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Brick Lane Mosaics & Other London Street Art
For a fun outing in London, head over to Brick Lane on a market day. In addition to some great officially-sanctioned mosaics (left), you’ll find lots of cool street art and fun stuff painted on or glued to just about every bare space of wall you’ll come across. Lots of small details – like this [...]
Come to the Detroit Urban Craft Fair 2010!
Come visit Mosaic Geek at the Detroit Urban Craft Fair this weekend, December 4th & 5th 2010 at the Fillmore (formerly the State Theatre) in Detroit. This year marks the 5th iteration of Handmade Detroit‘s annual event featuring local artists and and their handmade goodies, from wall art to jewelry, clothing, toys, paper crafts, and [...]
More Adventures in Artland
The “Adventures in Artland” comic series is based on the underwhelming misadventures of Mosaic Geek’s artist in residence, and offers sage advice & creativity tips based on mishaps likely to befall any artist or creative individual.
Why do Video Games Matter?
Whether you play them or not, anyone who’s even remotely interested in video games should listen to this clip from NPR’s Talk of the Nation in which Neal Conan interviews Tom Bissell, author of the book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. Neal gets to the bottom line right away – “Video games sold $18 [...]
Adventures in Artland
I’ve been marathoning this giant mosaic commission for a couple months now, and it’s starting to take its physical toll. I swear there are days I forget how old I actually am (not in a good way). For me, pain often begets mishap — and both, as it turns out, beget lo-fi comics. Really, when [...]
Kill Screen Magazine Offers Something New for Gamers
On most days, a branching domino effect of discovery ( / distraction?) keeps me in front of the computer for a lot longer than I ever intend. This often results in decreased artistic productivity, but the payoff is in occasionally finding something truly great. This is how I stumbled upon Kill Screen, a new gaming [...]
Mosaics for our Left-Brained Friends: Picross
I know many a peep who take an interest in art, but claim they can “barely draw a stick figure”. (Disbelief and subsequent investigation tend to prove such statements to be true, so if someone gives you this line, I say it’s best to just take their word for it.) Well for those of you [...]
Help for Mosaic-Induced Back & Neck Pain
In a world without limiting factors, I could probably sit and mosaic for days on end. Unfortunately, my neck and back start to hurt long before I’m ever satisfied with how much work I’ve done. Whether it’s bad posture, gravity, or Rumpelstiltskin’s curse I don’t know, but I do know that it’s awful and keeps [...]
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