February 13, 2009

Layer Tennis starts today

It’s game on in about 3 minutes (less by the time you see this). For the uninitiated:

In the coming weeks, we’ll be hosting a series of live design events called Layer Tennis…
Two competitors will swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a “volley” and then we post it to the site live. A third participant, a writer, provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it happens.

Enjoy!

Friday Illin’

• Maira Kalman is back on the NYT (yeah!). “The Inauguration. At Last” is packed with great color, brushwork, and observations.
• The laser-cut grip tape in Core77′s 1-hour design challenge is pretty rad. (Man, how much did I love Powell-Peralta, VSW, and Jim Phillips/Santa Cruz skate art back in the day?)
• Speaking of that, Powell has created The Ripper Art Show, celebrating their most iconic image.  (I had a huge poster of it hanging over my bed.)  Some 58 artists created their own interpretations. [Via]
• Janine Rewell makes much vectory goodness. (Dig “Helsinki in Berlin.”) [Via]
• Monochrome:
  • Having grown up on David Macaulay, I’m a sucker for good B&W detail like that found in this piece from The London Police.
  • I love the simplicity of Core77′s welcome from ’08 to ’09.
  • Chroma has no place in the new Good Housekeeping logo.

• Is there anything not to like about this animated GIF of a magical little deer? (Answer: no.) [Via]