A nice inspiring short documentary of artist Adebanji Alade.
Friday, 28 September 2012
Friday, 21 September 2012
Willy Pogany:
Here are more Willy Pogany's beautifully drawn studies of Head structure and facial details. Enjoy.
Posted directly below are some very informative notes worth reading:
Via: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pudleiner/~3/uOLjjOMzqOg/willy-pogany-2.html
Posted directly below are some very informative notes worth reading:
Via: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pudleiner/~3/uOLjjOMzqOg/willy-pogany-2.html
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
80. HENRY DAVID THOREAU: On happiness:
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer, poet, philosopher and one of the leading figures of the transcendentalism movement. Besides writing Civil Disobedience, which inspired such revolutionaries as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jnr, Thoreau is most well-known for his book Walden, in which he recounts the two years he lived in a small cabin in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau used the time to immerse himself in his writing and to live a more simple and self-sufficient life. As he put it:
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.
Have any of you actually read Walden? Do you recommend it?
- Nathanial Hawthorne has a very similar quote attributed to him. Can anyone confirm this is a Thoreau quote? (UPDATE: Thanks to reader Kyle for confirming Thoreau as the author)
- Thanks to Michael for submitting this.
- I’ve mentioned my love for Calvin and Hobbes before. I had Bill Watterson’s watercolour paintings beside me while I was colouring this comic.
BUY THE PRINT
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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer, poet, philosopher and one of the leading figures of the transcendentalism movement. Besides writing Civil Disobedience, which inspired such revolutionaries as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jnr, Thoreau is most well-known for his book Walden, in which he recounts the two years he lived in a small cabin in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau used the time to immerse himself in his writing and to live a more simple and self-sufficient life. As he put it:
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.
Have any of you actually read Walden? Do you recommend it?
- Nathanial Hawthorne has a very similar quote attributed to him. Can anyone confirm this is a Thoreau quote? (UPDATE: Thanks to reader Kyle for confirming Thoreau as the author)
- Thanks to Michael for submitting this.
- I’ve mentioned my love for Calvin and Hobbes before. I had Bill Watterson’s watercolour paintings beside me while I was colouring this comic.
BUY THE PRINT
Via: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zenpencils/~3/__1mnR8k-7A/
Recently, I was asked to take part in an original project involving all kinds of artists where the starring role is Adora.
I thought it would be nice to try something creative and mixing realism with Tintin cartoons. You can see the entry and don't hesitate to take a look at the full project: http://growababy.com/
Thanks Hanan!
Today’s cutest cartoon of Adora with Tintin and Milou...:
Today’s cutest cartoon of Adora with Tintin and Milou (“Snowy”) was drawn by Catalan artist Ambro Jordi. Ambro wrote: “I tried to play with realism and imaginary world like a mirror using Milú as a bridge between them”. Well done!
Here is his DeviantArt portfolio and his YouTube channel with speed painting tutorials. It was based on this photograph and was done after a request on the Adora Art Wish List. Gràcies, Ambro!
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When you click on the ‘Adora Art’ tag, you will be able to see the complete progress of this project since the first portraits of Adora were made, a total of over 460 original artworks
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The online magazine VisualNews published a nice article about the Adora Art project.
Out of 550 available artworks, they picked 13 of their favorites, and the piece is one of them - Hurray!
See the article here: http://www.visualnews.com/
Sunday, 2 September 2012
Michael Fassbender: Irish-German actor. He is perhaps best known for having played Lieutenant Archie Hicox in the film Inglourious Basterds (2009), Magneto in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011), and the android David in the science fiction film Prometheus (2012)- 4H-5B
- Kneaded Eraser, Electric Eraser, Mars Rasor, Mechanical Pen Eraser
- Blending Stump, Makeup Removal Discs
- A4 (21x29'7 cm) (8,25" x 11,7")
75. L.P. JACKS: Work and play:
L.P. JACKS (1860-1955) was an English Unitarian minister and philosopher. I only used one sentence, but the full version of this quote is beautiful:
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself he always seems to be doing both. Enough for him that he does it well.”
Such great words, and I’m trying my best to apply it to my own life. This is a companion comic to my early Find a job you love piece. I really liked that comic and I wanted to recapture that same sense of joy and fun. So this comic is pretty much exactly the same but with a different vocation. I know it’s a little bit lazy to rehash old ideas but I loved the quote so much I think it warranted another comic. And it’s my website and I can do whatever I want – so there!
- I’m a bit of a foodie (although not so much with the sweet stuff). I’ve watched every No Reservations episode, love Top Chef, Iron Chef and MasterChef and will watch pretty much any food show on TV.
- I also just watched the fantastic documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which is very relevant to this comic and quote. It’s not just about sushi-making. It’s about the total pursuit of excellence in one’s chosen field. Highly recommended.
via: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zenpencils/~3/gch3dfLRrSM/
L.P. JACKS (1860-1955) was an English Unitarian minister and philosopher. I only used one sentence, but the full version of this quote is beautiful:
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself he always seems to be doing both. Enough for him that he does it well.”
Such great words, and I’m trying my best to apply it to my own life. This is a companion comic to my early Find a job you love piece. I really liked that comic and I wanted to recapture that same sense of joy and fun. So this comic is pretty much exactly the same but with a different vocation. I know it’s a little bit lazy to rehash old ideas but I loved the quote so much I think it warranted another comic. And it’s my website and I can do whatever I want – so there!
- I’m a bit of a foodie (although not so much with the sweet stuff). I’ve watched every No Reservations episode, love Top Chef, Iron Chef and MasterChef and will watch pretty much any food show on TV.
- I also just watched the fantastic documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which is very relevant to this comic and quote. It’s not just about sushi-making. It’s about the total pursuit of excellence in one’s chosen field. Highly recommended.
via: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zenpencils/~3/gch3dfLRrSM/
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