Places: San Francisco Art

While we were in San Francisco we saw so many awesome murals and works of art I decided to do an entirely separate post about them.

Mission District by Hannah Stouffer

In the Mission District by Reyes

In the Mission District by various artists

In Haight-Ashbury by Alex Pardee

In Haight-Ashbury by Lango

In Haight-Ashbury by El Mac

In Haight-Ashbury by Mike Giant

In Haight-Ashbury by Skinner

So many awesome murals. The pictures don't do them justice.

Crafts: A New ATC Swap

I hadn't done an ATC (Artist Trading Card) swap in forever, so I was very excited when my very good friend, Shannon O., suggested we trade some. Shannon is an AMAZING artist back home in Hawaii who I was very lucky to meet while we both worked at the Vans Shoes Outlet in Waikele Shopping Center.

Check out her art on her website HERE. And read more about ATCs HERE.

We decided it would be a free theme and here's the great Karen O. ATC she made for me:

Look! It's right next to my Karen O. picture on my inspiration board. :)

Shannon loves the Red Hot Chili Peppers, so I thought I would make a RHCP ATC for her:

Usually on Swapbot I do swaps with people I don't know, so it's really nice to trade with friends. Thanks Shannon!

Wednesday Weekly Geek

This week's Weekly Geek is a tribute to that classic accesory, nerd glasses!

I found tons of awesome things on Etsy that feature those super specs.

Glasses patterned pouch from CutOutAndCollect

This romantic Ira Glass card from MerryBluesArt

Cute little nerdy otter from BiteTheHippo

Glasses tray from blancoynegro. You could put your glasses on it!

This great art print is from thepairabirds

There was all this and so much more!

And that's this week's Weekly Geek.

Wednesday Weekly Geek

On this week's Weekly Geek, I wanted to feature a very epic Zelda painting done by Japanese artist Ag+. Zelda is my all-time favorite series of video games.

He did this incredible Zelda digital "painting" to celebrate the game's 25th anniversary.

It features characters spanning the game's 25 year history.

Click HERE to see the full size image so you can see every character and detail.

And that's this week's Weekly Geek.

Art forms of nature

I've always loved biological/scientific illustrations. They can be so beautiful, whimsical, and sometimes a bit creepy. Some of the most classic examples were done by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician and artist.

His book, Art Forms of Nature, is full of incredibly detailed drawings.

I'm so amazed at how eerily beautiful nature can be. It's also incredible how scientists can be such talented artists. Who would have thought?

apak

I am loving the artwork by husband and wife duo, APAK. Their paintings are so whimsical and just...adorable!

The wood grain and colors are just spectacular. I could look at them all day.

paint-by-numbers

I love the vintage look that paint-by-numbers paintings have. I bought one of a tiger the other day from the art supply store and I'll be posting my progress on it as i get more and more of it painted in. When I'm done I want to find a pretty vintage frame to put it in. I would love to start a collection and have tons of them framed on a wall!

I like the wispiness of the clouds in this one.

This one is an altered vintage paint-by numbers.

I've started on my tiger painting and it's definitely taking a lot of time and patience, but I think it'll be worth it!

art inspiration: camille rose garcia

i saw some of camille rose garcia's work in a juxtapoz magazine and just loved her work. she's an orange county based artist and her paintings are whimsy-inspired with a dark twist. and anyone who knows me well knows i love dark twists.

check out more of her work here.

i love the colors and drippy effect. have a good week, everyone! take care!