Working at IMPACT is fun. The books are incredible, the art and artists are awe-inspiring, the team of editors and designers are intelligent and cultured. So it goes without saying that the forwarded emails from teammates are always worth taking the time to open.
This interesting telephone sheep art from flickr crossed my desk in the form of a forwarded email, and we agreed it should be shared with all the IMPACT followers. It reminds us that no object should be thrown out, but rather creatively converted into something new.
Next time you find something unusual in your inbox, post it as a reply here and we can all be inspired!
IMPACT author Steve Ellis is having a busy month in publishing — he’s got two books hitting the shelves within thirty days.
Book #1: The Harvey Award-winning online comic High Moon illustrated by Steve and written by David Gallaher recently printed in bound graphic novel format. Check out this stylish promo or buy it on Amazon.
Book #2: The ultimate guide to drawing Ellis’s trademark werewolves as well as other vicious, blood-sucking, brain-gobbling creeps appropriately titled Scream. It includes 23 complete step-by-step demos for vampires, witches, zombies, mummies, ghosts and other classic horror characters such as this part bat, part demon WEREBAT:
Or this evil, rotting ZOMBIE PIRATE.
Click on the book cover below to buy a copy online, just in time for Halloween 2009.
More than 200 students came to two presentations given by Scape Martinez last week.
GRAFF author Scape Martinez gears up this week to head to Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, California on Friday, October 30. If you live in the area and you’d like Scape to visit your school, contact us here or visit Scape’s website. You can also write us to get free graffiti lesson plans and step by steps!
If you love Michel Gondry, you’ll definitely want to … umm … buy some Michel Gondry toilet paper? Yes, that’s right, you can get plush, 2-ply toilet paper printed with the notes, sketches and random thoughts of the writer and director of The Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind. Unfortunately, this item is currently out of stock, so you might have to wait for your roll.
In the meantime, find an artistic outlet for your own ideas and thoughts. Check out Graff by Scape Martinez for ways to get your message on the wall.
It was super cool when Mountain Dew featured the wild art of Stephen Bliss, Nathan Cabrera and Pushead (to name a few) on their Green Label Art bottles in 2008. While promoting their cool factor, they also helped promote what was once an underground art style to the masses.
Now, the Los Angeles fashion label, Ed Hardy, takes “art for the masses” to a whole new level. The art of French designer Christian Audigier (based on the designs of Don Ed Hardy) has been making it’s way across the world on t’s, sweatshirts, jeans and bags, and now reaches out to a place where no art has gone before (at least not to my knowledge)–Ed Hardy hand sanitizer. Yes, you can now keep your hands free from germs while still retaining your hardcore image. Gimmee five!
GRAFF author Scape Martinez sent me this picture of his visit to William C. Overfelt High School in San Jose.
Scape Martinez arrived at William C. Overfelt High School in San Jose only to discover several teachers already using his lesson plans for graffiti art.
And the word is that GRAFF lesson plans have already made it to classrooms there. (Personally, I feel absolutely gypped. There was NO graffiti in MY high school art class.)
Artist Lisa L. Cyr’s book Art Revolution keeps getting rave reviews. This time, the online talk show SiDEBAR callout Lisa’s book as one of the three must-have books of the year. SiDEBAR features “four color conversations on comics, art and pop culture.” You can read the entire post here.
GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti is continuing to fly off the shelves and is keeping its creator,Scape Martinez, busy with workshops, signings and school assemblies in the San Jose area. What began as a classroom talk about mainly how to draw graffiti has turned into a full-blown assembly that covers not only how to create graffiti, but also the creative process in general and overcoming obstacles.
Scape Martinez leads school programs teaching how to create graffiti (legally), how to foster creativity and overcome obstacles. All tools that he learned to use in the creation of GRAFF.
Stevens Creek Barnes & Noble in San Jose hosted a signing, discussion and activity event on September 12.
GRAFF fans were able to try out their writing skills at the art table set up for the event.
