findings of the web

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I'm trying not to pull you away from celebrating the holidays, but...
it's time for more FINDINGS OF THE WEB.


Looking for some drawing inspiration? Look no further than the sexy people blog.





http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/

Devoted to the perfect portrait, there is no shortage of bad hair, goths posing with Santa, ugly sweaters and interesting facial proportions.

You can also visit the rare book room!

http://www.rarebookroom.org/

Introduction to FontStruct from fontstruct on Vimeo.

You can make your own private downloadable fonts at fontstruct.

http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/




You can also check out the type cards from the old 1960's Batman series
http://www.batmania.com.ar/paginas/serie_onomatopeyas.htm






And lastly, if you need shoe references I suggest going to The Piperlime. You can see and save a shoe from several different angles and they have hundreds of shoes to choose from. I suggest the "larger view"

http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/division.do?cid=15957

I'm not into latex or anything but

Have you noticed the appearance of latex in more and more live-action renditions of comic books? Well, it's not such a big leap. A lot of latex designers (past and present) seem to have been influenced by characters' costumes. I find not only this interesting, but also the kind of clothes they are now able to make now (scroll below.) For those who might not know, latex is a "no-sew" fabric. Pieces are just glued together. It is pretty cool to see some of the intricate (usually sewn) pieces designers are now making. The next few pictures (+plus links) are some of the least disturbing (sexually or otherwise) photos of costume-influenced or complicated (the way it's made) latex clothing I have found online.

http://www.leehiggs.com/gmac/gmac.html



http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=377717663&albumId=771189






I could never get over how uncomfortable the stuff is though.


http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=34724502



http://www.ashworth-photos.com/fashion/fashion_series20.html




http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=65757431






http://www.house-of-harlot.com/shop/home.php

This last one looks like it was influenced by "The Spirit."

Not a deep sea creature at all (updates)

Remember when I showed you this guy's cousin in a previous post?  Well, it turns out that the Axolotl is a fresh water amphibian from Mexico... still cute though.

more pictures

more info

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OTHER THINGS

The Lamprey

more on the Lamprey

These guys are from "the deep."

the deep website

More Patterns!  These two came from the ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive site.  I'll link below.  Along with patterns it features pages and concepts fro

m Owen Jones'  The Grammar of Ornament (book.)  There are 4 posts on that blog devoted to just this subject.

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Design: Grammar of Ornament Part Four

Reposting

Don't give me that look!  I finally have larger images from my previous post.

[click to see older enty]

Ah ha!

I have good and bad news.  The bad news is, I didn't get to go to the library this weekend.  BUT this State (New York) has many of it's hidden treasures available online for FREE.  That's "fantabulous" to me!  Here are some of my findings:

Flowers or cogs?  Girl or machine?

Let's run through the forest together in fashionable clothes!

I want to hangout with the lady in this pattern (above.)

Look at the color choice of the flowers on the right.  I would have never put those together.  They look great!

Diamond based patterns above.

These sea creatures are fun and cold at the same time.

They need to bring back patterned book covers and binding.

Look at those birds on the upper right!

How happy are these?  (above)

I like the horse in the upper right corner.  If only real horses looked like this.  Maybe I wouldn't fear them, but that's another subject.

Look at how cute these are (above.)

Click on the link below and type in a new search.   There's a half-n-half chance you'll find some cool stuff.

NYPL search

With how beautiful, distinctive, and inspired these old patterns and graphic images are, why do contemporary patterns look like this?

One of my hobbies is making patterns.  Maybe I'll post a couple sometime?   I bought two books over the Summer that teach more on the basis of design.  I've been meaning to try making a diamond or ogee based pattern instead of my usual square.  We'll see!