Friday Studio Links!

The Studio of Lane Smith

Talk about a dream design space! In the studio of Lane Smith you'll not only find a dream library filled with Smith’s collection of vintage children’s books, complete with a library ladder, but you'll also find a rustic stone fireplace to relax near on those cold Connecticut winters, all tucked away in a cozy barn behind his 200-year old farmhouse. 

 

(Photographs by David Prince.)

In his own words, author and illustrator  Lane Smith ''has written and illustrated a bunch of stuff." That means over thirty books including, Abe Lincoln's Dream, Grandpa Green - a 2012 Caldecott Honor Book, national bestsellers Madam President and John, Paul, George & Ben, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky, James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, plus, with Jon Scieszka his titles have included the Caldecott Honor winner The Stinky Cheese Man; The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs; Math Curse; and Science Verse. 

 

Be sure to check out his blog where you'll get to take a peak at the books on his bookcases and a bunch of other stuff!

(Photograph by David Prince.)

You can see more of Lane Smith and graphic designer Molly Leach's 1800's farmhouse in a featured article from Country Living Magazine. 

Interesting Side-note:
I didn't come across this while researching illustrators like I normally would. I was actually looking on Pinterest for design ideas on stone fireplaces! (I just acquired some bargain basement stone to use in our cabin, and I need to design the fireplace around a small quantity of stone.) Out of all the fireplace photos out there I come across Lane Smith's. And a article on his home and studio to boot. How cool is that!

Wednesday Links - Pinterest Simple Guidelines

I love Pinterest! It such an amazing way for us visual people to not only organize all those images we find inspiring, but also a great way to discover new images and websites through other people who have interests similar to our own.

The one thing I did wonder about when I first stated "pinning", was free reign. I mean it seams like anybody, can pin anything, from the whole world wide web without asking the creator if it's OK. How do you know who is using your art, and are they recognizing you as the artist? How can an artist hold on to the copyright when they have no idea if there is infringement or not. 

Sometimes I find images I want to "pin", but can't because the board I found them on didn't credit the artist. I will forgo pinning an illustration I love if I can't give the artist who created it due credit. If there are any clues I'll try to find out who the artist is first. But sometime there just aren't any clues. I wish everyone would follow these simple rules. Thank you Dani Jones for posting these great simple guidelines! Follow that link I just gave you for Dani. She has more detailed info on exactly how to do this on her blog.