Paul "Mozchops" Phippen has been working as a concept artist and designer for major companies in the video-game and media industries since 1996. Two years ago, he made an intensely vivid graphic novel set in an imaginary world of insects and flora, with a story in rhymes that are somewhere between Seuss and Carroll. You can see four galleries of illustrations from
Salsa Invertebraxa on Behance (
one,
two,
three,
four), and read
some of the poetry on io9. You can also see some more of his art on
Deviant Art.
posted by filthy light thief
on Apr 19, 2013 -
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Thomas Robinson and Eliza Heath had three sons,
Thomas (1869-1950),
Charles (1870-1937), and
William (1872-1944), who followed in their father's (and grandfather's) footsteps as illustrators of various sorts. The most widely know was the youngest, W. Heath Robinson, whose
contraptions earned him the reputation as the UK counterpart to the US artist
Rube Goldberg. But the other two brothers are not to be overlooked.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Mar 20, 2013 -
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Welcome to
mcbess, a land of
odd illustrations in black and white*, something of a
dark and dingy take on Merry Melodies, where
the men are bearded, and
the ladies are toothy, busty (and often topless, in a vaguely NSFW cartoony way). There are also some
large-scale illustrations with all those elements, and more. Matthieu Bessudo, aka mcbess, is also in a band,
The Dead Pirates, and his art and music met with the video
Wood (Vimeo;
also on YouTube; more info
here).
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posted by filthy light thief
on Jan 28, 2013 -
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James William Buel was a journalist, author, and editor, who was born in 1849 in Golconda, Illinois, and died in 1920 in San Diego, California. In his life, he traveled the world, writing and illustrating adventure tales about the wilds of Africa and the American West, and other exciting parts of the world.
Many of his books are on Archive.org, ranging from
America's Wonderlands, as delineated by pen and camera and
Mysteries and Miseries of America's Great Cities, embracing New York, Washington City, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and New Orleans; to
Russian Nihilism and Exile Life in Siberia, with over 200 splendid engravings, and
Sea and Land [microform] :
an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge (including
a great number of creatures who apparently found joy in terrorizing and devouring people).
posted by filthy light thief
on May 3, 2012 -
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