Skulls and humor

This week has been off the charts with graphite goodness, yet another example that the pencil is not dead!!! An amazing collection of work by artist Laurie Lipton , combining humor and death she gets us in the mood for the coming halloween season. 

see more of her work at:


http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/1790-laurie-liptons-carnival-of-the-dead.html

hair hair everywhere!

Just when you thought it was safe to stop using your colored pencils another amazing artist shows you how wrong you are, with her fascination of hair and creatures of fantasy Winnie Truong creates amazing pieces only using color pencils.
Get back in the studio peeps and start coloring!
see more of her work here:

http://hifructose.com/the-blog/1788-winnie-truong-the-fringes.html

Graphite Gold!

Feel the power of the pencil, some awesome work by artist Von. Gotta get those sketchbooks out and brush up on my skillz!!! Enjoy more of his work here:

http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/1776-the-art-of-von.html

The best cake on the block!

Amazing new works by awesome artist Scott Hove, one of these is always on my wish list!!!
check out more at:

http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/1770-new-works-by-scott-hove.html

The Crystal Gang!

Ran across this on Design Sponge but in case u missed it, this is an awesome glass studio from new zealand that this pushing the boundaries of glass sculpture and creativity, check out their website and enjoy some great glass!!! and if you ever make it to new zealand they offer courses where you can make your own creations!

http://www.crystalchaingang.co.nz/candlesticks.html

Cover this!!

Ever wanted to be on the cover of a magazine??? well now you can, submit your piece for the American Artist magazine, heres how it works:

Three winners will be selected, each of whose artwork will be featured on the cover of American Artist, Watercolor, or Drawing magazine. The three winners will also receive scholarship awards valued at $1,395 applicable to registration fees and tuition for American Artist's Weekend With the Masters 2011 program, as well as a $1,000 cash prize. (Scholarship award has no cash value.)

Get busy people, time to be a super star!

ENTRY DEADLINE

August 31, 2010


http://www.americanartistcompetitions.com/index.shtml

How Promotion Design Competition!

Time to throw together some good stuff and send it to HOW!
Gain fame, celebrity, and design awesomeness if you are chosen as the best of the best!

Below some details:

CATEGORIES
CLIENT PROMOTIONS
created for paying customers (brochures, annual reports, ads, corporate identities, etc.)
DESIGNER SELF- PROMOTIONS
created to promote your design business
PERSONAL PROMOTIONS
created to celebrate life events (invitations, birth announcements, etc.)
PRO-BONO PROMOTIONS
created for free or at a discounted rate
ILLUSTRATOR PROMOTIONS
created for illustrators (not just work that includes illustration)
PHOTOGRAPHER PROMOTIONS
created for photographers (not just work that includes

photography)
STUDENT PROMOTIONS
created while you were in school (whether you’ve graduated or not)
MISCELLANEOUS PROMOTIONS
created for purpose other than those above

THE DEADLINE
All entries must be postmarked no later than March 5, 2010.
Entries postmarked after March 5 require a late fee of $35 per entry.
Entries postmarked after March 22, 2010, will not be accepted.

ENTRY FEES
Single Entry — $65(stationery systems are counted as single entries)
Campaign — $90 (three or more pieces from a single campaign)
Student Single Entry — $35
Student Campaign —$55 (three or more pieces from a single campaign)

Show the world how awesome you are!!!

http://www.howdesign.com/promotiondesignawards/