Shoes and socks

There seems to be a strong tradition in blogging circles to post photographs of shoes shot from above. Because I was wearing a fun pair of socks today I decided to do the same, and drew in a matching background. xxxx

Filiokus Magazine

I just found out about Filiokus magazine from Urban Outfitters blog. Rather than having a website, the magazine has a Myspace page. I was so impressed by all the bright colours and crazy images on their page, and the pages of friends of theirs, that I just logged on and joined Myspace too. Only problem is that I don't have any friends there yet. Have to get cracking! The images above are from the Filiokus Myspace page, and the images below are by Lisa Jonasson and sourced from her website. She's one of the guest editors. xxxx

Too Much Detail - Not enouogh Time!

A couple of posts down is a work in progress image of a peacock. It's taking ages because I'm tracing the tail out strand by strand. Just so I can visualise the end I've posted a similar image. It's a Do-Do bird up a tree that I made for a gift card. The finished peacock will be in this style, probably up a tree too, only much brighter. I'm imagining I won't post it for a few more weeks as I have a very active 9 month old baby boy. I have to remind myself not to do such detailed work in this stage of life! xxxx

Type Tuesday 11th September

A lot of my friends complain that there are too many advertisments in magazines, but often the design used to advertise museum or gallery exhibitions are really well done. All of the above ads are from 'Frieze, Contemporary Art and Culture' magazine, Issue 108. I love the painted invitation for the Martin Kippenberger exhibition, and the type used to promote the 1967 collection show - such a great era! You'll need to click to enlarge to see the detail here. If you're a fan of the neon lettering on 'The Next Show' ad, check out this link on Ace Jet 170. He's shown a gizmo that generates neon lettering. xxxx

Viv Miller

OK, so this is what I really like about blogging. Maxwell left a comment on my 60's map a couple of posts down, so I went and had a read of his blog Lightning History, which is a really good resource for contemporary art. It was there that I rediscovered Australian artist Viv Miller. She does these beautiful paintings that make strong references to digital culture. These images come from her website: Above: Slo Mo Painting No.3, 2007, Oil, enamel, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 138 x 168 cm; Below: Moonlight, 2005, oil and enamel on canvas, 102 x 81 cm.

Smiles and Frowns

A quick pattern I made today. xxxx

Hiroshi Sugito

Thought I'd post some images from one of my favourite artists: Horishi Sugito. Images from the Nicole Klagsbrun website.
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Type Tuesday 4th Sept 2007

This weeks Type Tuesday examples have been scanned from the relatively new magazine Let Them Eat Cake. This is from Issue 6, 2007 - and has some great hand drawn article headers which are pictured above. Also if you squint your eyes on the black and blue checkers is will spell out the word 'Issue'. Very clever. xxxx

Work in progress

I'm in the middle of making a peacock in 3D, and tracing the tail in Illustrator. It will probably take a few days, so here's what I've done so far. xxxx

Shaun O'Dell

Because I'm a bit obsessed with birds at the moment (specifically canaries), I scanned these drawings I love by Shaun O'Dell. I just had a look at some other work of his and found out he does great abstract works too. The above images were scanned from the book 'Harvest - Future Farmers 1995 - 2002'. You can see more Future Farmers work, (of who Shaun O'Dell is a friend) on their website. The below image is also by Shaun O'Dell and you can see more of his work on his gallery website here.