Featured illustrator: Kleber Sales

Kleber Sales is a brazilian illustrator who works for several magazines in Brazil.

http://www.designer-daily.com/featured-illustrator-kleber-sales-31479

Amazing hand drawn Portraits by Bartosz Kosowski

Bartosz Kosowski created these sets of portraits  with a pencil or Copic Multiliner and coloured them in PS. Bartosz Kosowski is an illustrator based in Lodz, Poland.

http://www.graphicart-news.com/amazing-hand-drawn-portraits-by-bartosz-kosowski/#.URNnsvKe6Hs

Quentin Blake on creating a story on the page - video

Illustrator Sir Quentin Blake talks us through his new exhibition at Marlborough fine art gallery in Mayfair, central London. Sir Quentin, celebrated for his collaborations with Roald Dahl and more recently with David Walliams, also describes his drawing philosophy and the process of inventing stories on the page.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2013/jan/16/quentin-blake-creating-story-video

Culture Wham bam … Glam! The birth of style – interactive timeline

As a major new show sashays into Tate Liverpool, explore an interactive timeline of the Glam era – taking in its roots, its decline and its gender-bending, platform-booted prime.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/interactive/2013/feb/06/glam-style-interactive-timeline?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9383

Kitsch art: love it or loathe it?

Jonathan Jones: Why is this term for garish or sentimental objects surrounded by such snobbery? Some of the world's greatest artworks are kitsch. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/jan/28/kitsch-art-love-loathe-jonathan-joneshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/jan/28/kitsch-art-love-loathe-jonathan-jones

New York Public Library: Digital Collection

NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfmhttp://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

How to find the true face of Leonardo - Siegfried Woldhek

Mona Lisa is one of the best-known faces on the planet. But would you recognize an image of Leonardo da Vinci? Illustrator Siegfried Woldhek uses some thoughtful image-analysis techniques to find what he believes is the true face of Leonardo.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-find-the-true-face-of-leonardo-siegfried-woldhek