JULIA ROTHMAN

Stumbled upon Julia Rothman's work and absolutely fell in love. She has had some wonderful contributions to Design Sponge with her fabric designs and fun-inspired instructional illustrations.
Check out some of her work below and visit her awesome website for more of her publications.

Also, check out the new Design Sponge book! It will be sure to make your crafty heart sing.

SKETCHTRAVEL

Have you heard of Sketchtravel yet? If not, I suggest you get to know this little project. The first Sketchtravel started in October of 2006 by illustrators Gerald Guerlais and Dice Tsutsumi, and ended in November 2010. The book traveled all over the world and landed in the hands of 70 of the most talented artists in the fields of comics, illustration, and animation. I had a chance to hear the team of sketch-makers talk about the making of the first book and i was blown away by the amount of work and dedication these artists put into this project.

A new book has been started and Christophe is the first contributor! I can't wait to buy a copy of the first edition and watch the journey of the second. Check out a little making of preview below.

Sketchtravel making-of from Sylvain MARC /Polyminthe on Vimeo.

MADEMOISELLE OISEAU

I love this plate set! Mademoiselle Oiseau is collaboration of work from Swedish China company Rörstrand and Swedish fashion designer Lovisa Burfitt.

Here are some illustrations from Lovisa Burfitt.

MARY BLAIR

Some of you may know the name Mary Blair and some of you may not. But if you've ever been to "Tomorrowland" or inside the tunnel of "It's a Small World", you have definitely stumbled upon the work of this wonderful artist and illustrator. Blair created some of the earliest concept art for the Walt Disney Company including Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. Here are some of her fantastically playful illustrations that could make anyone feel like a kid again!

Art Blocks for Ghana

The Picture Book Project Foundation is a wonderful organization that raises funds for children in need all over the world, and their latest project is Art Blocks for Ghana - a charity art auction of original works created by some of the best artists working in the art and animation industry today (DreamWorks Animation, Pixar Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios, Marathon Media, ILM, Disney, Sony, Digital Domain, AOL Artists, as well as award-winning illustrators). Proceeds from the auction will help fund education and housing for children in Ghana, West Africa.

The preview night/opening reception will be held on March 12th in Los Angeles at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. The official online auction will begin on March 12th, 2011. For more details, visit the Art Blocks blog and the Picture Book Foundation site.

Here's a preview of some of the great pieces that will be auctioned off!

Alex Puvilland

Visual Development Artist

PDI/DreamWorks

San Francisco, CA

http://sickofpenguins.blogspot.com/

Alina Chau

Lucas Film

3D Story Artist

Dice Tsutsumi

Art Director - Toy Story 3

Pixar Animation Studioes

San Francisco, CA

www.simplestroke.com

Morgan Kelly

Animator

DreamWorks Animation

http://morgankelly.blogspot.com/

Colin Jack

Storyboard Artist, Character Designer

Children's book illustrator, Freelance

Toronto

http://jackomtablet.blogspot.com

Max Boas

Art Director

DreamWorks Animation

Yum Yum Animation - "Parallel Parking"

Might be the funniest, cutest looking thing i've seen all day

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from Yum Yum vimeo from the Yum Yum site.

Other fun toys and stuff from these guys:







all from here!

Christian Northeast

I found this guy while searching the notcot internet site.  he has an amazing ability to capture a simple thought and make it his own.  love the graphic, worn down textures and retro stylin'.

props to this guy.  he's featured in a dozen of well known publications - please check him out!