Category Archives: Illustration

Aug 11

Spike Jonze + Dave Eggers Q+A @ FMLY

posted by matt

If you’re in L.A. this weekend and are looking for something to do, we are hooking you the fuck up! Celebrated rogue filmmaker Spike Jonze and cult writer/publisher/editor Dave Eggers will be the focus of Saturday night’s event at FAMILY Bookstore on Fairfax. The event spotlights the release of Jonze’s new book, There Are Many of Us, in addition to Eggers’ first illustration book, It Is Right to Draw Their Fur. Check out their descriptions below.

Filled with gorgeous photography, behind-the-scenes ephemera, and funny, inspiring interviews, There Are Many of Us celebrates the uniquely spontaneous making of Spike Jonze’s new movie I’m Here (click the link to watch the trailer), a boy-meets-girl love story, set in LA, experienced by robots. The book includes an original CD soundtrack as well as a DVD of the thirty-minute movie I’m Here, with special bonus content.

It Is Right to Draw Their Fur is Dave Eggers’s first collection of drawings. Most of these works are of unusual mammals, most often accompanied by slogans with ancient, heroic, or just plain odd overtones. This full-color package will be a combination of 26 large-sized prints and an accompanying booklet.

The show will also include a live acoustic performance by Aska, the artist who scored Jonze’s film. Admittance is free, so get there early! Check out the full flyer after the jump.

FAMILY Bookstore
436 N Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

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May 5

Popshot Q+A

posted by matt

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If you haven’t noticed it up in our carousel, we have a new Articles feature up! It’s an interview with Jacob Denno, the man who founded the poetry and illustration magazine. Take a look.

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Apr 15

Wendy MacNaughton

posted by matt

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Some beautiful illustration work by SF-based Wendy MacNaughton.

…REGURGITATION, RUMINATION, AND OTHER FUN FUNCTIONS OF MOUTH OVER MIND… (DRAWINGS OF PEOPLE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM WORK. FIVE DAYS A WEEK, TWICE A DAY, TWENTY MINUTES EACH WAY. AND OTHER COMMUTES TO BOOT.)

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Apr 13

Where They Create

posted by matt

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For anyone trying to find the next great studio-visit site, Where They Create might be your next destination. The site is run by Paul Barbera, an interior-based photographer who connects with artists while traveling for work, and photographs them in their creative spaces. Recently, he stopped by the Australia offices of Monster Children, who share a second office with THIS in L.A. Check out some more images after the jump.

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Mar 30

Could This Be Your New iPad Wallpaper?

posted by jordan

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“All of you early adopters you can sleep safely knowing that your iPad will have a good looking background“

Kitsune Noir has gone though the massive task of creating iPad versions of the entire Desktop Wall Paper Project. A collection of over 150 artist created wallpapers.

This is some next level shit and I am down. I mean, if you’re going to rock an iPad, you might as well do it right.

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Mar 5

Hollis Brown Thornton Q+A

posted by matt

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1. Hi Hollis. Where do you live? What do you like about it?

I live in Aiken, SC, which is also where I grew up. I realized I physically need the climate in the South while living in Chicago. There is all kinds of plant and animal and bug activity during the warm and hot times of the year, just a general sense of vitality, that is motivating. But it is mainly the heat, being hot, sweating, spending 7 months out of the year wearing only shorts and flip flops. I’m just very productive in those conditions.

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Feb 11

THIS Los Angeles Opening

posted by matt

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Yesterday, the good folks at THIS Los Angeles had us at their gallery space while they were setting up and hanging artwork for the show this Friday, February 12. There’s a huge range of really great artists showing their work, so for anybody who’s in the L.A. area, please stop in and say hello. Here’s a little video we made in promotion of the opening: