Mary Blair for Walt Disney

Mary Blair for Walt Disney

(images via waltdisney.org)
Mary Blair worked at Disney studios for almost 3 decades, starting in the 1940s. Mary Blair was an art director as well as an illustrator.  She was credited on the Peter Pan, Cinderella and Alice and Wonderland films as ‘color stylist’ …..but she was obviously so much more.
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Project Monsoon

Project Monsoon

D&DAD and Pantone teamed up for New Blood Awards 2015; The briefing was; Reimagine your hometown through the language of colour. The Creative Team of Seunghoon Shin, Yoonshin Kim, Nu Ri Kim, students from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, tutored by James Lee, came up with a concept called Project Monsoon. They made colorful illustrations/graphic designs which will appear on some streets in Seoul when it rains, using hydrochromic paint (a special formula which changes from transparent to opaque when it gets wet)
See all the entries for this New Blood challenge by Pantone HERE

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Lee John Phillips: In Memory of his Grandfather

Lee John Phillips: In Memory of his Grandfather

Lee John Phillips: In Memory of his Grandfather

After his grandfather died, Lee John Phillips: decided to illustrate everything (every nail, plastic bag, tool; everything!) that was left in his tool shed. We, at Mimi Berlin can relate to this kind of mourning….Also, the result is beautiful.

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We have to mention that Lee John Phillips does his drawings by hand; forgetting that’s not usual in the digital age.

(via/read more the bored panda)