Comic book writer Joshua Dysart from Marketplace on Vimeo.
This is a super interesting and inspringing short film about the comic creation process. Listen to the way that he talks about the light and color of equatorial africa.
These are incredible. There’s a ton of variety in line and tone. The dude’s name is Simon Goinard Phelipot, and that’s all I know about him because the type on his website is so tiny. If anyone takes the time to try and read it, let me know what you learn. Maat on the Behance Network.
Darcie and I are going to be printing up some new GiantSquid tshirts this weekend. There’s 2 designs, and I’ve got both mens and womens shirts. They’re American Apparel 50 50 shirts, and they run just a touch bigger than the traditional AA tshirt. My awesome squid illustration was done way back when by the infamous Neil Fasen.
I’m gonna give away 5 tshirts to random commenters on this blog post. Since this blog only has 2 readers, if you’re reading this the odds are pretty good you’ll get one. So get in there and leave me some comment lovin.
This is truly amazing. Imagining designing the UI for a device that reads your brain waves. The user sees a sensor output on the screen in front of him, then thinks about which direction he would like the chair to go. The sensors on the users head pick up the brain wave activity and translate it into movement in the wheel chair in less than a 1/10 of second.
It’s a brave new world.
Shepard Fairey from Arkitip on Vimeo.
Say what you will about the appropriation of imagery – the dude can paint. He can create. It’s not all stolen scans, and co-opted revolutionary art. The dude got his start cutting out stencils, and throwing up stickers. It’s apparent that all the fame, and the massive aesthetic apparatus that he’s built hasn’t watered down his ability to create some beautiful and unique imagery.
Christmas has come early for me. Adhemas Batista is absolutely one of my favorite illustrators, and he’s updated his site with some beautiful new work. He’s added a couple photos to the about section, and it appears that he has set up shop in Los Angeles with a new studio called Magenta. Hopefully that means we’ll be seeing a lot more work out of him.
I spend all day every day looking at super glossy digital bullshit. This is where it’s really at. Check out these organic, beautiful, multimedia collages done by Robert Mars. He says his work is a chronicle of America. If you look through his portfolio you’ll see an interesting hodgepodge of 60’s and 70’s ephemera worked into the layers of his paintings. Each painting has a pretty limited palette, but as a whole they’re lively and colorful. I’m definitely going to look for opportunities to bring this kind of feeling into my own work.
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006 (Chip Kidd) by Chip Kidd
Trek: David Carson, Recent Werk by David Carson
Hand Job: A Catalog of Type by Michael Perry
The End of Print by Lewis Blackwell
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara
