Tag: ILLUSTRATION

The Chinese government imposes strict regulations on what images can and can't be displayed in overhead photos, making life difficult for services like Google Maps. But Baidu, China's Google equivalent, recently discovered that it could get around the government's restrictions by turning the entire Chinese landscape into one big illustration. The search engine's rendering makes China look a lot ...

Here's a tough one for you. Indie artist and illustrator Hidden Eloise has taken the British boutique stationery store Paperchase to task, claiming that the company stole her whimsical creations and printed them on commercial goods like tote bags and notebooks. Feeling frustrated and stymied, Eloise took to her blog, and then Twitter, creating such a hullabaloo that Paperchase was forced to ...

For some reason, the tweets of the famous often seem more inscrutable than those of the just-as-crazy Twitter plebeians. (E.g., Tracey Morgan: "For $15 I'll induce your labor.") And while this may be due to the untold pressures of célébrité finding an outlet through social media sites, we find them compelling nonetheless. Vector artist Odessa Begay has a similar fascination ...

The Web may be a wonderful, always expanding source of fun and inspiration, but we probably spend more time connected than we prefer. We've probably spent entire days by now diving deep into the depths of YouTube in search of nothing in particular. You start out searching for a jazz video you heard about, and before you know it, you'll have gathered anyone within shouting distance to show them ...

While Washington scrambles and searches for answers, the automotive industry remains in shambles. So far, nothing has worked. And by 'nothing,' we mean 'throwing wads of cash at the problem.' So why not take a creative approach? That's exactly what one talented illustrator has done. While Core 77 user lunchbreath's suggestions to the Motor City might not be practical, they're loads of fun to ...