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invention drawing

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Check out this interesting Heller post on the invention drawings of Steven M. Johnson.

Inis website relaunches

Monday, May 16th, 2011

The Children’s Books magazine Inis has relaunched with a spanking new design including features and reviews.

Wake in Progress

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Illustrate Ulysses? maybe. Illustrate Finnegans Wake? that way madness lies. Stephen Crowe is recording his efforts to undertake such a task here.

 

Drawing everything

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Here’s two interesting ongoing epic drawing projects: James Gulliver Hancock’s All The Buildings in New York and Jason Polan’s Every Person in New York.

state of web illustration

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Here’s two interesting recent reads on the poor uptake in the use of illustration editorially online, and yet how valuable illustration can be in adding uniqueness to a website.

36 pages

Monday, February 28th, 2011

The children’s book blog 36 pages is run by illustrator Craig Frazier, who discusses his own work and gives insights into his favorite children’s books. Check it out here.

We Too Were Children

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

WE TOO WERE CHILDREN, MR. BARRIE is a blog about children’s books written by “adult” authors including Graham Greene and James Joyce. They focus on one author a week and they have a Flickr SET for full scans of books, some very nice retro illustration work.

GUBU Comics

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

There is a black cloud over the country right now (what a massive understatement!) and it looks like people are finally getting angry at the performances of our so called leaders. Thankfully some people are channeling that anger into creative avenues such as cartoonist Alan Moloney. His series Wheel Spinning Hamster Dead is ripping round the interweb especially through his twitter account @wrathofkang. There is a massive appetite for home-based political cartooning at the moment so it’s great that, along with Martyn Turner, someone is filling that void.

the lost art of pencil sharpening

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

So apparently we have all won some kind of 70 billion Euro Lotto or something. It was on the news so it must be true. Which comes just in time as we naturally all get our pencils sharpened by David Rees at Artisanal Pencil Sharpening for a mere $12 a pop and we’ve got quite a big invoice from him to pay off.

They Draw and Cook

Monday, November 15th, 2010

They Draw and Cook is a blog that showcases new illustrated recipes created by artists from around the world. (image: Meta Wraber).