Color bomb!
Ilana Kohn is a Brooklyn-based artist who has provided illustrations for a variety of clients, including The New York Times and The Stranger. It’s no secret that I’m inspired by color—lots of it—and Ilana is not one to skimp. She mixes acrylic and collage techniques to bright, eye-catching results. I love the handmade feel to these pieces, too, the hyper-detailed facial features surrounded by rich splotches of blue, red, yellow and green. Win.
The Beholder has several of Ilana’s originals up for grabs. Or, visit her own shop to see a selection of affordable prints.
Cool! Ian Dingman sent me a new illustration this week.
Hopefully you already know: All of the artwork and illustrations on this site are original works by Ian, and each piece in my stories section has been inspired by one of his paintings. He’s been a great friend to me. I’m honored to continue to work with him and feature his stuff.
Two of my most favorite web-geniuses, Tony Delgrosso and Angela Black, have teamed to create Low Resolution Theatre. Every weekday they produce a new comic, pairing Tony’s witty bits with Angela’s irreverent drawings. I’ve gotten into the habit of checking LRT each morning when I wake up. It puts a smile on my face—from their slightly bent pop culture references to characterizations of their own lives, the sky seems the limit as to what might appear.
As you take your daily stroll throughout the world wide interwebs, I urge you to bookmark them for attention. And while you’re at it, take a look at my birthday cameo. It’s below the fold!
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The computer desktop is a canvas. That’s why I’m always surprised when people decorate theirs with absolutely hideous, staid, uninspired stock photos, or, worse, nothing at all. It is a given that we would hang great-looking art on our walls…why overlook your desktop workspace? When I get new interns in the office, this is one of the first things I make them do.
I have two computers—a PC laptop that I work on at my day job and a MacBook that I prefer use at all other times. I thought I’d start occasionally sharing the desktop backgrounds that I’m running on those and where I found them. Dig into the cut for the details!
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I first came across illustrator and designer Blanca Gómez when her work was featured on the cover of the inaugural issue of UPPERCASE Magazine. Then, again, more recently I featured her in a roundup of creative 2010 calendars. There is a child-like quality to her pieces, as well as an almost retro sensibility, that makes her style very timeless. I think to know of her work is to love it—the color, the characterization…the color!
Her Etsy shop is filled with goodies from her studio in Madrid, including screen-printed journals, buttons and pocket mirrors. And her blog, Cosas Minimas (“Small Things”), will keep you up to date on everything else she’s got going on.
Dear Blanca,
Please come immediately and live in my pants pocket.
Love, Matt
