Rebekka Seale Art and Illustration

We discovered this talented illustrator with a sweet and soft hand over our holiday break.  Rebekka Seale's work has such a festive and happy feel that seems so timely, yet will keep you cheery all year round!

Fair Print: Mary Kate McDevitt

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Thanks Mary Kate McDevitt for your whimsical hand lettering for the holiday cheer and thanks for being at the Renegade Craft Show so we could discover your work! We hope everyone has a wonderful and inspiring Holiday Season.

Bursts of Light

Behold some amazing inspiration. Bursts of Light. Whether it's in rays, blurred, or sparks, we love the magic light creates.

Society6

Wesley Bird

David Fleck

If you are an avid reader (which we hope you are), you may remember a post we did called blurred vision featuring artists who mastered painterly, geometric prints. One was found on Society6, a great way for artists to have their work viewed, appreciated, and available to buy on different products. We thought we would revisit this site and feature 2 artists that caught our eye!

Caitlin McGauley Prints

Her illustration style is sought out from well known designers and products from all over, but most recognizable is probably Caitlin McGauley work for Kate Spade. So colorful and full of whimsy, her paint strokes are beautiful and mesmerizing.

Cups for Tea

We are jumping the pond a bit today and featuring the lovely world of tea cups. Vintage, girly, bold, modern, or illustrated, these home essentials have endless possibilities to displaying your style. The illustrations that we have found not only showcase different personalities within the cups for tea, but different techniques and mediums used to create them for our viewing pleasure. Hopefully these designs will inspire you to sip you tea from your favorite cup (we know you have one) and paint, doodle, draw or paste. I suppose you coffee drinkers can join in the fun as well. ; ) Cheerio!

Katie Vernon & Chipmunk Cheeks

We are incredibly inspired by flora and fauna. (Remember our post on our Antoiller print?) So does Katie Vernon. So much so, that she creates whimsical illustrations combining the two. We found her through decor8 and you can find her flowery hedgehog along with other delightful works on her site as well as on her etsy shop. Happy shopping and happy Friday!

People we Love: Wayne Pate

We just love the quirky character and soft palettes of Wayne Pate originals. Luckily now, we can easily own our own because of his lovely web shop.  Now you can also find hand selected pieces from other talented artists there as well. So inspiring!

Artists We Love: The Talented Rebekah Ginda

German Designer Rebekah Ginda finds the the perfect balance between whimsy and line work in her incredibly detailed illustrations and print designs. She's one of the few artists I know who manage to combine black linework with the most delicate of color palettes to create a fantastic balance in her pieces. Her arts dream like qualities have me head over heals in love! She has just opened a fab store at Dwanda where you can shop for her journals and stationery at: www.dawanda.com/shop/raebekah      For more samples of her fabulous art work check out her site at: www.rebekahginda.com and her Facebook page: www.facebook.com/rebekahgindadesign

David and Goliath Copies Threadless Artists

 

ORIGINAL PIECE BY JESS FINK:

You can find it and buy it to support the artist here:

 http://www.threadless.com/product/342/Cookie_Loves_Milk

THE COPY BY DAVID AND GOLIATH:

Every artists biggest fear is to have their original design stolen or copied by some mega giant with an artist staff that needs to turn around so many pieces a day they dont even process the idea of originality.  Enter: You Thought We Wouldn't Notice, a fantastic blog where you can make a stand for stolen original content and art. Members can then vote on if there was a blatant copy right infringement or not.  As well as shining a spot light on this great blog, I thought I'd take a stab at one of the biggest offenders. Todd Goldman of the famed: David and Goliath Tee's seems to have run out of original ideas and has been copying and even tracing art work for their own purpose.

The last two examples are from Jess Finks battle with David and Goliath.  Read her own account on the case:

"Back in 2005 I had a two designs printed by Threadless which caught Goldman's eye. He called me and said he liked my Threadless designs, that he had bought my Lil Soap shirt and asked if I would like to make designs for his t-shirt company. I said I would think about it, we never spoke again and a few months later someone alerted me to several very close rip-offs of my designs.

At the time Threadless sent Goldman several Cease and Desist notices, threatened a lawsuit and the items were taken down.
Now it appears Goldman thinks enough time has passed that he can rip off the designs again, this is a picture that was sent to me by a friend of a David and Goliath shirt being sold at Universal Studios, with a profile for the design here:  http://www.humst.com/chicks-rule/girls-clothes/bffs-womens-t-shirt/3449.html

Get the word out, no one should ever buy from Todd Goldman or David and Goliath tees again. Not just because of my design, but because Goldman's long legacy of art theft is simply obscene."

 Another example of David and Goliaths blatant copies can be seen here:

 

To the left is Todd Goldmans copy of Dave Kelly's Piece (To the Right).

Its a blatant Copy! 

To read more on this check out the article in Neatorama.

Paper Print Perfection

We found these dreamy designs on the lovely little blog of Cafe Cartolina. From that site, we learned this was the art of Grady McFerrin. You can find his designs on paper products, ranging from journals to sticky notes. You can find more at Chronicle Books.