Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Illustration

  • Ericka Lugo

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    Ericka Lugo is an illustrator based in Puerto Rico. Beyond that, I know little as her web presence doesn’t include much in the way of bio or a published credits list. Her illustrations, done digitally or in ink and gouache, have a whimsical stylized feeling and are often punctuated with passages of bright red. I…

  • Charlie Powell

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    Charlie Powell is an illustrator whose incisive, entertaining and deftly rendered likenesses of public figures have been featured in print and online publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Washington Post, Wired, Fortune, Playboy, Slate.com and Salon.com. He has a knack for capturing both a likeness and a characteristic pose…

  • Jason Caffoe

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    Freelance illustrator and concept artist Jason Caffoe works on a number of projects for which he can’t show or talk about his recent work, but his blog does have some work from older projects, along with engaging images from personal projects. There is one current project that he can discuss, his contributions as colorist, background…

  • DinoMixer Reviewed on Wired’s GeekDad

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    I don’t often talk about my own work here on Lines and Colors, but every once and a while there’s something interesting enough to mention. I was particularly pleased when I learned that my dinosaur mix and match iPhone app DinoMixer was given a very nice review this morning on Wired. The review, Build Your…

  • Vintage Ad Browser

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    When I revisited the Cover Browser site in the course of writing my recent post on CBR’s 50 Best Comic Covers of 2009, I discovered that an entirely new sister site had been added, Vintage Ad Browser. The collection includes ads in a variety of genres, arranged within them by decade. Some categories go back…

  • CBR’s 50 Best Comic Covers of 2009

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    As I pointed out in my 2007 article on Cover Browser, comic book covers have a singular focus: to make you notice the cover, pick up the printed pamphlet or booklet to which it is affixed, slap down your hard earned dollars, and run home clutching it to your chest, cackling maniacally with glee at…