Friday Finds

- Joel Naoum from Momentum Books has written a really interesting post on the future of editing.

- Flavourwire has also compiled a pretty wonderful post on great literary characters inspired by real famous people. I basically want to read all of these. 

- This Indian wedding photography is stunning, full of vibrant colours and intricate detail. Amazing, amazing, amazing.

- Pat Grant (author/illustrator of the super awesome Blue which you should purchase immediately) has a really interesting post over on the Going Down Swinging blog about design processes in producing a movie poster.

- These beautiful long exposure photos of sleeping couples.

- And to take you out for the weekend, Dad's are the Original Hipsters!

your mid-week art break: annie wu

I am obsessed with Annie Wu at the moment. Her art is not only wonderful and reflective of her immense talent, but she has one of the best senses for character and expression in illustration that I've seen recently. She is pretty spectacular. You can check out more of her stuff over at http://www.anniewuart.com/.

Murmur: Julian Callos

I’m not really monogamous when it comes to the arts. Whilst I’m married to writing, I have flings with film, mistresses in illustration. I try not to spread myself too thin, but there’s room in me for multiple affairs, and I tend to have too much invested in the arts generally.

The point of this is to say that I’m pretty in love with Julian Callos at the moment. He’s an immensely talented illustrator from Los Angeles and his work is just so incredibly vibrant and imaginative. He borders on the abstract, but not enough to be alienating to a viewer, instead it’s warm and relatable and always tells a story. So yes, as I said, I’m pretty in love.  I’ve put some of my favourites into this post, but I’d check out his website over here. Plus he makes a mean sculpture, so seriously. He's worth the look.

Five Food Blogs

I've been on a total food blog kick lately. A part of me is timing it with Master Chef Australia being back on my TV, but really, I've always been pretty into cooking. I've been compiling a lot of recipes over at Pinterest at the moment, but figured I'd share some of my favourite food blogs here too.

i am a food blog.

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. A part of the fun of a good food blog is the photography, and this one is pretty close to being pornographically wonderful.  It's one of my favourites at the moment, and I'm pretty keen to try out some more of the recipes on there.Also, it's got some pretty great typography and a great tagline - after all, who doesn't want to celebrate the awesomeness that is food?

(the pic is Spot Prawns with Cilantro & Lime. Yum.)

Raspberri Cupcakes

Pretty dessert-skewed, but it does include some tasty-looking meals too. This is again, just a gorgeously designed blog with some gorgeously designed food. She's a Sydney-sider too, which is the icing on the cake. (Sorry for the bad joke)

(the pic is her Green Tea & Raspberry Trifles.)

Eat Make Read

Also great on the photography side of things, this is wonderfully diverse in terms of the types of food she makes. The writer also publishes a magazine which I'm pretty keen to get my hands on at some stage. Being me too, I'm pretty keen on her Happy Hour tag.

(pic is her Raspberry, Lime & Gin) 

Food Coma

Not strictly a food blog, Emma's pretty awesome for craft, style and photography posts too, but it's the food that got me there in the first place, so here she is. I've tried a few of her recipes, and they've all turned out pretty wonderfully. I especially love her Recipe Box filing system on her blog. It's a lot of fun to check out the photos for all the recipes without having to go through the tags.

(Pic is her Upside Down Coconut Cream Pies)

Sprinkle Bakes

Both the best and worst part of my health is that I'm allergic to cocoa. The good being that if I wasn't, I'd probably be the size of a house, the bad being that looking at blogs like Sprinkle Bakes is a certain kind of torture. Her blog is beautiful though, and she makes a mean dessert. She's also got such a sense of colour in her baking. It's something really special. I've ordered her cookbook online, and I'm pretty excited to get it! 

(Pic is her gorgeous Mint-White Chocolate Mousse Cake)