MetaFilter posts tagged with illustration and art

Cut-ups, op art and book design

mediareport — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:42:23 -0800

The Art of Fontana Modern Masters James Pardey, the mind behind The Art of Penguin Science Fiction, has just put up another site telling the story of the cover art on the Frank Kermode-edited "Modern Masters" Fontana Books series, inspired by the Op Art of Victor Vasarely and the cut-ups of Brion Gysin and William Burroughs. [via, via] Victor Vasarely's (needlessly complex) official site Vasarely on Wikipedia 2006 Guardian Kermode interview The "next page" button at the top moves you past the blank folder covers at the Fontana site.

I almost despair of putting it in a comprehensible form.

synecdoche — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:12:14 -0800

One Drawing for Every Page of Moby-Dick Inspired by Zak Smith's (previously) Illustrations for Each Page of Gravity's Rainbow, self-taught artist Matt Kish is posting One Drawing for Every Page of Moby-Dick. Some favourites: 8, 40, 48, 54, 66, 74, and 85. While he's only through about 100 of the Signet Edition's 552 pages, you can follow along on the artist's blog.

It is not the most chilling portrait of a murderer

Astro Zombie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:37:56 -0800

It may be the worst police sketch ever: "The head is shaped like a rugby ball, the lips slide to one side, the nose is phallic, the ears are missing and the hair is having a very bad day." But it led to two arrests, and one television station, in order to protect the identities of the arrested, seemed to think it was a good idea to superimpose the illustration on top of the faces of the suspects.

The Morae River

HumanComplex — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:59 -0800

Brynn Metheny is a freelance illustrator based in Oakland, California who loves to draw imaginary creatures. Metheny has taken this fascination with made-up animals and extended it to the point of conjuring up an entire continent, Orcura, through which flows The Morae River. The river basin has a bestiary and a Classification of Species to describe the animals that inhabit it. (via) (speculative zoology previously)

Love and Hate. Always a Heart.

netbros — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:59:41 -0800

A Heart a Day — Freelance illustrator Thomas Fuchs manages to include a heart in his daily drawings.

Art by Alasdair Gray

Kattullus — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:37:19 -0800

Alasdair Gray is best known as a novelist but his illustrations of his own books have long fascinated and delighted. Here you can see hundreds of artworks by Alasdair Gray, including some book illustrations, from 1950 through 2009. Here are a few of his works that I like: unfinished Scottish Society of Playwrights poster, Nina Watching the Simpsons, Erics Watching Television, Ice Age and Babylonian Science, theatre poster for A Clockwork Orange and the Scots Hippo series. Also on the website there are a lot of articles about and by Alasdair Gray reposted from various publications. And finally, here's a podcast of a talk Alasdair Gray gave called The First Pictures I Enjoyed.

Uno Moralez - Supernature! (NSFW)

le morte de bea arthur — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:11:55 -0800

Uno Moralez, aka Indi, produces some very disturbing pixel art (much of it definitely NSFW). More work here [Flash, NSFW]

Novel Graphics

dersins — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:29 -0800

"A few months ago, I got an email from Paul Buckley, the wonderful art director at Penguin Classics, who asked if I wanted to illustrate a book cover for him..." Illustrator Michael Cho on designing a cover for Don Delillo's White Noise as part of the Penguin Graphic Classics series, in which prominent comic artists and illustrators create covers for literary classics. All the covers can be found in this flickr set, including Daniel Clowes’s Frankenstein, Candide illustrated by Chris Ware, and Frank Miller's (kind of disappointing) cover for Gravity's Rainbow.

Not the princess you're expecting

cjorgensen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:43:50 -0800

The Art of Jeffery Thomas On deviantart. Related: Jeff and Celeste. Be sure to see the re-envisioned princesses. And my favorite.

Vintage Kids' Stuff

PhoBWanKenobi — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:18:54 -0800

Illustrator Glen Mullaly archives hundreds of vintage illustrations in his flickr stream. Featuring work by Alice and Martin Provensen, Robert J. Lee, Charley Harper, Jack Tremblay, Jerry Smath and Dan Lawler, among others.

They supply the magic.

thread_makimaki — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:03:55 -0800

Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty is a blog featuring selected drawings by Isaac age 10; Grace, 9; and Lily, who is 6. They participate in Illustration Friday, and even do book reviews. Recently, to celebrate the 3rd year anniversary of the blog, their father asked readers to submit some 'fan art' using past CNLT drawings as inspiration. Here are the submitted art works, accompanied by the original drawings that inspired them. The blog and the kids' drawings are posted by their father, illustrator Aaron Zenz, who isn't so bad himself. (via; also)

They Did That With a Box of Crayons

netbros — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:16:16 -0800

Previously we saw those who make art out of the wax crayon. The crayon is the simplest of mediums, one that we’ve all used at one time or another and most likely have lying around the house. There are also those who make art with the crayon: Jeffrey Robert | Don Marco | Tiona Marco.

Sit Down, Print Out, Cut Up & Fold On

mattdidthat — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:10:29 -0800

President Obama pencil topper. Olympic Mayor Daley. Parachuting Rod Blagojevich.(Acrobat PDF) Mayor Daley Parking Meter.(Acrobat PDF) Paper sculptures by illustrator and animation artist Joe Fournier.

the foreign exchange student

dhruva — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:26:15 -0800

The foreign exchange student "Some years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to live with us. We found it very difficult to pronounce his name correctly, but he didn’t mind. He told us just to call him 'Eric'." A short story in pictures by Shaun Tan. Previously.

1940's and 1950's Illustration

marxchivist — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:31:53 -0800

Today's Inspiration is a blog "for those with an interest in illustration from the 40's and 50's to share their knowledge, views and opinions." This week it is featuring a guest blogger analyzing Norman Rockwell's illustrations for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. This blog can always be counted on to inform you about illustrators and cartoonists you've likely never heard of. Also advertising icons and my favorite: Smokes for Mom! It's all on Flickr too. Previously in a very fine post, but I've been enjoying this blog so much I though it deserved its own post.

19th century artistic printing

mediareport — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:41:44 -0800

Beautifully designed, quirky, colorful late 19th-century "artistic" and "gaslight" printing at Dick Sheaff's ephemera pages. [via, via] Info here. There's a book, too.

Steamer Trunks and Gang Planks

netbros — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:22:17 -0800

Travel Posters — a Flickr set from the Boston Public Library. "Combining superb illustration and hand-drawn typography, they produced dazzling images in rich vibrant colors rendered through the magic of stone lithography." (via)

For Creative People

netbros — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:37:41 -0800

Lost At E Minor is an online publication of inspiring art, illustration, photography, music, fashion, film — basically contemporary pop culture.

An ongoing project illustrating the titles of emails found in your spam/junk box.

chunking express — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:30:08 -0800

Spam by Elliott Burford. An ongoing project illustrating the titles of emails found in your spam/junk box.

1Q 100+, Blood Pressure normal, lungs clear, metabolism normal, adaptability good

Artw — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:05:01 -0800

Images from The Complete Book of Space Travel illustrated by Virgil Finlay, including an analysis of the space-crew candidate.

Snats don't squeak; they hiss

panboi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:05:19 -0800

The art of Jason Courtney takes a personal tour on some of the moments of Margaret Atwood's dystopia Oryx & Crake - a visit to the pigoons or Snowman's morning view, pausing to reflect on the enigmatic beauty of Oryx. As well as his work on Oryx & Crake, Courtney visits ancient cities, futuristic buildings and windy landscapes, taking in an assortment of characters with guns (and making sure your team is ready).

Tom Gauld

Rinku — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:42:30 -0800

Tom Gauld draws cartoons for the Guardian. Unfortunately, not all of Gauld's work is available over the internet, but you can find excerpts of his printed work at his online store. You can find even more at Cabanon Press's Gallery and its archive, and more on Gauld's profile. Here are some of my favorites.

The Other Side

Artw — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:05:33 -0800

"These are like cool Magic Cards!" - the sometimes disturbing (and sometimes NSFW) art of Alfred Kubin.

Andy Smith draws real good

Brandon Blatcher — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:01:15 -0800

Can't talk, too busy looking at Andy Smith's art and typography

I had always wanted to do this

Rinku — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:26:48 -0800

Make your handwriting into a font with Yourfonts. Download the PDF, draw your alphabet, scan and upload, then download the finished result. Examples. Via Drawn!