I just saw this amazing animated short by Minyu Lee, It follows the meeting and early friendship of man and dog. I absolutely love the quiet beauty of the direction, lots of long shots and beautiful lighting. The minimal animation is enough to clearly tell the…
Just a fun sketch I did while brainstorming characters for a book I’m working on with Russell Wilkins. More to come! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
FOP obsolete : a foolish or silly person : a man who is devoted to or vain about his appearance or dress. A coxcomb, dandy. Digging around in the dark corners of my sketchbook, I found this great little sketch I made in 2011. At the time, I…
One of my very best friends is turning 27 today. I decided to make her a collage / illustration card to accompany her gift. I find this nudibranch gentleman very charming. It was also a fun excuse to work on some typography skillz. Happy birthday,…
I like to listen to podcasts while I draw. While the visual brain is doing its thing, the verbal one can also learn a thing or two. I recently heard a great Freakonomics podcast that really hit home. The topic of the episode was quitting… and how…
Everyone who’s ever visited Hawaii hears about how Mauna Kea is the tallest underwater mountain in the world. But… the top is above water. Doesn’t that make it the tallest mountain in the world that happens to be in water? If you stood in a…
By Mari Collins Under the rubble My room exploded tuesday night. Bummer. I’m buried and burning and busted and bruised My brain’s been bleeding and I got no shoes I had a bucket of bubbles but now they’re burst Somebody better tell me this…
Warning, this is another old post. Sorry. Back in 2008, I was headed to a friend’s pizza party at Pauline’s Pizza when my date and I noticed a well-dressed young woman talking to herself. It was pretty odd, since she was clearly neither on the…
Okay. Disclaimer: my first blog post is actually an old post from 2008. But it’s a good story so I don’t want it to get lost in the internet archives somewhere. So enjoy the epic saga of… Mari vs. BullyCat So I’ve been running in…