Example: Watch the Sun Come Up

I'm loving Example's new single. I guess you could say it sounds a bit pop, but after hearing his free "Credit Munch" mixtape (and listening to it over and over) I can tell his sound evolved to this naturally. I love the sketchy "Take on Me" look too!

Just like when I was a kid

Rows of videocasettes drawn by Hollis Brown Thornton. Takes me back to my VHS days! And he did these with marker!

Design Inspiration: Kevin Dart

Kevin Dart is an American freelance illustrator whose artwork for Yuki 7, an original character he created, has recently gained popularity on the net. He's extremely talented, and his blog entries that explain his development of his Yuki 7 character are fascinating. I love how accurately his paintings capture a colorful 60s film vibe.

Blog
Online shop
Yuki 7 on Facebook
Grain Edit interview

Design Inspiration: Charley Harper

Charley Harper (1922–2007) was an artist from Cincinnati who specialized in vector-like paintings of wildlife, mostly for nature-based organizations. He has such an amazing eye for giving his subjects an abstract look that conveys a lot with simple shapes.

http://www.charleyharperartstudio.com/
http://www.charleyharperprints.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Harper

Redundancy

Flickr continues to be an awesome resource for designers, and it's so vast you never know how much cool stuff you'll find. Through fffound and various blogs, I've stumbled upon some amazing stuff. For example, this group pool called • flashback • houses its members' collections of retro illustrations, movie posters, ads, movie stills, magazines and other random stuff.

all lookin' like a biker gang from Akira

This is a scene from one of the more obscure straight to video anime shows out there. The quality of hand drawn animation in late 80s-early 90s anime has always impressed me, especially when you have a good key animator.

I want to see more of this show, but unfortunately it's called "Download," so it's a bit hard to look for on the internet.

Fez

Fez looks even more gorgeous and colorful now! The colors and pixely art bring back memories of Cave Story.
http://polytroncorporation.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(video_game)

Three Frames

three frames is so surreal. These movies seem totally different to me this way.

Information Aesthetics

Infosthetics is a cool blog showcasing information graphics used in various sources: news websites, magazines, conferences, etc. These artists have implemented so many great little ideas to convey information. I love this stuff.

I made something!

It's a calendar!