I love Morgan Blair. Pass it on.
Everything from her smudgy pencil marks to her hissing tiger drawings and animated gifs that are hurtful to the eyes (I bet she does it on purpose just to mess with you) - her work is the kind of work that lingers in your brain, forever and ever, and it's a problem.
A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, she is living and working in Brooklyn, NY and her interests include trees, legos and making art forever.
For her feature, we wanted to take full advantage of her ridiculous doodling skills - the kind of ridiculous that makes you envious. We asked her a few questions and she answered using her habitual tools - paper, pencil, pen and color.
Take a look around, fall in love with Morgan and her scratch 'n' sniff art. If the scent doesn't do you in, the art will.
Q: Age? Location? Do a self-portrait.
Q: What did you do last night?
Q: As a child, what did you want to be?
Q: Can you show us your favorite drawing that you've ever made?
Q: Grab your cell phone. Call someone (preferably on speaker) and talk to them for as long as it takes for you to doodle something. Show us that doodle.
Q: What influences you?
(Old VHS tapes with insane beginner-digital graphics.)
Q: Draw your mode of transportation (make/model and all the good stuff).
Q: What's your favorite thing/place on earth?
Q: Draw your workspace.
And that's not all, gang. Morgan took a break from her road trips and adventures to also share with us highlights of some of her more recent work and works-in-progress.
An illustration for Amelia's Magazine about a massive cooperative effort in copenhagen, explanation here.
Detail of in-progress cover for Shane Jones' next book.
My hand after air-brushing some plastic at Aurora Robson's studio where I've been working.
Detail of a house painting I'm either still working on or just finished.
Same, different house.
Detail from the in-progress stage of a painting I finished a month ago or so. It is a pyramid receding into a field of pixels.
Front cover of Small Black's EP.
Back cover.
Part of a wall I'm painting at a private residence in Soho.
Larger part of the same wall.
See more of Morgan Blair's work here!
Bigeyes January 7, 2010 @ 5:43 pm
Really nice and dynamic work. I like how she uses colors and shades.
OPPY January 7, 2010 @ 9:02 pm
so cool. you can get lost in those shapes.
silav January 8, 2010 @ 2:44 am
remarkable...intense, playful, strange
MochiPan January 8, 2010 @ 3:06 am
Wow, very enjoyable work, to look at and I bet to do too! That was a weird sentence but I hope you know what I mean! I love the comment " painting I'm either still working on or just finished"... haha! I know how that feels. I love working on things which don't have a definite ending point and you can decide yourself when something is finished or not! Love the EP cover and the wall-painting too. It's great to have a medium you can use for lots of different projects. Off to look at your site now!
Emmio. January 8, 2010 @ 10:18 am
I wish there was a magazine that would interviews in this way.
jamietao January 8, 2010 @ 10:50 am
You and me, both.
dias January 8, 2010 @ 2:50 pm
loving the wall project
SEZIO January 8, 2010 @ 11:04 pm
Awesome Mining! Great feautre. Morgan has a tiger print for sale here - http://www.civvies.biz/sezio/home.php?cat=285
Gabrielle Lari January 9, 2010 @ 6:40 pm
Lovely. The triangles are really trendy in graphic design and illustrations, they are everywhere.
Shar January 10, 2010 @ 12:03 am
I love love love you Morgan Blair. I love the awesome mixture of messy/raw and precise line work, crazy colours with plain pencil and all the contasting hard and soft edges, Beautiful. Big ups.
stephenkissel January 12, 2010 @ 12:36 am
Whoa... love that wall! Really liking the Little Giants drawing that you mentioned was your favorite as well.
Sista January 12, 2010 @ 5:26 pm
Great interview, really enjoyed the creative questions and answers.....keep up the good work!
January 14, 2010 @ 2:30 am
fabulous artwork!
arsenicofago January 15, 2010 @ 9:23 am
awesome!!
birdonthehead January 26, 2010 @ 7:40 am
Great interview! Love the shoes!
lapin March 2, 2010 @ 3:34 am
I'm still a big fan, and so glad to have a piece of you at home.
May 6, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
Wonderful picture. . . Manthap banget . . . T.O.P dah!! Numpang post.. kampusku : (Univ. Andalas) Fakultas : (Teknik) Jurusan : (Elektro)
ceefive May 12, 2010 @ 1:25 am
I think I'm getting inspiration :)
storm May 28, 2010 @ 4:58 pm
Like your work
ashley john June 2, 2010 @ 8:55 am
a lot of love for this :)
Leasiebabes June 9, 2010 @ 9:42 pm
i love all the bright colors! =)
runtiffanyrun June 16, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
all of these are wonderful
Tamiouchka July 27, 2010 @ 1:49 pm
great !
VVA1 July 27, 2010 @ 1:49 pm
your work is crazy. amazing,
JCDeguzman7 August 31, 2010 @ 1:53 am
wow, you got the coolest doodle =)
addrict September 6, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
loved!
elrando April 5, 2011 @ 9:42 pm
yesss! love the work of Morgan Blair
blueberry April 14, 2011 @ 2:00 pm
just straight amaaaaaaazzzzing
Sretan BOR June 6, 2011 @ 12:05 pm
love the cover the EP
ggiiaanneeee July 26, 2011 @ 5:54 am
It's all great!
redhenjen August 22, 2011 @ 11:41 pm
Very cool stuff. Like the interview questions...I am thinking of adding them to my back to school survey for my AP students.
353738 October 10, 2011 @ 7:48 am
cool..:)
Pony Trash October 25, 2011 @ 1:19 pm
just
Pony Trash October 25, 2011 @ 1:20 pm
love it
girlwithfangs December 13, 2011 @ 7:27 am
amazing.
BubbleWriter January 19, 2012 @ 2:15 pm
Truly wonderful geometrics and colours. Thanks for showing.
TessaBX January 21, 2012 @ 2:00 pm
i die
BubbleWriter January 25, 2012 @ 7:10 am
a....maze...ing
philipobando February 17, 2012 @ 2:34 pm
inspiring.
nzuriel88 March 23, 2012 @ 3:29 pm
What a complex mind you have.. i love the triangular art. Brilliant!
Abe:) May 4, 2012 @ 6:13 pm
Great Stuff!
rjackson July 20, 2012 @ 8:46 am
The retro-digital triangle patterns you make are incredible...I wish I understood color well enough to do that! Good luck with the new website, I'll keep an eye out for it.
DCGraf August 12, 2012 @ 4:38 pm
I especially like the combination of contour line with value added. The drawings are rich and engaging. Well done MB
Nanda August 13, 2012 @ 2:57 am
awesome!!!! cool
KIDDYPOP1 October 10, 2012 @ 4:38 pm
YOUR ART IS AMAZING! IT REMINDS ME OF THE ROLHAD DAH BOOKS. PERFECT!
kammro December 2, 2012 @ 11:50 pm
Like your mode of transportation
yechiel May 27, 2015 @ 5:24 pm
HEY GUYS COULD YOU CHECK OUT MY ART PAGE AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK http://www.saatchiart.com/ywinter http://www.saatchiart.com/ywinter http://www.saatchiart.com/ywinter
Mahee Ferlini September 24, 2015 @ 12:26 am
Interesting interview and creative art work. Thanks for sharing!
TammyRinkwest November 1, 2015 @ 4:10 pm
Like the pencil and pen rough sketches! Check out my digital illustrations on my Behance account - http://www.behance.net/tammyrinkwest. Let me know what you think if you ever get round to it. Anyway, great work man!
nabashisdevmisra December 4, 2015 @ 2:00 pm
Loved your work
Taposy Rabeya February 10, 2016 @ 12:45 am
Wow!! I am literally watching agape. Breathtaking art! great inspiration,thank you so much for sharing.