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We all used to love colouring in when we were kids. Most of us still do, but we just don’t do it as much as we used to. So, here’s your excuse to break open a box of crayolas’ and turning everything rainbow coloured. Patterns for Colouring is the splendid idea of one Carlton Hibbert. Established for around 1 year, with a collection of 178 patterns and continuously growing.

(featured above: Uberkraaft | Stephen Chan | Anjo Bolarda)

“..Here’s a site for all those who love to colour in patterns and is packed full of free colouring pages. There are designs for all ages. All you need to do is choose the pattern you like best, download it, print it out and get colouring. It’s easy and great fun – perfect for people who like to doodle but don’t know what to doodle…” – Patterns for Colouring

It’s fun colouring other people’s patterns, but what will it be like to have one of your own creations being coloured in by hundreds of children? Are you an artist? Want to be involved in this grand project? Take a quick look over at the submissions page for guidelines.

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Have some pocket money left over? Got a few quid spare and looking for something to buy? Well look no further design lovers, the great IdN have crossed over with Society6 to spawn this fresh new publication, The New Twenties book:

“…The New Twenties: A scintillating survey of the work of today’s 20-somethings, who were all brought up in the technological boom years of the late 20th Century – and whose concepts of self-promotion and networking are radically different from those of their predecessors. In this third IdN Special Edition, we have collaborated with Society6, one of the largest online platforms for up-and-coming designers, to showcase the talent of 58 brilliant young artists with a contemporary outlook on creativity and communicating…”

Participating Artists:ABOVE / Andrea Forgacs / Andreco / Andrew Groves / Anthony Zinonos / Ben Chlapek / Blaine Fontana / C86 – Matt Lyon / Cayetano G. Valenzuela / Charles Clary / Chow Martin / Chris Piascik / Chris Thornley / Clemens Behr / Colin Jenkinson – Jenkins / Craig Matchett / Crayon Dreamer / Daniel Lucas / Daryll Peirce / Dean West / Emory Allen / Famous When Dead / Gemma Correll / Geoffrey Agrons / Glenn Arthur / Heroes & Villains / Jacopo Rosati / Jacqueline Kari Bos / Jennifer Daniel / Jerzy Goliszewski / Jesse Draxler / Joe Van Wetering / Jon MacNair / Jonny Wan / Joshua Agerstrand / Julia Sonmi Heglund / Julian Callos / Keflione / Laura Gee / Laura McKellar / Lillianna Pereira / Lloyd Eugene Winter IV / Marco Puccini / Matt Scobey / Matt Taylor / Max-o-matic / Mete Yafet / mrYen / Natalie Nicklin / Nazario Graziano / Oh Yeah Studio / Onesidezero / Overture / Pascal Hoayek / Paul Octavious / Stephen Chan / Steven Bonner / Visual Narcotics:20mg

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Ok, I know… that’s a slightly off-putting headline… but don’t let that put you off!! Plakker Album is a great little project bring together 33 illustrators from 10 different countries to create a nostalgic footy sticker album. And the clever part… you have to collect the stickers on a design-blog treasure hunt! We’re proud to be the gift-bearing sticker-masters, with 3 brilliant stickers, available ONLY here on TC…

The Luisão sticker was illustrated by brazilian Leo Teixeira, the Novakovic sticker by brazilian Marcus Pereira and the Santa Cruz sticker by paraguayan Oz Montania. Great work guys!

So start building your sticker collection now >

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It all started with a simple idea and a rough little sketch back in March 2009. A year later and that simple idea and rough sketch has become a living and breathing creature, boasting over 130+ patterns and expanding and growing at exponential rates, this is Repeat X Repeat Y.

(featured above: Ben the illustrator | Dominic Le-Hair | Stephen Chan)

“..We are big fans of repeating patterns and feel they should get the recognition they truly deserve, thus Repeat-x Repeat-y is born. The aim of the site is to showcase the best repeating patterns from around the world, and make them freely available (for non-commercial use).

Already the site has over 100 patterns from amazing illustrators, artists & designers, such as Matt Lyons, Ben the illustrator, Aimee Wilder, Matt Booth, Jonny Wan, Stephen Chan, Jen Collins, the boy fitz hammond, Jeffery Bowman, Gregg Abbott and many more.

We want the site to keep on growing, to attract even more talent and more awesome patterns..” – Repeat X Repeat Y

Want to be involved in this grand project? The site is open to submissions, send your 200×200px .jpg .gif .png. bmp to the Repeat X Repeat Y guys for considerations.

(below: Matt Lyons (aka C86) | Twisted Fork | Jonny Wan | Katari | Akaelph)

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The Picture Book Report is a brand new illustration project dreamed up by the super talented painter/doodler, Meg Hunt.

“..Picture Book Report is an extended love-song to books. Fifteen illustrators will reach out to their favorite books and create wonderful pieces of art in response to the text that has moved them, shaped them, or excited them. From sci-fi to children’s books to fantasy to serious novels, we’ll cover them all..” – Meg Hunt

So, at the beginning of each month 15 new illustrations will be released, one after the other starting with the covers. The story has started this month with Meg Hunt’s ‘Alice in Wonderland, and Will Bryant’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’. It’s quite exciting waiting for the next picture to come out each day, and seeing how each artist depicts their favourite book. With so much to see, and new illustrations from such wonderful artists nearly everyday, it’s a project to be bookmarked right away.

Contributors: Meg Hunt, Will Bryant, Sam Bosma, Julia Sonmi Heglund, John Martz, Andrea Kalfas, Lizzy Stewart, S.britt, Daniel Krall, PMurphy, Israel Sanchez, Jeremy Sorese, Laura Park, Phil McAndrew, Kali Ciesemier

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During this short period of time since the tragedy happened, many projects and donations have already started up from the design world. We the Designers, Illustrators, Creatives, Artists, do what we do best; we offer up our skills, and do whatever we can for the people involved in the Haiti earthquake.

Tomorrow we here at Thunder Chunky are going to be launching our own project to help raise some money for the cause, but in the mean time we’ve rounded up a few projects which are currently running, raising money to Help Haiti. We hope that you can show your support by visiting these sites, and spend some money if you haven’t donated already.

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The awesome guys at type foundry HypeForType and vector artists Official Classic have joined together to bring us a very exciting Ebay Charity Auction. Up for bidding is 10 brand new A1 240gsm typographic prints printed on high photo quality satin coated paper, designed by Official Classic. All proceeds are going to non profit organisation DAHRA (Designers Against Human Rights Abuse), as creatives we should do what we can, and use our skills to help out.

“Good luck bidding, and thank you for joining us to make a difference to someone’s life using creative expression, typography, and our skills as designers.”

The current bid is only a mere ¬£21, with 8 days left, so please put in a bid and support such a worthy cause. You get 10 beautifully designed typographic posters to liven up your home or office, ‘and’ your doing charity at the same time, win win*.

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