Tonite this link just sort of popped in from former student Campbell BrownKorbel. It’s secrets that every creative – from illustrator (the focus) to designer to comedian to (hell) anarchist – should know.
Phil McAndrew’s Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They’d Teach In Art School. Read the whole thing here.
Simon Russel’s Nothing to Fear.
I had a very interesting conversation this past week. It was with someone who (technically) is my boss.
Works over me, but our working relationship is more colleague than overloard, serb. And that’s refreshing.
I always seek out work situations where the relationship is more of a partnership in tackling a common goal. Usually with me as the design expert dude and the other person as the expert in what they do.
Our conversation was about fear.
Fear in people we work with. How it controls everything they do. And how obvious it is to us. And how frightened people are to attempt to do just about anything these days. [Read more →]
Today is Hairstyle Appreciation Day. Really.
And here is the work of Gary Fernandez.
David Bowie: The Width of a Circle
Found via Mirko Humbert
‘The ‘ella’ on Barbarella was probably suggested by Feiffer’s Passionella, a brilliant satire on the Cinderella theme and much of American culture.’
In 1966, French scifi comic Barbarella was published in a the US in a translated edition.
Minimal color, racy stories. Robot sex.
The original, a serialized comic strip, was created in 1962 by Jean-Claude Forest for V magazine. [Read more →]
‘He recently exhibited in Brussels with ‘Les femmes de Gilles’ a tribute to his favorite drawing subject, women.’
The work of illustrator Gilles Vranckx.
Found via From Betsy with Love
Vintage lingerie ads by René Gruau (1909-2004).
Plus, check out Dior’s pre-Galliano-firing Spring 2011 Gruau tribute.
‘one more time’
BBC bird-filled animated version of Count Basie’s version of April in Paris (1957) – the song that just wouldn’t end.
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