The Cartoon Art Museum has a multi-faceted art exhibit coming up starting on September 20th. The show will actually appear in segments with the fist one opening in a week. So by December the show will encompass 1/3 to 1/2 of the museum. The art work was created as part of a fund raiser for […]

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Spiderwick artist Tony DiTerlizzi has posted a cool retooling of a monster from the original D&D Fiend Folio. Tony is an amazing artist and his blog is worth reading, so check them out.
Mr. Door Tree has posted some classic art from books of Tarzan HERE and HERE and John Carter of Mars HERE and […]

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The Wizards of Ur is a new artist blog that features artists James V. West, A.P. Furtado, Nate Piekos and Chuck Whelon. I will be looking forward to seeing what new stuff these gents produce.
The work below is by Chuck Whelon.

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I recently did the logo design for the Cartoon Art Museums retrospective of Creig Flessel. I translated his distinctive signature into a vector file and then modified it. I really like how cool this one turned out.

This month, February 2008, Creig Flessel turned 96. To celebrate his life and art, there is a showcases of […]

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Watercolor paintings of Warner Bros. Cartoon Characters by Scott Seeto for the Warner Bros. Store. Great stuff. LINK
Blue Sky Disney has reported the loss of movie poster artist John Alvin who is best know, to me, for the beautiful moody preview poster for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. LINK
He also worked on: Aladdin, Pocahontas, Atlantis, […]

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Amazing painter and illustrator James Gurney, artist/author of Dinotopia, has been posting to a blog about his recent book tour as well as lots of excllent notes on art and classic painting techniques. Really a treat for art traditionalist as well as the digital devotees.
His recent posts on COLOR and INSIGHT/DELIGHT were both fun […]

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I remember seeing Mr. Wenzel’s graphic novel of The Hobbit back when I was…well…a bit younger then now. I was blown away by his amazing watercolor work that he continues today. Check out his work at davidwenzel.com.

(Link via Jonathan Myers)

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