Revisiting joie de vivre

After the dust finally settled on our move, we started unpacking – both physically and mentally. One of the boxes in the back of my mind was on the Vintage shelf, where I store my love for many things vintage, retro, antique and timeless.
My love affair with all of that was rekindled [...]

50 refreshing business card designs

50 refreshing business card designs. Just passing along the daily dose of self-loathing that might inspire some of you.
http://www.graphicfetish.com/50-refreshing-business-card-designs/

Jesus Vs the Dinos – link exchange

Starting you off with a balanced breakfast of 100 Links to Inspire Your Designs, courtesy of Mashable.com.
In other news: a tuatara!
Also, some folks at a church said they saw the face of Jesus in a seat cushion. Uh, that looks more like a Golem to me, but whatever works, I guess.

Bookmarks and coffee

Cereal.
Coffee.
At work, consuming both, and taking a moment to myself before heading into the plethora of tasks ahead of me. Though I enjoy my Sundays off – allowing myself to overindulge on laziness, cuddling, and day-long brunch – being in the office isn’t bad either. It’s usually quiet enough to get real work [...]

The Struggles of a New Year

Over the past few months I’ve been working on my company’s website. Essentially what they had going on was the same content (and layout) they’d had for the past six years, and in those six years there were only a handful of changes made. The webmaster had built a somewhat user-friendly access portal that [...]

Digital or by hand?

Just wanted to share this quick tidbit:
 
BY HAND.  Yes, really.
Saw that a bit ago, browsing through an illustration (click photo for link) and was quite impressed.  I’d like to think he free-handed it, first sketching lightly, eraser crumbs everywhere.  After a general outline, a sharpie would have been used to embolden all the arcs, and [...]

R. Crumb Exhibition – Get your art on

R. Crumb exhibition at University of Pennsylvania in Philly.
After watching “American Splendor”, I am saddened that visitation to this event will not happen. However if you are in the neighborhood you should go in my place.
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