Category Archives: Art

Dalton Ghetti

This is Dalton Ghetti. He makes incredible sculptures from the tips of pencils using only a sewing needle and a craft knife. Like Willard Wigan he works without any magnification. Remarkable. More here.

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I… Just… Um… Wow!

BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

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Telescopes

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Happy Everyone Draw Mohammad Day!

Yup, you read that right. If you didn’t know, today has been designated Everyone Draw Mohammad Day. It’s an act of rebellion standing up for free speech in the face of terrorism. Everyone has the right to believe whatever they … Continue reading

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That’s a wrap

I’ve finished my art course When I set out to do this, I was very worried I wouldn’t be able to keep all the balls in the air but, as it happened, that turned out out to be the least … Continue reading

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Tokyo Metro Manners

There is an ongoing campaign on the Tokyo Metro to gently encourage people to be considerate of their fellow passengers. It’s popular, often amusing, sometimes a bit prim, and not at all effective. The tag line is the innuendo laden … Continue reading

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Some graphic design

These just popped into my head this afternoon, so I sat up until 4.30 am doing them. I am an idiot. It only took me that long because my laptop wasn’t up to the job, but I couldn’t stop till … Continue reading

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The brief: design a book cover…

The first semester of my course is over and I managed (by the skin of my teeth) to submit enough work of (just about) high enough quality… I think. For reasons too complicated to go into here (and for once … Continue reading

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Some more art

There’s only just under 2 weeks of the first semester of my course left now so I’ve taken the week of work and am busting an art gut for the next few days. Here’s some of my recent bits and … Continue reading

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Perhaps I’m making progress?

Well, you saw my first attempts at drawing people, just so you can see that I am making progress, here are today’s:

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