Yikes! There are just 3 days left to order your copy of The Chaing Gang issue #1. This is a project I’m super-excited about, but it will only work if we’re able to launch the first issue! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz77mVAXAiY] THE CHAIN GANG is the hilarious 1,000-page ultra comic about a group of unwanted and forgotten bicycles…
“Doodling has never been a nemesis of intellectual thought. In reality, it is one of its greatest allies.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fx0QcHyrFk] “…Because doodling is so universally accessible, and it is not intimidating as an art from, it can be leveraged as a portal through which we move people into higher levels of visual literacy.”
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…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbPAjyj1spQ&feature=player_embedded] “1991. 16mm film. This was shot before video assist technology was available. You carefully planned the animation and went for it. But you had to wait to get the film processed to see the shot for the first time.” Five years later, Tim Hittle made Canhead: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCWSQcaWoNk&feature=channel_video_title] “1996. 35mm film. This was shot with…
You can no longer talk about children’s book art in Utah without hearing Willy Terry’s name pop up. This is a good thing. A very good thing. See what I mean? This is a typical painting from Will—and by ‘typical’ I mean teeming with rich, luscious colors, playful contrast between light and dark tones, endearing…
CLICK THE IMAGE TO SEE IT IN ACTION! I made this little animation to conjure an incredible weekend and I hope it works. See you all on the other side of tomorrow! (Here’s a teeny-tiny version)
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27003856] This little gem has been getting passed around websites like crazy! Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared comes from Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling of This Is It and is well worth the three and a half minutes it takes to watch.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/22894261] Nelson Boles is the hands and brains behind this beautiful little animation.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/26038742] Stefan Sagmeister has been one of my favorite designers/artists/creators for quite some time. If you don’t know his name, you might be familiar with some of his work: Stefan has an unorthodox way of working, where, instead of retiring once he’s older and has lost a good deal of his health and vigor,…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXbBA1DRE84&feature=player_embedded#!] Technology has been hinting at something like this for a while, but I didn’t realize the real deal would be here so soon. “The Inkling is a “digital sketch pen” that allows you to draw or sketch on any standard piece of paper (a big advantage over Livescribe, which requires special notebooks) and automatically…