Category: Illustration
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Discovering Dinosaurs, Walters & Kissinger
There is something particularly fascinating about dinosaurs and dinosaur art. Here are the dragons and monsters of myth and story, but actually real — science with all the dazzle and mystery of fantasy. Those of us who remember a fascination with dinosaurs as children, whether or not we have been fortunate enough to keep it…
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Eye Candy for Today: drawing by Jean “Moebius” Giraud
Drawing by Jean “Moebius” Giraud From the GeekDraw article marking his passing. (See also my post: Jean Giraud (Moebius) 1938-2012). I don’t know if this has a title, many Moebius drawings do not. I think this one is old enough that it was done with ink and watercolor, rather than digital. One of the things…
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Audubon’s wild turkeys
Great American Hen & Young. Vulgo, Female Wild Turkey. Meleagris gallapavo, John James Audubon Image from Wikipedia, original source: University of Pittsburgh. The American wild turkey is so removed from the rotund form of contemporary commercial farm turkeys as to be almost unrecognizable as related. Like most of our commercial poultry, the latter have been…
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Marie-Laure Cruschi (Cruschiform)
Marie-Laure Cruschi is a French illustrator and designer, who often goes by the name of her Paris studio, Cruschiform. Cruschi’s work crosses the boundaries of her two areas of expertise, veering from vector illustration to design — and back again; the two inextricably intertwined in many images. Her strengths are obvious in those elements that…
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is a new museum, scheduled to open in Chicago in 2018, that will house a collection of art owned by film director George Lucas. The collection and the museum are dedicated to art that, like film, is narrative in some way, telling stories whether overtly or by suggestion. This…
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Noah Klocek
Noah Klocek is an art director, production designer and concept artist for the film industry, who has worked for companies like Industrial Light & Magic, PDI/DreamWorks, and Pixar Animation Studios. His film credits include titles like Wall-e, Up and Brave. Much of his production work embodies some of the best characteristics of children’s book illustration…