Amazing sketchbook paintings by Wendy MacNaughton. According to her blog she does these “five days a week, twice a day, twenty minutes each way” on her commutes. Looks like mostly pen, ink and watercolor. Really well done.
via @I_Brontosaurus
Artist Skaffs Book Signing
If you are in the New York City area Tuesday, September 22nd, then be sure to check out this event. Skaffs creator Luke Feldman will be doing a book signing and demonstration at Kinokuniya at the Avenue of the Americas location.
Artist, Books, Event, Fine Art, Illustration, Manga — Tags: Artist Book Signing, Luke Feldman, NYC, Skaffs —
Hollis Brown Thorton
Hollis Brown Thorton is a fine artist I’ve been paying attention to for a while now. I really dig his moody abstractions and use of photography and appropriated video game imagery. He also does quite a bit of work in his moleskin sketchbooks in marker. This Printed Circuit Board image just went up on his tumblr today. Also check out the work on his website and flickr stream. I have no idea what brand of markers he uses but it doesn’t matter. He does great stuff.
Fly with the Spaceship
This was sent to me via our Myspace page by one of the artists behind the film. It comes from the Baden-Wurremburg, Germany based design studio Fly with the Spaceship. Great combined use of technology and traditional media. Their website has some cool typefaces for free download and at least one of them makes some really cool electronica music. Busy guys.
UPDATE:
Artist Enormal sent me a brief note describing the video:
“There is nothing special to say about DOUBLE SESSION except that it was pure improvisation, and we were freestylin for maybe 2 hours. and then [sped up the film]….
I’m drawing in front while Chrispy Christal is in the back, kicking some styles and shapes in illustrator, thats it”
Abstraction, Animation, Fine Art, Illustration, Video — Tags: Design, Fine Art, Illustration, Projection, Video —
Artist Daniel Eatock
In 2008 U.K. based artist/designer Daniel Eatock did an interesting experiment with markers and paper. Using upside-down drinking glasses arranged in tight rows he stood individual markers on end allowing the ink to fully drain and soak into the stack of paper. The description from his website:
Over the course of the 39 days of the exhibition (September 18 through October 26, 2008), the paper absorbed the ink from the pens. The sheets at the top of each stack absorbed more ink than the sheets farther away from the tips of the pens. The result is an edition of organically related prints, each unique.
Check his website for images of the project and the unique print editions.