Mail art – a postcard becomes artwork. Artist Ray Johnson was a master of the form. I’m participating in a group via Twitter (search #MailArt) and came across this inspiring blog – http://digitalmailart.blogspot.com/
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CreatureBox Full of Monsters, Spacemen and Storytelling
Interview with the founders of CreatureBox, the great illustration team of Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin, who also work at Insomniac Games. http://area.autodesk.com/inhouse/bts/creaturebox_full_of_monsters_spacemen_and_storytelling
Source Photos
There’s a new exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum consisting of source photographs the artist staged for his paintings. http://www.nrm.org/2009/10/opening-of-landmark-exhibition-exploring-a-new-body-of-rockwell-imagery-nov-7th/ NPR has an interesting report questioning the implications of these photos being released and the line between artist and illustrator. For me the line is always at least partially blurred. http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/11/rockwell.html http://www.artchive.com/artchive/W/warhol.html