Category: Illustration
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Eye Candy for Today: H.J. Ford dragon illustration
The Dragon flies off with the Empress, illustration from The violet fairy book (1906) by Henry Justice Ford. Henry Justice Ford was a British illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who was noted in particular for his pen and ink illustrations of fairy stories. The link is to a page on…
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Alex Alice
Alex Alice is a French bande dessinée (comics) author and artist whose latest work is Castle in the Stars (Amazon affiliate link), a space exploration adventure in the milieu of Victorian times, a la Jules Verne. He has also created a series of illustrations and posters of characters, spaceships, airships and scenes from his stories,…
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Eye Candy for Today: early paleo illustration by Henry De la Beche
Duria Antiquior by Henry De la Beche, watercolor. Link is to Wikimedia Commons page from which you can access a larger image. Very often, scientists have had a secondary role as illustrators, enabling them to visualize the subjects of their investigations. In this watercolor, early 19th century geologist Henry De la Beche paints his interpretations…
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David Hohn
David Hohn is an illustrator living and working in Portland, Oregon. His works have a lively, energetic character that lends itself well to children’s book illustration. With a generally bright palette, nicely stylized drawing and a sure sense of value and atmosphere, he conjures scenes from stories both classic and modern. His website includes a…
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Eye Candy for Today: Hal Foster Prince Valiant comics panel
I place comics artist Hal Foster, creator, author and artist of the early to mid 20th century Prince Valiant newspaper comic strip, among the greatest pen and ink artists of the last two centuries The Prince Valiant strip in its heyday was given a full comics section page. Here, in a single panel from a…