Lines and Colors art blog

Month: December 2006

  • Mark Reep

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    Color, particularly in this era of hyper-kinetic, cathode ray, plasma and LCD display multi-media dazzle, can sometimes make us jaded about our appreciation for the subtle charm of monochromatic works. Like city dwellers taking the time to get away to the country, we might find it worth the trouble to slow down and look for…

  • Gary Locke

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    There is a style in illustration, particularly advertising illustration, in which exaggerated, cartoon-like drawings are rendered in detailed style usually applied to more realistic images. It’s a nice idea that is harder than it looks and consequently rarely done well. Gary Locke is one of the few illustrators who gets it right. His wonderfully exaggerated…

  • Mark Zug

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    Early in his career illustrator Mark Zug got what he considered a dream job, illustrating Harlan Ellison’s I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay (out of print but can still be found). Since then he has illustrated numerous science fiction and fantasy novels, done editorial illustration for magazines like Popular Science, Amazing Stories, TSR’s Dragon and Dungeon…

  • “Painting a Day” Blogs (Round 5)

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    I will often, if not always, try to mention Duane Keiser in my posts about Painting a Day blogs, because he started the idea back in December of 2004 (followed shortly by Julian Merrow-Smith). I originally posted about Keiser in October of 2005. Keiser is still at it; he has allowed himself to be more…

  • August Hall

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    August Hall is a California based illustrator and concept artist. He has done work for Industrial Light and Magic, Pixar Animation, and Dreamworks. He has also done covers for DC Comics’ Vertigo line. That’s about the extent of what I know about him except that I like what I’ve seen of his work. The one…

  • Jack Davis

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    Jack Davis, along with Will Elder and Wally Wood, formed a triumvirate of great comics artists who worked with demented genius comic writer Harvey Kurtzman to create some of the funniest and best drawn humor comics ever created, the Mad comic books from the middle of the last century. If you have never seen reprints…