Fellow Pinterest friend Telma Baptista pinned the work of UK-based illustrator Sarah Maycock (via Handsome Frank) onto Pikaland’s Pinterest board recently and oh my, I’ve been looking at those brushstrokes over and over again just to see if I could re-trace her steps. While her strokes are wonderfully expressive and fluid; it belies how powerful it is – she’s great at bringing out the strongest feature of each character through each stroke.
Have a lovely weekend folks!
Happy Monday folks!
Today I’m inspired by a post about Maryanne Moodie, an Australian based online vintage clothes seller. And when she’s not running her business, she’s creating these one-of-a-kind woven tapestries – a side project she picked up after the birth of her son Murray.
You can see more pictures and read up on her project on The Design Files!
Remember a topic that I covered sometime in 2011 – about how I think that artists and illustrators would do themselves a world of good by holding down another job to tide them over if they ever needed money? Well that post garnered lots of opinions, and I loved the sentiments shared by our audience so much that I felt that it belonged in a compendium of its own, and hence it became the title of the 11th issue of the Good to Know zine: Holding down multiple jobs. It’s easily one of my favorites from the series, because it tackles with questions that I’ve struggled with when I first started.
For those who are new to Pikaland, the Good to Know project is a series of zines and PDFs that compile advice + inspiration from artists/illustrators/designers on creativity, business and life. What started as a fun experiment turned into something so much bigger and personal than I’ve ever imagined, all thanks to our very vibrant community!
Do check out issue #11, and here’s the link for the entire Good to Know series!