Lines and Colors art blog

Month: November 2005

  • Doug Chiang

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    In addition to being the Visual Effects Art Director for films like Forrest Gump, Back to the Future II, The Mask and Terminator 2, Doug Chiang was head of the Art Department and Design Director for Star Wars Episodes I and II. His terrific production design art is featured prominently in the Art of Star…

  • Nowhere Girl

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    A subtle, emotional web comic about a young woman coming to grips with her situation, choices and sexuality. Solid drawing, subtle colors and good storytelling make this an effective slice-of-life comic story. Author/artist Justine Shaw has an eye for real-world details that give her drawings a tactile realism and sense of atmosphere. Her compositions are…

  • Bill Ellsworth

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    Bill Ellsworth is one of my favorite “non-representational” digital artists. His images look like some kind of 3-dimensional digital decoupage, suggesting what Max Ernst might have done with Photoshop, Bryce and Kai’s Power Tools. Unfortunately, his old site has been replaced with what is essentially a product showcase on Zazzle, but it still functions as…

  • Essential Vermeer

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    In my development as an artist, it’s taken me a long time to get over being intimidated by the great masters. Over the years, I’ve caught Raphael and Michelangelo making mistakes in proportion, Prud’hon cheating to fit a figure on a sheet of paper, even Rembrandt missing the mark. I eventually realized that the masters…

  • Seth Fisher

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    Every once and a while, I come across a new (to me) comic book artist who prompts that wonderful “Wow! Who is this?” reaction. It happened to me a few years ago when I picked up a book from DC Comics called Green Lantern: Will World, by J.M. Dematteis and Seth Fisher. Seth Fisher’s art…

  • DUSSO (Yanick Dusseault)

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    Yanick Dusseault has created matte paintings and production art for major movies like Lord of the Rings, the Two Towers and Star Wars Episode III. The site contains galleries of matte painting and production art as well as a special Star Wars Episode III section and a “Personal Gallery” which contains some of the most…