The Donut Project

Wow. Wow. Wow. Peter Schuyff’s carved bats and pencils are the perfect eye candy for a Wednesday. The rest of his carved work and portfolio can be seen here.

via notcot

J3’s ‘zine At Your Leasure is collection of things that have inspired them to create their own fantastic work. At Your Leasure to J3 is:

An exploration of ideas, images, concepts & colors. An homage to those that inspire and a desire to do the same. A visual train of thought. A celebration of individuals that live what they love.

Read more about the ‘zine’s philosophy and purchase it for only $10 here.

After taking a short helicopter ride over such cities as Tokyo, Rome, Dubai and London, Stephen Wiltshire is able to render incredibly detailed and perfectly scaled panoramic drawings of the city. Diagnosed with autism at age 3, Wiltshire has been drawing cityscapes since he was 8 years old. Last month he completed the NYC skyline and finished the last drawing in his series of panoramas. Visit Wiltshire’s site to see more of his incredible work!

(via a cup of jo)

So yeah – dead flies as art. Who knew a pencil sketch and some dead flies could be funny or creative? These are pretty off the wall but I couldn’t help but share them.

Created by Magnus Muhr
(Via Quipsologies)

This short film by C. Coy features Milton Glaser and his feelings on drawing. I could listen to Glaser talk for hours about pretty much anything.

(Via @formfiftyfive & @mikeyburton)

I would love to live in Charlotte Mann’s fantasy world. It’s amazing what she does with just a black marker and a blank wall! See more from her at charlottemann.co.uk.

The Hello Project is an online social collaboration giving people the chance to say hi, hello, or hola on one of today’s most common yet neglected canvases: the Post-it®.

How it works is simple. Take a regular 3×3 Post-it® and write/sketch/doodle your version of hello. Scan it, email it to hi [at] thehelloproject.com, and they’ll post it for everyone to see.

THP is a relatively new site run by friends of The Donut and doodle extraordinaires Kristen Caston & Joseph Delhommer. Go check out the creative solutions so far and contribute – it only takes a second. It’s a great creative exercise to break the monotony of your everyday design stuff. I have a few submissions on there myself :).

Check out the site: www.TheHelloProject.com
Follow them on Facebook and Twitter to see submissions when they are added.

Domonic Patrick has begun The Honest Sketch Project where he makes sketches that express a real feeling, emotion, situation, or something, that is going on in his mind, life, etc.. There’s no filter, no second guessing, no starting over… just honesty.

He is also taking submissions – so sketch something up and he’ll post it. It seems like a great way to rejoice or vent about your life while being fleeting and creative.

See his first drawings at www.domonicpatrick.com and start sketching!

I stumbled across Boey, who makes amazing drawings on foam coffee cups. Check out the 200+ drawings in his Flickr.

(Images © Boey 2009)

We’ve posted Chris Piascik before, but he’s worth a repost. His ‘Internet inadequacy’ drawing hits close to home. Running a blog based on inspiration has me looking at even more work than my normal curiosity would have me look at – and I run across a ton of stuff that makes me feel like a no-talent fraud. It’s ironic that I feel like that when I see Piascik’s drawings but nice to know others feel like this too. See more of his work at www.chrispiascik.com.