Derek Eads illustrates the many faces of Bill Murray - necessity purchase

Derek Eads is quite the prolific illustrator. His productivity pales in comparison to his witty visuals and keen pulse on pop culture goodness. His poster of the many Murrays was the first gem I happened upon. Then on to his many illustrations of assorted characters from the library of Wes Anderson movies. His 'hands' series is definitely a highlight that I'm still geeking over. Its a regular nerdfest of genius artistry from my new best friend Derek Eads! Go to his Society6 site and buy up all his posters!!

His 'hands' series. Figure out what movie/comic book/cartoon/television show they come from!!

He also did a Depp!

Scott Erickson and the Saints of LOST

I found my way to Scott Erickson's work through a ravishing abstract series based on the Lord's Prayer he painted for Derek Webb's electronic album 'FEEDBACK'. Whilst on his site, I happened upon these amazing illustrations Scott has titled the 'Saints of LOST' which he created for the book "The Gospel According to LOST."  With titles like 'Hurley the Patron Saint of Blessed Losers' and 'Ben Linus Patron Saint of Dutiful Tyrants' they are a visually striking as they are clever!

Mondays are for Meatloaf

MEATLOAF MONDAYS

The alliteration demands such! And this one in particular isn't just the opening line to a lunch room menu  drenched in poetic license (if so, Mystery Meat Monday would have been the winner). Meatloaf Mondays is in fact an illustrator's blog showcasing three different artists' work and each of their visual interpretations of everything from music groups, current events and news articles. The illustrations' hilarity is only outmatched by the disciplined talent so evident in every piece. And rightly so, considering my post is already two steps behind them: "we started off doing an illustration based on a news article,"  Taylor Williams-Meatloaf Monday contributor,  "and then branched into bands/themes/whatever we wanted. and then we all started getting too busy with freelance for the most part so i guess it worked?"  After perusing  the expired site, brimming with a beautifully off-kiltered approach to an age old American tradition, you'll understand why these talented upstarts have been in such high demand.

Taylor Williams               Leslie Wood               Eric Riley

Website Saturday: Illustrated Bites

What happens when an avid chef is also a professional illustrator? Magic ensues. Illustrations alongside magnificent recipes, very Martha Stuart Contempo Chic (i suppose. Dont really even know what that means). Well dine site. Enjoy!

ILLUSTRATED BITES

Vintage Japanese Monster Anatomy

Photos from the 1970′s  Kaijū-Kaijin Daizenshū movie monster book series.  This series detail the anatomy of the Japanese movie monsters (or kaiju) in the films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in the 1960′s. Thanks to Kawaii Kakkoii Sugo for the original find.

Gamara

Guiron

Viras

Barugon

Jiger

FLORAFAUNA

FLORAFAUNA is Minneapolis based design/screen printing studio who make some of the best concert posters I’ve seen in a while. Dig through their immense archive and patron their store. All of their posters are extremely well done as you can see above, and as far as I saw they were all priced around $20 – $30.Your hipster friends will love these for the holidays. Designers-be inspired.  Cool kids-this will keep you in the pack