Lines and Colors art blog

Month: July 2007

  • Poser, Pose Maniacs and Virtual Pose

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    Most artists who are involved in inventing figures have seen, and probably used, manikins, posable wooden figures about the size of Barbie dolls, that can be used as stand-ins for live models or photographic reference. The basic wooden manikins never seem to move far enough, and the shapes are pretty rudimentary, but there are now…

  • Carlos Cabrera

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    Carlos Cabrera is an Argentinean concept artist and illustrator who works primarily in the gaming industry. His online Portfolio has images from some of his projects, though some are not represented because of non-disclosure agreements. The About page on his site mentions some of the projects he has worked on and describes his role in…

  • Paul S. Brown

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    Paul S. Brown paints clarity and stillness. In the process he also does some exceptional still life paintings. Brown is represented by the Gandy Gallery, a bastion of classical realism, and the selection of his work visible there includes a number of still life paintings, as well as several portraits and self-portraits and a small…

  • Martin French

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    California born illustrator Martin French graduated from the Art Center College of Design and now lives in Oregon, where he serves as Illustration Chair for the new BFA Illustration program, which he helped found, at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland. His professional work includes graphics for the Salt Lake City Olympics and…

  • Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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    In my mind there is a “short list” of great sculptors. In chronological order, it goes: Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini. There are others, of course, but these guys have the corner offices. If I were being generous, I might give an office to Rodin as well, but he would be a junior partner in the firm.…

  • Laurent Beauvallet

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    Laurent Beauvallet is a French illustrator and concept artist now living in England. He has worked on a number of well known collectable card games like Legend of the Five Rings (image above), Everquest, Warhammer40K and Star Wars, as well as console games like Nightmare Creatures, Galleon and Heavenly Sword. His illustrations have appeared on…