Ninja vs Penguin

Ninja October 2nd, 2009

I <3 Rilla Alexander from Rinzen! And my heart flutters even more at the sight of her darling penguin illustration for Fataim. OK, fine, it’s not all about the penguin — Noah’s whole ark is there — but naturally, I’m drawn to the penguin.

Ark Pattern and Tag
Description: A procession of animals make their way across this textile print, climbing aboard the ark on the hang tag. The penguin protests when he remembers he can swim. Troublemaker.
Client: Fataim
Software: Adobe Fireworks
Year: 2002

Check out more of Rilla’s work here.

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• New Elyon Marshmallows mascot (1)

Tags: Fataim, Illustration, Patterns, Penguin, Rilla Alexander, Rinzen, Textile, Vector

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Ninja October 2nd, 2009

Seymour Chwast is so inspiring! Just in case you missed it, AIGA kindly posted the 3-part video for the event, Seymour: The Obsessive Image of Seymour Chwast.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Book purchasing link
+ Seymour: The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast, $26.40

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Tags: AIGA, Events, graphic design, Illustration, Inspiration, Seymour Chwast, The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast, Videos

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Ninja September 28th, 2009

Yael Miller’s mascot illustrations for Elyon Marshmallows are so cute that I almost wouldn’t want to eat them. Almost.

• Rilla’s penguin overboard (0)
• Pernille paints First Kiss-inspired mural (2)
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Tags: Elyon Marshmallows, Illustration, Mascots, Miller Creative LLC, Vector, Yael Miller

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Ninja September 24th, 2009

Timothy Hon Hung Lee’s pieces are typically black and white and feature delicate, sensual female figures and highly-detailed plant life. So I was surprised when he showed me his latest painting depicting a wounded man in color!

Farewell my mourning bird, 2009
Chinese inks on rice paper
80cm x 70cm

Related links
+ View more of Timothy Hon Hung Lee’s artwork
+ Read Timothy Hon Hung Lee’s blog

Purchasing link
+ Illusive 2: Contemporary Illustration and Its Context, $43.47

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Tags: Die Gestalten Verlag, Figure drawing, Illusive 2, Illustration, ink, Portraits, Timothy Hon Hung Lee

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Ninja September 22nd, 2009

My dear friend, Ophelia Chong, is celebrating her birthday today!

Happy birthday, Miss O!!

She’s got a lot of spunk, is bursting with creativity, and makes some truly breathtaking work. Ophelia’s work can been seen in Raygun, Interview, Bleach, Lava, Strand Releasing, Slamdance, LAIFF, Outfest, Workbook, CSS Artistry, Lemon Poppyseed, and 1,000 Artist Journal Pages. In her spare time (what spare time?), she writes for KCET and shares about her life in Los Angeles.

If you’re not familiar with her inspiring images, take a gander here.

Das Rheingold
Collage with Titian’s painting David and Goliath

The Commencement of the Fall
Collage

Crane
Collage

Flying Boy
Printed on An ad from 1953
Vandercook Press and wood type

BangPowBang — Female
Printed on an image from Official Detective Stories Nov. 15, 1937
Vandercook Press with wood type

Boys of CSS
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
Vandercook Press with wood type

O in White
Printed on found ephemera
Vandercook Press with wood type

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Tags: Birthday, Collage, Illustration, Letterpress, Ophelia Chong, Photography

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Ninja September 21st, 2009

Behemoth and Leviathan, Book of Job, no. 15

The Morgan is hosting an exhibition of over 100 works from poet, painter, and printmaker, William Blake. A New Heaven Is Begun includes his 21 illustrations for the Book of Job, 12 drawings illustrating John Milton’s poems L’Allegro and Il Penseroso, Songs of Innocence and Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

The show also features recorded readings of Blake’s poetry by Jeremy Irons.

When
A New Heaven Is Begun runs through January 3, 2010

Where
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY 10016 (map)

Hours
+ Tuesday through Thursday: 10:30AM – 5PM
+ Friday: 10:30AM – 9PM
+ Saturday: 10AM – 6PM
+ Sunday: 11AM – 6PM

Admission
+ $12 Adults
+ $8 Children (under 16), Seniors (65 and over), $8 Students (with current ID)
+ Free to members and children 12 and under (accompanied by an adult)
+ Admission is free on Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Tags: A New Heaven Is Begun, Book of Job, Exhibitions, Illustration, Prints, Songs of Innocence and Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Morgan, Watercolor, William Blake

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Ninja July 29th, 2009

Really digging the rhythmic, swirling compositions of Brooklyn-based illustrator/designer, Sougwen Chung. Sougwen can be found hard at work at the design shop, Cuban Council.

Afterthoughts

Fleurette-de-lis A

Fleurette-de-lis B

Fleurette-de-lis C

Fleurette-de-lis D

SepalCure

Spectral Sound

Spectral Sound

You can check out her drawing process here:

Related link
+ See more at Sougwen Chung’s drawing blog

Purchasing link
+ Buy Sougwen Chung’s prints

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Tags: Brooklyn, Cuban Council, graphic design, Illustration, Process, Sougwen Chung, Type

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Ninja June 25th, 2009

Illustrator, Cory Godbey started the blog, Terrible Yellow Eyes, in May 2009. It features a wonderful collection of paintings inspired by Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are. Please check out the other artists here.

Here’s a small sampling:

Ana Galvañ

Benjamin Burch

Kevin Ang

Pascal Campion

Peter deSeve

Sarah Caterisano

Seb Mesnard

Shannon Bonatakis

Shaun Pendergast

• “Terrible Yellow Eyes” Show at Nucleus (1)
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• Home Slice by Scott C. (2)
• Where the Wild Things Are Trailer (0)

Tags: Blogs, Books, Cory Godbey, Illustration, Maurice Sendak, Paintings, Terrible Yellow Eyes, Where the Wild Things Are

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Ninja June 23rd, 2009

Chow Martin uses ink and charcoal on mylar to create mythical, muscular creatures and type. You can check out the rest of his work here.

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Tags: Charcoal, Chow Martin, Illustration, ink, Mylar, Type

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Ninja June 12th, 2009

California native, Casey Weldon, is known for his whimsical visual wordplay and geeky cultural references found in his paintings. Casey spent his childhood reading and drawing comics. He studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena where he graduated with honors in 2004. He now lives and works out of Brooklyn, NY.

The AT-AT is classic!

He latest show (see below) is on the virtual walls of the interactive gallery, 88Point5—Gallery 1988’s online arm.  All his paintings are going for $250 or less.

Purchasing links
+ Casey Weldon’s prints, $23.00 each
+ Casey Weldon’s paintings, about $250 each

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Tags: 88Point5, Art Center College of Design, AT-AT, Casey Weldon, Exhibitions, Gallery 1988, Illustration, Painting, Prints, Shopping

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