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The Cosmonaut by Marco Goran Romano

What an eloquent example of what it means to live / love / work in the virtuality of what is called the Internet. In the past 17 years, I have been exploring a multi-dimensional world wide web of networks / hubs / lists / friends that each have embedded some of my memories / moments / images..

Still awed every day at all there is to learn / discover.

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Definitely getting the iPhone case.

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On a side note – really digging his Chianti Pride hand-drawn font.

The Aldas Project: 366 Drawings for Good, is a year-long project by artist, Kristy Modarelli, that began on January 1, 2012.

The idea for this project is two-fold – a personal challenge to create an original drawing every day, for a year; and to raise money for three of Kristy’s favorite non-profit organizations.

Which shows a) how important to pursue personal projects / challenges b) doing good for non-profits.

Mark Allen Miller uses retro characters jusggling w/ colorful elements in his editorial illustration commissioned by large media publishers.

Simple website w/ thumbnails that always repeat his cool logo.

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Very fond of using a tartan pattern – using a very similar color palette – applied to his illustration as backgrounds or little insert reminders or as stroked elements sorta has become his design signature.

Just discovered Jack Hughes a mirific superlatively talented designer and illustrator hailing from the UK. His compositions are a joyful eyeful bountiful exepriences. His palette feels like cool modern going on retro. And what about the illustrations themselves?

Oh just that close to perfect.

Check him out.

Marcos Chin illustration style has been finetuned for a number of years now. He has one of the sharpest drawing skillset and one of the top out there.

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For years, he’s been trying to take his work and business to the next level. This is such a vague way of speaking – only he knows what the next level is – and it didn’t feel right, until now. His moving to a new studio space is more out of a visceral decision to do so – because he likes to work alone – quietly.