by Rami Niemi

ana laura perez

I am absolutely in love Ana Laura Perez's work. She's an artist from Argentina, her stuff is so delicate, simple and rich all at the same time. She has a thing for really long hair, and she draws that like no one else. Her portfolio features line drawings, comissioned patterns, collages, and some of her published work.

You can check out her blog, her portfolio, her fickr, and her etsy - it's all worh taking a good look at.

you have bored me to death

by Ellie Cryer

delicate

Beautiful work by Yoko Furusho.

pop surreal

Beautiful work by illustrator/art director Rafael Silveira. Some of his fine art and comissioned pieces can also be seen on his Flickr.

idiot comics

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I love you but...

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observation

I spent days sat in a coffee shop sketching, looking at the subtleties of human behavior. The final product is a fully hand drawn animation that explores human interaction and visible emotional traits. - Tom Judd

behind the scenes – the creative process

So Chip Zdarsky is the artist behind this beautiful illustration here at the National Post. He posted this to his personal blog: I know sometimes people want to see "behind the curtain" at the "troll magic" that artists wield when making "art." So, with that in mind, here is my layout for the Iron Man spread.

Click on the image to enjoy the richness of details

reality, in a nutshell

Poo Break at EuroDisney

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By the way, Jessica Hagy's book Indexed will be released on 2/28/08. Pre-order available on Amazon ($8.80)

Minute Maid looks different in Brazil

"Homemade Orange Juice
The first orange juice made with pulp and with love"

illustrations by Mariana Massarani.

This is really cute

how I'm re-learning the metric system

Ok, so I spent almost 7 years living and working abroad using only the US customary units (inches, feet, etc). I've been having a hard time getting used to the metric system again (cm, kilos, km, etc) and numbers here don't mean much to me unless I compare them to something measured in inches.

I have found out that the average penis size in Brazil is 14 cm, which according to my calculations, is 5.5 inches. Regardless of how much Brazilian men are packing (or not!), I must say that that has become a good standard of reference for me when I don't have a calculator nearby.

So if someone tells me "Oh, that frame is 50 cm x 30 cm" I quickly figure that is about 9 Brazilian penises in width and 5 Brazilian penises in length, which means, in the US system that frame measures around 20'' x 11''.

Got it?

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I know you are wondering, so here's the breakdown:

Brazilian............................ 5.5'' = 14 cm
Black.................................. 6.89'' = 17.5 cm
Asian................................. 5.33'' = 13.5 cm
Caucasian......................... 6.22'' = 15.8 cm
Hispanic........................... 6.15'' = 15.6 cm
Native American............. 5.66'' = 14.4 cm

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The illustration above is from xkcd.com - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language. Brilliant. Click here to see some of my favorites.

tell me your BMI and i'll tell you who you are

Illustration by Carll Cneut

If I had words for this one, they would go here.

pretty on the outside

Have you seen Pretty On The Outside?