There’s a creative person buzzing around in each of us. But they can’t come to the phone right now, because they’re buried in admin and paperwork. Continue reading
Tag Archives: drawing
Whimsical Storybook Beasts and Birds Illustrated
Barcelona-based illustrator Vorja Sánchez depicts comically surreal storybook creatures that look like a cross between mutant dinosaurs and shadowy demons — but also captures the very lifelike spirit of birds and other animals. Continue reading
From The Sketchbook of a World War 2 Soldier
Victor A. Lundy is best known for his modernist architecture — the imposing rectangles of the United States Tax Court Building in Washington, D.C., the angular shapes of the Church of the Resurrection Harlem in New York City Continue reading
Illustrations of Political Satire
Olivier Bonhomme graduated from the Ecole Emile Cohl (Lyon, France) in 2010 and has been working with different clients, newspapers, and studios as illustrator and art director. The french illustrator draws political satire since ages and doing it very well and if not satire, he illustrates comic books a lot. Continue reading
17th Century Sketches Comparing Human And Animal Faces
These bizarre sketches were made by French painter and art theorist Charles Le Brun (1619 – 1690) who was declared by King Louis XIV as “the greatest French artist of all time”. Continue reading
Illustrations Celebrating Women’s Friendship & Daily Life
Bicycle Drawings
Why is Symmetry so Satisfying?
In an early chapter of his interesting new book, Symmetry: A Journey Into the Patterns of Nature, Marcus du Sautoy describes a visit to the Alhambra, the great Moorish palace in Granada, Spain. He and his young son spend an afternoon identifying 14 different types of symmetry represented in paving patterns, ornamentation, and tile work. Continue reading