i have a great big fat crush on australian artists. the talent in that country is beyond impressive. i could be really gauche and suggest it must have something to do w/ the water. but i'll simply just leave that one alone. i will say that there is an inordinate amount of illustrators and artists that i admire from australia, and the list just seems to grow w/ each day.
i've recently been admiring andrew gordon. he has a great blog that he recently started. i've laughed out loud reading it. he talks candidly yet very modestly about his drawings and the thoughts behind them. here is an excerpt from august 2nd, where he talks about his process behind the drawing wolf am i!:
"WolfAm I! is the name of a song by mewithoutYou that I was listening to at
the time it came to write something on his tshirt, so that's why it
says that. Also the bear started out as being a bad guy, until I
thought that idea sucked and changed it by adding his hand. So now he
is being lead somewhere (or they are lovers. I like both ideas.)." hilarious right? andrew has a sense of humor and it's clear. make sure to check his blog out so you can read about his comics based on his roommate's dog who likes to relieve himself on the couch and his roommates reactions or his phase of drawings depicting people eating people. pretty great stuff. not to mention the drawings are more than wonderful. leave him comments about how great he is too. he'll like that. you can also check out his website, and he asks that you contact him to discuss projects or simply to have a chat. not only a talented boy, but thoughtful and kind as well. so cute.
** all photos used w/ andrew's permission all the way through the world wide intra web from down under. technology is so neat, isn't it?
