I like those guys in the bushes, it looks like they decided to go smoke or something instead of fight.  To heck with this, mannnn

“Conquest”  

From 1527 to 1529, Jorge de Alvarado and his Nahua allies were able to conquer most of what is now Guatemala. The success of the conquest is due in large part to the participation of the indigenous conquistadores from central Mexico who fought alongside the Spaniards. The indigenous warriors were familiar with the roads, local customs of warfare, and the languages. In addition, they provided the manpower.

There is so much detail in this.  The online exhibit, Capturing Warfare: Enemies and Allies in the Pre-Columbian World has many such detailed artworks with descriptions.

Over 1000 antique paper dolls at the National Museum of Play

ryannorth:

In case you’ve missed the news, drunk driver, homophobe, and Toronto’s current mayor Rob Ford’s history of being an embarrassment (yes there are so many incidents that the public is now keeping a spreadsheet updated) hit new heights the past two weeks!  During that time:

1. a video of him smoking crack cocaine was shown to journalists
2. He refused to resign, saying the story was ridiculous (nobody has contested this, this whole situation is ridiculous)
3. After ducking the issue for eight days and saying nothing Rob Ford finally issued a carefully-worded denial that suspiciously used the present tense a lot and never talked about the past (“I do not smoke crack cocaine” vs what he could’ve said: “I have never smoked crack cocaine, I would not do it on the job, and most certainly would not do it on video, hah hah hah what a CRAZY STORY”)
4. Lots of his staff have quit or been fired, some for telling him to seek treatment
5. It was revealed that one of the people seen in a photo taken at the same time as the crack recording has been murdered
6. The police have been investigating and interviewing people in his office, after which his response to media was the hilarious “Everything’s fine.  I have no idea what the police are investigating.” (this is now my go-to response to any “hey, how’ve you been” question, by the way)
7. That’s where my protest sign above came from; this was a six point explanation so now you can find my little sign extremely hilarious

ANYWAY.  This is all to say that there was a little protest today and Jenn and Emily and I went!  I thought there’d be lots of funny signs but mine was one of the few jokey ones.  I got to talk to reporters and said “I just want people to know there’s more to Toronto than crack cocaine” and that got published a few hours later as “there’s more to Toronto than Rob Ford”, which, I mean, is also true.  But there’s ALSO more to Toronto than crack cocaine.  For example, did you know we are the home of the IKEA monkey?

We look forward to your tourism dollars.

discardingimages:

anabula - an ethiopian beast 
(most certainly a giraffe…) 

Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290.

Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 51v

haha yeahhh there’s nothing better than when medieval artists drew animals they’d never seen.  Guesswork!

thedailydrawingproject:

FullMano, lundi 27 mai


2013 / sanguine sur papier
40 x 40 cm

by Olivier Flandrois [ Follow The daily drawing project ]

that sea of chest hair!  mesmerizingly drawn

(Source: thedailydrawingproject, via malebeautyinart)

blackhistoryalbum:

AMERICAN BEAUTY
Sunday Morning, 1930’s. Eudora Welty, photographer. Credit: Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

Black History Album, The Way We Were
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the dress, white socks and buckle shoes combo is the ultimate always

tonycliff:

Adventures in the Pacific Northwest - depicting one of literature’s finest young adventurers, now having traveled to the beautiful, exotic north-west coast of North America.

Made for the exclusive VIP VanCAF artbook! Thank you to all the good people who came by the festival last weekend to say Hi! Excellent times were had by all.

gorgeous!

  Becca Stadtlander has some lovely prints in her shop.

I visited with my family and recorded some of it in comics, as I do.  You can find them all here.  I do love my family, I miss them.

Provensen - Ballet 3 by Glen Mullaly on Flickr.

The Provensens are just the best, of all time

dylanmeconis:

Detail from Page 290 of Family Man.

Ariana kind of forgot about that turnip she’s got in her hand. 

Family Man by Dylan Meconis is picking up the pace lately! Dylan could teach us all a thing or two about drawing distinct looking ladies: http://www.lutherlevy.com/