attention all durbanites! the wonderful i heart market will be at the moses mabida stadium this saturday (and, indeed, all saturdays to come)…so i hope to see you all on the upper lawns, diagonally opposite kings park virgin active for a new market experience!
“the alphabet 2, a horn book video experiment, is a developmental spelling-video where each character visually represents the meaning of the word itself.” i love everything about this video – look, music, concept, execution – bravissimo, n9ve!
this is my new “artist crush”, australian illustrator charles santoso. his harry potter interpretation and “monster noms” are just brilliant…
Posted in artworks, nice creatures
Tagged animals, art, charles santoso, illustration, illustrator, tiger
this new app for ipad & iphone would be the sole reason i buy one!
thought i would share some random images i have stumbled upon recently that made me smile…
“started as a way to use all the scraps of torn down sheets of project paper and morphed into something else; something grand. each piece is between .5″ and 2″ wide and up to 5″ tall. mostly on Rives BFK heavy stock cream paper.” this is the description of smarts a series of work by artist, eric hancock
here’s a small collection of typographically-pleasing things i have found on my interweb travels…
{click on the image for its source}
Posted in i love words, so-fine design
Tagged carson ellis, design, graphic design, illustration, illustrator, typography
thank you, spring! my favourite tree is in full bloom – the cherry tree. and after an hour’s jog to zoo lake this morning, filled with white and pink blossoms, my chest is glowing and, try as i might, i can’t seem to blot the silly grin from my lips!
{all images via pinterest & google images}
{image via pinterest}
i was recently introduced to this amazing, canadian singer-songwriter, dan mangan, and instantly fell in love with this song and its award-winning music video…
Posted in awesomeness, great escapes, nice creatures
Tagged dan mangan, music, music video, road regrets
if you are an avid camper, ex-girl guide (or scout) and amateur outdoors-person like me then you will love the fancy-schmancy survival gear available from new york-based retailers, bestmade company…
{via jp at eyecandy}
happy monday, folks! i am taking a little (working) holiday for two weeks and getting out of town. all in the name of finally knuckling down to produce my first book. but i will keep the odd post rolling in…and perhaps even some working sketches!
{click image to enlarge via atomhawk design}
Posted in artworks
there are times when i know that the only cure for my type of melancholy to seek out an avenue of trees & walk between and beneath them…
{image via pinterest}
having fun with OCD…
{via 9gag}
Posted in idle thoughts, inner-geek
during bushfires if certain species of fallen trees catch fire, they burn down to nothing but white ash, leaving a perfect “shadow” of their former selves on the blackened earth…tree ghosts.
{image by michael poliza}
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