My colleague Lex has posted photos of the printed copies of his book Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath. As some of you know I did the digital coloring on the cover of the book and I am thrilled to see how nice the books look in the photos. (I also did some watercoloring […]

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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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Over at Golden Age Comic Book Stories, Mr. Door Tree has been posting comic book covers from the 1950’s and 1960’s that have been rendered in ink washes with flat comic book color on top of it. This is a technique that I have been using myself in 2007 and really enjoyed the effects. Go […]

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I did not buy much at Wondercon 2008. When you have your own table you are more focused on making money more then spending it. But one of my new favorite artist is Ben Walker.
I first saw Ben’s work at APE a couple of years ago on a postcard on the freebie table. Ben’s work […]

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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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