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Awful drawings by Matthieu Barrère
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Paris-based illustrator Matthieu Barrère has a site called Awful Drawings, where he posts, er, awful drawings. These mostly come with declarative copy and are howlingly silly. We like stuff that is howlingly silly, so we like Matthieu Barrère.
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Morbidly cute illustrations by Norio Fujikawa
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These little illustrations by California artist Norio Fujikawa are super cute. I know, the little Grim Reaper is a tiny bit morbid, but he’s adorable too! I used to cover my school papers with similar baby Grims, but these guys are way better than mine ever were. And I love their placement on Snoopy’s Doghouse or swimming [...]
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Superhero portraits of people
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Portraits of people with superhero-inspired logos, illustrations and comic panes imprinted all over their faces? We are all living a bit larger-than-life these days. Artist Sandra Chevrier wields quite a bit of magic with watercolor, acrylic, pencil and collage.
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An illustrated guide to man boobs
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Drew Friedman did a series of illustrations for MAD Magazine depicting the various forms of man boobs. There’s enough diversity not just for one volume, but three volumes. The belt sniffers hit so close to home it’s not funny, while we’ve also seen loads of Gorillas in the Mist.
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Some of our past Favourites
J3 Concepts: awesome graffiti-style vector illustrations
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Based in Seattle, Washington, freelance vector artist Jared Nickerson creates truly unique and stunning artwork. His pieces often play together through layers of line art, images collage and coexist creating flows of flowers, ferns, fists. Stacks of shapes, piles of pipes and pieces of industry. The layers, colors, collage all coming together in a creative balanced whole. The style is [...]
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Quirky illustrations by Nicola Smanio
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Nicola Smanio is an animator and illustrator from Stockholm. A computer geek at heart, yet not happy about the prospect of a life spent sitting in front of a screen, he prefers to make things the analog way, be that building puppets or carving mountains out of styrofoam. When he does sit in front of [...]
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Heavily tattooed ladies from bygone eras
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Self-taught artist Ramon Maiden — who describes himself as a “wanderlust king, ink maniac and dandy delinquent based in Barcelona” and sees the tattoo as a form of artistic expression — works with ink, watercolor and markers to stipple out fantastic works that has him inking vintage illustrations of women, whether these be of Vargas [...]
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New illustrations by Jensine Eckwall
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Who is Jensine Eckwall? The answer to that question has been quite pleasant. Jensine is a recent gradute from the School of Visual Arts, who’s work has already been published by clients such as The New York Times and Plansponsor. She swept the Society of Illustrator’s Student Competitions with Scholarships awards, and has a promising [...]
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Raising Leia: The parenting woes of Darth Vader
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Remember Jeffrey Brown’s splendid picture storybook Darth Vader and Son? He’s back with a fresh follow-up for a children’s book, Vader’s Little Princess, which imagines the dad tackling even more parenting woes as he raises his rebellious teen daughter Leia. He even gets to employ the classic disgruntled dad phrase “You are not going out [...]
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Chris Write’s Sports Cheeses: beautifully illustrated cheese puns
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Chris Write’s determination to relieve folk of the hum-drum of the daily ‘rind is aptly demonstrated in his awesome new selection of sports cheeses; beautifully crafted cheese puns illustrated in Wright’s inimitable style. Jamie Oliver is evidently a fan and I have also just ordered my slice of the action.
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Victorian figures infiltrating scientific illustrations
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Collagist and book artist Lynn Skordal has a fantastic collage series, Scientific Re-Illustration, where prim and proper Victorian figures find their way into the droll world of detailed scientific illustrations. It’s all deliberately absurd and simply hilarious.
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Illustrations by Californian artist Erik Reichenbach
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Erik Reichenbach was a two-time contestant on the hit reality television show Survivor. Although Erik is not an extremely popular contestant among fans and viewers, he’s notable for coming 5th place in both seasons. Outside of the TV realm, this Santa Clarita-based graphic artist has been creating picture books filled with wild characters since grade [...]
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Misery City: a new comic from London’s Markosia Publishing
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Misery City is a new surreal noir comic from Markosia Publishing in London. The illustrations, by Vassilis Gogtzilas, are beautifully daring and dark. The story is written by Kostas Zachopoulos and tells the tale of Max Murray, an unlucky trench coat detective, forever damned in the concrete labyrinth of Misery City. Hunted by Hell’s lurking [...]
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Birdfood’s Illustrations: drawings your mother wouldn’t approve of
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Sometimes artists draw still life. Sometimes artists do portraits. Sometimes some artists find it’s needed to not only stray away from a more conventional path, but to pull its pants down and examine its naughty bits. This is where Birdfood’s artwork pulls out its magnifying glass and goes to town.
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Gemma Robinson illustrates for Educause Review magazine
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US-based Educause Review recently commissioned me to illustrate three stories in their March/April issue. Educause Review is an award-winning magazine which takes a broad look at current developments and trends in information technology and how they may affect colleges and universities.
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