Month: July 2012
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Eye Candy for Today: St Jerome in Rocky Landscape
Saint Jerome in a Rocky Landscape, attributed to the workshop of Joachim Patinir. Around 1515-1524. National Gallery, UK. Use full screen arrows and zoom control to right of image.
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Android Jones (update)
Andrew “Android” Jones has worked as a concept artist with companies like ILM and Nintendo, as well as Massive Black, which he co-founded. He was also co-founder of the popular ConceptArt.org community portal. Jones is also a creator of visionary art, using a variety of digital tools involving digital painting, vectors and CGI modeling. He…
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Pissarro’s views of the Boulevard Montmartre
After painting in the French countryside for several years in the late 1800’s, French Impressionist Camille Pissarro took up residence at the Grande Hotel de Russie in the Montmartre section of Paris. Durning his three month stay there from February through April, he produced a number of canvasses of views of the grand boulevards visible…
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Daniel James Cox (update)
Daniel James Cox is a Sydney based artist who has worked as a concept and visual development artist for the film industry, including major productions with Weta Digital. He has also been doing portraiture in a process in which he works digitally initially, then transfers to canvas to finish in oil. When I last wrote…
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Eye Candy for Today: Floris van Dijck still life
Still Life with Cheeses, Floris van Dijck (82x111cm, 1615-1620). Just the tablecloth is amazing. From the Rijksmusum. Click on “Extra large view” under the image.
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Illustration Friday redesigned website
Illustration Friday is a venerable community website that each week presents a “challenge” in the form of a topic (e.g. “Fluid”, Messenger”, “Disguise”, “Vanity”, “Stripes”, “Fearless”, etc.) that illustrators, aspiring illustrators and artists of all stripes can use as a springboard for their own interpretation. This is just a no deadline, no pressure way to…