Noli is an Illustrator for the Wall St. Journal. This is a rare opportunity to meet her and hear her discuss her work and career as an illustrator.
Addendum to the lecture with Noli- I learned that she did not go to art school but did learn to make charcoal from willow branches. — Noli Novak Illustration.
I like this guys take on it. I hear from people all the time that they can’t draw. I think everyone can draw if you have a big enough eraser.
A photograph of the campus of the University of California at Irvine, from the Bio Sci Peer Academic Advising’s Facebook page, via Reddit.
I have decided to expand the blog entries beyond artists.
Here’s 3 Infographs I love.
Minimum Wage Machine
Blake Fall-Conroy, 2008-2010
This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York.
This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.
Reference:
The average worker earning minimum wage must work 130+ hours to afford rent in New York and California.
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/paying-rent-on-minimum-wage/
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