Urban Insomniac!

I love urban living. Here's a bunch of things that I've found around the internet that I think are worth looking at.

[mittensmorgul]

you're awesome

Oh my gosh. I’ve been puzzling over how to reply to this for like half an hour. I had to get up and walk around for a bit and think if this required mock reciprocal outrage along the lines of NO MAYBE IT’S ///YOU/// WHO IS AWESOME, AND YOU’RE TRYING TO THROW ME OFF! CHECK AND MATE.

I mean I have difficulty expressing feelings so this sort of response might not be entirely inaccurate.

But maybe this requires genuine surprise and delight though… Like the kind which requires pictures of animals doing strange things. If that’s the case, please accept this dancing sifaka as a token of my appreciation:

Apparently sifakas enjoy dancing. There’s like a bajillion pictures of them doing all sorts of weird crap:

I mean I could go on but it’s probably best not to blow the whole lot of potentially useful reaction images all on one post like this… 

I think I’ve let myself get distracted enough from being complimented in order to post this without feeling too awkward about it now. (thank you)

[sweetd3lights]

By Geert Weggen

[nevver]

Koson Ohara

[aleistorchamber]

Everyone look at my stretching and yawning baby :(

[nevver]

Adulthood is myth @itsPeteski

[catsandkitten]

[fluffytherapy]

[fuckyeahbookarts]

Seeking Multi-talented Freelancers

Hello hive mind - I’m currently writing my MA thesis on the gig economy and polymathic freelancers in the creative industries. Basically, I’m looking to interview freelancers (ideally London/UK-based) who are multi-talented, and work in a diverse set of creative disciplines… such as a writer/illustrator/animator etc. Perhaps you have had an interesting portfolio career, or you’ve created a unique job role/business that combines all your skill-set and interests.

If this sounds like you or someone you may know, I’d LOVE a brief chat about your experiences over email/phone/Skype/person, whichever suits best.

Contact me here, or email me: [email protected]

Thank you very much! 

[fandom]

2016’s Top Art

You’ll know it when you see it.

1. photography 2. illustration 

3. doodle 4. comics 5. digital art 6. sketch 7. painting 8. watercolor 9. pixel art 

10. minimalism 11. character design 12. concept art 13. process art 14. 3d 15. abstract 16. graffiti 17. sculpture 18. fantasy art 19. collage 20. gradients

[cybergata]

tussetroll_and_tingeling    Afternoon play - Tingeling

[luvspixels]

[nyomblr]

[luvspixels]

with a name like that, he's got to be good

[tokyo-fashion]

Michiko London Koshino x NONA9ON (YG Entertainment) Fashion Collection

Japanese designer Michiko Koshino - famous for the 1980s/90s brand Michiko London - is teaming up with NONA9ON - a brand by South Korea’s YG Entertainment - to release a limited edition collaboration collection. The collection - which features pieces from Michiko Koshino’s archive re-imagined by NONA9ON - will debut at a popup shop inside of the famous LaForet Harajuku department store in Tokyo from October 7-20, 2016. If you know anyone in Tokyo during October, please let them know about this special Japanese street fashion meets Korean street fashion project! Full Details

[obamawhitehouse]

“Alex is just six years old. He lives in Scarsdale, New York. Last month, like people around the world, he was moved by the heartbreaking images of Omran Daqneesh, a five-year-old boy in Aleppo, Syria, sitting in an ambulance, in shock as he tried to wipe the blood from his hands.

So Alex sat down and wrote me a letter. This week at a United Nations summit on refugees, I shared Alex’s moving words with the world.

Alex told me that he wanted Omran to come live with him and his family. He wanted to share his bike, and teach him how to ride. He said his little sister would collect butterflies for him. ‘We can all play together,’ he wrote. ‘We will give him a family and he will be our brother.’

Those are the words of a six-year-old boy—a young child who has not learned to be cynical or suspicious or fearful of other people because of where they come from, how they look, or how they pray.

We should all be more like Alex. Imagine what the world would look like if we were. Imagine the suffering we could ease and the lives we could save.

Listen to Alex, read his letter, and I think you’ll understand why I shared it with the world.” —President Obama. Find out how you can help at wh.gov/refugees.

[gentian-o]

Trying out some Caran d'Ache Pablo pencils. Global Arts Handbook Journal.

[misforgotten2]

Mmm, peanut M&ms.

[luvspixels]

Food for art? I admire when someone finds inspiration from the mundane. This is beautiful.