Tag Archive | "illustration"

Totoro meets penguin: Ghibli films as old Penguin paperbacks

Friday, May 25, 2012

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Just how lovely are these illustrations? The films of the wonderful Studio Ghibli re-imagined as if they had been old school Penguin paperback editions. Smile inducing work by Jason K, who is selling them as postcard sets on Etsy. (via Live For Films)

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Where Have All the Illustrators Gone? A Reminder

Thursday, April 26, 2012

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A reminder to all the artists out there of our illustration challenge – in response to the recent assertion by some in UK publishing that we had a serious lack of good illustration talent our own Kenny, also a publisher in his own right, issued an opportunity and a challenge to the artists among our [...]

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PoV Magazine – Power

Saturday, April 14, 2012

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PoV Magazine is a quarterly online magazine with a theme for each issue highlighting creative content from photographers, illustrators, and writers. You can read the new issue on Issu online, complete with a series of superhero illustrations  and cover from Josh Siegel: Josh Siegel’s Tumblr is absolutely full of this sort of thing – lots [...]

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Happy birthday, Mr Dickens

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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One of the most beloved authors in the world, Charles Dickens, would have been 200 years old today, were he still alive in the physical sense (he is, of course, still alive in spirit through his books). I always liked the Doctor Who episode where Dickens asks our time travelling hero if his books survive, [...]

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Wonderful animals

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Mexico City based illustrator Alberto Cerriteño has some absolutely wonderful animal artwork, I especially love his fox here: And how gorgeous is this owl, which he’s doing as a print from his Etsy shop (would make a lovely, original gift for someone) – his blog also documents how the print was actually made, which is [...]

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Sendak

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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Okay, this isn’t comics per se but as it involves the great Maurice Sendak as he talks to Expanded Books about his new illustrated work – his first pop-up book, as it happens – I figured a lot of us would enjoy it!

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Hogarth’s house

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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The BBC has a short audio-visual slideshow by narrated by Lars Tharp, taking us around the newly restored interior of the West London home of the great illustrator, satirist and household god for many who love the comics and cartooning medium, William Hogarth. (details from the first plate in the Harlot’s Progress series by Hogarth)

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Frederic Magazine 4

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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Since it started in 2004, Frédéric Magazine has been an online podium for all things illustration and drawing.  On an almost daily basis, Frédéric presents work by artists, no matter what their frame of reference, technique, medium or country of origin.  Next to the five founders of the site (Isabelle Boinot, Frédéric Fleury, Emmanuelle Pidoux, Frédéric [...]

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Stephen Chan

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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(The Sea of Dreams is Round by and (c) Stephen Chan) Matt Williams pointed me to this art blog by Stephen Chan after The Mighty Pencil picked him as their illustrator of the day. And it was a good call – not comics per se, but there is some lovely artwork on there, do yourselves [...]

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Illustrated London

Friday, May 13, 2011

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This isn’t comics but it is such a gorgeous piece of illustration I thought I had to share it on here, I know some of you will appreciate it: Abigail Daker created a gorgeous, colourful illustrated map of London following the mighty Thames. On her blog she talks about creating the map and how she [...]

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But I don’t want to go among mad people…

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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There’s still a few days left to enjoy the free exhibition of Alice in Wonderland books at the National Library of Scotland on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh (the bridge parallel to Southbridge where the Edinburgh FP can be found). I visited recently (conveniently it is open till 8pm most evenings, so you can even visit [...]

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The Monstrous Talent of Travis Louie

Monday, March 28, 2011

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Here’s a delightfully monstrous way to start the week – a short video showcasing the fabulous illustrations of New York artist Travis Louie: Curiosities _ The Monstrous Talent of Travis Louie from Jainkeff on Vimeo.

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New work by Ever Meulen in Brussels

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Cars have always been a major theme in the work of Belgian master illustrator Ever Meulen, especially the so-called vintage makes.  For the Flemish daily De Standaard, Meulen did a series on the history of classic cars, and he himself is the proud owner of a 1949 Oldsmobile. For his new exhibition, Essence(s), which is [...]

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The wonderful art of Sidney Sime

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Golden Age Comic Book Stories has posted up a number of illustration by Sidney Sime, an early 20th century artist who illustrated books (including a number for Lord Dunsanay, one of the first of our great early fantasy writers), satirical work for the famous Pall Mall Gazette and others and, like Edward Gorey, some theatrical [...]

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Colliding Words and Pictures: An interview with Sarah McIntyre

Friday, September 24, 2010

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Sarah McIntyre is, as regular readers will know, a huge favourite of your FP blog crew (not least with our cub reporter, young Molly) for her comics and her illustration work, as well as for her sparkly tiaras at comics and book events. This autumn sees the second wave of graphic novel collections from the [...]

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