Doug Tennapel
I’m looking at action figures and comics in my project, so this was really useful to me. I love to ink by hand too
The Ramblings of an Artist.
I handed in two projects in yesterday and got 2 new briefs. To add to the other 2 and the essay. I’m tired and I have a headache, so writing this in near darkness. I had a tutorial today, so I have a lot of ideas to put down in my sketchbook, but my brain [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-26
Never heard of Archie McPhee? You need to — http://bit.ly/2XCZ8G #
Hmmm, I'm still half a sleep, and meant to be in class printmaking urgh. Gonna have to psych myself up for tonight in a couple of hours :/ #
how am i meant to find something to wear tonight if I dont have lesbians about #
Well [...]
Archie McPhee & Co.
A couple of weeks ago I went into london and visited the Charles Dickens museum as part of a project, I brought the Charles Dickens action figure as a suviner, cause I thought he’d fit in well with my Buffy figures… I was googling away to see who else sold/made strange action figures, and found [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-19
I now have 3 projects due in around the same time! No idea where to start. I feel like I need to drink…. #
Stealing Drawn! 's content whatever next, http://bit.ly/agzRS – stop motion animation there #
I just had a cold shower. I am not happy! #
http://bit.ly/GeMzq – Maurice Sendak! #
Been working on my [...]
Type Theory
I fffound this site via fffound, I’m not the biggest fan of typeography, unless its handmade, its boring. Type Theory isn’t though! The site showcases some of the more interesting type.
Some of my favourites :
<ice!
1940’s
Heres some of the images from my powerpoint presentation, we had to research a certain era. I got the 1940’s, which I’m soo happy about, it was a time where nearly all adverts, posters, etc were illustrated rather than photographed. Plus, the language is amusing, gosh darn it!
Norman Rockwell
Jon Whitcomb
Nell Reddy
Earl Oliver Hurst
Click the pictures [...]
What Is Illustration?
Last Monday we had a group discussion at Uni, on ‘What Is Illustration’. I thought to follow up on my last post of the Maurice Sendak video; I’d share what we came up with.
First our tutor, Adam Graff asked us to write down what we thought in one sentence. My answer – “Illustration is pictures that tell [...]
Cardboard
Found on Drawn.ca (great site fyi) Ihave a little idea on the time and effort it takes to make a stop motion, 300 photos for 30 seconds – this 2.30 you can do the math… I like this one for the monsters, all tho it could be germs which would go great with last weeks [...]
