Martin Lewis

Etchings of NYC in the early 20th century

According to legend, this guy mentored Edward Hopper and was given little to no credit as Hopper’s work took off.

Link here: https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/12/20/moonlight-etchings-of-the-forgotten-artist-who-taught-edward-hopper/?fbclid=IwAR0loI0pgSeVKiZjbyevjDa1Xg6QpwOKlI8ycPpXFcnF1HlpU_5wFA3wOs8

Rauchenberg

Robert Rauchenberg broke boundaries between painting, sculpture and theatre and stretched the very definition of what art was expected to be. More here: Rauchenberg

Spooky

Love this guy’s style. He’s got a FB page too. Canadian, and has lots of tutorials floating around. More at Artstation: Serge Birault

Dr. Brett’s Illustration Class- Student Work, Fall 2013 Semester

K.Fahy/Aesop’s-Illustration I

G.Charette/Aesop’s-Illustration I

A.Dominguez/Tattoo-Illustration II

B.Januska/Tattoo-Illustration II

L.Kammermann/BookCover- Illustration II

L.Kammermann/BookCover- Illustration II

M.Johnson/BookCover-Illustration II

M.Johnson/BookCover-Illustration II

Design Process

 

Really nice new cover design for an old subject and the creative design process posted here.

Along with a quote from the Designer, Malika Favre

When you are an illustrator the challenge everytime you get a commission such as this one is to hit the right note, no matter how many goes you have at it .Most importantly: the end result has to look effortless so that all those rounds of feedback and changes have to disappear behind that end result. The process behind a project like this is however much more time consuming and sometimes challenging than it looks. And this one was a tough one, believe me : )

Eu natural

I probably shouldn’t try a french title since Emily Damstra is from Canada and probably speaks French Eh?

I came across her stuff while trying to concept an assignment today and was just outright impressed by her style, technique, range and work ethic.

She is one very busy lady. Evident in her website here and her blog here which also offers some excellent insights into her profession.

 

 

Pepper Nouveau

A nice contrast of flat costume and dimensional flesh in Nouveau style sexy. This is a Stanley Lau Character “Pepper”.

His handle on deviantART is Artgerm. Very talented and apparently busy illustrator and concept designer from Singapore.

The Floating World

I started this post on Hokusai and his influence as an illustrator in the early age of mechanical reproduction and just got real carried away on the definition of Ukiyo-e, this style, content and technique of woodblock prints when literally defined sounds a lot like the “love culture” of the 60’s or “glam culture” of the 70’s or even “hip hop culture”. After I spent way too long pondering all this work and reading this quote, the continuity of Hokusai’s work made a lot more sense:

Usually the word ukiyo is literally translated as “floating world” in English, referring to a conception of an evanescent world, impermanent, fleeting beauty and a realm of entertainments (kabuki,courtesans, geisha) divorced from the responsibilities of the mundane, everyday world; “pictures of the floating world”, i.e. ukiyo-e, are considered a genre unto themselves.

I was simply trying find a category for him. Here is a nice collection of 5000 or so pieces of every description.

Chip Kidd on Book Covers via TED

A little bit Illustration a little bit graphic design a little bit typography.

Another experiment in trying to embed vids.  BTW, TED has a simple embed link just for WordPress.

I first heard of Chip Kidd as the hot new book designer when I read “Dry”  in 2004. I had never heard or thought of a book cover designer before then.

Anatomy of a New Yorker Cartoon

From the looks of it, I suppose I gotta upgrade in order to embed video. Until then, here’s one of Bob’s and here’s the link.

Bob Mankoff comics editor at the New Yorker on TED