EMU Friends of the Library need our help. They are having a contest and need us to do the following:
design a bookmark
design for a 11″ x 8″ canvas bag (2-3 colours)
design a new logo for them
Each category will win a $100 gift certificate. These designs will give back to the EMU community as they are using them for a fund raiser to make the library better. Not only do you have a chance to win some money but you have the opportunity to give back to EMU. There are a few restrictions you must remember:
bookmark and canvas bag must say “EMU Friends of the Library”
your name and graduation year will appear on the design
you can have a printed piece to put in your portfolio
they really want your design to “POP”
let’s show the library how supportive we are
if you need to ask my any questions, please e-mail me or reply to this. my e-mail is jalliso1@emich.eduif you would like to visit EMU friends of the Library website go to http://brand.emich.edu/fol
For everyone who hasn’t seen the work by Takashi Murakami (who both myself and someone else I saw in the lab are doing projects about right now). Murakami and his studio Kai Kai Kiki Co., Ltd. made this short video to promote Murakami’s Superflat monogram design being put out by Louis Vuitton. Superflat being a Japanese pop-culture inspired art style that Murakami is credited with creating.
I don’t think this was intended for American audiences though, which is too bad. It would be awesome to randomly see this on TV one night.
There is a little girl back home (in Brockville Ontario) that was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her name is Lilly and she is one-years-old. There is going to be an art exhibition in Toronto where all art sold will go towards her medical bills as she comes from a family that isn’t well off. I’m looking for people who would be interested in donating paintings or creating paintings, photos, posters, ect. for the exhibition - but there’s a catch: the exhibition is called “Lilies for Lilly” so all art should be of a lily or lilies. If you can have the items for me before February 16th 2008 that would be sweet. If you can frame it that would be even better but if not I can pay for it to be framed.
Canadian Sarah (ask around if you don’t know who I am)
I love autobiographical comic books. Some people might think they are as boring as all what, but I truly love reading about the lives of the artists who draw comics. Even the little day to day things (Clumsy by Jeffry Brown) or the more serious things (Pedro and Me by Judd Winick).
My friend found me this blog about an exercise that a bunch of comic artists did back in the day. Mostly for publicity and fun. I like on how some of them you can tell that the artist really tried and on others didn’t even bother with it.
Pretty interesting I thought. My favorite is the Dick Tracy drawing, yes he simplified it but it’s really the best one done blindfolded.
