A-MA-ZING stop animation piece!!!

So everyone knows about my love for Lego by now! I just found this video which is seriously worth the watch! Could maybe be relevant to anyone looking at American film?... If not, even if it is totally unrelated, it's still amazing!!!
I love Rizzo, she's got that tough-girl thing going on, even in Lego form!

Knit Bombing!?

I've just randomly come across this article on 'yarn bombing' where people are using knit as a form of street art - pity i didn't find it before i wrote my essay, could've been something a bit different to include, never mind!
I've never seen/heard of it before but i think it's a fun idea. It's a good cross-over for me with my interest in both street art and textiles...











I wonder if this would be a more 'accepted' form of street art and not removed quite so quickly by the authorities?....

http://www.lostateminor.com/2011/04/08/yarn-bombing-foot-warmers-for-street-signs/  <-- original site

Street Art - without the crime?...

Whilst looking at more Carhartt adverts, i stumbled across The Wooster Collective (more street art) and found this blog post where 'Flux' had created little pieces on cardboard and stuck them around the streets of Guelph (Canada). I really like this idea, it's quite cute (for want of a much better word), it's not really the way you'd expect to see street art, well i wouldn't anyway. Cardboard has a beautiful tone to it i think, particularly corrugated card, sometimes the cheaper the better and it's use here enables the white characters the stand out and has a nice 'home-made' feel to it. Mostly, it got me to thinking... here is a way i could post my art around the streets without actually committing a crime! Hmmm.... Watch this space!!

My new discovery - courtesy of Laura... thanks!

I was looking at Laura's blog today, cause let's face it, hers is the best!! =) Anyways i saw her post on LWL which i had (shamefully) never heard of but is now my mission to get hold of as  many back issues as possible! I went on the website and found a few illustrations i like, i'm binging on my references at the minute because of my lack of confidence in a way i guess to get on and do my own! My thought is that the more i have to work from in terms of drawing styles, the more likely i am to find at least one way in which i can work!! Here's some of my favourite stuff....

Loved this film, which is reason enough to like the poster!
But i also like the use of pencil although i sort of think it looks
like it's been 'perfected' digitally...(?)

Glows in the Dark!! Enough said! - Anyone know of any good quality
 (as in it actually works..) glow in the dark pens/paint?

I've always liked bold, stencil-like illustrations although i wouldn't really
 know where to start myself... If i can work it out,
then something like this would be great for a screenprint.



I like how the linework here is made up of rough, scribbly marks.
At first glance i thought it was created via blocks of various tones but the
close-up photo showed different. I want to try a rough style in my work.
(similarly to one of my previous posts with the rough pencil drawings)



I'm now off to seek out back-issues of LWL -thanks again Laura for introducing me to it! - if anyone already knows a site/shop where i can get them please let me know =) 

Who knew Kanye could be applied to graphics!....

I saw this music video today and the different examples of typography used are really interesting. The way the video has been created reminds me of something you'd see as part of an exhibition, think 'Pop Life' at the Tate or perhaps an installation at 'Pick Me Up'.
I thought it could be relevant to anyone looking at Las Vegas, Times Square, night life, City lights, anything related to lights really(!) for their American project. Or if not, just some inspiration into typography.

WARNING - (just incase) - This video isn't deemed suitable for anyone who suffers from epilepsy....

Wuff, Snuff and Tuff

I've discovered this old book shop in Felixstowe and it is amaaazing. It's literally like an Aladdin's cave, the layout is like a maze, it goes through a long twisted pathway of book-shelves, full top to bottom with second hand, old, rare, pretty much any book you can imagine. It's quite cheap aswell, i got 50% off. I hope that doesn't mean it's closing down because if you could ever fall in love with a shop... i have with this one!!

I headed straight for the children's section in a hunt for some interesting illustrations and i found this wondeful book from the 1940's (which only cost me £1.50!!). Wuff, Snuff and Tuff are mischevious puppies and each 4 panel strip includes a little adventure where they learn something new about the world. I love the nostalgic feel to the book, the simplicity of the design and illustrations and the inclusion of 'games' in the back. I'm definately heading back to the shop with my next student loan to stock up on more old books... my new obsession!

You can't see it very well but the original owner had signed her name in the front, along with the date: 2.12.47. There's something about the fact is has been personalised that makes me treasure this book even more, to imagine all the previous owners.. I dunno, it's just the geek in me i guess!!

It's now my mission to get hold of this 1948 annual...

Second batch of 'FashionTwista' linework...

It was harder to get good quality linework on these examples because i had to use the window as a lightbox and drawing upright seems to be alot harder than on a flat surface!... But i intend to change what i need to when i do the actual drypoint versions.

I've got alot of hours of drypoint ahead of me!.....