1.) Collin David reviews The Art Hustle Trading Cards (Series 2). 2.) Breast drawing advice — hint: nudity in the illustrated guide. 3 & 4.) Midori Snyder shares A Bordertown Moment: Skateboards and Skulls and Lotte Reiniger: Silhouette Fairy Tale Films. 5.) Important cultural things to consider and respond to in Are Art Museums Sexist? [...]
Challenges
Doodle Week Challenge: Doodle Away Your Bad Dreams!
I don’t usually post the Doodle Weeks; and, like too many of you, I am a sad participating in them as well. (Shame on all of us!) But, as coincidence (or my weird psyche) would have it, I had a bad dream last night — so bad I had to blog about it at my [...]
Altered Art
Fear Of The Blank Paper
Staring down the pristine, stark-white surface of a blank page can be soooo intimidating… This phenomenon occurs with writers too. So what can you do when you’ve got your supplies all set, but that blank white page just stares back at you, taunting you, teasing you, bullying you… Well, if you’re like Steve Thompson, maybe [...]
Artists & Creators
An Interview With Sam Garton, The Illustrator Behind The Adorable Otter & Robot Suicides
I first met Sam at Tumblr, where I immediately was attracted to the dark yet whimsical works… Mr. Gerald Beaufort, the rat, making plans to break in: A robot suicide: A dog who finds scary movies too scary: But Sam, it turns out, is more known for his role as The Otter Keeper, the creator [...]
Art Glass
Creating Ceramic Mosaics Of Silent Film Stars
A few months ago I was contacted by Nick Bannikoff, a graphic designer in Sydney, Australia, who had recently worked on the refurbished Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre in Marrickville. The centre is now finished, and Bannikoff was assisting with the creation of a graphic interpreting / explaining Annette Kellerman’s life to be installed at the [...]
Artists & Creators
Alien Reporter Advice On Creating Comics
I’m no comic expert, but ever since I saw both Ghost World and American Splendor (pretty much back to back), I’ve wanted to create a comic. I bought a basic black sketchbook to draft my ideas… And that’s about it. The crisp white pages were too intimidating. But when I came across this post at [...]
Illustration
Drawing People on your Fingers
Lately I keep finding these photos of characters people have drawn on their fingers. They are cute, some are even very clever. I posted two on my personal blog, Finger People and Finger Dancers. I’m going to take this idea with me next time I visit my nieces. They will have a lot of fun, glad to have [...]
Illustration
Vintage Celebrity Caricatures
I find caricatures amazing things; so few lines precisely capturing the essence of a person’s appearance. (Via It’s All Happening…)
Illustration
Death By Jelly Bean?
In February, bhagvati drew one drawing a day of the same little stuffed white bunny. This one was especially worthy of an Easter mention.
Illustration
Doodle Week, March 6 – 7th: Cityscapes
This week it’s cityscapes. You can do some extra work, a little research and draw your own cityscape. Or make one up. Kind of nice to think of a unique way to present it. I drew this one on a big blue marble, representing the planet. Not quite to scale. Want to know what Doodle [...]
Illustration
Lighthouses
What is it about lighthouses that draws people? People collect lighthouses figurines. People paint and draw lighthouses. People will stop to photograph a lighthouse even when there could be something else more interesting which they did not even notice in the shadow of that mystical, lonely, stark looking building poking the sky. I think it [...]
Challenges
Doodle Week, February 27 – 28th – Toadstools
Welcome to Doodle Week. You have a week to try the doodle challenge. This week it’s a toadstool, a fairy mushroom. Highly suggest you draw them and do not ever snack on them. Add a fairy, a gnome or just some every garden insects to your toadstool. Colour them, the traditional look is red with [...]
Illustration
Doodle Week, February 20 – 21st
This week it’s gargoyles. I’m about to catch the bus so I can attend a neighbourhood strategy session about saving some of the old buildings in my town. Will see how it goes. I love the old places and would like to see some of them refurbished if they can be saved from demolition. Anyway, [...]
Tools Of The Trade
Painting with Stamp Markers
A lot of materials produced and marketed for crafting use also have applications for more “fine art” oriented artists. One example being stamp markers. These are felt tip markers marketed for used with rubber stamps. Their key quality is that these markers are slow drying. This allows them to be used to paint the surface [...]
Illustration
Doodle Week, February 13 – 14th
This time around the doodle theme is cats. I like cats, their independence, mysteriousness and that feeling that you never quite know which of you is the pet, the cat or yourself. If you need to read about Doodle Week go back to the post all about it. If you are in Canada and have [...]
Illustration
Doodle Week, February 6 – 7th
Share your doodles. Post your link here in the comments. If you need inspiration look for birdhouses online. There were a lot of them. Some very ellaborate. Mine is kind of simple but I like how this one turned out. Read about Doodle Week, the rules, regulations and standardizations (whatever that turns out to be). [...]
Challenges
Doodle Week Begins with Dollies, January 9 – 10
This weekend will be the first Doodle Week at U3. January 9th and 10th are the days for you to create your drawing and post it to your blog. Then link back here in the comments to show off your work. The theme will be dollies, more properly known as dolls. For inspiration have a [...]
Challenges
Doodle Week
Doodle Week is back. This time it will be part of U3. (I type it as U3 because I don’t want to type slower and check my spelling). Doodle Week was something I started with Claire. Later, Mo joined us and helped bring in more people to doodle. Over time things wound down until I [...]
