One of my favorite comics has come to an end. [reblogged from TopShelfComix.com] The End With a complicated blend of sadness, excitement, and awe, we are proud to celebrate James Kochalka‘s stunning achievement in American Elf, the daily diary comic strip that changed lives, inspired careers, and brought a daily dose of human connection and Kochalka magic…
A Visit From Nikola Tesla Beginning in 2004, painter Alex Bigney underwent experiences that profoundly impacted his art and changed his life. In a series of uncanny dreams the enigmatic and now largely forgotten scientist, Nikola Tesla, visited him. Ironically, the first of these experiences took place before the artist even knew who Tesla was.…
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/52711779 w=500&h=281] <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/52711779″>Landfill Harmonic film teaser</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user7746747″>Landfill Harmonic</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay, where young musicians play instruments made from trash. For more information about the film, please visit facebook.com/landfillharmonicmovie.
We Believe in Picture Books Beginning in August 2012, Candlewick Press has been posting daily videos about picture books. Their plan is to upload a new video, every single day, until August 2013, when they’ll have posted 365 videos of Candle Wick’s authors, illustrators, staff, family and friends, all sharing their love for picture books.…
Get Over It! Stuck in a rut? Feeling uninspired? You are not alone! Earlier this year I created a poster called Get Over It! that addressed the issue of creative blocks and lack of motivation to create. In the months since I first shared the poster, I’ve heard from dozens of friends and colleagues who had a…
This is absolutely mesmerizing. Can your Pentel BrushPen do this? Thanks for the link, Drawn! Below is a bonus video of the same artist, Kim Jung Gi, drawing with magic marker on a dry-erase board. Amazing!
Heimo Korth is the last man standing in 19 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. His neighbors are polar bears and caribous. Say good bye to civilization and see how they do it in the arctic circle on the last frontier in America. In 1980, Jimmy Carter established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Alaskan…
One of my biggest influences in drawing, comics and storytelling is a creative force known as Doug TenNapel. Doug has created video games, animated tv shows, and graphic novels, not to mention one of the world’s most beloved characters: Earthworm Jim. I’ve been following Doug’s work for 16 years now, and own all of his…
illustration by jess smart smiley, link from swiss-miss.com INTERVIEWER: How important has your sense of optimism been to your career? BRADBURY: I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That’s a different thing. If you behave every day of your life to the top of your genetics, what can you do? Test it. Find…