chemical flowers

in other news, i am working on a drawing on pyrite. 

best ever

by ashley lande.  

go to her site for more beardy geometric pseudo-religious awesomeness.

i love

Odessa.

maps!

i love maps!!!  i love this post full of maps. 

 

  

 

unnamed season

 

i like this painting by betteo.  i wouldn't have visited deviantart if it wasn't for ffffound!

drawings of lines

i love/hate it when i find something i love so much that i wish i had come up with it myself. 

by victoria haven

there is a secret little event in the works.  if it realizes itself i will announce it in the new year.   these illustrations poke my favourite brain buttons and tie in perfectly with the three dimensional structures i've been turning around in my head.  i mean, i have to do something with all that yellow tissue paper i have left over from our wedding craft explosion. 

baby gifts

a little while ago a friend of mine had a baby and i got started on a quilt for him, the first quilt i would ever make.  i found the cutest blue fabric with an orange and yellow giraffe print.  i cut out all the pieces, measured a few yellow and red strips for the borders, and started to pin everything together. 

the kid is now three, they've packed up and moved to the other side of the country, and the quilt is still in pieces.  i really owe them something. 

now i think i've put my foot in my mouth again for another baby by submitting myself to a project i haven't even started yet and this one's 5 or 6 months old now.  i want to make a poster with an animal for every letter of the alphabet, Charley Harper style.  at least he's not old enough to read letters yet. 

a few more pages of this giant biology book.

i don't think i could be as graphically precise as Charley Harper.  well, maybe i could, but it would take me a few years to finish the poster.  i think i'm just intimidated by the idea.  i have a list of animals already.  i should just get started! 

skin

i'm mesmerized by these delicate skin drawings.

 

by ariana page russell
find out how she did it.

machinarium

the demo for machinarium came out earlier this month.  it's made by an independent studio, amanita design.  i only mention that because marcia loves amanitas.  i'm going to try it out soon.  i like puzzle games.

Alice

I loved this game.  American McGee's Alice.  This flickr set of concept art from the game kind of makes me want to play it again.

Looks like they're making a sequel!  With giant snails!

love what you do

i could never feel this way about commercial graphic design (i think marcia would agree) but i love this poster anyhow:

via fffound!

hidden landscapes

by chris thompson (junior taxi)

msn messenger icon

this image from Team Macho has been my instant messenger user picture for the last few months.  I love it so much that my words are failing me. 

beans!!!

botanical illustrations

I think these are actually ripped from real vintage botany books but i'd like to draw my own because i love plants as much as i love french fries.  Especially ferns. 

from ethanolie at etsy

via unruly things