Collage examples

hey AP artists,

here are some links to artists who work with collage.

• Silja Goetz - her collage looks simple but shows off beautiful drawing skills
• See the Portfolio section of this painterly illustrator: Jenny Kroik
• Sara Fanelli - seemingly simple
• lots of layers of images...Tim Marrs
• Anthony Freda

I tried to give a variety of styles: some complex with lots of intricate drawing and some very simple. be inspired to try something new!

-miss J.

Celebrating Colour

First there was the Sony Bravia bouncy ball ad, then the paint ad.

here's the making of.

i love the performance-art nature of these. and of course that they celebrate color.

painter out in CA

ever heard of the L.A. River School painters?
check out these landscapes. nice color.

(HT: Drawn)

NYC subway map designer

interesting article on the NYC subway map design. especially the history - how the public reacted to maps in the 70s causing them to change them. the complexity of the NYC subway would make this a hard problem to solve. i like his point that a map can't do everything - it is limited and needs to interact with signage etc.

photographer

you can learn a lot by perusing photographer Jeremy Cowart's portfolio online.

Its a great lesson in composition. puzzle over why these are so strong. a few hints: look for negative space, point of view, and balance.

I'm sure theres lots to learn about photography here too. but i'm too busy trying to learn those myself to divulge them here. maybe somebody can enlighten me.

tasty design

• have i posted Design*Sponge before? its hip, fresh design.

• check out these custom, make your own hand bags: freddy&ma. very fun.

• and i found this wallpaper designer, dan funderburgh. wow! LOVE the drawing here.

on Target

Bringing hip design to the masses, here's a good article re: Target. i esp. appreciate the convo about creative risk.

design thinking

Nice design article about the pervasiveness of design.

i found this at richard florida's blog, which i now frequent, called the Creativity Exchange. Florida wrote the book The Rise of the Creative Class. which i like. he writes about how creative folks choose where to live and how to live.

i also am interetsed in Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind why Right Brainers will Rule the Future, who has some similar ideas but is more about creativity in the person...thats not a good explanation. i skimmed through the book from the library but should invest in my own copy. i like it that he spoke at the big recent art education conference in NYC. about the importance of art education.

Thomas Friedman who thinks the World is Flat also overlaps with these guys. he speaks of globalization and it makes me think of the the implications for design education.

ya some great brain candy...

Portrait Party

i love it that Rama Hughes has made a blog called the Portrait Party.

in college we called them drawing parties. "because drawing is always a party" was the often mentioned tag line. in art II this year we've called them drawing deuls. at the martins house i would often do this on art night.

whatever you wanna call it, sitting around drawing my friends drawing is one of my favorites things to do in life.

illustrator Irina Troitskaya

An illustrator named Irina Troitskaya. i love finding new and fresh compositions. like this diver. her flickr is super too. check out this marker usage. sweet. check out this pink sketchbook...

industrial design

Development of Apple Industrial design at The Digital Design Museum, as discussed by their industrial designer, Jonathon Ive.

Fresh Inspiration

I love finding a new to me interesting artist through Drawn and then looking through his links and network of relationships to find other great artists.

• Like this guy, Matthew Leake, who uses scratchboard digitally for his illustration.
• lead me to this artist, Stephanie Dotson, who layers intricate papercut outs into her collages.

(from Nov 05)

illustrators i'm admiring

rama hughes - one of the best draw-ers i knew in college. i'm still a fan.

Daniel krall
Okan art super marks and lines!!
Paul pope

Brian rea see an illustrator's design

Gina triplett

design n business

design thinking in business

D-school

design books

blue note

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
–Alvin Toffler

gig poster convo.

typography I - lupton's syllabus

Alex Katz

at the Jewish Museum: Alex Katz paints Ada, his wife and apparent muse. nice paintings.

juicy colorful sketchbooks

i like his full use of the page and the great color. nice combo of collage and srawing, too. nice composition. the illustrators name is David Kilpatrick. his figures look weak. but i enjoy his exploration of mark making. (ht: drawn)

portraits online

National Portrait Gallery's Modern American Portrait Drawing Exhibit

business of illustration

This article called Can You Make a Living as an Illustrator by Paul Mirocha talks about the business plan and gives a sample budget. informative.

link snack

A report that surveyed the demographics of Art Critics...hmmm, i wonder how many Christians in that pool? my guess slash opinion is "not enough".

The "making of" the daily comic strip For Better or For Worse. Nicely documented. (HT: drawn)

recent interests

Jenny Kroik's lovely collage. note her painting ability. i'm especially enchanted by her plant treatment in the illustration titled "Peas". ht: drawn.

and the links from my recommendations on the Na blog: ("what i'm into this week")
+ freshly picked blueberries from the pick-your-own farm down the street

+linoleum and wood relief printmaking. so far i prefer the expressive marks i can make with the linoleum over the precision that the wood seems to favor. i have a lot to learn from the german expressionists. here is where i'm being schooled.

+dry point etching on copper plates. trying it out for the first time. the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) website has some gorgeous examples of drypoint , mostly done by Rembrandt. inspiring and informative.

+the creative process. especially in a group setting. IDEO does it so well.

+My Name is Asher Lev by Chiam Potok. a fiction account of a young boy with artistic talent, Asher Lev, growing up in a hasidic jewish family and community. i love it when his uncle tells him that his artistic gift is from the Master of the Universe. (yessss!) When Asher takes his mother to the museum and asks who the man in the paintings is, she responds, "Where your painting has brought me, Asher. To Jesus." Though she thought that a bad thing i think it pretty wonderful...art bringing people to Jesus.