“Welcome to Doodle 4 Google, a contest where we invite students in the United States to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google’s homepage logo for millions to see. This year, we ask students to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, “If I could travel in time, I’d visit…” One lucky…
I’ve posted this quote before, but the text with Ira’s voice is a different experience. For those of you who didn’t catch it the first time (and for those of us who need a powerful reminder), here is Ira Glass on what makes good work:
That’s it. For years I’ve been wanting to make my own Look-n-Find book, and this freelance illustration put me over the edge. I’m doing it. I’m making own Look-n-Find book! FOUND is going to be a look-n-find parody, filled with hand-drawn, full-color illustrations of characters and items to find. You know, like Waldo! I’ll be…
He’s in here somewhere! At least I think I remember drawing him in somewhere… I’ve been having a blast drawing my first Where’s Waldo?-type illustration. While there are plenty of things to find, I wanted to share with you a little bit about how much fun this was to color. I packed each major stage of…
Still plugging away at my Where’s Bigfoot? drawing. I was nervous at first, that I wouldn’t know what to draw after a couple of hours, but it’s been a lot of fun coming up with creatures and scenery, and it’s coming to me a lot more easily than I thought it would. I guess all…
Recently, I was commissioned to make a giant Where’s Bigfoot? illustration. (You know, like a Where’s Waldo?, but with bigfoot.) I’ve been snapping a few photos of the drawing process along the way and thought I’d share ’em here. For all you equipment junkies: I’m drawing with a Micron 08 technical pen on 11×14″ Strathmore smooth…
A lot of artists that I follow have shared videos of themselves working through their own illustration and design processes, and the videos have been incredibly informative for me in my work. I decided to record one of my own illustrations, from start to finish, and here it is!
For those of you who are new to this blog, or are trying to figure out who I am and what I do: this post is for you. HELLO. MY NAME IS JESS SMART SMILEY & I MAKE RAD PICTURES. Despite what my name might suggest (and ponytail in this photo), I’m a guy. It’s…
I came across this process post from Pieter M. Dorrenboom via the Drawn! blog, taking us through Pieter’s illustration process from start to finish: What I would like to do, is to tell you something about the making of the illustrations. Several times I’ve noticed that some people don’t realize how an illustration is made and how…
Ben Chestnut is the CEO and co-founder of MailChimp.com, one of the most successful e-mail marketing companies around, with over 1.2 million users. They were recently featured in “Fast Company” for their non-traditional corporate culture and creative environment. In this Creative Mornings presentation, Ben talks about the history of the company and what he does as…