I’m a big fan of movie titles, particularly of those that are very graphic driven and reminiscent of old, classic Hollywood from the 60s. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Illustration
Rajacenna, Drawing Princess
Its’ always great to see a visual artist having a strong direction, specially if it’s a young artist. Continue reading
Airbrush Master Hubert De Lartigue
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When it comes to artistic expressions, it’s always great to view technology and trends being pushed aside by traditional media and hand interaction. Continue reading
Peter Sève: American Illustrator & Character Designer
Even though his style is very reminiscent of a simple sketch, NY based Illustrator Peter De Sevè actually has an incredible reputation for being a huge perfectionist, and his perfectionism may be attributed to him being born colorblind. Much of his early work was solely done with ink and pencil, De Sevè only began to apply color to his work later in his career, and for that purpose, he works exclusively with watercolor, which proves that Peter De Sevè is actually an insightful illustrator who refuses to relay on tricks or gimmicks; he focuses only on the actual story. A Parsons graduate since 1976, De Sevè has done many illustrations for magazine covers, such as the New Yorker, a publication for which he was done some now very recognizable works. In recent years he has also began to expand his impressive draftsmanship into character design, he is a driving force behind the characters of very popular flicks such as Ice Age, Finding Memo and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Today, Peter De Sevè is embarking on a new direction in editorial illustration, he’s beginning to illustrate children’s books.
John Wesley: An Artist Who Has Fun
John Wesley began his adventures in visual art as an illustrator a little over 40 years ago. By the early sixties, Wesley became more interested in modern art and moved from California to NYC so he could gain connections to the modern art scene of the time. Today, John Wesley is a prominent contemporary artist whose work has been recognized and admired in many well known galleries throughout the world. As I was reading a retrospective biography on the artist and absorbing his aesthetic approach, I began to wonder how other important figures in the creative arts today may be indebted to the work of Wesley. I in particular, admire how the paintings by John Wesley are rich with intelligent humor and eloquence in spite of his simplistic style. Like Roy Lichtenstein in the 60s, John Wesley began to experiment with the appropriation of newspaper comics in the 70s, Wesley also finds a great deal of inspiration for his paintings in mundane, ordinary advertisement clippings; proving that as far as John Wesley is concerned, Pop Art remains alive and strong.
Grace with no Motion
Inevitably, poster design is now a major art form. Museums from all over the world are paying big bucks for original prints. After all, how can any museum call itself modern without a descent poster archive? What follows is a conjunction of quotes from Taku Satoh, a Japanese Designer who’s interview is featured in Graphis 2010 Poster Annual:
These days, where the media is usually in an interactive form, I feel that a two dimension poster has a power of its own (…) A motionless media can be full of grace, and it spells out determination
Light Fiction: Vintage Novel Covers
Mills & Boom, an English publisher, have been famous for the publication of romance novels since the early 1900s. Their business began to take shape just about the same time when the need for book jacket design was becoming more popular. Like other publishers, Mills & Boom standardized their packaging design in order to stabilize and promote their brand. Through a book cover, publishers can target a particular audience or specify a particular literary genre.
Here are some of my favorites, each one of these was created in the 60s, I particularly found it interesting how these book covers not only resemble movie posters, but also movie stars of the time.