(from swissmiss) 9 year old boy – who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto part store – is about to have the best day of his life: If you feel so inclined, here’s where you can help with Caine’s Scholarship Fund.
If you’ve been following Ze Frank over the years, then you probably already know that he’s back! I had heard his name tossed around years ago, and thought Ze Frank was some kind of clothing label. I was wrong. You can get involved right now, by going to the site and describing a dream in…
Wow. Check out this powerful video from Gary Vaynerchuk’s address at TED, where he talks about pursuing your passions and dropping all excuses. Also: interesting article from Paul Graham, called “How to Do What You Love”, from January 2006.
Mark Stewart has been playing the guitar, saxophone, cello and percussion in Paul Simon’s backup band since 1998. Like most of us, Mark has seen a fork nearly every day of his life, but never realized its musical potential until he found one in the garbage. Check out his Chaludeu (“the hermaphrodite of musical instruments”),…
Can a person ever get too much Quentin Blake in their life? Didn’t think so.
For those of you that participated in the Doodlers Anonymous challenge to create a drawing for their next coloring book, you’ll be excited to see this teaser. All I can say is that this is going to be one sweet coloring book! “We got about 365 drawings and narrowing them down to roughly 50 will…
Well, what do you know–Aardman Animation is still alive and well! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6z7C7Qura8&feature=player_embedded The Pirates! Band of Misfits comes out April 27, and stars the voice acting of Hugh Grant and Selma Hayek.
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:
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!