Empire has the exclusive on the sublime international teaser art for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, not set for cinema release here until Feb 2011. You can see the other posters here.

At only 9mm in height, Dot is officially the world’s smallest stop motion animation heroine. If you want to brighten up your day you could do worse than watching the above video, created by the good people over at Sumo Science. (Beware: I guarantee the music will be stuck in your head all day).  Also be sure and take a look at a  fascinating making of video here.

Part of Design Week 2010 is an exhibition of design and illustration work by Cor Klaasen. The exhibition will include numerous book covers for Gill & Macmillan, Fallons, Helicon, Torc and the Talbot Press as well as a series of striking record covers designed for the Mercier Press. The venue is Adifferentkettleoffishaltogether, 18 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin and runs 4 – 10 November.

Cor’s main career was in advertising and he worked for many of the leading Irish agencies. He had a healthy freelance practice, designing at least 170 book covers and 35 LP sleeves between 1958 and 1988. Klaasen also taught at NCAD and Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design.

As part of Design Week 2010 The Brainbelt Illustration Collective are holding an exhibition at The Centre for Creative Practices, 15 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin which runs from 1 – 7 November.

Not to be encouraging you to skip off down any dark link-laden alleys – but Drawn is back after a brief hiatus – with a new logo from Chris Gardner to boot.

There are promises of great new things to come – but for now check out the new address to a web hero: blog.drawn.ca

David-Wasting-Paper is a great blog that surveys cartoonists across the world on their drawing habits. Everyone from Adrian Tomine to Patricia Storms are here and last week it was the turn of IGI member Fintan Taite.

IGI member Kevin McSherry talks about his work in the context of his new exhibition which launches later this week.
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What’s better than 70 of Ireland’s leading illustrators, designers and photographers airing their dirty laundry in public? It has got to be 71 of Ireland’s leading illustrators, designers and photographers airing their dirty laundry in public, right?

Illustrators Ireland have lined up a return for the Laundry exhibition running from 21 – 27 October in Filmbase, Temple Bar in Dublin.

If you missed it the first time – here’s a second chance to peak  through the keyhole and see the murky,  guilty, and embarrassing side to Irish creative folk.

Dr. Sketchy’s Dublin Anti Art School presents an alternative Halloween Life-Drawing Session, A tribute to Tim Burton with Models and Performers, on 30th October in Dublin.

IGI member Peter Donelly presents: synth-Pop. In his own words:
“The series is called ‘Synthpop’ and is based on classic keyboards used through pop music and some of the artists who have used them.
They have gained alot of popularity through facebook in recent weeks so I’m thinking of getting them printed up as a limited edition run.”
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