patterns

messin around with watercolor, did some shotty mock-ups of the keys in repeat

attack of the blogs

1) Bombdiggy Wizard of Oz illus, by Libico Maraja

2)Designers' blogs are awesome!!! I forwarded the Rifle Paper Co. blog, but here is the blog of Banquet Workshop, featuring a Polina Raiko mural:

All the Mountains is cool too...SO MUCH good stuff there. I liked this sweet old found token:

3)Cool architectural models. Check out Frank Lloyd Wrights' cat's house:

4) we've both looked at this site before, but i really dig this post about masquerades

SO MANY TREASURESSSssssssssssss
the internet is a vortex

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Pattern and J.D.

Here is my first attempt at a weekly pattern-thingamajig. Not sure what it is.

 

And also, I've been thinking of an idea for a short animation- here's a page of Salingers I've done to practice drawing Salinger. I think he came out looking more like me than anything.

Soviet Cookbook

Check out these great images from a Soviet Cookbook. I found it in an arts bookstore--the one on Alberta.

More here:

http://brightbrown.fastmail.fm/sovietcookbook/

And here

http://russographica.wordpress.com/category/soviet/

found figurative stuff

I ran across a few sketches I did a little while ago. I was working on minimizing linework. 

Did you ever watch that documentary Buck? About a master horseman. It's really good--it reminded me of some of the country folk I knew growing up  in MT. The last one is Jackie Robinson, Elvis, and Charlie Chaplin

Jean Michael

Tea House Confidentials

 Important art matters were being discussed at this Alberta street Tea House. Below are the minutes from this meeting.

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