Category Archives: Creative Ramblings

A Doc’s Brush Strokes

Wow! This painting called “All Caught Up” by Danny O’Conner, who’s also known as DOC, is gorgeous! Layer upon layer of tone and shade that gives the image such depth and movement. Take a look at DOC’s site and Flickr … Continue reading

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Paper Comes Alive Delightfully

I seriously love paper, especially when it becomes decoratively vibrant. Paper scroll work allows art to become 3-dimensional in such a delicate way.  My Modern Met covered artist Yulia Brodskaya with her latest creation, so I decided to visit her … Continue reading

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Episodes Against Child Slavery

                          Designers Against Child Slavery collaborated with The Blind Project on the second annual art exhibit and silent auction to support the movement to stop child sex trafficking … Continue reading

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Alice’s Wall of Wonders

                      I love this image! The depiction of a sleeping innocent juxtaposed with the playful alertness of a child free from the trials of school is adorable. Alice Pasquini is … Continue reading

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Culture Not Costume

I just saw this campaign against racism being run by the Students Teaching Against Racism in Society (STARS), a student organization at Ohio University. It’s a poster campaign that is currently in work and a great one to support. Here … Continue reading

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Frank Miller Is Back

                  It’s a tough book, but the topic is also pretty tough. Frank Miller is once again at his best covering the conflict that man brings about, and the unintended consequences from … Continue reading

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A Flutter

I found this image called Flutter by Jason Leveque (also known as Stuntkid) on This Isn’t Happiness blog by accident. Of course, this accident was all instigated by My Modern Met’s blog about the Top 10 Tumblr blogs to Creatively … Continue reading

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BabyTattooville strikes again in 2011

                        Once again, it was a star-studded field of artists extraordinaire for Baby Tattooville 2011. It’s an exclusive and intimate look at some of the leading artists, and a … Continue reading

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Walls Coverings Say Something More

                      Erwin Kho, a Rotterdam-based illustrator, makes statements with his adorable creations. For example, the image above shows an extract from a wall covering named Roots that depicts the possibilities of … Continue reading

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Melting Existence

                    Looking through My Modern Met, I came across an artist whose work is showing in the Anthro[physis] exhibition at the Rivera Gallery. The concept is the relationship between humanity and … Continue reading

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