1 day ago | Tom Richmond

Q: I've seen you say as a freelancer you never know when or from where your next job will come, and that it's tough to turn down any paying jobs. Does that mean you will do any...
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Rokeby Remote Learning Course

2 days ago | Gurney Journey

An artist and researcher named Courtney Clinton has found a trove of letters and sketchbooks in the Rokeby Museum that reveal how remote learning was handled a century...
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Illustration Throwback Thursday: Achmed Jr!

5 days ago | Tom Richmond

Back in 2011 I helped superstar ventriloquist Jeff Dunham design a new dummy for his show. The character was the son of his popular “Achmed the Dead Terrorist” character, named...
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A Drawing Machine Linked to A Synthesizer Audiates Geometric Illustrations by Musician Lamond Campbell

6 days ago | Colossal

Beyond the scratch of the pen on paper, drawing as a practice isn't thought to be particularly rhythmic or melodic. An inventive machine by musician Lamond Campbell...
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Irving Wiles

7 days ago | Gurney Journey

Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861-1948) painted this reclining woman in 1895 using watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. The size is 22 x 28 in. . Irving Wiles, The Green...
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Delicate Gifs by Illustrator Maori Sakai Capture the Serene Moments of Daily Life

8 days ago | Colossal

All gifs © Maori Sakai, shared with permission Based in Japan, Maori Sakai imbues a bit of whimsy into otherwise mundane scenes through her delicately illustrated animations...
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Sunday Mailbag- Motivation?

16 days ago | Tom Richmond

Q: Are there elements of illustrations that you don't find fun or enjoyable, that you routinely have to motivate yourself to labor through? For example, I find substantially...
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Presidential Busts!

17 days ago | Tom Richmond

The internet has really changed how freelance artists get work and make a living. Search engines are powerful tools that can instantly connect artists with clients that would...
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ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 63

18 days ago | Illustration Art

I love this drawing by British illustrator Raymond Sheppard (1913-1958) who was famous for his brilliant pictures of birds and animals. Sheppard wrote and illustrated several...
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Illustration Throwback Thursday- Glee!

19 days ago | Tom Richmond

It's crazy, but seven years ago almost exactly TO THE DAY I posted a look back at this parody of the TV Show “Glee” from MAD 506 after the untimely death of show star Cory...
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

The Polo Mint Fairy

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Art Hack: Put a Push Pin in your Pastel Box

'A Bright Spot in my Day' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $165 I am always on the lookout for art tools. It doesn't matter where I am shopping. I have even found great... Read more ...

Deann's portrait in pastel by Kim Blair

Deann Stein Hasinoff I first met Deann, a fellow artist, in an abstract drawing class at the University of Alberta. Her artistic practice continues to focus on exploring... Read more ...

The Sigh

Noy everything Is Black and White

Sunday Surprise Day. In the late forties Milt Caniff and Noel Sickles did a series of newspaper comic strips ads together under the pseudonymn Paul Arthur. They had two... Read more ...

MAD 15 Sneak Peek 1!

MAD Magazine 15 is officially released two weeks from today, August 18th.. although subscribers have already started getting the issue in the mail. Issue 15 is, at least for... Read more ...

Small Color Studies for Paintings and Pastels

Monday MADness- iToons!

Today's Monday MADness is a look at a different sort of assignment I did for MAD 463, March 2006. Written by Russ Cooper. Read more ...

Sunday Mailbag: Take Any Job?

Q: I've seen you say as a freelancer you never know when or from where your next job will come, and that it's tough to turn down any paying jobs. Does that mean you will do any... Read more ...

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