Humor
Political Caricatures
This was an informative and funny article in The Washington Post on how three prize-winning caricature artists, Steve Breen, Signe Wilkinson, and Mike Luckovich, view the political candidates — through their art. I found the artists’ creative process interesting and what they had to say was delivered with humor. I like to think, despite the stereotype, that artists think beyond politics and even though the political views of these artists, featured in Line by Punch Line (interviews by Michael Cavna), may be present, they seem to have an objective eye when it comes to their drawing. This is a fun and instructional illustration by Steve Breen on how to draw…
Food Photos
This has been circulating the Internet but thought I’d finally post it, as it came from my friend Ellen. These are pretty incredible photos by Carl Warner all made with food. His website shows many other types of photos including locations, so well worth visiting. His talent is beyond the painstaking detail it took to achieve these food dioramas. Here’s a BBC News link to see many more. And if you want to see other culinary art links, here’s one from ChangeOfHeart72’s Creative Food Designs, set to music. This one by sumitsinghh is a little more serious but still with humor: And finally, this is a little weird but here’s…
Toe Jam & the Creative Connection
What does a creative David Byrne video, a controversial political art cover, descriptions of bad real estate, a German Pulse exhibit, Tom Wolfe, a young architect’s program, Garfield and NPR’s Ira Glass’ commentary have in common? Rosecrans Baldwin posts in the Digital Ramble of the NYTimes’ The Moment blog, that they are all examples of the creative process at work. This post had me in stitches because it clearly left it to the reader to determine what was in good taste — without saying a judging word about if these examples were or not. Without disclosing if I thought they were “good” or “bad,” I’ll just say that I thought…
