Ray Caesar goodness

Some good advice from the 2 parts bizzare and 1 part awesome, Ray Caesar:

any advice for the art school grad?"Take all the compliments and criticisms and put it in a bag with a screaming cat...go to a river...take the cat out and cuddle it and throw the bag in the river. Start work...work...finish work! If you are afraid to do something artistically that's a good enough reason to try it. Make what you love as that's the best way to know if someone else will love it. Forget what it "means"...it's about how it "feels" Don't do art as a career... do it in your spare time and make sure all your time is spare time...make sure you get enough fiber.

Animation backgrounds galore!

If you ever needed a blog for some inspiration for a project that involves a cool background this is the source. Lots of rad old school backgrounds, by some of the best artists working at the time. Go forth and oogle!

(http://animationbackgrounds.blogspot.com/)

"next"....

Inspired by copious amounts of recent ping pong play.....

The Early Days of Illustration....

Thank you Creevy's Cornflakes for being so inspirational!

Jim Flora Goodness!

Jim Flora,a Graphic designer and Illustrator who was way ahead of his time stylistically also has had a great influence on many contemporary illustrators. This piece was done for a magazine ad in 1947!

Working Girls

Another quickie while talking on the phone..

Boy with A Moon and Star on his Head

Just a quickie for a good friend from high school.(A big Cat Stevens fan)