“Space Garden” by APAK
The APAK team has been hard at work with lots of new goodies in their etsy shop including a new set of three limited edition ”Space Garden” prints.
I love APAK’s artwork for its adorable style, but most of all, for the characters and narratives living within their imaginative worlds.
“An American tourist onboard a camel” from the LIFE Photo Archive
This week’s find from the LIFE Photo Archive was photographed in Giza, Egypt in 1963 by Grey Villet. I feel like this would be the kind of image you’d find in a dictionary below the definition of ‘awkward’.
Happy Birthday to Hello Kitty! Today the world’s most iconic cat of pop culture turns 35. I grew up in love with Sanrio’s other characters (such as Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, Pochocco, etc.) more than Hello Kitty herself, but these days I have my share of Kitty bling too. It’s hard not to adore a character that’s continued to promote values of sharing and friendship for over three decades.
“Zombie Cuisine” by Patrick Moberg
Here’s some zombie munchies in honor of Halloween. (Found via Graphic Everywhere.)
“Mother and Daughter” by Kent Williams
Kent Williams posted up process photos from his latest large painting . Amazing piece, Williams makes it look too easy.
“Shop Decoration - Cats” from Tokyobling Blog
If Tokyobling’s spectacular photos and candid commentary on Japanese culture don’t make you fall at least a little bit in love with Japan, then I don’t know what will.
Hopefully I’ll have the chance to spend some time in Japan someday. I recently attended a presentation on campus from JET (Japanese Exchange and Teaching programme) and it’s something I’d love to consider doing after graduation. For now, I’ll just enjoy the photos.
“Picasso Drawing With Light” from LIFE Photo Archive
Here’s my weekly posting of an interesting photo I’ve found via the LIFE Photo Archive hosted by Google. This shot of Pablo Picasso was taken in 1949 by Gjon Mili.
A few weeks ago I ordered some new Moo Minicards. I water colored simple ink drawings of some of the tools I use most in art (pen, pencil, mechanical pencil, brushes, etc.) They came out pretty nice despite me prepping the files in a hurry to take advantage of a sale. Moo just added some new features to their MiniCards, and although I ordered mine before the changes, I at least got one of the rad new boxes they just began packing them in.
A couple more views of my cards are up on flickr. (Which I’ve neglected to update in forever… I decided to take down my super old personal photos and plan to start posting artsy things from now on.)
“Young Fashion Designer Slava Zeitsev” from LIFE Photo Archive
I’m hooked on browsing the LIFE photo archive. As of last year Google began hosting over ten million images from the LIFE archives, most of which have never been published. Everything from fashion to world events, sports to animals. There’s pretty much anything you can imagine from 1750’s through present day. I’m finding it to be a great source for inspiration and reference material (although keeping in mind that LIFE’s copyrighted images are for personal non-commercial use only).
I think each week I’ll post up at least one favorite image I’ve come across. This first week’s image, photographed by Stan Wayman in 1963, I found while browsing photos tagged under 1960’s.
