just another day at the office...

but not just another blog! I have discovered my milk toof and the world of Lardee and ickle. Started by the awesomely creative Inhae, this blog follows the adventures of the two little guys above. She made the two teef from polymer clay and she paints them and can mold their faces into different expressions. The bottom line is that this blog is AWESOME and you should follow it! I've put some other clips of Lardee and ickle below to intice you even more!

yikes!

"these hats mean business!"

check her out at http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com

down time sometimes equals creativity

Lately at work, I've been having quite a bit of down time. Since starting at ON last October, I've gotten pretty good at using my tablet and stylus to work in Illustrator and Photoshop. Let me tell you, it is SOOOO much easier than using a mouse! Well, since the days have been a bit slow, I've been playing around in these same applications. I've taken to uploading a photo to Illustrator and then drawing on it. My first attempt was a straightforward one, simple clean lines. There's something I like a lot about the quality. It was fun to do, and think I might make posting a drawing a regular occurance, trying different techniques and effects. What do you think?

maria at asensio
maria at asensio-original photo from thesartorialist.

typeface

Lately, I've found a lot of my usual sources of inspo dull and a little tired. And then yesterday I discovered Friends of Type. Run by four guys, the website/blog/store posts all sort of art relating to typeface. Some are hand drawn, some are things they've found, some are animated, some of them make very little sense, but all of them are fun, fascinating takes on the written word. Here are some of my faves.

Check them out at friendsoftype.com

street art

The other day, the Sartorialist posted this photo from Berlin:

I love this photo: the sassy-sweet pose of the girl and the dotted outline with the tiny scissors in the lower corner. I also love the simplicity of the black and white. Even on the already tagged up wall, the girl dominates the space like she owns it. I think its cool how the rest of the graffiti is black with the exception of the bright blue letters and the remnants of the hot pink poster. Street art and graffiti has always been interesting to me. Though there are definite cases when graffiti is a pain in the ass and totally disrespectful (like when my third grade neighbor's house was tagged), there are also times when its obvious the maker went to a great length to create his/her piece. I can across a book once that was all about the LA graffiti of the early 90s. There was some AMAZING stuff in that book. Where ever I am, if I come across some that I find interesting, funny, meaningful or just plain cool, I'll photograph it. Below are some of my favorites.

There's something about the face on the left that draws me in. She looks almost sad.

Fort Funston, SF.

I loved Calvin and Hobbes as a kid.

Was really surprised to see Hobbes on a wall in Arles, France.

I found this one on the interwebs a while back.

Not only is it a really good motto, I love the dripping paint.

I'm thinking "town" was intentionally misspelled, but I thought it was funny nonetheless, especially since it was right at the start of one of the main streets that goes through China Town in NYC.