Ultimos Posts 1. 21/11/2009 10:47 - One lovely drawing, part 29 This is why your grandpa spoke with such reverence about the great Al Dorne. 1953 illustration from Colliers about six greedy, shiftless sons waiting for their father to die. These overalls alone are an act of utter brilliance: Notice how sharply Dorne observed the folds at the knee and the waist, and how he used such a descriptive line to convey them. You can also tell from the wa... 2. 16/11/2009 01:01 - The springtime of bob peak Bob Peak started out in the 1950s as just one of many young, capable illustrators. But in the 1960s, Peak caught fire and began turning out radically different work. His line work had roots in the Viennese Secessionist movement (particularly Schiele and Klimt) and in the great Rene Bouche, but Peak's hot, fluorescent color combinations were unprecedented; his extreme angles, cinema... 3. 09/11/2009 01:57 - One lovely drawing, part 28 I love this drawing of a speeding police car. Note the frenetic lines for the flashing light; the car's shape distorted by speed, with the ballast in the back and the snout lurching forward; and the way the car hovers above the ground, seeming to kick up gravel behind it. I love the line work (including the occasional ink smear). I love the design and the composition. Applying the ... 4. 31/10/2009 22:13 - The brushwork of leonard starr: an appreciation I was pleased that my last post about working with ink triggered a discussion in the comment section about the great Leonard Starr. Regular readers know that I am a big admirer of Starr's brilliant draftsmanship in the comic strip On Stage. At regular intervals, I revisit On Stage just to renew my education. In view of the comments from readers, I thought it would be timely to shar... 5. 17/10/2009 19:33 - Ink and commitment Sophie Herbert You should turn to ink only when you are no longer afraid of commitment. If you're looking for a more casual relationship, choose a pencil because I guarantee you, ink will still be there in the morning when you wake up, and she ain't leaving after breakfast. New art mediums, from the etch-a-sketch to its successor, the WACOM tablet, sometimes give us the impression ... | Estadisticas Ver Codigo HTML Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |