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Baby's First Internet

sexy bunny Kevin Fanning and Kean Soo put together hilarious rhymes and illustrations called Baby's First Internet.

Not sure how to explain the internet to your young ones? Presenting a series of nursery rhymes to teach children how to comport themselves on the online.
Link

Related links:
Kean Soo's personal website - link
Kevin Fanning's personal website - link

Retronomatopeya, the sound and motion of comics

sound of comics el estratografico put together a fun flickr set called retronomaopeya which is a collection of images that illustrate the sound and motion found in comics.  Link

el estratografico has a few other sets worth the look:
50's spanish sci fi novels
old 45s

Next-Door Neighbor

sad song in a-flat Every Monday you can read new installments of Next-Door Neighbor over at SMITH Magazine:

“Everybody has one. And, no matter how close or how far, we all live next to someone, and we all have a Next-Door Neighbor story,” says NDN Editor Dean Haspiel. “With this in mind, I asked some of my favorite storytellers and cartoonists to create their favorite NDN stories so that we at SMITH Magazine could share them with you over the next year.”
Link [via]

Boys and the Subway

subway illustration Illustrator Christoph Niemann put together a very cute illustrated story of his travels with his boys, Arthur, Gustav and Fritz, through the New York City subway system.  Link.

Related:
Christoph Niemann's official website - Link

Previously:
History of Typography in the Toronto Subway, City Hall Station: Photos of a Beautiful Abandoned Subway Station, subway sketches (LwL)

1000 Beasts by glowingskeleton

beast glowingskeleton illustrated a series of one thousand illustrations of beasts which will be appearing in the the Fantagraphics art book Beasts! Volume 2 later on this year.

Jason bought Beasts! last year and it's actually quite a fascinating and eclectic book.  The art book describes mythical beasts from around the world and the illustrations were provided by various talented artists. 

Link to Flickr set [via]

The Map of Humanity by James Turner

The Map of HumanityIllustrator James Turner created The Map of Humanity in order to describe the human condition in an organized map form based on names from history and fiction.  Here James Turner describes the map in his own words.

Readymech fun!

Readymech"Readymechs are free, flatpack toys for you to print and build.  They are designed to fit on an 8.5"x11" page and printed with any printer.  You'll need double-sided tape, thick matte paper, and 10-15 minutes for build time."

[via The Presurfer]

Previous paper madness:
DIY Nintendo Character Paper Models, Su Blackwell's Book-Cut Sculptures, Toy Maker (LwL)

dance of the flight attendantIllustrator Jen Wang has made the in-flight safety demo look graceful and somewhat lyrical by this illustration called Dance of the Flight Attendant.  Unless you are flying on a smaller plane, this "art form" is slowly going away and being replaced by in-flight videos.

'Peanuts' drawn Anime style

Peanuts AnimePeanuts drawn Anime style.

Click here for the larger image.

More artwork meshing cultures...

So I started off the new year by selling one of my older paintings. Fantastic! Inspired-I am creating a whole bunch of schtuff meshing the cultures of my husband and me. We are called Beenznrice for a reason...(Mexican/Asian)

So here is the first Muerta Geisha 1!

Muerta Geisha 1

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