my love for you is a stampede of horses.

travis stearns.

i love travis stearns' digital collages.  and for all you type/font freaks out there, you'll love him too, promise.  his flickr page is over flowing w/ collages and fonts galore, satisfying all of us.  travis was recently featured in the current issue of print magazine as a new visual artist of 2008, it's clear why, duh.  check out travis' self assigned project, DVL (daily visual language), where he makes an image everyday.  describing it as: "daily visual language (DVL) is a self-initiated strategy focusing on the exploration and furthering of fundemental design practices and visual grammar."  pretty rad.

craig atkinson & cafe royal updates.

happy times over at craig atkinson's sites, cafe royal and craig atkinson.  craig did a little spring cleaning and tweaked and updated both of his sites.  on his personal website you'll find four amazing prints, two are seen here.  cafe royal is blowing out of their issue two zine and taking submissions for issue three.  if that isn't enough, check out his etsy site as well.  AND the most important news of all, he and his wife joanne are having a lil bebeh come september!  exciting news all around! 

esther pearl watson.

i'm just gonna say it right off the bat: i love the work of esther pearl watson.  just so you know now, so when you start reading you're not like "hey wait a minute, this post is super biased".  ha!  but then again i only write about what i love.  so it should come as no surprise that i truly love esther's work.  like an obsessive, sort of want to marry it, be my bff kind of way.  i'm not ashamed to admit it. esther's work tells a narrative of a childhood growing up around massive DIY spaceships, evictions, teenage escapades and embarrassing  parental tales.  ummm, hello.  sounds like an average childhood to me.  what's not to love?

check out esther's and her partner, mark todd's  site and shop, fun chicken where you can purchase lots o' zines, books and  t's.

kiddet.

i'm not sure about you, but i'm a bit of a late bloomer.  at one point in my life, i was sure of my career.  then one day, i woke up and poof.  i realized i never wanted to do that again.  kind of like that scene in bottle rocket when anthony says "not only did i not want to answer that question, but i realized i never wanted to answer another question about water sports again.".  yeah, kind of like that.  so when i stumble upon young talent who are so clearly following their dreams, i am always so blown away.

i'm not sure where i first saw kiddet's work.  i sent her an email asking to post about her work, asking about any shows, prints etc.  she wrote back very sweetly giving me her real name, telling me she lives in stockholm and is in high school at the moment.  wow.  i love her delicate illustrations and dark water colors.  i can't wait to see more.  keep an eye on kiddet's flickr page and her blog.

essimar.

as i've mentioned in previous posts while i was in sf i fell in love w/ the cute shop rare device.  so many great prints, books, jewelry, art, etc! etc!  after i bought gifts for friends and family...there were still so many things i wanted for myself.  one of the many, many things was essimar's bloom sketch prints.  they are so vibrant and sweet.  AND so reasonably priced.  a perfect gift...for yourself!  anyways, if you are in sf stop by rare device and purchase essimar's blooms or hit her up on her etsy store if you are far away like me.  :(  p.s check out esther's very colorful blog!