I Can’t Apologize Enough ~ oh no no, not me ~ that’s the title of David Fullarton‘s new book. It looks amazing and hilarious, as usual when it comes to his work, and can be purchased riiiiight… here.

One Two Three Four – I declare a thumb war!

Ooooh the graphic designer in me is crazy jealous. I love this limited edition hand-bound book by John Hersey, yet another San Franciso artist {I keep writing about them lately}. Such a fun idea with very cool illustrations… AND a wooden cover with laser-cut lettering? Are you kidding me?! Love.

Share Some Candy has a section on artist’s work spaces, and I when I stumbled upon it the other day I couldn’t control the jealousy. My favourite studio belongs to a very talented illustrator/artist named Camilla Engman. She’s got a cute & creative loft in Göteborg, Sweden. Such a great space to spread out your supplies and just make beautiful stuff all day long. And the cherry on top of this studio? A little dog on a gold couch… I’ll take one of each please.

Julie Morstad‘s website is full of so many amazing drawings, it was pretty hard to decide what to show. After much debate, I opted for a house theme… hundreds being crushed under foot, one that is obviously a bit cramped, and several that have been uprooted and are falling into nothingness. All excellent choices I’d say.

Original drawings of rosy-cheeked girls with glasses, pink hair, and antlers. Why didn’t I think of that? Luckily the LA based artist behind ‘Pretty Little Thieves’ did.

I must have beef on the brain, much like the guy in the image above. After my last post featuring Ilana Kohn’s steaks I ended up finding these pieces by Christian Northeast. I found the top most image first, and then as I made my way through Christian’s portfolio I found the other two. I thought they told quite a nice little story when shown together… and now I’m hungry, but also slightly grossed out. Maybe I’ll just have an apple.

Hunks of meat, a puppet show and Christmas jeers… how can you not be jealous of this work by illustrator Ilana Kohn? I chose these three from her portfolio because I love the grey scale, quite detailed faces against the flat colours & shapes that surround them… and to be honest, and not artsy at all, I really really really like those big chunks of steak.

Don’t have a view from the top of the Tate Modern? Can’t afford a Barcelona chair? Really want Duchamp’s ‘fountain’ for your own private collection? No problem, artist Charlotte Mann will just draw it on your wall for you. How cool is this?! I might move into a windowless home, just so I can get Charlotte to come over with her fancy black marker and draw me the view of my dreams! (Paris from the top of the Pompidou Centre… in case you were wondering.)

Jealous is a bit of an understatement. I’m totally in awe of Kate Bingaman-Burt. She is a hugely talented designer, illustrator, crafter (if that’s even a word), Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University, and what I can totally relate to, a detailed list maker. Since I can’t possibly cover all of that in one or two paragraphs, I’ve chosen to write about this:

Obsessive Consumption, a project she began in 2002 in which she meticulously documents all of her purchases. She started out by photographing everything she bought, cataloged with the receipt. Then she moved on to drawing not only all of her purchases, but all of her credit card statements too. Obsessive? Yep. Awesome? You betcha! Now Kate has her own zine called What Did You Buy Today? that you can pick up for only $4/issue on Etsy. Get a pencil… you might want to do a quick sketch of your purchase.

As if the weird sasquatch wasn’t enough, Mary Kate McDevitt had to add a few ‘little winged potatoes’ just to make me really wish I’d come up with this. Ok, so now I’m totally inspired to do my next painting on an old chunk of tree… where’d I put that saw…

{Oh, and I also really love this little chair.}