SPOTLIGHT: “WORLD’S BEST ARTIST,” MITCH O’CONNELL
Mitch O’Connell may have an awesome sense of humor and fun, low-brow art style, but don’t be fooled: this very funny man has done work for some very serious companies.
BLOG: WHAT’S THE STORY BEHIND “SPECTRUM BOMB”?
”Ok this is defiantly and inside joke for Photoshop users but it’s also really cool to look at for people that don’t know! This is from the color picker in Photoshop switched to ‘only web colors’ and this is what you get, and it has endless amounts of colors and wavy options and just thought no one could do this like you could! I think it would look great on a tee!” - Chuck Pavoni
OH… MY… GLOB
It’s adventure time, c’mon grab your friends!
WOMEN AND COMICS: KELLY SUE DECONNICK
“Are you non-compliant, bitch?! Heck yeah, you are! xoxoxoxo”
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BLOG: “LIKE A LEAF IN THE WIND…”
“I modeled [this design] after the work of Adolph Gottlieb – an American abstract painter that I always admired – whose work always had a very strong similarity to classic Japanese calligraphy. I combined the two concepts with the photograph of a leaf discovered on the ground, and there you go. It was all handled in Photoshop though.” - botnet
MEET THE FIRST EVER THREADLESS ARTIST: PRATE
“’The Jakes’ were still in high school when I first met them. They did a short presentation at View:Source (web design event in the late ’90s?) involving plastic-wrapped slices of cheese flying through the air. It was really something. You should ask Jake Nickell about that day.” - Prate
WHAT’S THE BEST ROAD TRIP YOU’VE EVER GONE ON?
“I believe the best adventure is still ahead of me.” - David Hora
WOMEN & COMICS: AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIA WERTZ
“I always advise new writers/cartoonists to write for yourself, edit for an audience.”
LIKE “ORGAN TRAIL”? YOU’LL LOVE THIS ARTIST SHOP!
This Chicago-based indie game design team is best known for combining the childhood staple Oregon Trail with zombies to create a game called ORGAN Trail, swapping out a covered wagon for a station wagon and “dysentery” for “bitten”…and dysentery.
GET INSPIRED WITH OUR MUSE CHALLENGE WINNER!
“For good or bad, I think style is something that kind of finds you. It’s part of learning and growing.”
IF YOU COULD HAVE A PET MYTHICAL CREATURE, WHICH WOULD YOU PICK?
“I would like to have a sasquatch! That would be really awesome! We would go hiking, we’d snow slide in the mountains, go treasure hunting in the woods, and of course we’d have chocolate fondue at the end of the day!” - Yannick Bouchard, Quebec City
WOMEN & COMICS: AN INTERVIEW WITH ELEANOR DAVIS
Eleanor Davis will tell you that “making art is hard.” And because Eleanor is a very direct person, she will go on to explain, “I struggled to find a personal voice, how to make art I’m proud of. Figuring out how to be my own boss without hating myself was very hard. Staying motivated was hard. Figuring out how to balance work and having a full, satisfying life that was worth living was very hard. Finally, money was always very stressful. For years it felt like no matter how hard I worked I would never be able to make enough to live on.”
ISOTROPIC, YOUSOTROPIC, WE ALL SO TROPIC
Meet the winner of our Geometry design challenge!
WOMEN & COMICS: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCY KNISLEY
Lucy Knisley is a geek. She’s a food lover, or as she’s been called by NPR, a “food nerd.” She’s a confident, candid, charmingly self-effacing and (at times) silly woman.