.01 Fine Tip

I rarely ever post my own work, and even less than that do I ever scan in the sketches that I’ve done. I actually like taking notes in class, but for those off days when a subject is particularly sleep-inducing I take out some Microns and start drawing something in the room. Often times it turns into something completely different. Kind of like an episode of The Simpsons.

Pretty Paper Cuts

I'm absolutely blown away by designers and illustrators that use unconventional tools to produce typography. Yulia Brodskaya proves it can be done with paper, negative space, X-Actos, patience and grace.

Playing With Your Food

When my roommates were taking Dimensional Illustration I found that it was the most intriguing takes on the subject, besides Pop-Up Book Illustration. And when my friend Bryan and I were in my favorite store we came across a book by Saxton Freymann called Food Play. I always knew food lived secret lives.

Moar Nao Plz?

I am in love with the typographic style and unpolished-but-precise look of Stefan Glerum's illustrations. Unfortunately there just isn't enough to look at yet, hopefully more in the future.

Work Post Graduation

Yay! A good illustration friend of mine, Joe Dube, was just featured on Drawn! Congrats! Yes, there is hope for those graduating from RIT.

Apple Who?

I've always been a fan of Zune's creative advertising campaigns and push to support independent artists. So to my delight, I've discovered their website dedicated to such projects. Within you can find graphics and animations as well as interviews with the creators. And of course, oodles of downloads.

This featured image comes from the graphic design studio, iLoveDust.

As much as I would love to support Zune and stray from the rest of the iPhone 3G bandwagoners, the Zune player just isn't compatible with my dear Mac. But I look forward to discovering the next generation of emerging artists.

Everything but the kitchen sink...

There's something curiously charming about the work of Illustrator Mikela Prevost. Not too many people work in mixed media anymore, and as a graphic designer I've always found it to be the most interesting since I hardly ever get to create textural work. She's currently working on a remake of Little Red Riding Hood so check out her schtüff and hope to see more of her work in the future.

For so long I have harbored all of this

I'm absolutely infatuated by the illustrations by Kurt Halsey. He has amazing use of space — negative and positive — and adorable stylized characters. I wasn't even sure which piece I wanted to showcase because there were so many great ones.

Halsey's work doesn't really have that commercial feel as most illustrators do, but I like that. On my first day in Illustration I we were told that the big difference between Illustration and Fine Art was that Illustration was made for print and advertising, basically replicated commercial work where the original is hardly ever seen. But it's disappointing in that sense, where illustrative and design work always goes unnoticed simply because it's not hanging up in a museum. They all convey emotion, feeling, and opinions through art.