Singled Out

While Steve Heller may have a point about folksy hand-lettering being a trend in jeopardy of becoming a cliché, I think his Brief Message steps over the line by singling out the portfolio of an artist working successfully in the style. A less exclusive example would have been more appropriate. February 27th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: design, illustration, dumbassery

Poof

From Garfield Minus Garfield. February 27th, 2008 / 1 Comment / Tags: amusing

The Gesture Sphere

From an essay in Cabinet magazine on the historical effort of visually representing instruction in oratory gesture. February 27th, 2008 / 4 Comments / Tags: illustration, nifty

Master of the Macabre

“His art includes spooky books, glassware, scarves ... His looks match diabolical humor, love of macabre ... His cartoons give homey situations a horrible twist.”

From an article on Charles Addams, LOOK magazine, 1953. February 27th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: illustration, nifty

1 HR

The original Photoshop icon. February 25th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: design, tools, nifty

Heard That

“In terms of current trends—I guess I’d like to see more illustration that demonstrates good draftsmanship on the part of the illustrators. There’s a lot of this naive-school, something-that-a-teen-would-doodle-in-their-algebra-book type illustration out there. It’s all over books and music. Show us you can draw!”
—Peter Mendelsund

From an interview at design:related. February 23rd, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: illustration

Studio Notes

Studio Notes is the weblog of Inkleaf Studio, built with and powered by Chyrp. February 23rd, 2008 / 0 Comments / Tags: announcements, tools