I tweeted about this months ago but some­how over­looked shar­ing this won­der­fully fun art­work here.

On dis­play at the British Library in Lon­don is a paint­ing by British artist, Patrick Hughes:

Beau­ti­ful!

While I’m on the sub­ject of artists whose work gets my cre­ative tail wag­ging this week, these videos of Lucy McLauch­lan work­ing just blow my mind. It makes me want to lock myself in an empty room with a gal­lon of paint or ink and have at it; though some­how I doubt the results would be com­pa­ra­ble. Check it out:

WOW, I love this woman! The den­sity of the illus­tra­tions she gen­er­ates are incred­i­ble, and the inten­sity with which she works is so inspir­ing. There is so much work to be done…

Lately, I’ve been gen­er­at­ing increas­ingly more work after hav­ing lapsed into a brief cre­ative coma of sort ear­lier this year. As I shake off the cre­ative cob­webs and jit­ters, I feel more com­pelled to work and tend to have more ideas than I can make good on or even record or realize.

Typ­i­cally, when I get into this state of mind, I tend to pay even more atten­tion to art, and find myself seek­ing out new ideas, inspi­ra­tion, artists, etc. Recently, a friend turned me on to She One and not sur­pris­ingly, the cogs in my brain are turn­ing and crank­ing out of control:

I’ve been dream­ing of let­ter­forms and just haven’t made good on the pic­tures in my head. Per­haps it’s time to roll up my sleeves and dig in… Where have you found inspi­ra­tion lately, dear read­ers? Has it been from new stars in your own field, or seem­ingly more abstract sources? Talk to me people.

Watch­ing this video leaves me dumb­founded– the amount of work and artistry that went in to this col­lab­o­ra­tive pro­duc­tion is just incred­i­ble. Take a look at this piece cre­ated by Blu and David Ellis at the Fame Fes­ti­val ear­lier this fall in Italy.

COMBO a col­lab­o­ra­tive ani­ma­tion by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

WOW!