Category: DESIGN


  • (reposted from Doodler’s Anonymous) The ideas, doodles and concepts drawn in sketchbooks can often breed some of the most exceptional and lasting things. It’s the way Doodlers Anonymous wasย thought upย and believe it or not, it’s also the way many of the icons and fonts on the Apple Mac were originally devised. In 1982,ย Susan Kare, a…

  • “Frank Santoro is startยญing his ownย Correspondence Course, but itโ€™s small: only ten stuยญdents will be accepted.ย  It is aย one-on-one 8-week corยญreยญsponยญdence course over phone, e-mail and snail mail.ย  Heโ€™sย  going to focus specifยญiยญcally on advancยญing your underยญstandยญing of layยญouts, color, conยญtour line drawยญing, and printยญmakยญing for proยญducยญing comicย books. Frank is an astonยญishยญingly accomยญplished artist, and…

  • One of my favorite blogs,ย Design*Sponge,ย is offering a $10k scholarship for art and design studentsย to assist in the pursuit of their creative endeavors through financial support. The deadline is Monday, so if you’re interested, apply now! (I wish I would have known about something like this when I was in school.) Find out more about the…

  • The Human Calendar is still one of my favorite things on the internet.

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    “Students! You have just under a month to get your applications in for theย Jay Kennedy cartooning scholarship. This is a great opportunity to not only help pay for your education, but to meet and be celebrated by the NCS at their annual Reuben Awards party weekend.” -Reposted from Drawn

  • Here’s an interesting video, working with the idea that better ideas take more time: [youtube=http://youtu.be/jgvx9OfZKJw] There’s definitely something to it, but I think it’s part of something bigger. For me, time certainly helps—but only to a point. After I’ve had so much time to develop an idea, and then take more time to play with…

  • Great news for music fans: John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles‘ debut album, “Black Shuck/Old Crow” comes out just two weeks from today!ย About a month and a half ago I posted the artwork I made for the album, and I’ve just finished making flyers for the release show. Nearly two years ago I started freelancing full-time,…

  • Just three days left to win your own copy of my short story in comics form, A Map in the Dirt!ย All you have to do is leave a comment on any post between now and October 31. Iโ€™ll pick a comment at random and the winner will receive a copy ofย A Map in the Dirt.…

  • If this Masterpiece Pattern Sheet from Mo Man Tai doesn’t excite you in some way, I don’t know what I can share with you any more. It’s a dot-to-dot that you complete on your wall, with nails/pins and string. Amazing! I’m seriously thinking about what I can do in my rental condo. Hmm… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=osjcm1cuxkg]

  • Which quadrant are you in? Sharon Ann Lee delivered an incredibly informative and motivational presentation as part of the September 2011 Los Angeles Creative Mornings, and I’m left to ponder even more about my place in the world. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/30717796]