, André Cassagnes, worked as an electrical technician and happened upon his inspiration for the popular toy by chance—during the installation of a factory light switch plate. Cassagnes noticed that when he…
Excerpts from John Steinbeck’s diary while writing The Grapes of Wrath (via Austin Kleon) In 1938, John Steinbeck began writing what he hoped would be a great novel, and to keep track of his writing progress, he started a daily diary. “Here is the diary of a book…it will be interesting to see how it…