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Category: Illustration

  • Eye Candy for Today: James Montgomery Flagg ink illustration

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    She Sailed Majestically Past the Wretch, Followed Meekly by Septimus, James Montgomery Flagg Pen and ink, roughly 22×29 inches (56×74 cm); original is in the Norman Rockwell Museum, larger here; also slightly larger zoomable version on Google Art Project, and downloadable version of that image on Wikimedia Commons. It looks as though the Google Art…

  • Nicole Gustafsson

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    Nicole Gustafsson is an illustrator based in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. whose richly colored images of enchanted forests lit by glowing prisms are painted in traditional media — often Acryla Gouache and ink on wood panels. Gustafsson utilizes a light touch with her linework, allowing her colors to carry the primary definition of…

  • Jack Davis, 1924-2016

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    Cartoonist, caricaturist, comics artist and illustrator illustrator Jack Davis had a pen that connected directly to the funny bone. Noted for his horror comics work for EC Comics and Warren magazines, his movie posters, TV Guide covers, celebrity caricatures and, in particular, his loopy, wild, frenetic, over-the-top and uncannily hilarious comics and covers for Cracked…

  • Imagery from the Bird’s Home: The Art of Bill Carman

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    There are certain contemporary artists in the field of fantastic art whose work I find a continual delight. Notable among them is Bill Carman, who I have written about previously here on Lines and Colors. All too often, I find artists in contemporary fantasy, concept and fantastic art (as well as in “Pop Surrealism”) who…

  • Akiya Kageichi

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    Japanese illustrator Akiya Kageichi, who also goes by the handle “Golden Gravel” draws nicely complex line and color compositions that often appear layered, or have a collage-like character to their arrangement. His interesting use of fine line, color, texture and pattern give your eye a lot to play with as you wander through his images.…

  • Children’s Book Illustrations from British Library

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    As part of the huge trove of public domain images being posted on Flicker — which I reported in 2013 — the British Library has assemble a large collection of children’s book illustrations. As is often the case with these kinds of large scale image resources, best results come from a bit of patience and…