Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Illustration

  • Justin Gerard and Jeremy Enecio at Gallery Nucleus

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    Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California has two new shows that showcase the work of Justin Gerard, who I featured in 2009, and Jeremy Enecio, who I wrote about in 2010. St. George and the Dragon by Justin Gerard (gallery of works here) and Embodiments by Jeremy Enecio (gallery of works here) run until August 29,…

  • Caricatures and facial recognition on Wired

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    I’ve long held that the most challenging subject for representational drawing and painting is the human figure, and in particular, the face. This is because we recognize, and can detect small inaccuracies in faces and the human form more easily than in any other part of the natural world. If you draw a tree, and…

  • LOST: The Animated Series character designs (Michael Myers)

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    Illustrator and animator Michael B. Myers has given us his vision of what the characters from the LOST television series would look like if they were designed for an animated series. As unlikely as that possibility may be (except perhaps in alternate reality timeline limbo) it’s fun to have his nicely stylized treatment of some…

  • Retro Future Space Art on Dark Roasted Blend

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    I just love these. Not only do I take great delight in past visions of the future, I’m particularly fond of retro space art. The blog Dark Roasted Blend, which posts items that are odd, amusing, visually interesting — or all three, has posted a fine addition to their wonderful series of posts collecting visions…

  • Owen Freeman

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    Illustrator and designer Owen Freeman’s work blends a graphic sensibility and strongly geometric compositions with touches of texture and linear variety that gives his images a lively sense of energy. He uses contrasting organic and architectural shapes, areas of color within almost monochromatic compositions and angular divisions of the image area to lead the eye…

  • Max Ginsburg

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    Max Ginsburg is a powerful painter whose depictions of street scenes and city life resonate with humanity and the drama of daily life, as well as evoking the texture and vibrancy of the visual elements that make up the cityscape in which his subjects live and move. Though he had formal instruction, Ginsburg learned much…