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Category: Illustration

  • John Beder

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    Had I come across John Beder’s children’s book illustrations on their own, rather than finding them on his web site after seeing the realist still life paintings on his painting blog, I would not have thought them to be the work of the same artist. His illustrations for children’s books are loose, almost roughly realized,…

  • Brad Holland

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    Brad Holland has been a major figure in contemporary American illustration for as long as I can remember, and I’ve wanted to do a post about him for some time, but I’ve been put off by his web site, in which the images are few and inexplicably small. I just discovered, however, that Holland now…

  • Gez Fry

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    Gez Fry is a half British, half Japanese illustrator who has lived in France and England and is currently based in Tokyo. I think his multi-cultural background shows up nicely in his work, which is an interesting synthesis of influences from illustration, comics and animation from several continents. Much of his work shows the influence…

  • Boris Kulikov

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    There has been some debate among artists and illustrators (some of it on the comments pages of certain posts here on lines and colors) about the wisdom of placing relatively large, non-watermarked images on the web, where they can ostensibly be “stolen” and used for some nefarious purpose. Those who have read my posts on…

  • Gorilla Artfare

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    Gorilla Artfare is a new collective art blog. According to their About page, the group was formed in 2006, and now counts more than 100 members from around the world. The collaborative blog was just launched early in January of 2008 and as of this writing shows posts from about 30 artists. The emphasis seems…

  • The Many Faces of Eustace Tilley

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    Had I been on the ball, I would have told you about this earlier, as well as probably entering myself for the fun of it. Every year The New Yorker holds a Eustace Tilley Contest, in which participants get to draw (or paint) their interpretation of the venerable magazine’s upper-crusty top-hatted and monocled iconic character.…