Linework in the key of A:

Animation

• Celebrating the family’s big screen premiere, Harper’s Bazaar feautres a great spread of Simpsons Couture.  “Marge lets down her hair for Versace. Lisa gives up her pearls for Alber Elbaz. Homer dresses as Karl Lagerfeld. Selma & Patty in Viktor & Rolf.” [Via]
• Illustrator Techniques demonstrates how to use the app to imitate A Scanner Darkly.  They also interview lead animator Sterling Allen. [Via Thorsten Wulff]

Avian

• Famed for his Modernist bird illustrations, Charley Harper passed away on June 10th.  Like many people, I suspect, I’d seen and enjoyed his work without knowing his name.  Drawn features a set of links celebrating his life and work.
• Calgary-based Joy Ang has crafted some lovely lovebirds.  I also dig her umbrellas, and her Zodiac cubes would go well with Amanda Visell’s blocky Ephunt toy. [Via]
• I’ve mentioned it previously, but Mario Cavalli’s Compaq bird animation always makes me smile.

Automotive

• For the Audi A5, UK-based designers GT have created A Rhythm of Lines–a site that lets you create abstract car-related artwork (kinda; I find it a little obscure). [Via]
• Car Design News is hosting a series of tutorials on car rendering, heavily using Photoshop. [Via]

Assorted

• “I can’t tell if you’re hot from those MySpace photos…”  Get postcards for the modern age from SomeECards.
• Famous artists sketch their creations while blindfolded.  I enjoy the crazy faux-Cubist results. [Via]
• Amy Dresser’s got a neat little illustration portfolio.
• I find these suicide prevention posters totally brilliant.
• Vecteezy is a sharing site for free vector artwork. Fa sheezy. [Via]

Amazing

• Yukio Miyamoto is a master Illustrator artist, producing insanely detailed, photorealistic artwork.  Fellow artist Kevin Hulsey (himself a total badass) hosts a number of Yukio’s pieces.
• Elsewhere in Japan, farmers make huge rice paddy renderings of famous artwork.  Arigato! [Via]