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New! Water Waves Desktop

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Water Waves Desktop Wallpaper Background pattern

This desktop has been a design project of ours for the last month. Once again we draw inspiration from the Japanese. Available in blue and grey like you see above, an all blue background version. There is...

New Sex Pattern: Reproduction

Desktop Wallpaper referencing microscopic reproduction.more >

Desktop Wallpaper referencing microscopic reproduction.

Reproduction, sex, egg, sperm

Environmental Reproduction, sex, egg, sperm

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Timorous Beasties

Timorous Beasties

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Timorous Beasties

Digital Iguana

Timorous Beasties

The name Timorous Beasties comes from the Robert Burn’s poem. “To a Mouse” (pronounced – Moose). Noted for its...

Ernst Haeckel: New Pattern Sketches

Ernst Haeckel

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Ernst Haeckel

Here’s a sketch from a new pattern in the works based on Ernst Haeckel‘s Nature Plates from his famous Kunstformen which contains 100 beautiful lithographic plates showing multiple unusual life forms from birds to microscopic jellyfishes. 

We’ve…

Tessar Lo

Tessar Lo

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Tessar Lo

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Tessar Lo was born in Indonesia, raised in Scarborough, Ontario and now resides in LA. On his site, his bio says that he will always...

SKWAK in France

Skwak doomsday

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Skwak doomsday

I just realized that we hit a milestone. Our last post was number 100! It’s been a great 100 posts and we’re looking forward hundreds more. So on to 101. SKWAK is a French illustrator with…

Julia Rothman

Julia Rothman Red Sky

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Julia Rothman Red Sky

Julia Rothman

Julia Rothman is an illustrator and designer living in Brooklyn, NY. She’s got some amazing pattern work. Spending a bit of time on her site is well worth it....

Mike Rea

Wood Drumsmore >

Wood Drums

Wood Gun Scuplture

Wood Ark of the Covenant

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Giant Baby Heads and Antonio López García

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Antonio Lopez Garcia MFA Boston

Antonio Lopez Garcia MFA Boston

I recently saw a great Antonio López García exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Antonio López García is a Spanish painter and sculptor. His work is very detailed,...

Update: Antlers

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Antlers Pattern Preview

Here’s an update on this pattern we’ve got in the works…

New Building Boxes Desktop

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Building Boxes Orange

Building Boxes Red

Building Boxes Yellow

Sorry it took so long to get this one out. My Mac...

Project SF

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Project SF

Project SF

Recently had the chance to catch up with an old classmate, Dana Woulfe, at RISD, where we both spoke to a...

Jean Spezial

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Almost There

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Building Boxes Illo

We’ve been working a lot on this new desktop wallpaper illustration and planned to have it finished by today, but alas, it’s not quite there yet. Who new building an entire city would take so long? In the mean…

Igloo

Igloo Store Frontmore >

Igloo Store Front

ChalkBoard SkateBoard

If you’re ever in the Design District of San Diego check out Igloo. The Chalkboard Skateboard is great, and the shop keeper will tell you...

New pattern in the works…

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Some antlers like they\'re on a wall

Oh man, who doesn’t like antlers? we at Farmidable sure do.  What you see here is a new pattern in production; and, word to the wise, if you don’t like antlers: too bad.

Viv Miller

Viv Miller

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Viv Miller

Viv Miller

Australian artist Viv Miller uses mixed media to for her natural/geometric paintngs. Check out her site to see some pretty amazing stuff.

Steve Harrington

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Steve Harrington 3

Steve Harrington 2

Steven Harrington 1

Beautiful prints, illustrations, and design over at Steve...