Category: INSPIRATION


  • This thing never gets old.

  • A powerful message from our friends at Studio Shelter. I hope everyone is getting in plenty of time for writing, drawing and creating during the holidays. If you’re putting your creativity to work for the holidays (making your own gifts, cards, goodies, etc), let me know! I’m putting together a post of what readers are…

  • The Human Printerย is a group of people that prints CMYK and B&W dot pattern photos BY HAND.. dot by dot.. with markers.

  • ‘Remake’ isย booooooom.com’s newest art project/contest, where students in the UK were challenged to use photography to recreate some of the world’s most famous pieces of art. I could easily blow an entire afternoon scrolling through the goodies they’ve collected. Check ’em out: And my personal favorite: Fantastic! If you want to see the full collection…

  • [vimeo 33018637 w=572 h=429] Time is finite, but we act as if it were otherwise, assuming that longer hours always lead to increased productivity. But in reality our bodies are designed to pulse and pause – to expend energy and then renew it. In this revelatory talk, energy expert Tony Schwartz debunks common productivity myths…

  • [vimeo http://vimeo.com/33034994] Beautiful preview of some stunning work from Jolby & Friends. Their show “Shapes & Smiles” opens in justย 2 weeks atย Subtext Galleryย in San Diego.

  • I love seeing people succeed. I truly believe that the heart of creativity is the search for finding a way, in whatever capacity or situation. Whether it’s communicating an idea, balancing out a daily schedule, or getting along with a neighbor, creativity seems concerned with finding solutions. Coming up with a story, or writing a…

  • (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…

  • I loveย Quentin Blake’s drawings. Ever since the first grade, I’ve devoured his illustrations and stories. It’s so exciting for me as an adult to be able to pull up interviews with him and watch videos of him drawing nearly any time I’d like. I recently came across these two interviews, that include footage of him…

  • “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…