Category Archive: Art

Jason Seiler Caricatures

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I trust my friends’ judgement, but sometimes I forget to actually follow up on the links they email me, no matter how sweet, hilarious, moving, or amazing they promise the content will be.… Read More

TBT #12: New Wings in Spring and Other Updates

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It’s been a little while since I’ve done a 30 Before Thirty update and I realized I’ve knocked a few more off the list since last time.  On the cultural front, after staring… Read More

Animal Locomotion: Eadweard Muybridge

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I’m loving the Animal Locomotion plates by influential British photographer Eadweard Muybridge that have been popping up all over the place lately. Upon further research, it turns out that there’s quite the juicy… Read More

4 Ways to Boost Your Creativity

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It has been so freaking dreary for the past 36 straight hours in Maine with the kind of rain that makes the weatherman excited. Like many of you I’m sure, my  mood is… Read More

Look: Underwater Photography

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Photography is such a multi-faceted form of art  - ranging from black and white to color, from daguerrotype to digital, landscape to portrait to editorial. The lighting, subject matter and location of a… Read More

Look: Where to Buy (Affordable) Graphic Art

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There is really no excuse for bare walls when you can go out and get yourself really beautiful art for less than $50. Consider it an investment in your personality. Here’s a quick… Read More

2012: The Year of the Cherry Blossom

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It’s no secret we are sick of winter and ready for warmer weather to resuscitate plants and flowers and bring color back into our lives. I went to the post office this morning to… Read More

Making It Look Easy: Timelapse Chalk Art

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Picture it: You’re driving down a neighborhood street somewhere. Maybe it’s summertime. Ahead, you see a sign, stapled haphazardly onto a telephone post. You can’t read it. You get closer, you can vaguely… Read More

Typeface

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During a changing economy, it is often said that people revert to more traditional ways.  For instance, the Industrial Revolution sparked Romanticism and the  yearning for individual expression and creativity. I can feel… Read More

5 Hip Artists Making Beautiful Things

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#1 Daphne Van den Heuvel A fashion designer and bombshell illustrator, Van den Heuvel studied Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, where she currently lives. These pieces are from her “I Love Stripes” series, which was… Read More