The sketchbook of Irina Troitskaya
What is great about Irina Troitskaya’s portfolio, apart from the beautiful work, is that you can take a peek in to her sketchbook and see how she develops her illustrations.
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# Irina Troitskaya
Jazz greats by Ian Johnson
Really nice drawings and paintings of Jazz legends by Ian Johnson. I find the balance of geometry and pattern, with realistically drawn figures really pleasing.
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# Ian Johnson, JazzNoma Bar at KK Outlet
Noma Bar is an illustrator that I’ve just noticed. The simplicity of his style and underlying message, be that cultural or political, really talks straight.
Plus his bold use of negative space is something to aspire to. Sorry, I geeked out again.
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# KK Outlet, Noma BarMy Way – Abstract City Blog by Christoph Niemann
You just have to love the witty truths exposed in these reinvented city maps by Christoph Niemann.
Friday is Radio Day
I want to post about more music – so I’ve decided that Friday is Radio Day! Each Friday I’ll flood your ears with audio goodness to drench your afternoon with sonic pleasure.
Rocking my transistor this week.
Marble House – The Knife. Not exactly a new song, but I’m loving this version recorded live in Sweden.
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No Diggity – The Klaxons. I always loved this track and now it’s been covered in a Nu version (sorry).
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Venice – Beirut
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# Beirut, Marble House, Music, No Diggity, Radio, Radio Day, The Klaxons, The Knife, VeniceSpecial Doodle Delivery Stickers by Mooselumps
My mate Mooselumps has just posted these awesome stickers on his blog.
I have just pleaded with him to give me one – I have no shame, but I think it’s worked!
Steve Morris at Etsy
More illustrative goodness, this time from Steve Morris. Available at Etsy.
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# Bear, Dark, Etsy, Peacock, Skeleton, Stag, Steve Morris, TreesJon Klassen
A few posts back I mentioned the book We Are the Friction, but I didn’t say why I bought it. The sole reason was because I love the illustration above, which was included in this series of short stories.
I have come across Jon Klassen’s work many times in the last month. A few weeks ago I saw this animation in which he collaborated with David O’Reilly (another talent that I will post about soon).
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# David O'Reilly, Jon Klassen, We Are the FrictionMicah Lidberg
This morning I took the advice of Nicky over at Monster Munch and spent a while looking at Micah Lidberg’s work.
His style is so full of character and detail that you could pore over every well-considered stroke for ages. There’s some lovely pattern work too.
Whilst going through his portfolio, I realised that I’d seen one of his illustrations (below) in a book called We Are the Friction. I just finished it this week and I thought it was one of the best in the book.
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# Micah Lidberg, We Are the FrictionEvery Day the Same Dream
With the first working week of the new year begun, leave behind the rat-race for a moment. And play, the rat-race.
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“Every day the same dream” is a slightly existential riff on the theme of alienation and refusal of labor. The idea was to charge the cyclic nature of most video games with some kind of meaning (i.e. the “play again” is not a game over). Yes, there is an end state, you can “beat” the game.
# Every Day the Same Dreamfound at creativeapplications.net
