Showing just a sampling of the variety of work from Brooklyn based RISD alum Morgan Blair, most of it done in acrylic or gouache.
You know how people are always like "use what you know blah blah blah"? Well, an example of this: on Morgan's site she writes "I grew up on Legos, Tetris, tape dubbing and Magic Eye.
Lesson served.
Lauren Gentry is a 4th year illustration student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Scotland. Set to graduate this spring (HEEEY GURL!) we wanted to post some sketchbook drawings and final illustrations for a children's book project just to remind us all of the importance of a sketchbook. No jokes. Sketchbooks are the truth! We here at Underground Art School enable sketchy behavior.
Check more work out on her Flickr, Blog, aaaand Twitter, 'cause we love the Twitter. Oh, and since we're encouraging sketchbook use, you could join Art House Co-op's Sketchbook Monthlies (it's a sketchbook of the month club)! Let go of that final piece pressure and pick up a sketchbook.
I'm really enjoying the art from the 23 year old UK based Laura Redburn. She's recently started her BA in illustration. There's lots more sketchbook and little artwork nuggets on her blog for you to browse.
Next time your parents ask "Really? An art school?" consider Laura's art because a fun and interesting reply might be "why the fuck not?"
Joakim Ojanen is studying for a BA in illustration and graphic design from Konstfack (University of Arts, Craft + Design) in Stockholm but he fills his blog with his very diverse projects such as sculpture, drawings, 'zine's, and murals. Switching up mediums and modes of making keeps us pushing, we can't stay in our comfort zones forever, that's not what art + design are about.
On the topic of murals and zones, if you're in the Hartford, CT area tomorrow, come to the 4th Annual CCSU Mural Slam. We'll be there, gettin' our paint on.
Listen, there's always an a-hole in class that rolls their eyes because they think they already know how to be an artistic revolutionary. Turns out, you're both at art school to make mistakes and to fail miserably, because that's what education is. If you knew it all you wouldn't be enrolled.
So go on and be yourself making your weird, awkward artwork because that is what you're suppossed to be doing. Do you think any of these characters by UK illustrator Camellie is ashamed of who they are and what they do? Hell no.
Hey. It's been a dude-a-thon this month at Underground Art School. We thought we'd end this hairy chest bump fest with Ontario based illustrator Ryan MacDonald. He draws inspiration from comic books, graphic novels, and street art. Ryan's self portrait (well, we're hoping it's a self portrait) circa 1988 has him rocking a beard. He is 22. So that's pretty bad ass.
It's been crazy here working on our next issue. There's a lot of second guessing. Worry about originality and good design. Ryan's box headed humans reminds us that no work of art (or design) is original so just get out of your head and outside of the box.
Hope your fingers are ready for an intense cardio workout. Matt Saunders also known as Rabbit Portal, is a recent graduate of Leeds College of Art and Design in the UK. He's a mixed media animator and illustrator. We're loving these vertical images he made. Art on the vert is not easy. The composition can be quite a challenge. It's time to get your scroll on...
Awww. Wonder if he ever did find a house mate. There's more goodies on his Etsy Society6 Flickr Vimeo and if you feel like it, Tweet him your love.
