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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Ninja November 27th, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving to our friends in the States!

My little cousin made this pipe-cleaner, googly-eyed, pine cone turkey.

And Craig Redman brings us this funny Thanksgiving Darcel illustration.

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Ninja May 6th, 2008

Meet Darcel. He’s a moody, dissatisfied, Cyclopic vector fellow who lives in NY and likes art. I suspect he’s a graphic designer, too.

You can view snap shots of his daily life and follow him on his new blog here.

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Ninja April 24th, 2008

FACELIFT is a showcase of 40 individually crafted letterforms developed by both new and established creatives from across the globe resulting in an all new Inkthis typeface. The project presents a style-heavy blend of type, design, illustration, sculpture, painting and graffiti.

Contributors include Alex Trochut, Jamie Cullen, Rinzen, and Gary Taxali. The exhibition will be on show between April 22nd and May 9th at the LCB Depot in Leicester.

For more information please visit Ink This.

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Ninja March 28th, 2008

My dear friend Adrian emailed me to let me know that Rinzen (he is a proud member of this unstoppable vector powerhouse) will be featured in the upcoming April issue (number 87) of Juxtapoz Magazine.

I should note that this is the first time Rinzen will have their portraits shown (as a group), unadorned by their signature vector illustration.

Self portrait for Lawrence King Hand to Eye book

Take a look at these 2 spreads from Juxtapoz’s Rinzen feature

Congratulations, Rinzen on a well-deserved spot!

Purchasing link
+ Get your copy of Juxtapoz issue 87 here

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Ninja August 14th, 2007

I’ve been listening to the Cowboy Bebop box set lately. But today Brisbane electronic act, Ponyloaf, came back on my radar. They describe their music as “cyber-industrial synthrock robocore.”

I’m happy to say that ALL of their CDs are finally available for purchase online! Wohoo!

Their latest CD, Grey Area, came out in late June.

Their older albums feature some lovely vector art. =) These images are from their first CD, Epic Travels.

And these are from their second CD, O Complex.

Link:
+ Purchase Ponyloaf’s CDs

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Ninja August 3rd, 2007

NvP loves Rinzen! =)

Links:
Check out Steve’s step by step process for his Streetlab piece.

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Ninja July 15th, 2007

Yay! I LOVE Karl’s take on Milton Glaser’s famous “I <3 NY” logo.

Want your own? Since sizes + selection vary, I’ll give you multiple links to purchase this tee.

Links:
+ buy this tee directly from Rinzen
+ buy this tee from 2K shirts
+ buy this tee from the giant peach

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Ninja May 28th, 2007

Hallo everyone! I trust you’re all enjoying your long weekends. =) I just flew back on the red eye from LA and am trying to stay awake to re-adjust my sleep schedule. Alas, I only got 15 minutes of sleep on the flight so this is probably a losing battle. I already feel my eye lids closing on their own accord.

It feels good to be back home! I came back to a lovely surprise—not one, but two packages greeted me.

The one on the left is from Adrian, and the one on the right is from Stefan. =D

Stickers, postcards, and a fun tee in the first package. How sweet of him! Thanks, Adrian. =)

Yay!!! And my original monster from Stefan! Danke!!! We agreed to an art swap a while ago. I mentioned that I really liked the way he drew bark, so he kindly drew a winged friend perched on a branch. He also included a very nice handwritten note =) Such a kind and funny guy!

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Ninja April 3rd, 2007

I’m working on making a Mother’s Day gift guide for the modern mum and came across these tees. If you or your mum are into comfy tees, why not check out the selection from 2K. 2K invites artists and designers to come up with their own cool tees (Bjork, Yoko Ono, Experimental Jetset, Upnorth). They normally go for $35 a pop (not including shipping), but they’re having a sale now! Select tees are just $19.95. The 2 tees I’m eying are these lil’ numbers from Rinzen & Shynola.

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