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We Love Typography

We Love Typography is an ongoing stream of images featuring inspiring type in some form or another. It runs a pretty wide gamut of styles but that's what keeps it interesting. Unrelated to the content, I think that may be the best integration of a search field I've ever seen.

Via Jessica.

Jim Stoten

The title "Weird Little World" is an appropriate one for the work of Jim Stoten. From Internet browsing while surrounded by a myriad of anthropomorphic squash to the little guy shown above, a cupcake loving, martini imbibing composer there is definitely a sense of these things taking place elsewhere. Stoten's official site has a bunch of Editorial, Sketchbook and Commercial Work to browse through - all equally bizarre and delightful.

Via Jessica.

Sarah McNeil

It's unfair to pigeon hole the work of Sarah McNeil into deluxe animal portraits but I'll be damned if that isn't the aspect of it I enjoy the most. Her blog showcases a wide variety of work; lots of styles and subject matter but whenever an animal piece comes up, it catches my eye. Her Etsy Shop also has a variety of goods - drawings, prints, knitted acorn pouches, etc - but, again, the style of the animal pieces is just right for me. Somehow they manage to carry just the right balance of meticulous, detailed and loose. If I had a pet, I'd probably get one of these done and not think twice about it.

Via Jessica.

Return from SXSW

I'm back! The trip to Austin for SXSW was as rewarding as ever - though next year I may actually get a hotel downtown so the cab fare is never an issue. I posted my best pics of the bunch in this set - but it obviously falls short of capturing the entire experience.

Many thanks to Chris Mikesell, the Flux-Rad crew and Jessica for the entertainment - as well as the North Carolina crew and anyone else I'm forgetting. It really is a huge social onslaught as well as a great excuse to see a couple bands.

Highlights include seeing Jason Lytle twice, Dent May, King Khan and a unique performance from A Hawk and A Hacksaw.

Regular posting here at yewknee.com begins again now but it'll take me a few days to catch up with the week of lost Internet browse time; so the volume may be a little lighter.

Andy Smith

The works of Andy Smith are right up my alley - a little bit vintage, a little bit distressed (in a good way) and a great use of type and color throughout. I'm glad there are pages and pages of works to browse through.

Via Jessica.

Kick YouTube

I'd not heard of Kick YouTube until yesterday when Jessica clued me in to its existence. Apparently you just take a youtube url, replace youtube.com with kickyoutube.com and you can quickly convert / download the video in question in all sorts of formats. I'm not sure how many YouTube videos I'm going to save but I like that mp3 option.

Three Potato Four

It's rare that I encounter a web shop like Three Potato Four that intrigues me to browse not only because of the products they offer (a variety of vintage goods) but also because of the presentation of said items. After just doing a little bit of clicking around it becomes obvious that they put care into their presentation. I particularly love that they have a number of letter collections available to decorate with however you see fit.

Via Jessica.

Adrian Johnson

Thanks to Jessica I've spent a good portion of my morning combing through the portfolio of Adrian Johnson. His illustration style reminds me of Jesse LeDoux in a very vague way - mostly just the fun atmosphere of the character design. Take a moment to browse the portfolio and then read this interview for even further insight into his process.

Limits to Growth

This Mitchell Whitelaw piece is intriguing for a number of reasons. Obviously the basic aesthetic appeal is there but the fact that it's generated by a program called Processing is what caught my eye. The software itself describes itself in a rather vague way:

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool.

Great. Too bad there are no screenshots of the actual application and the API just verifies that it's some sort of C++ style language.

Long story short, the work of art is computer generated - assumingly from real data. You can view other iterations of the generation here.

Link via Jessica.

Book Covers: Inspire

This collection of book covers is inspiring in many ways - as there are so many styles across the board to take in. I particularly love the Dave Kinsey, WK Interact, Fotografia Publica and Herb Lubalin covers.

Via Jessica.

So Much Pileup

So Much Pileup is a new blog compiling "graphic design artifacts and inspiration from the 1960s - 1980s." There is already quite a bit of stuff worth checking out and seems like it might be worth RSS'ing this one.

Via Jessica.