January 30, 2008

Recent illustrated goodness

• Obey Giant creator Shepard Fairey is backing Obama through his iconic posters. [Via] (I’m not trying to make this blog political, btw; just passing along interesting intersections of design & campaigning.)
• In the vein of posters and street art, Phelyx’s got a how-to on bleach-stenciling a shirt. [Via]
• Russian designer Melamed cranks out powerful work.  Love these gym promotions in particular. [Via]
• Design Observer pointed out a really interesting piece on the many covers of JG Ballards’ Crash. [Via]
• "Every time I see the new [Coke] can, I cry," says Mac developer Cabel Sasser. "It took Cola-Balls…" [Via]
• The New Yorker’s been running a contest to redesign Eustace Tilly (the monocle-wielding mascot). [Via]
• Sleeveface is all about overlaying record sleeve art on the real world.  SF gate’s got the story. [Via Jackie Lincoln-Owyang]
• On a related note, how about overlaying currency illustrations with celebrity photos? [Via]
• Apparently Spike Jonze is making Where The Wild Things Are, and a couple of stills from it have emerged. [Via]
• I love the simplicity of this Heinz volcano cutaway .