Category: Illustration
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Jim Madsen
Jim Madsen is an illustrator based in Provo, Utah who works in children’s books, advertising and educational software. Madsen has the kind delightfully springy and energetic style I usually associate with animation art, along with a sure sense of color and a clear faculty for narrative illustration. I was particularly taken with his beautiful illustrations…
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Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012
Solid and invaluable advice for artists or any kind, and at any stage in their life and career — but particularly when starting out, given by writer Neil Gaiman at this year’s commencement address to the graduating class of the University of the Arts here in Philadelphia. Excellent. [Via MetaFilter]
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Maurice Sendak 1928 – 2012
Maurice Sendak, one of the premiere book illustrators of the late 20th/early 21st centuries, died today at the age of 83. Unfortunately, I don’t know of a large repository of his work on the web. The Rosenabch Museum and Library, a small museum here in Philadelphia, houses the preeminent collection of his works, and has…
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Tom Bagshaw
Tom Bagshaw is an illustrator and gallery artist based in Bath, England. He works digitally in a style that often combines refined rendering with background patterns or textural elements. His compositions often feature women who are looking out of the canvas, engaging the viewer directly, often with what seems to be a challenging stare. His…
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New Mucha Foundation website
Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha was a remarkable Czech painter and graphic artist who occupies a unique position in the history of art. His name is essentially synonymous with “Art Nouveau” an art movement he helped start (it was originally known as “Mucha Style”), but from which he later attempted to distance himself. His posters and package…
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Eyvind Earle website
Since I last wrote about remarkable artwork of ex illustrator and former Disney background artist turned gallery artist Eyvind Earle back in 2009, the long promised EvyindEarle.com website has been published. Though navigation is somewhat clunky, this is now a good resource on Earle, with a large selection of his work. Many of the serigraphs…