I was going to title this post “Favourite Fonts” but it seemed a bit too bourgeois for my taste (I learned that word from Karl :P ). I guess in a way fonts can be compared to precious hidden treasure. You often have to dig through a multitude of crappy dingbats and bad kerning to find the best ones. Not to mention the cost of those high-quality fonts, which can go from around $20 to more than $800. The ones I’ve listed here are either default OS fonts, open-source or paid fonts. I’ll try to add more later when Photoshop stops acting up… Enjoy!
The first two things that attracted me to these photos were their lovely atmosphere and their great colors. Upon discovering that they were not, in fact, photographs but paintings, I actually had to stare at them unblinkingly for 3 whole minutes to absorb it and then squint because I could not believe it. It's incredible what paint can do...
The two paintings above are by Yigal Ozeri and the one below is by realist painter, Ralph Goings.
Marina Yachting
Take a few attractive models, put them in some stripes/navy/white, let them have a vacation near the water, take photos, then give said photos a vintage overlay and you've got yourself a catalog that Hazel will foam in the mouth for. No really, I am dying over this Marina Yachting collection. All this nautical deliciousness/amazingness/wonderfulness/gah! is killing me. I think my obsession is getting a leeeetle out of hand.
Is it just me or has there been a surge of really awesome comics on the web lately? I'm not talking about manga here. I'm referring to the illustrators who release their own comics for public perusal. My personal favorites as of late are Maré Odomo's pokémon comics and Andy Rementer's weekly Techno Tuesday.
Aside: for those wondering if I watched the movie: NO I DID NOT. I've heard terrible things about it (it got an 8% rating on RottenTomatoes.com. 8%!!!! How does that...I don't even...nevermind) and I want to save myself from the crushing disappointment. I don't think my fragile heart can take it... Dammit, that cartoon show was so good. F U HOLLYWOOD! YOU ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING!
My summer vacay officially started on Monday!! Yeah that’s right—unlike you lucky bastards, I actually had summer school to contend with. Point is, I am now free! Free to rot in bed all day, free stop showering and free to deactivate my brain ‘til September comes ‘round. Yep, life’s goooooood!
Except no. That’s not what I want. This summer will be different [she assured herself]. I will spend it well, doing creative and productive things like learning to paint (I am going to die in my senior art class—my painting ability is…laughable and…nonexistent), biking or jogging everyday, doing more web designing, improving my drawings, catching up on some reading, and hopefully getting a summer job.
I started what I hope will be a creative and productive summer by getting rid of my old magazines! But not before I made themed collages out of them first:
And here’s little Audrey pasted on the back of my sketchbook:
The ones I’ve listed here are either default OS fonts, open-source or paid fonts. I’ll try to add more later when Photoshop stops acting up… Enjoy!
Dammit, that cartoon show was so good. F U HOLLYWOOD! YOU ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING!
And here’s little Audrey pasted on the back of my sketchbook: