http://www.monster-munch.com SockMonsters, People Making Things, Graphics, Typography, Illustration, all the good stuff. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:21:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Been a busy bee lately. Lot's happening in the day time at Poke. And lots of nice things to keep me busy in the evenings too. The above is a work in progress identity design for the lovely Elaine of Lainey's Cakes. ( They are damn good by the ... http://www.monster-munch.com/drawing-logos-for-laineys-cakes/ For the Junior Players there's the inevitable anatomy lessons. For the Pro Players? They play to win :) Cheers to Dan N-S for tweeting the vid. Image above by Stéphane Massa-Bidal. And for those of you still intrigued, but still wanting to keep your dinner down - a great mini study ... http://www.monster-munch.com/how-to-win-at-chatroulette/ Sunny enough for a walk. Chilly enough for a scarf. That's how it is at the moment. So here's a couple i happened across yesterday, to keep you warm on the walk to work. The Bacon Scarf is crying out for a fried Egg Head woolly hat no ? That'd ... http://www.monster-munch.com/bacon-buttie-and-a-crime-scene/ I must admit that the older i get, the more i love animated gifs. This Totoro one spotted here. I've been saving a few. At some point soon i'll do an animated gif special ;) There's something a bit cheeky about a gif. They are having a bit of ... http://www.monster-munch.com/totoro-giftastic/ Matt W. Moore's first solo-exhibition in Paris, all the works of which were created during his visit to the city. Have a look at the exhibition and the rest of the vibrant collection here. He actually uses spray paint to create almost digital looking canvases, which i was surprised at. ... http://www.monster-munch.com/geometry-colour-shadow/ I was in Amsterdam the other weekend with Cookie. We wondered the streets looking in shop windows and stopping for beer and steaks. The occasional snowflake added to the atmosphere. But my favourite find was a hot tip off from @whatkatiedoes - The Cat Museum! There are real live cats ... http://www.monster-munch.com/zwicky-and-the-cat-museum/ Alex sent these round this week. Beautiful posters for this year's Baftas illustrated by Tavis Coburn. I've blogged about Tavis's work right back in the first days of Monster Munch with his mixture of collage and comic style - great richness of texture and colour. The Bafta's are on ... http://www.monster-munch.com/orange-bafta-posters-by-tavis-coburn/ A mixture of interesting work on Sarah's site including wonderfully stylised, food and household objects. Vibrant colour, and unusual combinations of objects and textures show up throughout her work, as well as diagrammatic shots of everyday objects - But all with the same sense of curiosity and imagination about ... http://www.monster-munch.com/sarah-illenberger/ Technical hitches here at Monster-Munch! The internet has decided not to play ball. Apparently to fix it i need an old fashioned ‘land line’ telephone to test the line. Wha ? Who has one of those for gods sake! :) Well, i've dug one up ( thanks to Chris ), ... http://www.monster-munch.com/old-gadgets-to-fix-new-gadgets/ Lots more great finds, articles, thoughts and commentary over at Nathan's Rubbish Corp. Always a good read. Previously on Monster-MunchRubbishcorp Rainbow iPhone I clapped eyes on Nathan’s phone the other day... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. http://www.monster-munch.com/i-can-haz-brainz/ Detailed line work and sweeping curves create the rich texture in Micah's work. With a strong eye for form, type, and pattern, there's some great hand drawn lettering in his portfolio. There's a few jungle pieces that have a touch of Where The Wild Things Are ( the book ... http://www.monster-munch.com/micah-lidberg/ Nice! Lovely illustration and sweet ideas on this range of hand screen printed limited edition stockings. Loving them! I've never seen designs like these on legs before. I didn't even know you could screen print on tights. There's bunches on there - the rain drops are a favourite, as are ... http://www.monster-munch.com/limited-edition-screen-printed-stockings/ Wowee he's a monster! I opened the curtains to the balcony today and found this guy lurking.... ! What is he? How did he get so big so fast? Can i eat him ? .... I've been looking into it and i *think* he's an Oyster Mushroom. Or he may ... http://www.monster-munch.com/monster-mushroom/ Handy place to carry your cat.... There's definitely a gag here that i'm not gonna make! There's kids watching ;) The source link seems to be down, but here it is on ffffound. Previously on Monster-MunchDigital Russian Doll Hard drive space explained in a russian doll format.... Related posts ... http://www.monster-munch.com/new-firefox-logo/ Lisa Congdon is going to show us a collection a day for the whole of 2010. Nice stuff emerging already as she picks from her vaults of items she's been collecting across her lifetime. She's an artist and illustrator from San Francisco and will be drawing and painting some ... http://www.monster-munch.com/a-collection-a-day/