Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Doll Cake



Doll Cake by Amber Spiegel

Yes, it's a cake! This cake was made by my friend's daughter. Have a look at some of the other beautiful cakes she has decorated. Cake art at:

Sweet Ambs

The Comic Art of Evan Evans

The Ice Skate 2006 by Evan Evans
Okay. I found this comic artist talking favorably about my new t-shirt on the Ukulele Forum at King David Ukulele Station , a French Uke blog.
Evan Evans has a handful of great comics on his blog - like the one above.
He needs to update his blog or he will never be able to compete at the blogger festival, but as far as his comics go, they are very clever and well-drawn!
So, have a look at the Comic Art of Evan Evans

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

"Laugh-Out-Loud-Cats" Book

"Adam 'Ape Lad' Koford's Laugh-Out-Loud Cats are now available in book form. 'I'm selling signed and drawn in copies on my blog, or unsigned and undrawn in copies via Lulu,' says the author/illustrator." Link. (via boingboing)
I can't wait for my copy to arrive. And neither can my cat. It will be a treat.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Vintage Cartoons

Young Cab Calloway
Betty Boop- Minnie the Moocher 1932 produced by Max Fleischer
You can watch vintage cartoons like "Minnie the Moocher" featuring Cab Calloway here:

Sunday, January 27, 2008

The Royal Collection

1725, Great Hogfish, Mark Catesby , Purchased by George III
If you have some free time on your hands, it's worth taking a tour through Watercolors and Drawings from the
Royal Collection
And then when you are done with that, you can look through the rest of their e-gallery.
Amazing amount of good stuff.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Kitty Ticklers




Popular Cat Toys
has these 3 wonderful Kitty Ticklers for sale on their site.
Also, have a look at their other cat toys.

The Art of Amy Crehore

John Webber, Artist of Pacific Culture (b.1751-d.1793)


"John Webber, the officially appointed artist for Captain James Cook’s third voyage of discovery around the Pacific (1776-1780), along with William Ellis, surgeon’s second mate on the Discovery, provided perhaps the most comprehensive and unprecedented visual record of any of Cook’s voyages. After leaving England, Webber and Ellis drew and painted the Kerguelen Islands in the far southern Indian Ocean, and Adventure Bay in Van Diemen’s Land (renamed Tasmania in 1855), before moving on to Tonga and Tahiti, then the northwest coast of America, the Unalaska Islands and Siberia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, before returning along the coasts of Southeast Asia. The two artists made drawings and watercolour paintings of everything that came within their ambit, creating the first accurate ethnographic record of Pacific culture. Captain Cook's voyage" -
from Femme Femme Femme
The Art of Amy Crehore