Art Attack: I Pilfer Because I Love...

There I was, in February of 2009, ('Picture it... Sicily') so confident that I'd never simply re-post the work of others. Here I am, in April of 2010, pilfering the crazy amazing artwork of my friends. My excuse? Can't help it I spose... I, dear readers, am an creativity clepto. While at the height of my stealing spree... here are some of the coolest works I've rounded up...

Amazing fashion collages from my new online friend, Mon Agenda de Mode.

Like DIY + Dada all at the same time! Bravo!

My friend (and header illustrator!!!) Lauren Tamaki made this Movie Map for an assignment. She mapped out all of the movies she'd ever watched - graphed their emotional effect - and made it look amaze all at the same time! Sheesh!

Tis all, folks! Stolen. Posted. Done.

Lauren Tamaki is the Shizzz!

You might have noticed the drop-dead, ridiculously amazing new addition to this blog that is the sketch above and if you haven't...take a look, dammit! The Katie Girls have a new look and it's all due to the amazingly talented Lauren Tamaki, who not only made me look really pretty, but captured the essence of The Katie Girls to the tee! I don't really know how to thank her for her contribution, but telling you the story of how I kind of used to hate her seems like a good start!

I used to hate Lauren Tamaki sooo much. Ok, maybe hate is the wrong word, but be-green-with-envy-of seems somehow less dramatic. She'd waltz into class with her perfectly coiffed pixie cut, whip out her watercolours and within five minutes she'd have completed a masterpiece. Like, eff that, right?

But it's a good thing I stopped being so jealous and just learned to appreciate the genius that is Lauren and her drawings. Each more creative and interesting than the next, her sketches range from whimsical line drawings to her more recent three dimensional sewing-class drawings and portraits (she just did one of Steve Buscemi...totally a candidate for Babe of the Biweekly). Anyways....check her out and make sure to keep an eye. This one's gonna go real far, real soon.

Talent Scout: Twain by D Suppa & L Tamaki

No doubt that one talented designer can usually produce quite nice results, but put two awesomely talented designers together and the result is pure genius! Such is the case with the Twain Collection, by Danielle Suppa and Lauren Tamaki.

The two met while studying fashion design at Ryerson University in Toronto and have shared a love for quirky design ever since. Both awesome in their own right, Danielle is a creative assistant at Joe Fresh as well as the mastermind behind Le Petit Beret and Lauren is an illustrator currently studying at the Alberta College of Art & Design (She even drew this sketch for us!)

The two designers created Twain as a sort of quiet celebration of the nerd, the bookworm who hasn't realized her clothes are a bit too tight. "We loved the idea of making uniformy boys clothes for a girl", says Danielle. "It's like she has to wear a uniform, but she's making it her own". In an equally nerdy fashion, the two even created a custom wood-grain print that looks somewhere in between a desk-top and a library floor! (See why we love to pimp our friends?)

And because we're certain you can't get enough of these lovely ladies (we sure as hell can't!) check out their other projects!

Le Petit Beret by Danielle Suppa http://www.petitberet.com/
Illustrations by Lauren Tamaki http://laurentamaki.com/

(portrait by Lauren Tamaki, photos by Sai Sivanesan)