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Farmidable features posts about the latest pattern design, illustration and graphic design. We also make our own patterns and offer them for free as desktop wallpapers.

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  • Chris Greenwood’s Igloo: Album Artwork

    Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 20:12 in music, drawing, indie music, graphic design, design, illustration

    I just got my copies of Chris Greenwood’s new album, Igloo, which I laid out and did the illustration for. I’m really happy with how it came out. My favorite part of the design is the disc which has the rough sketches I drew when lay...

  • Miki Sato Illustration: Textures

    Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 23:00 in illustration, japanese, texture, asain

    Miki Sato is an illustrator living and working from Toronto Canada. She uses layers of textures and fabrics to create her images. They are conceptual, simple and amazing. Her style also has a delicate Asian feel that I’m always drawn too an...

  • Photostream of iv_orlov

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 15:37 in illustration, wood, printmaking, flickr friday

    While searching around the interwebs for a nice tut on how to make an iPhone app I came across iv_orlov’s photostream on Flickr. Completely unrelated to what I was looking for yet delightful. I really enjoy the color pallets and texture tha...

  • Adrià Fruitós Illustrations

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 06:00 in illustration

    I haven’t posted about an illustrator for awhile. Adrià Fruitós has some great work. I thought the apocalyptic image fit well with the post I did for Alex Lukas. I love how Adrià handles color and texture in his work. He currently lives ...

  • Emmanuelle Walker Short Animation

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 17:47 in illustration, video, Other Stuff

    Amazing design, movement and space in this short animation by Emmanuelle Walker from France. The music/sound is really good too. See more of her work including illustrations on her site. Make sure you click around and look at everything from her stu...

  • Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

    Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 17:41 in art, painting, Film, illustration, video, Other Stuff

    I think a lot of people believe picture book illustrators who create work for children are “child at heart” kind of people who smell daisies and skip down the side walk while wearing bright colors that are only out shined by there smiles...

  • Jonathan Bartlett Illustration

    Posted on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at 14:21 in illustration, animals, japanese

    When I first saw Jonathan Bartlett’s work I was amazed. He seems to have mastered the techniques that I continually struggle and with and envy, not to mention that he’s quite good at portraying a concept. Jonathan uses a lot of different ...

  • Owen Freeman

    Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 19:17 in painting, comics, illustration, sketchbook

    I came across Owen Freeman’s work while poking around in Illustration Mundo. Owen Freeman is a an illustrator that currently lives in LA. His work defiantly has a west coast illustrators feel. Many of his images include figures within landscape...

  • Namit Malavia Drawings

    Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 20:32 in drawing, illustration, animals, japanese

    Nimit Malavia has some amazing drawings and paintings. I love the flow and movement of these pieces. The lion’s claw/hand gripping the ground in the second image is incredible. Overall what I like best is that you can tell there’s a love ...

  • Simon Kim

    Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 06:04 in painting, illustration, japanese

    Sorry the gallery hasn’t been working correctly. I haven’t had time to go in a fix it. In the mean time check out the work of Simon Kim. Simon was born in Korea, grew up in Seoul and moved to Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate of Sheridan...

  • Valero Doval

    Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 19:36 in art, drawing, design, illustration, birds

    I Just came across London based Valero Doval’s work and it is amazing. Doval’s art combines collage and drawings (some pieces seem to just be drawings) with shapes and geometric pattern elements. Color in most pieces is used in a subtle w...

  • Yuta Onoda

    Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 07:00 in art, painting, illustration, japanese

    Originally from Japan, Yuta Onoda has been working on his Bachelor of Applied Arts at Sheridan College, Canada. Yuta combines digital and traditional techniques to create his masterfully colored, flowing paintings. See more of his work in his portfol...

  • Richard Wilkinson

    Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 06:13 in illustration, digital

    It’s hard to believe we haven’t posted about Richard Wilkinson’s amazing work before. His illustration work includes both cute and serious content, creating an amazing reflection of the human condition in soft color and smooth line ...

  • Matt Taylor and Animal Parts

    Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 17:47 in art, illustration, animals, japanese

    What I like most about Matt Taylor’s work is his intelligent inclusion of animals and or animal parts. His work has a dream like feel, much like his influence James Jean, but with harder shapes and lines. His clients include Penguin Books, Burt...

  • ISO50

    Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 18:20 in graphic design, illustration

    My good friend Justin pointed out the work of ISO50 a.k.a. Scott Hansen and I was intantly amazed. Not only is Scott a great pattern designer but he’s got some great retro, for lack of a better word, posters too. Check out his site here, blog h...

  • Flickr Friday: Bahaosorg

    Posted on Friday March 13th, 2009 at 17:44 in graphic design, design, illustration, flickr friday

    I don’t know anything about Bahaosorg but I like the images in his/her photostream. Most of the photo stream consists of what looks like album art and includes both illustration and design. Check it out and if you know more please let us know. ...

  • Flickr Friday: Christina Ung

    Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 07:44 in illustration, flickr friday

    Late again, we’d call it Flickr Saturday but it doesn’t sound as good. Christina Ung is a Canadian Illustrator with a great style, humor and wit. Her influences come from vintage western prints/posters and graffiti street arts. You can al...

  • Michael Wandermaier Illustration

    Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 14:41 in painting, illustration, digital, add new tag

    Michael Wandelmaier is an illustrator currently living and working in Toronto, Canada. He was formally trained as a civil engineer and geologist but chose to pursue a career in the arts. His work incorporates sophisticated line work, a warm color p...

  • Terry Posters

    Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 21:38 in graphic design, Film, illustration, posters

    In keeping with the theme of archives, to go along side  my last post about Book Cover Archive, Terry Posters shop is run by a group of people who also manage two biggest art cinemas in Prague. They are the largest film posters dealer and have a...

  • Flickr Saturday: Betsy.’s Photostream

    Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 06:19 in art, painting, illustration, pattern, gallery, studies, flickr friday

    Sorry about missing the Flickr Friday deadline. Betsy Walton has some amazing drawings, paintings and pattern studies in her photostream. She’s from Kansas but now lives in Portland Oregon, has a shop on etsy and a website where you can see m...

  • Beard Buddies Sketch

    Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 11:19 in drawing, design, illustration, japanese, wallpaper, pattern, sketchbook, beard, in the works, new wallpapers

    I’m posting my sketch for this upcoming pattern to force myself to spend  more time on it. I’ve been working on the concept since Kitsune Nior had his beard themed wallpaper contest a few months ago. I didn’t finish it in time but ...

  • Dugald Stewart Walker

    Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 07:39 in art, illustration, links, vintage, padraic colum, dugald stewart walker

    “The Girl Who Sat By The Ashes” is a Irish story written by Padraic Colum and illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker in the 1920’s. The story is the telling of adventures by which Girl-go-with-the-Goats (poor farmers daughter) wh...

  • Sally Cruikshank

    Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 16:09 in illustration, video, DIY, animation, vintage, sally cruikshank

    Sally Cruikshank began her career as an independent animator while a college student in the 1970s. In 1975, while working in San Francisco for Snazelle Films, she wrote, designed, directed, and animated (with only minimal assistance) tons surreal ...

  • Greenwood, Mississippi

    Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 19:06 in photo, graphic design, illustration, photos, links, commentary, street, travels, farmidable.com, jpb

      For the last month I have been filming a documentary in the South. Made some friends, ate alot of catfish and fried pickles. Listened to Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters. Made a deal with the devil down by the crossroads….Now Im back up north...

  • Flickr Friday: sebográficos

    Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 17:51 in graphic design, design, illustration, photos, digital, farmidable, flickr friday, sebographicos

    Check out sebográficos for this week’s Flickr Friday.  I especially like the samurai! Related posts:Flickr Friday: Azul dc I know we’re not the only Flickr Friday in...Flickr Friday: David Rubin For Flickr Friday this week, we’...

  • Russian Group Show @ Rotopol

    Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 19:06 in art, painting, graphic design, illustration, war, red, communism, russian. design

    I just info about this Russian Group show posted on Little Chimp Society. Having read many Russian Novels I’m a huge fan the motherland. These posters are amazing. I wish I could see the show. You can learn more at Roropolpress. My favorite ...

  • 1200 Questions

    Posted on Wednesday November 12th, 2008 at 19:18 in graphic design, black and white, illustration, modern, ink, simple, 1950's design

    In my previous post I posted a bunch of how-to handbooks that my wife found in our grandmother’s basement. Being my favorite I saved this booklet for it’s own post. When I first held it in my hands I was amazed by the simplicity of the...

  • How-To Books from the 1950’s

    Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 18:08 in graphic design, illustration, typography, how-to book, 1950's design, self cover

    My wife’s grandmother’s basement flooded about a month ago and boy were there some great old finds down there. Among them were these two-color self cover how-to handbooks from the 1950’s. The type and illustrations in all of these a...

  • Guillaume Ninove

    Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 20:45 in illustration, links, animation, collage, jpb

    Drawn turned me onto Guillaume Ninove.  He’s a French artist that creates these beautiful pieces that are somewhere between sculpture and collage. Lately, he’s been making stop-motion pieces that use his scale models as set pieces. An...

  • Aleks Sennwald Illustration

    Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 12:37 in painting, Color, illustration, watercolor, Other Stuff, line, marvel comics, aleks, sennwal

    Aleks Sennwald has some great work. I really like the free flowing line quality and movement of each illustration. The colors are great too. Mostly neutral with some saturated areas here and there. The bottom image is of Marvel Comics’s Galat...