MetaFilter posts tagged with drawings and art

Love and Hate. Always a Heart.

netbros — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:59:41 -0800

A Heart a Day — Freelance illustrator Thomas Fuchs manages to include a heart in his daily drawings.

They supply the magic.

thread_makimaki — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:03:55 -0800

Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty is a blog featuring selected drawings by Isaac age 10; Grace, 9; and Lily, who is 6. They participate in Illustration Friday, and even do book reviews. Recently, to celebrate the 3rd year anniversary of the blog, their father asked readers to submit some 'fan art' using past CNLT drawings as inspiration. Here are the submitted art works, accompanied by the original drawings that inspired them. The blog and the kids' drawings are posted by their father, illustrator Aaron Zenz, who isn't so bad himself. (via; also)

An ongoing project illustrating the titles of emails found in your spam/junk box.

chunking express — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:30:08 -0800

Spam by Elliott Burford. An ongoing project illustrating the titles of emails found in your spam/junk box.

Moleskine Art

robotot — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:46:49 -0800

Sketches from artists' moleskines

Bad paintings of Barack Obama

will wait 4 tanjents — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:41:33 -0800

.... and I love them all Considering artistic interpretation, Barry never looked better. Downfall: I wish there was more info on the artist and perhaps the AGE of the artist.

(limited editions x low prices) + the internet = art for everyone

Manhasset — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:46:15 -0800

20x200
"We introduce two new pieces a week: one photo and one work on paper. Each image is available in three sizes." Limited edition artworks priced $20 to $2000. An interesting concept with some nice pieces.

Portraits of the artists as young scribblers

madamjujujive — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:57:09 -0800

Now Then is an exhibit of 25 comic artists showing a comparison of their drawing style now and when they were just kids. Also, check out 50 artists riffing on the theme of Duck! Fun stuff from the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art.

Life Illustrated

jacquilynne — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:41:45 -0800

The Illustration Portfolio of Lauren Simkin Burke. See also the Drawing of the Day.

Point to the drawing where the bad alien touched you

Robot Johnny — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:40:46 -0800

Aliens and Children. This website features a series of drawings made by children who were abducted by aliens for the purpose of creating a new race of alien/human hybrids. They successfully resisted the aliens by using a thought screen helmet which blocks the telepathic control aliens have over humans.

"This feels awesome."

dobbs — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:48:15 -0800

Drawings by Porous Walker. {NSFW & audio}

Barr Art

Hands of Manos — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:24:57 -0800

Glen Barr draws robots, creatures and vixens that live in a seedy yet swinging 1960's universe, drenched in the haze of a post industrial hangover. Flash enabled and ever-so-slightly NSFW

Wow.

XQUZYPHYR — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:50:40 -0800

Dave Archambault's portfolio. As you view the gallery, keep this in mind- these were all done with Bic ball-point pens.

All in the family.

subpixel — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:12:54 -0800

All in the family. An R. Crumb original will cost you an arm and a leg, but S. Crumb will do you one better, for a whole lot less.

Industrial Art Galllery

arto — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:19:30 -0800

Draft machine parts, not people! The Industrial Art Gallery is a collection of vintage engineering drawings. Perfect cover art for all you emo/math rock types. [via mimi smartypants]

Animal Love - All together now... Awwwweeeee

willnot — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 15:03:03 -0800

Tragic Animal Love Stories - Simple drawings with sweet messages. via

Prunella Clough

plep — Mon, 01 Mar 2004 11:27:17 -0800

Seeing the World Sideways: Prunella Clough. 'A private individual who chose to remain out of the limelight and yet was admired so highly by her peers, Prunella Clough, like Edward Burra, lived to paint. Her technique is masterly, her subject matter everyday in origin, her method idiosyncratic, the results atmospheric. She worked with her skill, not her ego, saying: "I like to paint a small thing edgily." '
Online gallery here.

ThreeDOrNotThreeD

srboisvert — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:04:58 -0800

Sidewalk Chalk Drawings.

visual poetry out of dirty secrets

amberglow — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 07:42:11 -0800

Mark Lombardi created art out of the stuff of conspiracy theories. Following the money trails, he was just completely fascinated by connections, how one thing led to another, how the C.I.A. would back a coup in Australia, someone would be murdered in Turkey and things would happen in Indonesia." Some of his work here and here, and more about his work here. His drawings satisfy because they address a human need for coherent order drawn from chaos. Such a need, however, is bound to be frustrated. Instead of blueprinting perfection, the works' aura of mastery arises in the context of a sprawling dystopia.

Eggcelent.

Ufez Jones — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:11:48 -0800

Al Gunther's Egg Art. Finely detailed sculptures and carvings.

belching bugs, cereal killers & crazy critters

madamjujujive — Thu, 01 May 2003 18:09:22 -0800

Cameron Tiede's art will bring out the silly kid in you (flash alert!). Play musical favorites with the belching bugs, spend some time with the critter creator, learn cool things about Egypt and mummies (don't miss "death"), and stop by his wacky portfolio before you leave. You may have seen some of his illustrated creations on Nickelodeon. Fun stuff!

Women on Brown Paper Bags

madamjujujive — Thu, 06 Mar 2003 22:08:36 -0800

The eccentric art of Lewis Smith - a man who lived alone in the woods with no amenities, at age 60, he began drawing all day, every day. His themes included muscular and wrestling women drawn on brown paper bags, and diner scenes drawn on cracker boxes. He drew or painted on every surface including the walls of his home and his barn. If he were alive today, he would probably be amazed to learn that many of pencil and crayon drawings sell for upwards of $1000.

atom128 — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 13:56:21 -0800

Doodle of the Day - Every weekday a brand new doodle. If you think you have what it takes, you can submit one of your own. Ahh, I love the internet.

rodii — Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:09:20 -0800

I dunno, if you're like me you're probably discontented with the state of lamp art nowadays. Too slick, too soulless, all that perspective and shading and whatnot. Am I right? So you'd probably like to see some poorly drawn lamps. Well...here. Part of Shoebox World; via Librarian Avengers. The web is a weird place.

bryanboyer — Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:11:10 -0800

Dart Pigeon! Beware, this is what happens when you cut funding for the arts in our schools.