Lines and Colors art blog

Month: June 2007

  • Nick Bertozzi

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    One of the great things about the burgeoning independent comics scene here in the U.S. is that a wider readership is beginning to see beyond the narrow cliché of “comics = superheroes” that has dominated the public’s general perception of what comics are, and open their eyes to some of the wider possibilities of the…

  • Dan May

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    “Taunt Your Monster” says the title of one of Dan May’s images, and taunt them he does, in the process delighting us with a fascinating beastiary of odd flora and fauna. His creatures, monsters, occasional people and animal-like thingies inhabit charmingly odd environments that look like undersea landscapes or perhaps the ice caves of Muni…

  • Animator vs. Animation (Alan Becker)

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    OK, I have to admit that this is something I find particularly appealing for a number of reasons, and may not appeal to everyone to the same degree, but I can’t help enjoying it as much as I do. First of all, I’m a sucker for comics stories or animations in which the artist interacts…

  • Mark Campana

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    Some landscape and cityscape paintings have a distinct sense of place. There is a certain appeal to paintings with subjects that are exotic and imply the romance of travel, for those of us in the U.S. that might be exemplified by images of Venice or Paris. There is also a strong appeal, however, in the…

  • Simon Ng

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    Illustrator Simon Ng was born in Singapore, acquired his illustration degree from Otis College in Los Angeles, worked for publishing houses and a children’s magazine company in Hong Kong for several years, and is now back in Singapore, doing freelance illustration for a number of agencies. One of his projects was a series of three…

  • Caravaggio

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    Multiple Choice: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi from the town of Caravaggio, Italy) was: A. One of the greatest painters in the history of Western art B. A rebellious upstart who defied the conventions of religious painting, alienated patrons and incensed the church C. A master of chiaroscuro, the dramatic contrast of light and…