Mike Mitchell's Tumblr of Amazing Things.

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Tyler, the Creator’s new album Wolf is out April 2 via Odd Future Records.

Mark Ryden doing an album cover for Tyler, the Creator = awesome. 

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Do you love cats? Do you hate cats? Either way, Hacky Cat is for you!

My good pal Ken Wong quit his salary job last year and made this awesome game which came out today. You must keep one, or multiple cats from hitting the ground and exploding. It sounds simple but it’s quite difficult, while remaining fun and hilarious. The art is wonderful as well. 

You can see a video of it here, and you can pick it up on the app store for a whopping $.99.

“Uno!” with “1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.” variant. 

A New Just Like Us which will be available as soon as I get the SUPERs signed, numbered and shipped out.

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cbilladeau:

Daily Inspiration;;  Dean Cornwell (1892 - 1960)

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Oh my god this is so beautiful.

There is a reason he was nicknamed “The Dean of Illustration”

One of my faves from the golden age.

Cowboy Metalheads of Botswana are my new favorite thing. 

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g1988:

Mike Mitchell’s newest Just Like Us print, depicting his version of Omar from The Wire, will go on sale tomorrow at gallery1988.com. Stay tuned to our Twitter (@galleries1988) or our Facebook (Gallery1988) for the link announcement. 

So what you’re really trying to say is…”Omar’s comin………………...tomorrow at some point” 

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Hardcore! 

Thanks to Amy Wale for sharing. 

Another unused Just Like Us sketch. This was one of the more arbitrary ones I did. The idea of Shakespeare being a serious enough bowler to have a wrist brace was funny to me.  

Maybe I’ll finish it one day and do a small run.

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If by any chance you’re hanging around a newsstand in the Netherlands, you can pick up the newest issue of VARA which features my illustration “The Cooks” 

It also features a plant, but I did not draw that. 

Thanks to Eric Alberts for the photo.

Every SUPER so far. I can’t wait to make this even longer. 

Only 6 hours left to pick up SUPER series 2. 

 

Well howdy! 

You’re not alone in feeling uninspired at times. I don’t know of an artist who hasn’t gone through a funk. Honestly, I go through multiple per year, and sometimes they last for months. I find it horribly depressing, and it’s one of the bigger challenges in my life. 

When I’m in a funk, I take a break and find things I like to do. Play video games, catch up on movies/TV shows. I also search around for new work to be inspired by. I eventually feel like I’m wasting time and the itch to create something grows into an uncontrollable urge.

In the end though, you need to find out what will get you out of your slump. In my opinion it is what separates artists from hobbyists. For example. I would LOVE to learn to play an instrument, but I’ve never been able to fight through the slumps, I will dedicate an hour a day for a month and then my interest will die and sometimes I’ll go a year or more before I pick it up again. If it’s something you want, then prove to yourself you can do it. This is an invisible wall that a lot of people can’t get past. 

The one thing I really appreciated about art school was being forced to practice art for three years straight, even when I didn’t feel like it. I may have not creatively been there 100% but I still was improving my skills by doing things like life drawing, along with other assignments. If you are short of ideas, try to teach yourself something new. Use that time to build technical skills. If this is something you can’t push yourself to do, then it might be time to have a serious internal discussion about what it is you really want.

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My E.T. poster which drops tomorrow on Mondo.

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Joan Cornellà

This is awfully wonderful.

This print is now available in my shop!

laughingsquid:

An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak, Based on a Moving Interview

Watch this, but don’t blame me when your eyes well up. Blame Maurice and his awesome way of speaking about life in a deep and meaningful way.