Get your hand out of the cookie jar
Because you don’t want to end up like Santa at the end of the video, that’s why. Great thinking from Jessica Gonacha Swift — print these babies out and stick them all about!

Rich Gemmell
I am absolutely smitten by the works of Rich Gemmell. The texture and detail on them are so wonderfully thought out, that the overlapping features all seem to meld into one another seamlessly. I’m especially loving his new series of that are reflections of a journey that he made around Scotland a few months ago. You can purchase a print of any of his work for £20 just by emailing him di

2ndComing
I admire illustrators who can wield a bold brush and who are able to speak their mind about subjects by just using bold, singular strokes. It’s also a great skill, as 2ndComing demonstrates – she’s an artist who doesn’t really like to write a lot about herself (nor talk alot about herself either. See here). She’s having a sale right now, with free shipping on orders over

Plagiarism: Share your thoughts!
Some of us has been there before. You see the work on the screen and you swear you’ve seen it before. You did. Only it was in the pages of your portfolio. When someone copies your work, it’s a crime against the spirit of sharing that is prevalent online. I got my first taste of plagiarism when I found out that my designs were ripped off from a collegemate and boy, was I in a fit. Short of busting his chops and pulling him by the collar, being there in person made it easier to let him know exactly how I felt. Happily for everyone (especially the offender) he made the right choice

Katie Lombardo [1]
I’m inspired by the illustration of Katie Lombardo who has an Etsy shop called The Wheatfield. Her work revolves around the theme of nature as she draws from her experience of being in the countryside – things like reading in a hammock, baking pumpkin pie while listening to