gus torres: illustration - animation - design

Friday, October 17, 2008

The Font Conference

I’d been meaning to share this link for some time now. You’ll get the humor if you work with fonts a lot. The best joke is the one about Courier New.

Now I really do need to get back to work. Sorry.

Check it out! (courtesy of Daring Fireball)

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Everyone Sharpen Your Pencils

I just found out that June 7th, 2008 is officially “Drawing Day 08″ and it will be the first Saturday of every June from this day forth. According to their site

“Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help us create 1 million drawings online this day and boost online art communities.”

I don’t generally need an excuse to draw, but I’ll definitely be getting in on this action.

Hope you do too!

Filed under Illustration

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting by COLOURlovers

Need some color inspiration? Check out this entry from the great folks at COLOURlovers, a blogging site where color is the sole subject matter.

Find out more here… (courtesy of Drawn)

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies: Drawger.com

Ruling pens, Rapidiographs, proportion wheels, rubber cement and Bestine. Those were the tools of the trade when I left art school. What a joy to discover this museum site hosted by Lou Brooks that celebrates these “forgotten” art supplies.

Now somebody find me some Letraset rub-on letters and Amberlith. Then point me to the nearest stat camera, I’ve got a poster to make!

Find out more here… (courtesy of Drawn, of course!)

Filed under Illustration