In 1979, two books shaped my formative years • Supernatural Detective’s Field Guide
This is such a great project from Jon—a mashup of two books from his childhood!
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Seattle Samurai Book
Kelly has made a beautiful book:
Experience the lives of the first Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest through the cartoons and illustrations by Sam Goto
The origins of the steam engine
The fascinating pre-history of steam power, illustrated with interactive widgets.
CSS { In Real Life } | Stop Using AI-Generated Images
I have yet to meet anyone who wants to hang AI art on their walls (although I fully expect to see it in hotel chains).
COLOR anything | colouring pages of absolutely anything for kids or grown ups
This is a genuinely lovely use of machine learning models: provide a prompt for an illustration to print out and colour in.
Mike explains his motivation for building this:
My son’s super into colouring at the moment and I’ve been struggling to find new stuff for him.
Goomics
These comics by a former Googler give a cumulative insight into the decaying culture there.
Data Visualization and the Modern Imagination - Spotlight at Stanford
There are some beautiful illustrations in this online exhibition of data visualisation in the past few hundred years.
Eggs - Hicks.design
Most days I cook eggs 🍳 and then paint them 🖌. These are those eggs.
Lovely!
But, wait …what’s this?
My favourite condiment with fried eggs is marmite mayo (4 parts mayonnaise to 1 part Marmite).
Okay, now I think this officially qualifies as outsider art.
The Art of Whaling: Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships – The Public Domain Review
Scrimshaws and sketches.
Feels like a Zooniverse project waiting to happen.
British & Exotic Mineralogy
A really lovely unmonetisable enthusiasm:
All 2,242 illustrations from James Sowerby’s compendium of knowledge about mineralogy in Great Britain and beyond, drawn 1802–1817 and arranged by color.
You can dive in and explore or read more about the project and how it was made.
It reminds me of Paul’s project, Bradshaw’s Guide: the both take a beloved artifact of the past and bring it online with care, love, and respect.
Dams Public Website
I had the great pleasure of visiting the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp last October. Their vast collection of woodblocks are available to dowload in high resolution (and they’re in the public domain).
14,000 examples of true craftmanship, drawings masterly cut in wood. We are supplying this impressive collection of woodcuts in high resolution. Feel free to browse as long as you like, get inspired and use your creativity.
Oddly Amazing Animals from A to Z
This book is a beautiful tribute to Cindy.
Several talented illustrators have come together to create a unique book about unique animals. Each contributor has a special connection to the book’s original illustrator, Cindy Li. When she was unable to complete the illustrations before passing away in 2018, many of Cindy’s talented friends offered to help finish the project.
I think you should get a copy of this book for the little animal lover in your life this Christmas.
Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Apollo Li Harris and Orion Li Harris, two out-of-this-world kids who had an amazing mom.
How to get on the #indieweb!
As well as graciously hosting Indie Web Camp Berlin on the weekend at Mozilla’s offices, Yulia has also drawn this super-cute comic.
Accessible Comics - Axess Lab
Nice! It sounds like Lucy and Andy went above and beyond the call of duty when it came to the alt text for 100 Demon Dialogues.
Astronomical Typography
Typography meets astronomy in 16th century books like the Astronomicum Caesareum.
It is arguably the most typographically impressive scientific manual of the sixteenth century. Owen Gingerich claimed it, “the most spectacular contribution of the book-maker’s art to sixteenth-century science.”
unDraw
Liberally licensed SVG illustrations by Katerina Limpitsouni with customisable colour schemes.
The Era of Newshammer - daverupert.com
Dave has redesigned his site. Now it’s extra Dave-y.
INCREDIBLE DOOM
A print & web comic series about 90’s kids making life-threatening decisions over the early internet.
The first issue is online and it’s pretty great.
Short Trip - Alexander Perrin
Well, this is simply delightful.