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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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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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The work of Hubert Blanz.

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Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo

‘as a source for creativity in the human brain’
Yesterday, I thumbed thru Chronicle Books’ trade edition of Johnny Carrera’s Pictorial Webster’s: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities. The video (above) details the inspiration for the project, historical cataloging, Linotype setting, as well as the design and hand binding of the fine press editions.

More detailed details are posted here. Also, check out the very Victorian Wall Cards and Stamp Set.

Carrera is the proprietor of Quercus Press, based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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

Found via Strange Maps

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I used to count ‘graphic design’ as one of the Seven Deadly Sins – I had it listed among the sins on an old business card (replacing ‘gluttony,’ of course).

Kansas State University Geography students have visualized the sins as regional, at least in the US. View the maps here.

Found via One Floor Up

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