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Illustration for Computer Arts Magazine article about typography

The work of Austrialian designer Christopher Haines.

Cover illustration for Computer Arts Magazine

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Audrey Kawasaki is an illustrator working out of Los Angeles. Her work channels the soft feminine forms of Mucha mixed with a manga sensibility. Sort of. In this, she takes these influences and makes them all her own. Any references are just that: references.

What really caught me are her notebooks – experimental, playful and erotic. Found in the doodles section of her site, her work plays with cartoonish human forms, ornament, typography and graphic layout. Dazzling.

Visit Audrey’s site here. Her online journal is here. And Twitter  . . . here.

Found via Twitter.com/blackbirdsings

Tags: art, cool finds, illustration, thoughts by steve
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Clown: acrylic transfer, acrylic aerosol

The work of Jason Thielke.

Shadows: laser etch, lacquer

Grace: acrylic transfer, acrylic

Don’t be Afraid: acrylic transfer, acrylic, aerosol

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twittery bird rescue me by artist Christine Scheer

Here’s a really good article on the social value of Twitter.

Article link originally posted on Twitter; retweeted from @blackbirdsings, @Glinner

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Poster for Itaú Cultura’s 2008 video festival ‘Conflicts’ by São Paulo-based illustrator Kako. Visit Kako’s website here.

Found via the 2009 Communication Arts Illustration Annual

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H (helvetica) from filnug on Vimeo

Found via i love typography

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‘For the past fifteen months I’ve created artwork in hopes of shedding light on the plight of innocent civilians under modern warfare. In this video I put my art to the music of Pink Floyd’s Goodbye Blue Sky.’
– posted by Marc Levine on MySpace, September 1st, 2008

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The work of artist Mark Bovey.

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Chris Hipkiss lives in a small village in England. And he does large, fanciful pencil drawings. Interview here. Website here.

Found via Book By Its Cover

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The Greater Sacramento Metropolis: A bird’s eye view from the Sacramento River by mehallo. Graphite illustration, available as a high resolution poster or framable print here.

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Hm. Starting to see problems with approaching life as a bohemian.

Found via Strange Maps

Tags: art, cool finds, education, illustration by steve
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