Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ category

To Sign or Not to Sign

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 2:45 pm by Jamie

As a general rule, I don’t sign my work. I know, sounds quite un-sane especially these internet days when it’s so easy for lazy so-called artists to steal your work and pass it off as their own, especially since most of my work is online on my Sketch Blog, DeviantArt, and Flickr accounts. It almost [...]


Art & Copy, a Film About Advertising and Inspiration

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 11:51 am by Jamie

Advertising is one of those strange fields that combines artfulness and crass commercialization to produce works that are either the worst or best expression of both. It permeates almost all aspects of our lives without us even noticing it. We can feel its influence in nearly everything we do. Art & Copy is a new [...]


White Box

Friday, August 7th, 2009 at 12:36 pm by Jamie

If you were to ask me to visually convey what goes through my head as I draw, I would simply show you this video. Directed by Mokoto Yabuki, “White Box” captures the elegant beauty that even the simplest of drawing can inspire.


The Princess and the Frog Pencil Tests

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 10:16 am by Jamie

With The Princess and the Frog, Disney returns to traditional hand-drawn cell animation. It’s about time! I was so excited when I saw the first trailer and I can’t wait to see it on the big screen. If you missed out on this year’s San Diego Comic Con, you would have missed a unique preview [...]


MC Reader David Reimer Has a Solo Gallery Show!

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 am by Jamie

Exciting news! Monster Cutie reader David Reimer has a solo gallery show that opens June 5th at the Flying Monkey Arts Center in Huntsville, AL. The show is called “Mechanical Victorian Dopplegangers” and showcases Dave’s amazingly cute robot illustrations.


Jim and Stan Lee, Together At Last

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 9:23 am by Jamie

This series of eight video clips is from an episode of “Comic Book Greats” which must have been a video series back in the early 90′s. Stan Lee interviews Jim Lee who at the time drew the highest selling issue in comic book history, X-Men #1 which sold 8.2 million copies in 1992. Two comic [...]


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