Before discovering the wonders of the blogosphere, I used to be fairly active in livejournal communities. I participated in a lot of journaling and art journaling communities. I even kept ones of my own for quite a few years and posted them from time to time. I’ve since given up on art journaling (though I do kind of wish I hadn’t) and I’m not nearly as active in those art communities any more, but I still follow one of two of my favourite and most inspirational ones. The following collection of images are some pages I’ve saved over the years, and that I keep coming back to for a little jolt of creativity whenever I’m feeling worn thin.
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Concrete
Because I love how bare, understated, elemental and simple it is as a design material. I find myself using it more and more often in design projects.
Image above is from the Diamond Project by Terry & Terry Architects.
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I’ve found her! The maker of my all-time favourite video in all of existence! I’ve finally found out who the genius behind it is and it feels like I just discovered some miraculous new species of insect or something, that’s how positively elated I am. I’m like a kid on Christmas morning hyped up on sugar and bouncing off the walls! It’s frightening how excited I am right now. She’s the one and only, illustrator Julia Pott, and her work is positively electrifying! I just spent the last few hours perusing her Flickr stream and oh my word, it’s like I’ve died and gone to illustration heaven. A wonderful illustration filled heaven complete with copious amounts of charming little animals, unusual colour palettes, and patterns galore!
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This illustration by Caitlin Shearer
Because it’s ridiculously adorable and filled with lots of cute little fashion-y bits and bobs!
(And it’s a bajillion times more awesome at full size.)
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Antler Magazine
Because it’s always such a wonderful source of inspiration and beauty, and it’s filled to the brim with beautiful art, fashion and photography from creative types all over the world. If you’re not reading it already, you should be! (It’s free!)
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