Only The Brave

 Only The Brave

Beautiful images and words

An excellent animation for Only The Brave Foundation

by Brand New School and Antidote

Watch it please

For Colour My Monday

Fresh Talent: Sam Falconer

Humpty Dumpty

This isn't the first time I've written about old English nursery rhymes and it won't be the last. I'm a big kid at heart and I'm always delighted to find new interpretations of some of my favourite childhood ditties, especially when they're as fun as these digital collages by London-based illustrator Sam Falconer.

 The Queen of Hearts

I discovered Sam's work when reading about the recent Kingston University Degree Show.  Inspired by a love for science, narrative and the possibilities of digital collage, Sam's quirky, playful style lends itself perfectly to children's illustration (have a look at Atom) and animation. I love how Angus Dick has brought his art work to life in Balloon.

Falling

As always, I'm looking forward to following Sam's first steps into the professional world. A little birdie told me that he was hoping to work on a series of limited-edition books, including a collation of his nursery rhymes (I'll be first in line!), AND he started filling the shelves in his etsy shop last night!

Bring Something to the Table - A3 Print

Go on, treat yourself to a set of postcards or a print!

Sam's work will put a smile on your face, and make a young graduate very happy

That's what all this is about isn't it?

© 2011 Sam Falconer

Inspiration: When a Story Takes Shape

A while I ago I mentioned Immaginare Contesti and their creation of 

five elements composing the architecture of a story. 

I thought some of you might be interested in seeing how that story is developing:

Da Studio

If you are in need of inspiration, a pick me up, a short break or a reason to smile

Sit down for ten minutes and watch some of these short animations from
Da Studio.

You don't need to understand Russian to enjoy this work - the images speak for themselves.

Set up in 2008,  Da Studio is an animation project involving, artists, animators, psychologists and teachers, all dedicated to helping children in difficult situations. Animation is used as art therapy, bringing  together and benefiting children undergoing long-term treatment in hospitals or in hospices, mentally or physically handicapped children and orphans. As you can see from the site (switch on a translation tool), the children are included in the creative process, coming up with scenarios, drawing characters, animating and recording sound. 

A joy to see. It made my day, anyway.

Inspiration: Paper & Cloth

All I can say is that you will love this short animation by the Paper & Cloth surface pattern studio, so watch it!

Nice to see Nicola Pearson's  bus stop characters at the end.

 

 

Via
© Nicola Pearson & Paper & Cloth

Coming to Life

Eleonora is a favourite of mine (see here and here) and now she's started to bring her characters to life - love!

Margaux in Wonderland

Magical Moments!

One minute of your time to discover Wanda Kujack's  wonderful wonderland based on his photo story for Vogue Japan, September 2010. You won't regret it!

via Pirouette

 

 

1,2,3 Count with Anne-Claire Petit

If you haven't already seen this, make sure you watch it with your kids!
So nice to see Anne-Claire Petit's work presented in this way.

via The Smallers

Just Because #10

Just because I love little worlds and I love Eleanora Arroyo's new work.
More here, and if you have time watch this, it's worth it!

Wakey! Wakey!

It's Time

Time to get up

Make a move



and

Go places



Have a great weekend !

Circus Zingaro

If you haven't been following my tweets you may not have seen this magical pop-up book by German student Martina Kraus.

Martina created this beautiful Circus Zingaro pop-up book (work still in progress) for her design and illustration finals at the Fachhochschule Münster, North-Rhine-Westphalia. You can see her work in greater detail here.

via Paper Forest

Colour My Monday #10

I thought we'd fly over to the Netherlands this morning for our weekly dose of colour.
Sue Doeksen's work will make you smile! Eye-catching and fun, bright and imaginative, I really can't think of a better way to start the week.

Don't miss this and this

Playful and perfect for Monday!

Samare

I've just discovered this beautiful animation by Nicolai Troshinsky (remember those silhouettes?) and Sylvia Filus via Planeta Tangerina.
Do watch it - it's short and will brighten up your day, I promise!