Friday, December 30, 2011

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

rare bill watterson art

http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cbillart.html
http://www.geekosystem.com/bill-watterson-college-comics/
http://drawn.ca/archive/tag/bill-watterson/


Unlike the painting that Bill Watterson just did for the Team Cul de Sac project, these drawings are not new work; in fact, they were done early in his career, before Calvin and Hobbes became such a success. Artist Thom Buchanan posted them at his blog My Delineated Life, which is a treasure trove of interesting illustrations from times gone by.
Watterson did these as a freelance job for the Mark Twain Journal, and it’s kind of interesting to see how consistent the public discourse is: These cartoons, done in 1983 and based on material that’s about 100 years older, are about the same things that cartoons are about now: Cats and corruption in Congress.
At The Daily Cartoonist, where I first spotted this item, Nevin Martell contributed a few more Mark Twain cartoons, including one on another timeless topic, the irritations of modern technology—in this case, the telephone.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Classic-Horror and Thriller Poster Art

http://dearunclecreepy.blogspot.com/2009/03/reynold-brown-man-who-painted-bug-eyed.html

Friday, December 9, 2011

Chuck Jones stuff

http://blog.chuckjones.com/chuck_redux/2011/03/frog-casting-session-image-of-the-day.html

Cartoon Backgrounds

http://animationbackgrounds.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html
http://one1more2time3.wordpress.com/2009/10/page/2/
http://drawn.ca/archive/?s=Charles%20Schulz

Photo Sites

Pools
http://www.houzz.com/photos/264439/In-ground-Concrete-pool---Erina-contemporary-pool-sydney

Various
http://unknownskywalker.tumblr.com/page/3

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

This is amazing!

 Painting up kids drawings realistically.  I wanna try this!
Quoting a website:
"The Monster Engine is one of those projects that make me love the Internet for its ability to expose amazing creative talent to a worldwide audience. Illustrator Dave DeVries started with a simple question: What would a child’s drawing look like if it were painted realistically? In his own words:
It began at the Jersey Shore in 1998, where my niece Jessica often filled my sketchbook with doodles. While I stared at them, I wondered if color, texture and shading could be applied for a 3D effect. As a painter, I made cartoons look three dimensional every day for the likes of Marvel and DC comics, so why couldn’t I apply those same techniques to a kid’s drawing? That was it… no research, no years of toil, just the curiosity of seeing Jessica’s drawings come to life.
The Monster Engine is the 48-page outcome from that curiosity, and it looks wonderful. He describes the process as follows:
I project a child’s drawing with an opaque projector, faithfully tracing each line. Applying a combination of logic and instinct, I then paint the image as realistically as I can.
Below are some of my favorite illustrations from the project. Be sure to check out the whole gallery."





Monday, December 5, 2011