buy this coffee
Ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches. The original drawing is SOLD available.
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July 05, 2012
"God made me do this" AND "world famous drawing" tattoos - Alison from San Francisco
Who: Alison
From: San Francisco
Tattoo of TWO drawings: God made me draw this and world famous drawing
The story: "I've been a fan of your work for a while, and 'world famous drawing' has always been a particular favorite. I love to draw, sew, and create, but have struggled with what our society considers 'art'. It's such a subjective experience, and love that your drawings evoke a humorous side to art, which fits with my style completely. I also just identified with the drawing itself--who hasn't furiously scribbled a similar design over a mistake, or in the margins of a notebook? I loved the idea of having an unconventional "scribble" (although a deliberate and detailed one at that) as a tattoo.
As for 'God made me draw this,' I had been playing around with the idea of geometric shapes and designs for a more abstract tattoo. Again, I love the imperfection/disorganized quality and how asymmetrical the triangles are/fit together. It's a beautiful design--it almost feels like a confused honeycomb. I was looking for a-less-than-traditional-style-tattoo and you helped me get just that! Thanks!"
I love the stories, Alison. TWO drawings tattooed! Fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
See more tattoos. If you've got a tattoo of one of my drawings, send it along! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.
For the non-commital: get temporary tattoos of some of my drawings over atTattly.
broccoli costume for sale
Ink and watercolour on paper, 8x10 inches. The original drawing is available.
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she was fond of chairs
Ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches. The original drawing is available.
Check for other available drawings and signed prints in the shop.
July 03, 2012
Kaltblut magazine interview
Kaltblut, an online art / fashion / music magazine based out of Berlin, interviewed me for their recent 'Avant-Guarde' issue.
We talked about humour and antlers and making up your own rules. And they were super nice people.
Read the whole issue here(my interview starts on page 92).
(Note: some of the magazine's content is NSFW)
June 29, 2012
going places & doing things
Ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches. The original drawing is sold.
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June 28, 2012
I need to make things with my hands every day
8x10 signed prints available for $20.
I wrote this in my sketchbook the other day, as a reminder/statement/mantra to myself. I used to spend all day in front of a computer, emailing, photoshopping, designing, layout-ing, etc. I enjoyed being a designer (and making things with pixels and code is great), but personally, I still needed to use my hands, even if it was just to make some marks on paper. That's why I started drawing on post-it notes. They were small and quick and raw and immediate and I could do them on my lunch break. I craved the spontaneity, the imperfections of ink bleeding on paper, of lines not matching up, of things being not quite centered. No grids. Unpolished. Hand made.
I need to always be making things. Are you a maker?
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June 27, 2012
ground beetle with scarf
Ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches. The original drawing is SOLD available.
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bird costume
Ink and watercolour on paper, 8x10 inches. The original drawing is sold.
Check for other available drawings and signed prints in the shop.
June 26, 2012
Society6 review
I've been offering many of my drawings as iPhone & iPod cases, prints, t-shirts, and more through Society6 for a little while now. I've ordered a few things myself, so I thought I'd share with you a little review.
A quick summary: the iPhone & iPod skins and prints are terrific. The t-shirts are good, but might not be what you expect.
UPDATE: Society6 has free worldwide shipping this week, through Sunday (July 1)
You can get prints (some as big as 28x34 inches), stretched canvases, framed prints, iPod & iPhone skins, iPhone cases, laptop and iPad skins, t-shirts,hoodies, and even greeting cards. I haven't ordered from every category, but here's what I've seen so far.
iPhone & iPod skins
I ordered one of these as a gift for my father-in-law's iPod (4th generation). They're $15 each. When you receive it in the mail, it looks like a glorified sticker. Once it's on your device, it looks slick:
I haven't ordered an iPhone case, because, well, I don't have an iPhone (or any smartphone, for that matter. I'm pretty low-tech. See VHS cassettes below). But loads of people (like 60 or 100 or so) have ordered one, and they tell me they like 'em.
Prints
I ordered the 17x20 inch print of one real antler, one imagined. Society6 adds about an inch of space all the way around, so I had to trim it to fit it in a 16x20 frame. This is especially handy if you live outside of North America, and your standard frame sizes are probably different and measured in centimeters. The extra space gives you flexibility to trim down to whatever frame you have.
The print quality is amazing. It's terrific. I know my artwork very well (obviously) and I can tell you that their prints are accurate and crisp. And the paper is lovely and thick and soft and lightly textured.
Here's some pictures. The large prints come shipped in a big tube, so they are curled a bit and need to be flattened, hence the VHS boxes holding it down:
Here's some close-ups:
I put it in this simple 16x20 inch frame:
I tend to make small drawings, so it's fun for me to see my work enlarged. I often get asked for larger reproductions, and Society6 has been a great solution for this.
(If you want a signed print, you'll have to order one from my own shop:http://shop.marcjohns.com)
T-shirts
I ordered the fish with beard t-shirt, and I like it. However, if you like your t-shirts to have that crisp, plastic-y screenprinted quality, you'll be disappointed. The print on this shirt is soft, and almost has a slightly faded quality to it. Maybe bolder artwork would read differently. I don't mind this soft quality, and I think it's appropriate for my watercolour drawings. I hope I'm describing this properly; I just want you to know what these shirts are like, so that if you order one you'll know what to expect.
Society6 recently announced that you can print your artwork on dark shirts (you couldn't before), which means they'll print a white undercoat before laying down the artwork. I haven't ordered one yet, but I bet this will make shirt prints that look a bit more like screenprinting.
Okay, that's it. Now go shopping.
Oh, and they have free worldwide shipping this week! Right through until Sunday (July 1).
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