Lazy Days of Summer

A few months back an old colleague from my advertising days, photographer Wes Raymond, contacted me about doing a time lapse. I've actually wanted to do one for a while so I was pretty happy that he asked. We decided that I'd do a sketch on a summer theme and he'd take photographs while I painted it. The painting took about 2 hours and Wes compr ...

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I've come across quite a few interesting and inspiring videos lately that I wanted to share.• The first one is a video by Mike Kerr about the sketchbooks of children's book illustrator Renata Liwska: A Quiet Look - How to become a children's book illustrator in one (not so easy) step from mike kerr on Vimeo.• Next is a TED talk by children's book w ...

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I just saw the most fantastic video over at Deanna Staffo's blog. She's a really talented illustrator so if you're not familiar with her work you should definitely check it out. The video features Russian Cossack dancing set to Run DMC and it's awesome. I love Russian culture - their traditional costumes and music, the vibrant colors, the fur ha ...

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