Bree Lundberg

“Share Skills, Share Knowledge” desktop wallpaper by Alice Gabb

Kitsune Noir’s Desktop Wallpaper Project offers a huge variety of digital wallpaper in all sizes created by artists, illustrators, and designers. I browsed the entire collection and downloaded a nice set of favorites. Between the Desktop Wallpaper Project and Poolga, I’ll never have boring wallpapers ever again.

“Shroom Harvest” by APAK

I think this piece by APAK has a perfect Autumn feel. The gouache on wood original is for sale from Tinlark Gallery.

Thanksgiving is three days away. It’s only a mini break for me (driving home the day before, driving back the day after) but end of the semester and Winter Break is coming up in just a couple weeks. I’m really looking forward to getting away from college for a bit and enjoying some time at home.

How long were the stretches of toilsome tacking back and forth, of being blocked, of being thrown back again and again. But all that was annulled by the periods when I had my technique in hand and succeeded in doing what I wanted.

Kathe Kollwitz

There’s a fantastic set of 1970 “Finnish Islands” photographs by Bill Ray in the LIFE Photo Archive. I’m especially fond of the portraits, I wish I knew the stories behind the people.

“International Year of Astronomy 2009” poster by Simon Page

I’m in love with Page’s set of stunning retro style astronomy posters. Word is, prints will be available soon.

Never become an artist if you can’t learn to draw.

Sergei Bongart

I’ve been trying out the ShakeItPhoto app which turns iPhone snapshots into faux polaroids (complete with shaking action!). I was always fascinated with polaroids when I was a kid. I thought about buying my own polaroid camera, but another novelty is the last thing I need. At only 99¢ this is a nice compromise. (Found the app via Janice.)

“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.