We can't attest to the fact that Brooklyn-based illustrator Dust La Rock (a.k.a Joshua Prince) is either a gentleman or a scholar, though we certainly don't doubt it, the least we could do is vouch for his being an absolutely…
Continue Reading →Drawing is becoming a bit of a lost practice. When was the last time you sat down and drew Pamela Anderson receiving a coffee from a bull snake. For me it's been so long that I've forgotten how. If you've…
Continue Reading →At first glance, interdisciplinary Oakland-based artist Desirée Holman’s burqa and bikini wearing women bear little resemblance to the pencil-drawn character wearing a Liza Minelli-esque mask that opens Holman’s website, so much so that you may wonder if they were created by…
Continue Reading →While most artists struggle to be big in the States, others strive for the glory of being big in Japan after they've flopped in America. Of course, that isn't really the case with (our dear friend) the Canadian-born multi-disciplinary artist eepmon…
Continue Reading →When we last wrote about California-based metal toy-makers FullyVisual, they were throwing a sale. This time, they're (literally) providing a way for you to save money. The catch is, you have to spend it first. In clever coordination with the…
Continue Reading →San Francisco-based photographer Geoffrey Ellis' photo journal blog Sadkids is aptly named: its coverage can be as blue (with posts entitled "Sometimes, progress can suck it" and "Burn Santa burn") as it can be lighthearted and youthful ("Easter valley of…
Continue Reading →We all made new year's resolutions, but Brock Davis is actually sticking to his. The artist has vowed to Make Something Cool Everyday, an ambitious project with a self-explanatory title. Each day in 2009, Davis puts together a photo, painting,…
Continue Reading →Upper Playground has been supporting street artists in its stores and galleries for ten years, so it only makes sense that they would start stocking the tools to make the art. At the Upper Playground web store's new department for…
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