street art on abbot kinney

summer 2014

venice, calif.

Arthursday is here: Pictoplasma -- Character Selfies

Illustration by Ossi Pirkonen

– found via Ignani's super fun & creative tumbler: A warning of the 'Selfie'

Looking through Ossi's website, I found an illustration he did for Ipanapa:

“Traffic Safety celebrating this year its 70th anniversary as one of the main theme of children's traffic safety measures. Road safety initiative in the autumn of Ipanapa Records of new songs in the production of children's traffic. 3.6 The result of the cooperation will be published. Five new children's traffic songs that will revamp children's traffic vocal tradition with a fresh, fun and touching way.” – from Ipanapa.fi 

CUTE :)  

–Screenshots of their work for showing+admiration purposes only–
Visit artist's site [Ossi Pirkonen] to see more.

Arthursday is here: Shintaro Ohata

So poetic! ♥ found via mi longtime cyber/IRL friend Dave:

「さよなら三角」/ ''SAYONARA SANKAKU'', 2008, panting, polystyrene based sculpture

–Screenshots for showing+admiration purposes only–

Please visit Shintaro Ohata for viewing his beautiful work.

xxom

Arthursday is here: Lemony Snicket and Lisa Brown

– By author Daniel Handler, illustrated by the great Maira Kalman –

Read the complete post via brainpickings by by Maria Popova:
➤ Lemony Snicket and Lisa Brown’s Charming Illustrated Allegory about Curiosity, the Imagination, and the Subjectivity of Observation

Arthursday!

via Identity Theft by Steve Heller

“How many times has this happened to you? You’re in Paris taking a brief nap at your zoo job and a walrus, who looks uncannily like you, steals your keys, locks you in the cage and puts on all of your clothes …”

Arthursday: Walk This World

–via brainpickings–

¡♥!
xxom

Arthursday: Luigi Prina builds flying model ships (and bikes!)

He is 83. Ma che carino

[screenshot of a Photo by Gianluca Giannone courtesy Blinking City]

– via colossal: Meet Luigi Prina, the 83-Year-Old Builder of Flying Model Ships –

xxom