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.
Archive for illustration
Martin Lewis
Posted in Uncategorized with tags design, drawing, etching, Hopper, illustration, Moonlight, New York, NYC, Old School Illustration on October 2, 2021 by Brett WallerSpooky
Posted in Artstation, Serge Birault with tags advertising, animation, Art director, design, Education, film, illustration, women on October 28, 2016 by Brett Waller
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
Digital Renaissance
Posted in Artstation, Ben Mauro with tags animation, concept design, development, film, illustration, opps on October 28, 2016 by bigbabyhead
Ben Mauro- Concept Design. There has never been a better time to be a student of art than now. The tool sand methods within reach of any dedicated student can lead to fulfilling opportunities. This is a digital 3-D render. Check out more of Ben’s work as well as opportunities on Artstation here. Ben Mauro
R. Crumb
Posted in Uncategorized with tags bigbabyhead, character design, Cheap Thrills, comics, covers, figure drawing, illustration, Mr Natural, Zap on January 7, 2015 by bigbabyhead
R.Crumb or Robt. Crumb or Robert Crumb. My first exposure to his stuff was the Cheap Thrills album art for a great Janis Joplin record which my Mom owned. I had never seen art like that when I was 12 years old. I forgot about him but his work kept popping up throughout my life, even on blotter acid. The dude is just incredibly prolific and his style is all his own. Just look up robert crumb
Paintings about Children, God and USDA grade meats.
Posted in Mark Ryden with tags Americana, bigbabyhead, character design, figure drawing, illustration, Los Angeles, meat, religion on September 17, 2013 by bigbabyhead
I was living in L.A. when Mark Ryden came galloping out of the subconscious and burst onto the scene with the Meat Show at the Mendenhall Gallery in Pasadena. He was all over the place after that. Spontanious combustion. Pure americana.
His website here.
Flotsam
Posted in David Wiesner with tags art books, bigbabyhead, Caldecott, character design, Children's books, class, illustration, Ocean on September 6, 2013 by bigbabyhead
This book floated to the top of the pile when searching for Sophie’s books of the week. I am glad I found it. A beautiful and imaginatively story told entirely through illustrations, with no written narrative. David Wiesner won his third Caldecott award with this book ‘Flotsam”.
Eu natural
Posted in Emily Damstra, Natural Science Illustration with tags anatomy, bigbabyhead, design, drawing, earthworm, illustration, nature art, Old School Illustration, Work ethic on August 15, 2013 by bigbabyhead
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.
Dr. Drew
Posted in Medical Illustration with tags bigbabyhead, co-joined twins, colored pencil, figure drawing, head, illustration, Mayo Clinic, Medical, Medical illustrator, Michael King, natural sciences, Old School Illustration on August 9, 2013 by bigbabyhead
Medical Illustration has been around a long time and for different reasons. Leonardo was doing it before photography just to record how things worked. I remember leafing through an anatomy book in grade school and was impressed by studies printed on clear acetate showing successive layers of human systems, derma, skeletal, circulatory etc. med Illustration is still used today to map out “or storyboard” a procedure as in the case of this beautiful rendering of internal info of co-joined twins for Mayo Clinic by Michael King. There is a lot more info at the Assn. of Medical Illustrators including info on training, certification and careers. Hey maybe this is a new direction for me.
Pepper Nouveau
Posted in Stanley Lau with tags bigbabyhead, character design, comics, covers, design, deviantART, Digital Painting, drawing, figure drawing, illustration, Pepper, Singapore on August 6, 2013 by bigbabyhead
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.
American Psycho
Posted in Marshall Arisman with tags art books, bigbabyhead, Dark world, Filmmaking, head, illustration, Installation art, New York, Portrait, religion, Visual Arts on August 1, 2013 by bigbabyhead
I keep running into Marshall Arisman’s work over and over again or maybe it’s just the dark archetype that I am drawn. I read a review somewhere about his work in installation art and films so I finally did a search and went to his website and discovered a trove of interesting work in all media and genre. Spend some time here.
He is also chair of the degree program “Illustration as Visual Essay” at the school of Visual Art in NY.
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