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Quick Tip: Creating Swirly Vectors Using Illustrator

Design Shack Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

An illustrator video quick tip tutorial on how to create swirly vectors in illustrator. View Post

Santa Claus, Stinky Cheese Man illustrator at Philbrook today

BatesLine (Free subscription) | yesterday

Santa Claus returns to Tulsa's Philbrook Art Museum for the 25th anniversary of the Festival of Trees. Today (November 21, 2009) is the members' opening of the Festival; the Festival opens to the public on Sunday. Santa will be at Philbrook each weekend of the festival (including the Friday after...

Reading Today: A Nickname for Mike McGinn?

Slog (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

We have several poetry readings, several boat-type readings, and a book about looking at Puget Sound like an artist today. Then there are the book events we are actually going to hear about. To wit: Friends of the Library is hosting a Mini-Book Sale today at Magnuson Park. No, the books aren't mini. The sale is mini; they'll only (?) have 10,000 books for sale . At Seattle Mystery Bookshop, it's time...

Design Inspiration Interview - Michael Cho

Sugar Frosted Goodness! (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

I've just posted a brand new interview with the very talented illustrator Michael Cho over at Design Inspiration . Be sure to check it out! Interview with Michael Cho.

Laura's Review - Angle of Repose

The Pulitzer Project (Free subscription) | yesterday

Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner 569 pages What interests me in all these papers is not Susan Burling Ward the novelist and illustrator, and not Oliver Ward the engineer, and not the West they spend their lives in. What really interests me is how two such unlike particles clung together, and under what strains, rolling downhill into their future until they reached the angle of repose where I knew them....

The Book of Genesis illustrated by R Crumb

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Robert Crumb's straight retelling of Genesis lacks his trademark humour It's the old story. Milton tried to retell the Bible and discovered that Satan was a more interesting character than God, and now, three centuries later, Robert Crumb confirms that God is a hell of a lot less fun than Fritz the Cat. "The first book of the Bible graphically depicted! Nothing left out!" declares the cover...

Every Game Character Needs A Beard

GameSetWatch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Croatian illustrator Vanja Mrgan was sitting on the toilet recently when he came up with the idea of drawing beards on beardless figures. "Instantly, I conjured a list of characters that need beards and raced to my computer to get to work," explains the artist. He's already posted several sketches of familiar and now-whiskered video game characters like Black Mage, Wario, and Mr. Game &...

CPL's Bookamania Brings The Reading Fun For Kids

Chicagoist (Free subscription) | yesterday

Special to Chicagoist from Elizabeth Mikel If we had kids, we'd certainly be bringing them to Chicago Public Library's Bookamania event on Saturday. Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., the Harold Washington Library Center will be opening its doors to youngsters aged three to ten for a slew of free book-related events. Thanks to a grant from the Chicago Public Library Foundation and the Target Corporation,...

And The Winner Is... M. S. Corley!

Monday Artday (Free subscription) | yesterday

The winner for the "Werewolf" challenge is: M. S. Corley! Congratulations to M. S. Corley . I chose M. S. Corley's " Werewolf " (Lycaon) as the winner for the Werewolf challenge. Why? Because it's AWESOME! M. S. Corley is a fantastic illustrator and designer. I've actually been a fan of his for sometime. Many of you may remember his incredible redesign for A Series of Unfortunate...

Get your bearded superhero on

Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | yesterday

When it comes to superheroes and beards, there’s not a whole lot of overlap. Sure, there’s Hercules, and there’s Odin — goateed folks like Tony Stark and Oliver Queen just don’t make the cut — but otherwise, the number is pretty sparse. But Croatian illustrator Vanja Mrgan is looking to bridge that divide, with his site, [...]

Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist

lines and colors (Free subscription) | yesterday

There are hundreds of art instruction books out there, with a wide range of topics, approaches and degrees of value, but Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist by renowned painter, illustrator and Dinotopia artist James Gurney, is exceptional in several ways. Before I go too far, I’ll point out that although this is [...]

EAST Interview: Audrey Lopata Makes Anything Possible

Austinist (Free subscription) | yesterday

"Dilemma" by Audrey Lopata; pen and ink with acrylic East Austin Studio Tour Saturday, November 21 - Sunday, November 22 Various Venues ( Austin ) Free, Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm [ info ] Taking her cues from the "anything goes" rules of children's literature, illustrator Audrey Lopata carefully pens colorful worlds inhabited with scarf-wearing-lizards, zombie pirates, and mermaids....

Gratuitous Beard Blogs - The Beards and Bellies Blog Adds Beards to Cartoons (GALLERY)

TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday

(TrendHunter.com) It may be the month to pay homage to moustaches, but there are some out there who would rather celebrate the beard—like the Beards and Bellies blog. Croatian illustrator and creator of the Beards and…

McCain : Goodness Unlimited (It's All Good) [Video]

scaryideas (Free subscription) | yesterday

McCain : Goodness Unlimited (It's All Good) [Video] MCain TV advert first aired in UK November 2009. Featuring potato ticklers for the Potato Smiles, herb confetti for the Potato Wedges and hugs of Rosemary and Garlic for the Sweet Potato. By advertising agency Beattie McGuinness Bungay. Agency: Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB) Client: McCain Creative Director: Gavin McGrath Copywriter: Julia Martens...

CorelDraw Graphics Suite X5 Beta 3 (2009)

Hotfile Megaupload Rapidshare links (Free subscription) | yesterday

CorelDraw Graphics Suite X5 Beta 3 (2009) | 659MB About: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite - a well-known software package for working with different types of graphs. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite allows you to work on all sorts of projects - from logo creation and Web graphics to multipage marketing brochures and eye-catching signs. The package CorelDRAW Graphics Suite implemented advanced means of ensuring compatibility...

Build Your Career in Jewellery Design Courses in London

garryben | 11/13/2009

The fashion industry is expanding while setting up its own niche in the global market. In order to gratify to the rising demands of skilled manpower in this sector, ample of fashion institutes recommend miscellaneous fashion technology programs including jewellery design courses . The popularity of the jewellery design has captivated today's fashion world. Work opportunities in jewellery design have...

Unprecedented competitive upgrade offer for Strata Design 3D CX

prmac | 11/10/2009

XChange UK are pleased to announce a new unprecedented promotion which offers users of any other 3D software product the opportunity to own the powerful, new Strata Design 3D CX . The offer gives users the chance to move to 3D design with an affordable and intuitive solution. With an interface that Adobe users will recognise, Design 3D connects to a users creative toolset with links to Photoshop, Illustrator...

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ADOBE PROMO: hyperlinks in dreamweaver

travonsanford | 10/16/2009

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