Over the last couple of years I’ve been drawing portraits of people. The pictures started off as an exercise in trying to capture a likeness of a person and to try out new tools and programs. At first, I drew only portraits of my family and close friends—those people that would be kind enough to…
A Viewmaster invitation serves as a great way for couples to integrate their engagement photos into their wedding invitations. Created while at Mélangerie Inc. Event design by Rock Paper Scissors Events. Photography by Jen Huang.* *reposted from Lesley Weiner
Have you ever wanted to design your own watch? NOOKA is partnering with MESH01 to push the limits of what we know as the watch. They’re running a competition, ending October 11, to design a new watch and the chance to win up to $2,500. I can’t wait to see what you come up with.…
Welcome, all new subscribers, and happy October! I’m giving away a copy of my comic, A Map in the Dirt, right here on the blog. All you have to do is leave a comment on any post between now and October 31. I’ll pick a comment at random and the winner will receive a copy…
130,000 pieces. Nothing but Legos. 600 man hours. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Victorian on Mud Heap: This isn’t Mike Doyle’s first time around the brick. The Victorian is the third installment in his series of abandoned houses. “Some ask if Lego brick building is Art. To me, that is like asking is sculpting with…
My wife’s favorite animal is the elephant, so over the last ten years I’ve drawn a lot of ’em. I thought it would be fun to pull some of them out of hiding and see how they all look together. This is a page from last week’s sketchbook:
More pages from my sketchbook. Some pages are filled with nothing but notes, while others are crammed full of drawings. Nothing in my sketchbook is considered “finished”—it’s all working towards something, working out the ideas, techniques, methods, and content for whatever it is I’m doing. My sketchbook is my notebook, journal, To Do list, calendar…
6 years in the making. 672 pages. Arabic calligraphy. Islamic mythology. Hardbound. Foil-stamped. Out today. “I never know the endings of the books when I’m working on them. I spent a year on the first rough draft and couldn’t figure out the ending. Then I spent another year on the second rough draft, and still…
Centered City Yoga (Utah) is seeking an artist to execute a work of art for Centered City Yoga, with payment of $250 to cover cost of time and materials. The purpose of this piece is to create two-dimensional signage for the new Centered City Yoga Revolution studio, located downstairs at the 918 south 900 east…