Make a start
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Aug 23, 10:21 PM
YES! Just do it. Just start that project you’ve been meaning to. Perhaps it’s cleaning out a corner of your place for art making, or grabbing a pencil and start making scratches in that poor abandoned sketchbook. Get to it! If you need a reminder, this image is being sold as a print by the amazing Thereza Rowe. So turn off the internet (but please come back and visit us again) and just make a start!
By the way, for all my fellow word nerds out there art is about showing up and starting to make something tangible, and the word ART is in start. Oh yeaaaa!
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Firefluff
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Aug 16, 08:05 PM
This post is for my little sister who almost cried herself to death when she found out about the sweetness of My Milk Toof. Sure, I’m a little worried for her safety when she discovers the leader of adorable paintings and illustration Lisa Evans (aka Firefluff). I’m fairly certain Lisa’s site will be bookmarked immediately. My sister’s hand will soon be deformed into a claw like position from scrolling Lisa’s website over and over. Then, my sister’s eyes will just straight up burst.
Maybe I shouldn’t share Lisa’s work.
But what kind of older sister would I be if I felt that reading “death by cuteness overload” wasn’t an amusing obituary?
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Jenny Robins
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Aug 9, 11:28 PM
Oh my God…you thought I was joking when I said I thought you all should have a fling with hand drawn typography this summer?
Well, I wasn’t. I’m dead serious. Here’s a quicky with London based illustrator Jenny Robins. You have to check out the rest of her website, it’s awesome!
Ken Wong
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Aug 2, 10:20 PM
Oh man. Ken Wong. Yum. Ken is an artist + designer + illustrator from Australia. He is currently an art director for a computer game studio in Shanghai called Spicy Horse. Have I mentioned his art is digital and created in Adobe Photoshop?
Check out his gallery and indulge your cravings with a print.
you look like the right type
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Jul 26, 08:14 PM
If you don’t already know, I’m super in love with hand drawn typography. When I see some really sexy type with a fun personality, my palms get all sweaty, my blood pressure raises, and I get butterflies in my stomach. One can only imagine then what happened when I found Chicago based illustrator Mark Addison Smith’s blog You Look Like the Right Type.
You guessed it…my face exploded. Not really, but I did fall in love. Mark jots down the honest and awkward dialogue he hears during the day, turns it into a sketch and posts it the following day. I really recommend that everyone have a summer fling with type, particularly the right type that gives you some word play.
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gabriella barouch
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Tue Jul 20, 07:01 PM
Whoa Dude! Loving the work of Isreali illustrator Gabriella Barouch. She has many different styles in her portfolio which is keeping me super interested. I think it’s the quality of line work she uses and the layers of medium (such as pen work on top of paint) which I enjoy too.
I just find comfort in knowing that a piece of artwork is secretly covered in fingerprints.
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ebenezer archer kling
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Jul 12, 10:14 PM
Ebenezer Archer Kling. For real! That’s his name. Super bad, right? Archer is from Northampton, MA and this might sound weird but to me, his style reminds me a lot of children’s book illustrator Tomie d’Paola’s art -if Tomie d’Paola and Monty Python had an art baby.
Check out Kling’s portfolio, blog, and Etsy!
(I was going to end it with a Monty Python quote but thought it might be too inappropriate!)
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melissa chaib
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Jul 5, 10:24 PM
Check out these adorable illustrations from the freshly educated Mexican based illustrator Melissa Chaib. What’s the craziest thing you have ever done for beauty or fashion? I have worn every neon color in existence all at one time. Oh yes, and pants with that elastic band that hooks under your heel (circa 1990).
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juan weiss
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Jun 28, 10:30 PM
OMG! Summer is here! What better way to make a splash than with illustrations from Argentina based Juan Weiss. Juan used to be a senior web designer for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Latin America. Personally, the pool art is what had me hook, line, and sinker. All right, all swimming related vocab words are over.
Why don’t you dive into Weiss’ site, Flickr, and Twitter?
Really, now I’m done.
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lisel jane
Posted by Racheal Anilyse on Mon Jun 21, 06:30 PM
Lisel Jane Ashlock is a Brooklyn based artist who recently received her MFA last year from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Her clients have included the New York Times Maagzine, UK Times Magazine, Sony, Playboy, Spin, CosmoGirl, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Sephora (just to name a few).
Lisel paints with acrylic on Birch and honestly, her images are so beautiful they are leaving me speechless. I’m defintely going to pick up a print in her Etsy shop.
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