Stephanie Brown

Stephanie Brown is an artist out of Chicago. In addition to being an amazing illustrator and painter, she’s in the process of learning to be a tattoo artist…by tattooing herself. (Ok, I’m sure there’s more to it than that, but still, talk about being dedicated to your craft.)

Read more, including must-see pages from Stephanie’s gorgeous notebooks…

New Prints from Lauren Moyer

Lauren Moyer just updated her Etsy shop with new prints for the holiday season. She has some screenprints, giclees of her paintings, and even some original drawings.

More at Sparrow & Urchin, Lauren’s Etsy shop. You can also check out our interview with her here.

Design Process: Two Hungry Dudes

One of our very first commissions was to design business cards for Two Hungry Dudes. Joe and Henry are two Detroit food bloggers who have written about everything from humble homemade cornbread to foie gras. They were wonderful to work with, and simply asked us to “design something you’re proud of.” So we did!

photo credit: @Wattyz

I thought you guys might like to see a peek behind the curtain at what it was like to design something for a client for the first time. Behind the cut, you’ll see the whole process from initial sketches, to the finished design, to smiles from happy customers.

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Bethany Ng

Bethany Ng is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator with a lot of great work in her portfolio. It has two of my favorite things: hand drawn type and sketchbook scans!

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Land Sailor Bicycle Club Logos

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Hand Drawn Foam Magazine Logos

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Illustration for the North Portland Craft Dash

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a peek into her sketchbook

More at bethanyng.com.

Kill Taupe’s a Drawing a Day

Though his twitter Kill Taupe has been posting a drawing a day with the end goal of 365 consecutive days. Kill Taupe’s blog is also updated weekly with his drawings. Below are a few of my favorites.

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