Did You See the Words?

I usually use this blog to talk about my own artwork, but I'd like to talk about some other artists and designers whose work I am excited about as well. Today's artist is Yulia Brodskaya, who's getting a lot of web-press for her beautiful and meticulous word-crafting (out of paper!). Thanks to the folks at Wooster Collective for showcasing her work. I like the way Yulia plays with negative space in her embellishments of simple words and phrases. It's old fashioned illuminated text re-wrought for the modern design world.

Songs:

Did You See the Words? - Animal Collective

Paper Planes - MIA

Paper Planes - I'm From Barcelona (not an MIA cover)

The Word - The Beatles

Everything Leads to Chuck Berry - Six Degrees of Music Separation, Part 2

Here's Part 2 of the Six Degrees of Music Separation Playlists. Today's list proves that everything relates to Chuck Berry, whether its Back to the Future or Lily Allen. All links lead to YouTube.

Chinese (Lily Allen Cover) - Capital Children's Choir

Naive (The Kooks Cover) - Lily Allen

Violet Hill (Coldplay Cover) - The Kooks

You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra Cover) - Coldplay

Run for Your Life (The Beatles Cover) - Nancy Sinatra

Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry) - The Beatles

Know Your Onion! - Six Degrees of Music Separation, Part 1

I love cover songs. Standards are set, revisited, and transformed through covers. These interpretations can all be linked together by Six Degrees of Music Separation.
(Thanks to Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good for the idea.)

From Beck to Fleetwood Mac, All links lead to YouTube, unless noted:

Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games (of Montreal Cover) - Beck (HypeMachine)

Know Your Onion! (The Shins Cover) - of Montreal

We Will Become Silhouettes (The Postal Service Cover) - The Shins

Against All Odds (Peter Gabriel Cover) - The Postal Service

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend Cover) - Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel

Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover) - Vampire Weekend

Illustrations by Request

I wanted to get back to drawing, and I like having an assignment to work on. I asked friends what they'd like me to sketch.

Here's the results of round one. An octopus, the chest-burst scene from Alien, potatoes in a frying pan, and the Chicken vs. Egg question.












Songs:

Octopus's Garden - The Beatles (YouTube)

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (YouTube)

Hello My Baby - Michigan J. Frog (YouTube)

A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off - The Magnetic Fields (imeem)

They're Found in Koala-walla Washington.

I made a koala bear cake. It is both delicious and awesome.

Songs:

Mahna Mahna - Cake

Australia - The Shins (YouTube)

Mr. Violin and Dancing Bear - Page France

Dancing Bear - The Mamas and the Papas (YouTube)

Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear (YouTube)

Bros - Panda Bear