Drippy Time Waster
By Mark KaufmanYou have probably seen this, but I stumbled across this the other day. A fun and addictive waste of time, you can digitally paint like Jackson Pollack, without all that messy paint, smoking and screwing around
Baseball. Robert Weaver. New York Times. 1962.
By Mark KaufmanCheck out the wonderful slideshow of Robert Weaver’s sketchbook at NYTimes.com. Weaver covered spring training in Florida for the Times. Sketches were for paintings that ran in The NYT Magazine. Commentary and captions by D.B. Dowd, Professor of Visual Communications, Washington University in St. Louis.
Nice Fella
By Mark KaufmanYou know when you post away on yer blogs every day and your not quite sure if anyone ever reads or takes a gander at what you so wittily typed up and sent out into the wild blue yonder? Of course you do. It’s always nice for someone to add a comment or […]
Look What I Found! Eurotrash!
By Mark KaufmanIn preparation for my upcoming trip to Italy, I was looking at Bruno Bozzetto’s site. Do check it out, he is an Italian animator and cartoonist. Close to 50 years of sweet, funny, clever characters and films and an instantly recognizable illustration style. However, when I clicked on a link to check out […]
Kim Deitch. Vegas.
By Mark KaufmanAs I mentioned a couple of days ago, I had the distinct pleasure of attending a lecture by Kim Deitch, the cartoonist, illustrator and all around cooler guy than you or I in Las Vegas over the weekend. Mr. Deitch spoke at the Vegas Valley Bookfest and he was awesome. Kim has a […]
Canadian Content: Monsterama
By Mark Kaufman‘Tis the season. Halloween season that is. The awesome Canadian cartoonist and animator Jay Stephens has a blog called Monsterama, dedicated to all things cute and creepy. The creator of Oddville!, one of my fave comic strips, traffics in scary monsters and pop culture year ’round, not just in October like the rest […]
Great. Great. Great.
By Mark KaufmanThe great Marvin Kitman, on the great Keith Olbermann, with cover illustration by the great Robert Grossman. In The Nation. How great is that?
David Calkins
By Mark KaufmanI was just thumbing through the Seattle Weekly and was stopped in my tracks by this image from David Calkins. Very, very nice. Great type treatment as well. We worked with David many years ago on some radio station rock show materials we designed, so I just wanted to give a big shout […]
My Blechman Period
By Mark KaufmanI found this over the weekend. It’s one of a series of spots I did for the Graphic Artist Guild a few years back. Here’s the final on lobbying along with some rough sketches. The spots were for the various advocacy and legislative initiatives the Guild undertakes on behalf of you, illustrators, designers […]
John Maeda Sketches
By Mark KaufmanThis morning I finally got around to thumbing through Key, the real estate magazine from this past Sunday’s New York Times. What took me so long? The fantasy of looking at mansions, luxury condos and homes that I cannot afford is wearing a little thin these days, but putting that aside, there was […]