Author: cparker
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2008 Bloggie Nominations
I’m normally not all that concerned with awards unless they serve a purpose other than ego massage, but I’m going to ask you to help out and nominate lines and colors for these awards because there is such a purpose here, namely the possibility of wider exposure for the blog, and by extension, for the…
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Project Gutenberg eBooks, Masters of Water-colour Painting
It’s nice to start the new year by looking forward, but it can be just as instructive to look back; and there are some great resources that make looking back easier and more fruitful than ever. Project Gutenberg is a great idea. Not just in the sense of “great” as “terrific”, but in the sense…
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Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year 2008!
As I mentioned in my Happy Leyendecker Baby New Year! post from last year, master illustrator J.C. Leyendecker is responsible for initiating the tradition of representing the New Year visually as a baby. Here are a few more of his wonderful New Years babies from the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. Their archive is…
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Asaf Hanuka
Israeli born illustrator and comics artist Asaf Hanuka studied illustration at Emile Cohl, an art institution in France. His illustration clients include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Rolling Stone and Forbes. His comics work includes collaborations with French writer Didier Desninckx on Carton Jaune! and Hors Limits, and Israeli writer Etgar…
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Tomer Hanuka
Illustrator and comics artist Tomer Hanuka was born in Israel, where he attended an art-oriented high school and developed a fascination for American comic books. After his mandatory three years of military service, he moved to New York and studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts. He came out of school and right into…
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Carmontelle’s Transparency
Louis Carrogis, who was known as Carmontelle, was an 18th Century French painter, architect and designer. He was active at a time when the French court was eager to ease the tedium of their endless dalliances and interpersonal intrigues with new “entertainments”. Carmontelle supplied an ingenious one in a form that may be thought of…