Illustration

10 Amazing 'Avengers' Parody Comics

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Illustration, Avengers Parody Comic, Ginger-Haze, Avengers, Avengers Illustrations, Noelle Stevens, Avengers Fans, Avengers Comics, Teen News

We didn't think anything could top blogger Noelle Stevens' hilarious "Hunger Games" comics that went viral last month, but it seems the 20-year-old co...

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Student's Disney Doodles Go Viral (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Illustration, Daily Disney Doodles, Disney Illustrations, Disney Doodles Tumblr, Jann Budiman, Teen News

What started as one student's favorite way to procrastinate has become the latest must-follow Tumblr, Daily Disney Doodle. The blog showcases a colle...

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Revisiting Childhood Fables

Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Fairytale, Illustration, Video, Takashi Murakami, Fumi Nakamura, Design, Brooklyn Art, Japanese Art, Female Artists, Slidepollajax, Thinkspace Gallery, Arts News

Fumi Nakamura's drawings contain all of the elements of a fairytale except the narrative flow itself. The drawings invoke the traditional characters w...

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Drew Friedman's Comic Gold

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Illustration, Anthony Weiner, Slidewide, Cartoons, Video, Political Cartoon, Satirical Cartoon, Scott Eder Gallery, Comics, Satire, Woody Allen, Jackie Chan, Slidepollajax, Drew Friedman, Arts News

Drew Friedman's illustrations and cartoons are known for their dead-on depictions of celebrities, comedians, and circus performers. In a recent interv...

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Awesome Hand Drawn Animated GIFs

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Illustration, 90's, 3d Drawings, Fagerholm, 1990's, 3D Animation, Slidepollajax, Where the Wild Things Are, Animated Gif, Dain Fagerholm, Animation, Arts News

The animated GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) was first invented in 1987 and has since achieved the status of being referred to as "super 90s". Now GI...

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Who... Or What... Is "An Exquisite Beast?"

Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Illustration, Photoshop Illustration, Ryan Gosling, An Exquisite Corpse, Design, Drive, Surrealism, An Exquisite Beast, Emory Allen, Cartoon, Emory Allen an Exquisite Beast, Doodle, Arts News

What, you may ask is "An Exquisite Beast"? It is a daily project by designer and illustrator Emory Allen, an ever-expanding assemblage of images which...

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Sophie Blackall Illustrates Missed Connections (VIDEO)

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Illustration, Etsy, Video, Missed Connections, Craigslist, Drawing, Women Artists, Cute Videos, Female Artists, Sophie Blackall, Arts News

"I've been here twelve years and feel like I've barely scratched the surface," says Sophie Blackall, a New York-based illustrator who has recently ach...

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Parking Lot Gets An Artsy Update

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Illustration, Australian Art, Installation Art, Craig and Karl, Video, Sydney, Sydney-Australia, Murals, Design, Contemporary Art, Mural Art, Modern Design, Arts News

The parking lot is an often-overlooked part of our daily routine, seen as a jumping off point for the day or a transitory space. Despite its bland rep...

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Laylah Ali: "It's Not An Escapist Fantasy."

Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Illustration, Video, Hieroglyphics, African American Art, Women Painters, Greenheads, Ali, Laylah Ali, Martin Luther King Day, Freestyle, Comic, Arts News

Laylah Ali creates images which are as simple as comic books and as complex and hieroglyphics. Their flat, cartoonish aesthetic sharply contrasts the...

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It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's...Oprah?!

Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Illustration, Comic Books, Art, Black Superheroes, William Mwazi, Martin Luther King, Comics, Mlk, African Americans, Arts News

William Mwazi is an artist with an active imagination and a social conscience. In his artwork, he depicts Black celebrities, politicians, and academic...

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PHOTOS: 10 Awesome Space Illustrations from the 1870's

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Illustration, Stars, Planets, Historical, Astronomy, New York Public Library, Space, Drawing, French, Artist, Moon, Painting, Trouvelot, Science News

Today's giant telescopes offer amazing views of distant worlds. But it doesn't take modern technology costing millions to capture the awesome beauty a...

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"Punchification" Keeps Richard Doyle From His "Christmas Things"

Carolyn Vega | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Illustration, Letters, Richard Doyle Letters, Punch Magazine, Punch, Christmas, Richard Doyle, New York News

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John Ruskin's Puppet Show

Carolyn Vega | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Puppets, Manuscript, Puppetry, John Ruskin, Illustration, John Ruskin Papers, Brothers Grimm, George Cruikshank, New York News

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Yuko Shimizu; A Phantasmagorical Graphic Novel

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Illustration, Japanese Calligraphy, Art Books, Yuko Shimizu, Drawings, Graphic, Arts News

The exceptional illustrator Yuko Shimizu creates work that melds traditional Japanese graphic prints with surreal comic art. Inspired by Matthew Barne...

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Childrin R Skary

Tanja M. Laden | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Young Adult Books, Scary Books, Illustration, Katy Towell, Childrin R Skary, Los Angeles Book Signings, Books News

Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow is a horror novel for young adults that chronicles the misadventures of a group of oddball kids living in the spooky town of Widowsbury.

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PICTURES: 'Parks And Rec' Paper Dolls

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Illustration, Arrested Development, Kyle Hilton Paper Dolls, Drawing, Kyle Hilton, Urlesque, Paper Dolls, Pop Culture, Tv, Parks and Rec, Parks and Rec Paper Dolls, Comedy News

Freelance illustrator and Jackson, Miss. native Kyle Hilton loves TV. So much so that, back in January when he needed a break from a comic book projec...

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WATCH: Savant Draws City From Memory In One Hour

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Illustration, Video, Stephen Wiltshire, Pantheon, Architecture, Savant, Painting, UK Arts, London, Orleans House, Art, Autistic Artist, Drawing, Autism, ABC News, Arts News

Stephen Wiltshire is a well known architectural artist who was diagnosed with autism at a young age. Wiltshire is known for his ability to draw detail...

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Doodle 4 Google Contest Winner

South San Francisco, CA Patch | Sean Carlson | Email the Author | 12:56pm | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Whitney Museum of American Art, Google, Illustration, Logo Design, Art, New York, Matteo Lopez, Maria Jauregui-Lopez, Drawing, Design, Branding, Logos, Whitney Museum, Doodle 4 Google, Doodle, Arts News

He may not be in space yet, but New York City is a pretty good alternative. Seven-year-old Matteo Lopez of South San Francisco is spending the weekend...

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'Quaint Little Demons' By Medusawolf

Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Illustration, John Williams, Etsy, Grendel, Wham, Munsters, Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavillion, John Gardner, Drawing, The Good the Bad the Ugly, Ennio Morricone, Gladys Knight, Medusawolf, Beautiful/Decay, Arts News

(Via Beautiful/Decay) By day Alan E. Brown is a mild mannered bookstore employee in Bear, Delaware. At night he transforms himself into Medusawolf ...

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PHOTOS: Mark Twain Classic Reinterpreted

Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Illustration, Literature, Exhibition, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Tim Rollins, K.O.S., Kurt Weill, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Painting, Mark Twain, New York, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Arts News

Tim Rollins and K.O.S portray a visual investigation of three important pieces of classic literature by bringing forward their contemporary message. F...

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Rob Ryan's Whimsical Image Making (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London, Art, Rob Ryan, Design, Paper Cutting, Illustration, Illustrators, Arts News

Rob Ryan never really broke away from his childhood. His lifelong love of storytelling and straightforward approach to image-making has produced whimsical, accessible collections of work that appeal to many.

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EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT: Illustrator Maira Kalman's Whimsical Drawings At Skirball Center, LA

Posted 02.03.2011

Read More: Photography, Illustration, Drawings, ARt Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, Embroidery, Art, Jewish, New York Times, Performance Art, The New Yorker, Skirball Cultural Center, Textiles, Maira Kalman, Slidefullscreen, Arts News

WHO: Maira Kalman WHAT: Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (Of a Crazy World) WHEN: On view now through February 13, 2011. Coming soon to the Jewis...

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Exhibition Spotlight: Famed American Illustrator Antonio Petruccelli's Work On View

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illustration, Antonio Petruccelli, Life Magazine, American Illustrator, The New Yorker, Illustrations, Design, Illustration Art, Freelance Artist, Slidefullscreen, Arts News

WHO: Antonio Petruccelli WHAT: Antonio Petruccelli: An Unsung American Illustrator WHEN: January 12 - March 20, 2011. Exhibition Reception Sunday Fe...

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BLOGWATCH> 20 Best Pieces Of Advice From Artists And Photographers In 2010

My Modern Metropolis | Posted by Alice on December 30, 2010 at 2:00pm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illustration, Photography, Fashion Photography, Art, Photographers, Portrait-Photography, Working Artist, Jason Lee, Alexi Lubomirski, Twin Lens, Emerging Artists, Arts News

Though we've evolved over the past few years, there's one central theme to My Modern Met that's never changed. By sharing today's best modern day expe...

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Closing This Weekend -- Two Shows of Artists Who Use Music as Inspiration

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Illustration, David Stone Martin, Art, Jazz, Punk Rock, Asia Society, Yoshitomo Nara, Folk Music, Painting, New York News

Anyone interested in seeing work that uses popular music as both context and source material, should make it to any future exhibitions of these artists or check out their books.

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