Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits
An armorer has some suggestions about balancing functionality, character and story in “fantasy armor and lady bits.”
“The Unsung Female Game Designers of Japan”
7 Japanese women responsible for “some of the greatest games ever to ever grace the store shelves.”
The Power of Paper!
Artist Yusuke Murata displays the awesome power of paper in an amazing comic about an artist avoiding his work. (Thanks, Andrew!)
Art Deco and Japanese Design
Images from the Japan Society’s “Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945.” (Thanks, Cyril!)
Russian Avante-Garde Design
Abebooks has a gorgeous gallery of Russian Avant Garde book cover illustration from the end of the Czarist era through the 1930s.
Jack Davis Preview
Fantagraphics has a video, a gallery of images and a 22 page preview of their book, Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture. The Gutter’s Editor Emeritus Ian Driscoll has more to say about Davis here.
The Cultural Gutter 