The concept of What If Superheroes Were Hipsters needs no explanation, it’s just funny.

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Beautiful collage construction by Vasili Zorin. Check out more in his collective’s blog

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Rift, a new book by James Jean uses the folding portfolio format to create a number of pieces through folding and adjacencies. See the video below.

I came across the Children’s Library while doing some image searching for a project. They have thousands of new and old childrens books scanned for reading online. The most interesting ones are the oldest ones like Little Lucy, or, The Pleasant Day: An Example for Little Girls and Little Helen, or, A Day In The Life of A Naughty Girl. The site features covers and interiors from books from nearly every language. So check it out see something new.

My mom sent me this link, and I thought it was pretty cool – in a project called Word, Jim LePage is illustrating all of the books of the Bible.

“Basically, Word is a series where I create original designs for each book of the Bible. Before each design, I spend time researching the book, finding out the themes, historical context, weirdest stories, etc. I also scan through parts of the book looking for a passage or story that could translate into a cool design. Each design isn’t meant to completely represent the book, rather it is merely based on a passage from the book.”

It’s an ongoing project, and so far Jim has a little over 30 illustrations done. I look forward to seeing the full set some day.

Some cool illustrations by Guy Burwell for Low Magazine. I love the overprint colors. The magazine is in German, so I have no idea what it’s actually about.

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Love our newest print over at The Working Proof – Whale Hill, by Julia Pott. Julia is an awesome artist, and in a one-liner description on her twitter account, she says “I draw aggressively cute and I’m heavily into sugar.” I love this description of her work – there’s definitely an intensity and energy in her art, but at the same time there’s an innocence and lightheartedness. Julia says about Whale Hill:

“I wanted to create an atmospheric world that was inspired by English beach towns. While I was creating the piece, it was brought to my attention by a few people that I’m not very good at sharing things (whether it be my dessert or lending someone a book), so I created the fox as a version of myself, keeping the houses and ponies to himself.”

There’s a ton of detail in this print – from the stars in the night sky, to the hatched landscape, to the knit pants on the fox (so awesome!). This is an inkjet print on archival 192 gsm paper. Each was signed and numbered by the artist. 15% of each print sold will be donated to Transportation Alternatives.

Buy the print here and read our interview with Julia here.

Poketo officially launched an amazing collection at Target today! I am so excited to see it in person – time for a trek up to Harlem one of these days…As always with Poketo, the collection is a collaboration with some amazing artists, including Dan Funderburgh, Camilla Engman, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Lisa Congdon and Mike Perry.

I’m a huge fan of Poketo’s mission and execution –

“Poketo’s “art for your everyday” philosophy originated in the notion that art should be accessible. This led to the creation of their signature Limited-Edition Artist Wallets, which merged functionality with the work of contemporary art’s most formidable talents. The brand has since expanded with more art products, and with collaborations worldwide. Poketo for Target now brings creative energy to an even wider audience, in hopes that art can be accessible to all!”

Word on the street is that the stores that were stocked with the Poketo collection earlier than today have been selling out quick, so I guess I need to a move on! You can see the full collection and lookbook here, and you can actually shop online, if you don’t have a Target nearby…

Stumbled upon and was instantly smitten by these illustrations by Varga Judit over at Where the Lovely Things Are.

A few very cool pieces at Ian McQue’s site showcasing some free-time concept work. Let’s all hope that Rockstar develops some of Ian’s imaginings into games for us to play.

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