Strelka by Ryan Berkley

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Created by Ryan Berkley to illustrate an article is our Summer issue, Strelka the Russian Space Dog is now available as a digital print in Ryan's Etsy shop. I purchased the painting as a birthday gift to Glen, so we're lucky to have the original in our living room. But for just $18 you can have a beautiful 8" x 10" print!

Ryan says, "This little lady went to space with her friend, parachuted back down to earth, and later gave birth to six puppies, one of whom became the grandpuppy of John F. Kennedy Jr. And all I've done today is the dishes."

We've been Kate-consumed!

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The ongoing creative obsessiveness of Kate Bingaman-Burt continues, and UPPERCASE was one of the lucky recipients of her consumption! Prints documenting her summer purchases are available on 20x200. The great thing about 20x200 is that you can pick a print size and edition that you can afford. I wish I could afford the largest print, but one of the smaller ones certainly isn't out of reach.

We are the Friction

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As soon as I heard about Sing Statistic's publishing project a few days ago, We Are The Friction, I placed my order! The book pairs writers and illustrators: "stories from illustrations and illustrations from stories." Featuring some of my favourite illustrators as well as UPPERCASE magazine contributing writer, Mark Hamilton, I recommend that you visit their website for more imagery and information.

Class Portrait

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Yotam Hadar graduated in 2006 from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. For a final project, he drew portraits of his 74 classmates. "I then gave each of them a copy of his portrait, and asked for something in return. The portraits and exchange objects were documented in a book, and exhibited in my class’s graduation exhibition. Each portrait was printed in hundreds of copies and hung for the duration of the exhibition, while visitors were invited to take their favorites home with them. An interesting, almost interactive popularity meter was created."


Yotam is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

Julie and Marc

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Here's a dynamic duo: illustrator Julie McLaughlin and photographer Marc Rimmer. Julie hand drew the "Mount Eerie" type on this recent poster for the Sled Island festival, and the final was a run of 35 and silkscreened on wood (14"x21").

Julie has been a regular contributor to UPPERCASE magazine. Here is her lovely illustrated map of European summer music festivals, appearing in our current Summer issue:

Check out Julie and Marc's cute illustration and photography collaboration for VEER.

Petunia

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The illustrations in the previous post reminded me of one of my favourite children's books, Petunia by Roger Duvoisin (in retrospect, it is not surprising that, as a child, my favourite book was about a book!) Originally published by Knopf in 1950, its sweet illustrations are still fresh and endearing. (You can read the story in Laura Howard's flickr stream, although the pages appear to be out of proper order.)