Drew Beckmeyer
Wednesday July 23, 2008
I love the work of Drew Beckmeyer — he’s a 25-year-old artist based in Los Angeles and produces pieces that are a mix of quirky and dark (check out his color palette too!).
When We Were Restless zine at LPP
You can purchase some prints and zines made by him from Little Paper Planes. There’s an interview (in 2007) here, or you can keep up with him on his low-profile blog.
Oh, and Tiny Showcase just released a limited edition of 100 prints by Drew!
Lazy Soosan
Monday May 12, 2008
Lazy Soosan is the work of Laura Stimpson and Lucy Davidson, two illustrators based in London. Together, they publish The Alphabet Series zines, where they already completed a zine dedicated to the letters A and B.
You can read the Lazy Soosan blog here for more details, and you can get your own copy over here. Watch out for the rest of the lineup to roll out pretty soon!
{Discovered via Rebecca Horwood}
The PikaPackage GIVEAWAY!
Monday May 5, 2008
The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here! I’m so happy to announce the giveaway for our very first PikaPackage Project! And instead of ONE big winner, I’m dividing it into TWO for this round! Here’s how you can win yourself a goody bag containing great art from:
- Caitlin from Pepperminte who sent in her beautiful work in 4’ x 6’ matte prints;
- Manyi from Mau Studio who sent in an assortment of buttons, postcards and stickers;
- Iris Schwarz who sent in beautiful full-sized prints, tags and cards from her Paulette Editions;
- Cori of Corid who sent in her precious original artwork on wood;
- Norma of Crankbunny who sent in an assortment of fantastic pop up cards;
- Raphaella of Heartful Art who sent in inspiring postcards;
- Annette of Carambatack who sent in full-sized prints of her work;
- Susan of It’s a Whimsical Life who sent in full sized prints featuring her adorable characters;
- Enna who sent in postcard packs, envelope packs and her beautiful matrioshka wrapping paper;
- Amber Alexander who sent in full-sized prints and beautiful cards from her watercolor drawings;
- Kristiana of Krisblues who sent in beautiful full-sized prints of her illustrations on wood;
- Marianne of Appleseed who sent in a wonderful array of postcards (prints of her collage works) + paper packs filled with inspiration;
- Katrine K who sent in full-sized prints and glossies;
- Gemma Correll who sent in her very funny and lovely illustrations printed on zines, buttons, a coloring book, stickers and a pop tart brooch;
- Rachel from Elephantine who sent in adorable notecards and stickers;
- Justin of Justmadbooks who sent in his first issue of his Breathers comic books, and Birch, a small picture book;
- Heike of Felicitate88 who sent in linocut prints, collaged and printed postcards;
- Amanda Kindregan who sent in her lovely full-sized prints and cards;
- Kate of Charmfoundry who sent in her beautiful waxy postcard sets;
- Kajsa of Syko who sent in pretty sketchbooks and lovely postcards inspired from her quilts;
- Sarah+Ryan of Labpartners who sent in their 3-color letterpressed San Francisco print and many other yummy screenprinted prints;
- Junkyard Sam who sent in his wonderfully quirky full-sized prints, mini-prints and tags;
- Mo of Bismo080 who sent postcards, magnets, buttons, clips and notebooks all the way from Bangkok, Thailand;
- Blanca Helga who sent us her lovely collage print postcards;
- Olivia of Restlessthings who sent us mini-prints of her work plus a button set;
- The funky Stuart Kolakovic who sent in his illustrated comics titled “A Gosling”;
- Natasha of BubboTubbo who sent in her specially made prints from her new shop;
- Jo of 12fifteen who sent in a beautiful screenprinted linen cushion cover, prints and letterpressed card sets; and
- Jessie of Unicorn Kids Studios who sent in her lovely City Life prints!
So here’s what you need to do have a chance to win each one of these packages:
- Visit the shops of our participants, and write down here in the comments which product you like from their shop (plus the links); and/or
- Sign up for our mailing list.
You can do both — you’ll have more chances of getting one of the packages! The closing date for this is on Tuesday 6 May, 8 p.m. PST/PDT. I’ll pick one random winner from each (comments + mailing list) then!
Remember to read up on our participants in our PikaPackage zine too — you can download one here.
And if you want to purchase a PikaPackage for yourself (and to support Pikaland!), click here!
P/S — Those who have already signed up for our mailing list will already be in the running, no worries!
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Mike Perry's Hand Job
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Hand Job: A Catalog of Type
The popular mind behind Hand Job: A Catalog of Type is Mike Perry, who also sells a lot of cool stuff on his website — like this newspaper he designed entitled It Is A Circular Universe for an art show in Silver Lake L.A.
It Is A Circular Universe newspaper
His website is a fun place to see — there’s fantastic drawings all round, littered with his famous quirky hand-letterings and stuff for sale too.
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Obsessive Consumption
Tuesday March 25, 2008
After getting a master’s degree from art school, Kate Bingaman-Burt wondered about the things she bought — from jeans, movie tickets to meals. What started as a project to document her purchases turned out to be a full-blown brand of sorts, with a blog dedicated to things she spends money on called Obsessive Consumption. She hopes to engage an audience on a more conceptual level, inviting them to think about consumption and obsession and their after-effects.
Diamondshoesdollarsboltsexplosion gocco prints; Diamonds and Lightening Bolts OH MY pillow
She sells her very popular zine What Did You Buy Today at her Etsy shop where she also sells her prints, cushions and illustrated credit card statements. I kid you not.
Choose Your Very Own Daily Purchase Drawing
She now has an offer for peeps who want to purchase a full-blown print of one of her purchases, plus the zine it was featured here. Ironic, but oh so fitting!
Skulls make the world go round
Monday February 11, 2008
Amy Brown’s zines, clockwise from top left: Skulls Make the World Go Round; The RSPCA Are Nice To Animals, You Should Too, Probably; BBQs Are Hot; Good Dreams. Bad Dreams, Day Dreams.
Dear Amy,
I am a big fan of yours, and when I went over to your shop and tried to buy some things that might have some of your witty, wonderful images, there was only a few to be found—in the form of zines at that. And at your blog, I was teased by your colourful people and your one-liners that usually send me rolling on the floor with laughter.
Images from Amy Brown’s Blog
For now, I can only be appeased by a few of your full-color limited edition edition zines that’s for sale. And because I’m not a fan of ripping zines up, oh please, please, make some prints and put them up for sale so that I can hang some on my funny-depraved walls.
Sincerely,
Amy