DESIGN STUDIO PRESS
DAILY ZOO SC #1
KEEPING DOCTOR AT BAY WITH DRAWING A DAY
(A) Chris Ayers
In the spring of 2005 Chris Ayers was busy working as a concept artist in the Hollywood film industry. That came to a crashing halt when he was diagnosed with leukemia on April first. After a year-long period of treatment and recovery he started a sketchbook called The Daily Zoo on the anniversary of his diagnosis. Over the next 365 days he would draw one animal each day, challenging both his self-discipline and imagination. Most importantly it would allow him the focused opportunity to celebrate the gift of each healthy day. The pages of The Daily Zoo Volume One are chock-filled with 365 distinct critters and will leave you inspired!
DAILY ZOO SC #2
YEAR 2 STILL KEEPING DOCTOR AT BAY
(A) Chris Ayers
Following in the successful paw and hoof prints of The Daily Zoo Volume One comes another exotic menagerie of creative fauna from Hollywood artist Chris Ayers. The Daily Zoo 2 offers more furry and feathered friends along with continuing reflections on his life as an artist and cancer survivor. And, as with Volume 1 and perhaps more so, regardless of your artistic experience, this book will leave you inspired to grab the nearest pencil, pen, brush or crayon and start drawing... for fun and perhaps as a way to bring healing!
DAILY ZOO SC #3
HEALING TOGETHER
(A) Chris Ayers
The imaginative and often whimsical animal menagerie of the Daily Zoo continues to grow with this latest collection. The therapeutic project, drawing an animal each day in response to being treated for acute leukemia, has been a constant companion to creator/survivor Chris Ayers since he first started it in 2006. This volume features characters from Years 3 through 9 of the project, inspired by traveling the world and the amazing people he met along the way, to planning his wedding and preparing for the arrival of his first child.
FRAMED INK
FRAME FORMAT ENERGY & COMPOSITITION SC
(W) Marcos Mateu-Mestre (A) Marcos Mateu-Mestre (CA) Na
Framed Ink 2 provides insight into another compositional tool that Marcos uses every day to create his amazing artwork - the energy within the working frame. In each piece of art, regardless of its format, one must consider essential factors such as the push-pull, tension-relaxation, pressure-release, balance and imbalance that happen inside the working area to support our storytelling. All of these factors apply in any aspect ratio, whether it be horizontal, vertical or square. Marcos encourages and educates us on how not to be limited by the format but to embrace and rise to the challenge of designing for each format.