This will be super good guys, design and illustration, joining forces fuck yeah! Please come out and support six cool girls. We’re going to have prints for sale (lot’s of screen prints!), and beer (obviously!). COME!
Location: Creatures Creating (627 Queen West)
Open May 27 - June 1, 2012
Closing Reception: May 31, 2012
Featuring OCAD U thesis work from Thary Chhom, Ness Lee, Gwen Myall, Jeannie Phan, Lena Rubisova, and Marta Ryczko.
Hi guys! This Thursday I will have a piece up at the Creative Type show at Cooper Cole Gallery. The party starts at 6:00 pm and it’s one of the best curated shows of current typographic practices. Hope to see you there! Click here for more details!
I officially passed the 1/3rd a few days ago. Still trudging on, still enjoying it. Check out more from my 365 project here!
Day 117: Hi mom and me from the past!
Pssst wanna see something awesome? Johan Rijpma did this great video using rolls of tape and insanely clever editing tricks. I love when everyday mundane objects are manipulated to become beautiful art objects.
Found on TFIB
So beautiful! I wish I had time to do this during my last year at school.
Beautiful
(Source: jholmes5, via serialmachinist)
I presented my thesis yesterday, this was one of the final posters I did. I marbelled paper and then screenprinted over it. I also made the typeface, which is based on Gestalt by Hoefler and Frere Jones.
Another sneak peek of my final thesis deliverable which is due in 9 days. Shit.
(3 colour screen print, 16 x 20in)
My fried Melissa has a website now and she does really cool zines and prints. Check it out, it’s worth it!
this was my inspiration board for making my website - can you tell?
eunice luk x susie bubble x olivia lo x beibadgirlwish i used more pink :c
oh ya right → website
Sneak peek of one of ten upcoming prints for my final thesis deliverable. I’m printing 10 very different posters and handbills primarily using screen printing and letterpress that will go along with a sort of design manifesto that I wrote. You will be able to see the whole thing at this year’s Grad Ex which will start Thursday May 3 and end Sunday May 6. I will post something more official near that date.
I made this baby a few weeks back for the Rivet zine launch. I sold out of them, but I will be printing a new edition once thesis winds down. If you’re in Toronto you’ll be able to purchase one from me, or through the OCAD Student Gallery. If you are not in the area, but would like to get one, something can be arranged. Thanks to Thary for holding this up for the camera!
This is too cool not to repost. I love when people take something old, or conventional and play with it to make something totally innovative and cool. Like I say, Don’t forget the past, don’t ignore the future.
As I am nearing graduation, I am the first to admit that I am shitting my pants when it comes to starting the next chapter of my life. I still want to learn and explore and experiment but I know that once I get a 9 to 5 type of job, I won’t have a chance to spend as much time learning new things as I do now. Luckily, there is a great resources for designers and illustrators in the Toronto area that offer workshops and talks aimed to help professionals hone new skills that maybe they can’t learn on the job. Nook Collective is run by a trio of illustrators who created a “hub, a classroom, an artistic swap–meet”. So check them out if you are interested in what they do, they offer everything from calligraphy workshops to design for letterpress events.
Mimi and I have been working hard on this and it’s finally ready to be unleashed! The first issue of Rivet is 64 pages of mind blowing art and design all conveniently placed in a limited edition book from the Student Press.
Along with the book launch, we are pleased to feature live music from Lido Pimienta, an accomplished musician and artist. Check out her music here!
We are also going to be selling limited edition screen prints from Troy Pynn, Rachelle Letain and myself. You can also pick up your copy of Shift as well as one of the many buttons that we have hand pressed.
Come out for the Student Press, the music, the beer, the people, and a lovely night!
PS If you are not able to attend, but would like a copy of the book, email me at martar@gmail.com for details!
Getting ready for the OCAD Zine Fair March 1st (Taken with instagram)
Miraculously I’m still going strong with my 365 project, actually, it’s become a nice distraction from the rest of my life. Check it out!
Day 52: When I was in high school by chance I found a mix tape of classic punk movers and shakers, and The Slits were on it. Ari Up, the lead singer, was 14 when she started the band, and unfortunately she died last year from cancer. (That’s not her though, it’s a photo I found in the Commons on Flickr.)
