Jac Currie

Jac Currie, Artist/ Designer Brooklyn, NYC www.jaccurrie.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaccurrie "This is my studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I live in the city and ride my bike ten minutes over the bridge to get here, sometimes camping out and spending 35 or more hours working to get things done and make deadlines. " "The nights can get really long, but I thrive on it, and I get the most done when i'm totally immersed in my work." "I'm always juggling too many projects at once, and I travel constantly, so when I am in town it's all about getting in the studio and cranking it out." "The studio has a huge, excellent rooftop with a great view. It's a perfect place to have a beer with friends at the end of the day or just relax in the sun for a minute in the middle of these long summer afternoons." "Today I'm shipping some shirts to a store called Wasteland in San Francisco and LA , working on some beats fora New Orleans bounce project with a Nola-based rapper named Squirrel, printing some new designs to sell at the MarketNYC this weekend, and waiting for two interns/friends to get here to help me out... Oh, and dealing with tons of emails and phone calls." "It's definately a lifestyle choice, and, right now, I wouldn't have it any other way."- JC Other sites: www.kickitfashions.com, www.jaguarjaguar.com, www.jamess.us, www.defendneworleans.com

Steven G. Amey

Steven G. Amey, Painter Pennsylvania,USA www.steveameypaintings.blogspot.com This is my desk and studio, and my home.

Bob Staake

Bob Staake Illustrator + Designer + Author BobStaake.com 21Portfolios.com 'The Red Lemon' 'Struwwelpeter' 'The Orb of Chatham' Here's where I work. I'm very lucky to live in a 200 year old house that's 300 feet from the ocean but is only inhabited by 100 ghosts. My new studio, however, was built in 2006. It's a very simple building that I designed. Originally, there was a small barn here on the property and while we did not change the 12' x 20' footprint, the studio has a main floor, a full basement and a loft. >>>>> (Click any image for a full-size view) When I was a kid, I dreamed of being an architect. This is the model for the studio that I created based on my measured drawings. I've been working professionally as an illustrator since the age of 17, so over the years I've acquired a pretty nice library (this is only a portion). The entire south-facing wall is comprised of 12' wide book shelves. Everybody asks where I got the cool orange couch ($249 -- IKEA). I have one just like it in the main house. Never, EVER trust a humorous illustrator who doesn't have a shelf filled with weird toys, odd gizmos and things created by his friends and colleagues. For years my studio was always a crazy mess of chaos and disarray, but the older I get, the more I see benefit in a little more order. I've got SOME stuff laying around on the shelves, but for the most part, I try and keep the place pretty spartan. Oh, the tile covered in old shards of Fiestaware was something I had to create and show my wife before she let me cover our entire fireplace with Fiestaware. Once she said "okay, fine -- go for it", I did the job the next afternoon before she changed her mind. I'll post a photo of the fireplace at the end of this thread. NOT a very exciting desk, huh? Well, that's why I angled it this way to make it look less boring than it really is! Not the constantly spooling blogger message on the screen: "still trying to upload your lousy photos, mr. staake" It gets pretty damn cold in New England. This cool, vintage fireplace keeps me toasty in the winter. I bought this old 50s drafting table at an antique shop in rural Missouri. Can't remember where I bought the taxidermy bat. The acrylic painting was something I found on ebay by a guy named Juno Muller. It really creeped out my wife when it was in the house, so I brought it out to the studio. All my work is digital now, so I don't really have a need for flat files any more. You might be able to catch a glimpse in this photo of some prototypes of teapots, french presses and other kitchenware that I'm currently working on for Fox Run Craftsmen. You can also see the seat of an old Eames chair that somehow broke. I'll turn it into something else when I get around to it. Hey, I've got an idea: Let's open one of these drawers and see what's inside? I have a TOn of original illustration and cartoon art -- primarily done by friends and contemporaries (we all trade our art with one another). I see a color piece by Patrick McDonnell, a few Elwood Smiths, a Jack Davis (hey, I've got something like 400+ pieces, so I can't frame 'em all!). But the MOST incredible piece? It's that drastically horizontal bamboo brush drawing by my niece, Nicole. I was falling all over the place when I saw it, so a year later when she came to Cape Cod, she gave it to me. Now THAT I definitely need to frame! A few years ago, I found an old grandfather clock case being thrown out in someone's trash, so I snagged it. I added an old schoolhouse clock, shelves and a door and painted the whole thing. It really was the perfect case to display the old wind-up clocks that I collect. Okay, So As Promised... Here's the fireplace that I covered with old pieces of Fiestware, Bauer and other California pottery. Someone thought it was so cool that it was on the cover of (hold your breath) St. Louis Homes and Lifestyles magazine. When people would come over and ooo and ahhh over the fireplace, we explained that it was made entirely from plates that my wife threw at me. Okay, so that's it. Hope you had fun!

Sven Gerhardt

Sven Gerhardt, Illustrator Bad Endbach, Germany www.sven-gerhardt.de "This is the place, where I spend most of the time. I like it very clean and try not to have to much stuff in front of me. At this part of the room I do most of the (digital) work." "Thats the other end of the desk with the Copic-Markers, pencils, paper, magazines and my macmini with my good friend - the wacom board. This part of the desk isn't always as clean as shown in the picture ;-)" "Thats my desk for everything else. Packing things, writing letters, cutting and all that. I have to stand, because there´s no chair. But that's good. So I'm not sitting all the time..." "I love to be inspired by books. I got a lot of them, This is just showing a small part. When I'm too tired or lazy to work, I just have to take a look at one of these books and the motivation comes back very fast ..." "I love my black Apple Pro Mouse. But after Apple turned their stuff into white and silver, I needed to find a new place for my favourite digital animal. A frame from IKEA was the solution ..."- SG

Brandon Steen

Brandon Steen, Artist Toronto, Canada http://www.brandonsteenart.com "Here is my drafting table covered in paint. I am in the midst of painting six tarot cards for a feature in Drum Magazine." "I paint in acrylic on masonite. Masonite because of its smooth as a baby's bum quality. I used to mix my colours on a palette but I soon switched to mixing them directly on to my table. I have this thing with comfort in tight places and that is why I always have my drafting table situated in the corner of a room. Luckily for me my studio is a studio located on the top floor of my home." "Here is my mac desk with my pride the Canadian Flag as my studio is in Toronto, Shrek not because he's special it's more to do with the fact that my cat knocked the green ogre of his shelf and I haven't gotten around to putting him back. Baseman's Dunny is about to pounce on my mouse and I am in the midst of reading my dog's myspace/seamusoconnor page." "My studio mascot, foot warmer Mr. Seamus O'Connor a six month old english bull terrier hangs out in his crate at times during the day and evening but most of the time he hangs out free so he can help me shred paper so far he hasn't eaten my mouse or chewed wires. He below he's cleaning the paint of my chin." "Here is my pinboard jammed with information that spills out from my brain and out on to the board. Below is my shelves close up on my slight vinyl fetish that is all consuming and ever powerful in draining my bank account." "Here is more of my collection with my signed Baseman Dumb Luck Rabbit being my most prized." "This is shot of my drawing table with my Bus transit ad poster of Tim Burton's Classic film that hangs proudly."- BS

In the lair of the Chickenfish

Charity Romero Ezra Li Eismont artists Oakland California www.remadeinamerica.org www.ezrali.com www.katfive.com We are a couple of artists who have been workin' and livin' for 10 years in East Oakland, in a warehouse space called Vulcan Studios, an old metal foundry that was converted into live work lofts in the early 80's. Together we are Chez (NOT pronounced Shay but CH-EZ, Chez, like chex with a z. thank you very much.), Charity Romero and Ezra Li Eismont....this is Studio 46. We must be the luckiest artist in the world, our place is huge--with all the space and our many exploring hands we have many desks. This is the view as you enter our studio and home. On the right is Ezra's desk, straight ahead is the drying rack for silkscreening posters, and some of Ezra's paintings. This is in the main studio - Ezra's desk on the right, Charity's on the left. The paper dolls are our friends and models for our last fashun show wearing our remade clothes. turn to the left and this is the half the main studio. Charity mainly works in ceramic sculpture until recently when we started our own clothing company - remade in america, where we recycle, reuse and give new life to old clothes by reconstructing and or silkscreening them. The sewing station on the right, the multi-use station on the left.... Sometimes we have extra desks for extra projects, like the time ezra printed his art on 500 2 color silkscreen posters in two days!!! Ezra's music station. The g3 pismo on the right is for recording audio samples for Ezra's laptop band Catfive and solo project DJ Darkat, seen above are some his paintings, as well as record covers from the collection. our computer desks..where we visit our internet land of friends and where the magic of these photos somehow got to you! its amazing!! Here is the view looking down from the office into the studio. On the wall we have Antonio Sanchez, Doze, Dalek and Eskae. thanks for stopping in neighbor!- and thanks super mucho for the invite! Come back now, ya hear!

Jannie Ho

Jannie Ho, Illustrator and Designer New York www.chickengirldesign.com www.chickengirldesign.blogspot.com My living room is my studio and my studio is my living room. Its still a work in progress since I only started to work from home less than a year ago. All on one desk, it is where I sketch and also do my final artwork on the computer. Some chickens keep me company and a Japanese chocolate packaging for inspiration... Directly behind my desk is a mini couch where I can relax and some shelving for books! Shelves are for books, and a home for more chickens (plus a duck or two)... My studio is also where Uglydolls and chickens get along!

Jean-Francois Kelahear

Jean-Francois Kelahear, artist/ storyboard artist Pointe-Claire (Quebec) http://www.panaroid.com "I may indeed be a record holder for confined studio space. I had a home studio that we brought back to its bedroom function for my younger son a couple of years back. So I moved to this space; an old breakfast nook area off the kitchen and I like it! I wallpapered the walls 70 some odd sq feet with old LIFE magazine ad and cover pages to inspire and I still get a chuckle from looking up above my computer..." "I have been working on my Imac G5 since 2004 and it is nearly faultless... I work on a wacom tablet from scratch I dont own a scanner. I need very little space since all I used to need before is neatly set away on the machine. I use a printer's glove to draw on my graphic tablet because the plastic is slippery." I made a horse out of corrugated card one day and it was a nice quick job. I have a small can collection which is funky and eerily related by the colour scheme, namely red! "I have graduated to a high back chair which takes up more space but is a lot better than the IKEA piece of *&?$# I used to have which wrecked my back. I use an old table for my desk with a baked enamel top. I listen to a lot of streaming radio, mainly Radio-France, France-Culture and KCRW Los Angeles while I work. I listen to some Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Arcade Fire, Joni Mitchell, Cat Power, Stereolab..." "My Ipod is used for storing my filmclips and I also use a Griffin italk mike to record briefs when I go to meet with a director for storyboard roughs. I then load the audio file on the mac and listen to the conversation to fill in the missing bits when the sketches aren't fully understood. And it is the best tool for a lunatic like me." "Hope that does it and I wish all my colleagues well on their artistic paths!" - JFK

Jeremiah Ketner

Jeremiah Ketner, Artist/Painter Chicago, IL web site: www.smallandround.com flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/smallandround myspace: www.myspace.com/pikopiko Here is the desk I use in my studio mainly for gathering thoughts and making some drawings. I generally use it as the ipod/beer/cell phone station. The studio can be very messy at times and this seems to be the safest place to store things. "Another view of the mess that lives under my desk. My wife calls my studio ground zero." "Here is my favorite desk! I have had this one for many years and as you can tell, have made very good use of it as my pallet." "Anything on this desk get covered with paint in one form or another. The paper coffee cup was my latest victim. Notice the large amounts of paint encrusted all over the surface. " "As you can see, I get lots of help from my little guy "Arata". He is always fond of hitting my keyboard or smashing my mouse against the desk. " "The office. Here we are at home and I have set up a an area for painting when inspiration hits. its much cleaner here!"- JK

Adante Salvagado

Adante Salvagado, Folk Artist Atlanta, GA www.AOK-AOK.com "My work has emerged from traditional southern folk art but with my own flare of contemporary interpretations." "Here is one of my newer paintings titled "I Like Jambalaya," this is a brilliant piece that is composed of four frames that can be separated and rearranged in different patterns. The entire piece is 4'x4,' or some odd centimeters." "This is a photo of my painting "I Like Jambalaya" in the initial stage of production. Usually, I start with one frame and use it as a guide to prepare the other frames. I try to make things nearly symmetrical but actually, aberrations are what make the whole piece unique. I try to let the paintings come to life while I create them, not controlling it." "Here is a photo of my studio. There's still some renovating to do. If you look closely at this picture you can see a few faces staring at you from some of my earlier paintings. Unfortunately, I don't paint the faces anymore, I'm better known for my snails. Everybody tends to like the lady in the top right" "Here is a picture of my work desk. This is where I do most of my photo editing, blog stuff, and emails. It's about as scattered as I am. You can see some of my drawing plans with the patterns and snails. There are also a few markers, my notebook, and some more paint." "Here's a photo of the bookcase. There are tons of books andmagazines of all sorts here. I like to have books and various pictures readily available for inspiration. There are some Christie's and Sotheby's catalogs, these I find to be a great source with many large pictures of good contemporary work. Hey, I really enjoyed posting here, and encourage other visual artists and illustrators to show us there work spaces as well." - AS