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Friday, February 25, 2011 10:16:27 PM
Joe Chapman made friends with Laura Atkins

Sunday, October 31, 2010 3:21:24 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled My pumpkin sculptures for 2010:
Joe said, "I carved all of these with a craft knife, a kitchen knife and my fingernails. Pictures and video of my previous pumpkin sculptures from 2007-2009 are in this blog post. For Alice’s son: For Dr. Sketchy’s, Brighton: "

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 8:39:26 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled David Allen: a truly life-changing tattoo:
Joe said, "Artist David Allen was tasked with creating an unusual tattoo for a client. She had survived breast cancer, and her mastectomy and subsequent reconstructive surgery had left her with a 7″ scar and the loss of the nipple. Their solution was..." more

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:27:27 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Laura Laine, fashion illustration:
Joe said, "Billowing shapes like ink dropped in water, with perfect linear detail reminiscent of James Jean: see more at Laura Laine’s website. "

Thursday, October 7, 2010 7:00:06 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Blog link: BibliOdyssey:
Joe said, "Go and read BibliOdyssey, where you’ll find a huge amount of inspiration in historical art and design. It was both hard and easy to choose examples, given that there’s such an abundance of great things; in the end, I was pretty much..." more

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 8:07:47 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Inspiration: Photos of 19th and early 20th century China:
Joe said, "A Flickr user, ralphrepo, has uploaded a large compilation of photographs taken in China. They date from the 1800s through to the 1940s. The events surrounding the ‘Boxer’ Rebellion provide some good background to the struggle depicted..." more

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 8:07:47 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled David A. Smith’s sign art:
Joe said, " You have to watch this, and you have to watch it in fullscreen mode. It’s breathtaking: an historical art not just preserved, but very much alive and being forced to its limits by David A. Smith. "

Sunday, September 19, 2010 8:30:56 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing on DVD:
Joe said, "Shaun Tan’s illustrated books have made him famous all around the world, from his Australian birthplace to the UK. He and his dedicated team have adapted Tan’s children’s book “The Lost Thing” as an animated film, which..." more

Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:40:15 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Animation: Salvador Dali/Walt Disney collaboration:
Joe said, "Via the invaluable How To Be A Retronaut: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; if you subscribe to other blogs and don’t subscribe to The Retronaut, you should stare at yourself very critically in a highly reflective..." more

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 3:01:04 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled My latest work: desktop wallpaper and t-shirts for Amon Tobin:
Joe said, "My t-shirts went on sale at Amon Tobin’s website today. I was given a blank slate with the design of this shirt, but there were natural restrictions. The design would have to reflect Amon’s music in some way, and to make a good..." more

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 7:41:08 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled El Mac: graffiti:
Joe said, "El Mac: a painter with a distinctive contour-shading style "

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 4:01:03 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Concept art for the original King Kong:
Joe said, "From the archives of The Pictorial Arts: some dramatic concept art created up in 1931 as part of the pitch to RKO. Interestingly, the images are collaborative works; as the entry at Pictorial Arts points out, Kong was drawn by Willis O’Brien,..." more

Sunday, September 5, 2010 2:26:28 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Review: Dr. Sketchy’s Brighton opening night:
Joe said, "Ramey Holsman hit the ground running tonight with a superb debut at Latest Music Bar, Brighton. As you may have seen in this post, Dr. Sketchy is a franchise which combines a burlesque atmosphere with life drawing. For tonight’s “Back To..." more

Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:27:53 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Revisiting: Aurélie Neyret:
Joe said, "I’ve been trying to pick a good time to feature AurĂ©lie Neyret (a.k.a Clo/Clochette) again after the first time I posted her work. There’s such a flurry of it on her blog that it’s been hard to pick a good moment, but now is as..." more

Sunday, August 22, 2010 8:29:19 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Dr. Sketchy – life drawing with a difference:
Joe said, "Dr. Sketchy’s began in Brooklyn 5 years ago, thanks to the inventive mind of illustrator Molly Crabapple. Today, there are over 100 branches around the world (NB – at the time of writing, the site’s Branch Search doesn’t come..." more

Saturday, August 21, 2010 10:32:39 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Inspiration: Small Town Noir:
Joe said, "Small Town Noir is a blog about criminal offenders in New Castle, Pennsylvania in the period 1930-1959. The pictures come from a discarded box of police mugshots, which have been combined with the archives of the local newspaper to create a little..." more

Friday, August 20, 2010 5:06:24 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Laurie Lipton: charcoal and pencil:
Joe said, "The majority of Laurie Lipton‘s artwork is carefully created with many fine lines of charcoal and graphite. You can see zoomed-in detail shots on the website, which reveal the intricacy of the technique and also narrative elements which..." more

Friday, August 6, 2010 5:00:53 AM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Rajaya Yogaswara (Machine56) – halftones:
Joe said, "Very clever use of middle grey versus middle red to create disintegrating halftone effects in this piece by Machine56. "

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 4:56:43 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Interview: Dave McKean:
Joe said, "A nice collection of posts about Dave McKean this week at Monsieur Bandit: Interview 1, in which Mr. McKean talks about returning to drawing after a hiatus, and recent projects including a new film and… a book with Heston Blumenthal. A short..." more

Saturday, July 31, 2010 1:23:49 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Dalton Ghetti’s sculpted pencil nibs:
Joe said, "Maddeningly tiny wood and graphite sculpture. First, Dalton made a pencil nib alphabet: …and then went on to create even more ambitious pieces. See the whole gallery at The Telegraph "

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:07:20 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Watch artists at work at Sketch Theatre:
Joe said, "Watch and learn over the shoulders of great artists at Sketch Theatre "

Monday, July 12, 2010 3:31:06 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Paintings by Mary Jane Ansell:
Joe said, "Mary Jane Ansell creates arrestingly beautiful paintings in Brighton, England. If you like what you see here, you’ll enjoy the huge collection of her work on her website. Her next solo show will be at the Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea from the 30th..." more

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 3:40:39 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Sly2 – graffiti:
Joe said, "Just when you think you’ve seen every possible way a graffiti artist could write their name on a wall… Seen at My Modern Met. "

Monday, July 5, 2010 9:09:37 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled Lindsey Carr:
Joe said, "Yet again, My Love For You Is Like A Stampede Of Horses has drawn my attention to something beautiful. Today, the blog is featuring work in progress from Lindsey Carr‘s studio, and I strongly recommend that you subscribe to the My Love For You..." more

Monday, June 28, 2010 3:50:26 PM
Joe Chapman wrote a blog post titled AT-AT Walkies:
Joe said, "You missed a better title, Patrick Boivin! "