going up...

Happy Mother's Day!

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After a daring critique with some AMAZING writers and illustrators I am excited about the next draft. Dropping the rhyme, going ahead with the accordion book format and building the new book dummy like I envisioned originally, shifting the artwork into the 24 page format - maybe 32 with the layout adjustment & finally punching the graphics with some additional layering....  seems worthwhile to see through to the final revision which is probably several more revisions away. Be the Kite!!

The view from on top of The Bluff today!!

Chart

tear sheet

Calvin Borel & Mind That Bird - AMAZING RACE - Kentucky Derby

For more photos link...

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/galleries/gallery/701718.html

Happy Birthday Barry!!

Inspiration for today...

pages

Designer Paul Rand

Improved!!

Getting there.... cover version

BEAUTIFUL - An animation for Nike - by James Jarvis and Richard Kenworthy.... amazing!!

Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo.

Thanks Shaggs - feel better immediately!

"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality."

- Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907. Oil on canvas 8' x 7' 8" (243.9 x 233.7 cm) Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. © 2004 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Love it...

Keetra Dean Dixon installed little public plaques around New York City. She writes:

Familiar slogans used during delightful moments of play or as a childhood reassurance are placed within public spaces. I hope to stimulate a discrete communal dialogue, insert moments of discovery into the daily routine & encourage a more intimate relation with a chosen path.

LINK

Quote of the day...

"The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story [they] are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others."
— Alain De Botton

Infinite Photograph - National Geographic Link

National Geographic - Infinite Photograph As Seen on Earth

What makes up our world? Dive into this photo-mosaic portrait of the Earth to see it through the eyes of users like you. It's made up of hundreds of photos of the natural world, each submitted by users to My Shot. (Submit a photo) Move the yellow square over an area you would like to explore, click, and go. Double-click on an image to see more information about it. Keep clicking—and diving deeper into the Infinite Photograph—to get a truly boundless picture of Earth.